Bits and Bobs

For some reason I like that term. It's kind of like my mind. Little pieces of this and that are wandering around in there today. Kind of scattered thoughts.

I woke up this morning to another one of those "Now I know what I want to do" stream of ideas. First of all, I am going to call the Glencroft, the "Clockwork Cottage". So many of the Steampunk ideas are built on cogs, wheels and clockworks. I remembered that I have a couple of old pendant watches that still work that might be interesting as wall or stand clocks in the house with a little tweaking. In my own house I have lots of clocks. I seem to collect them unconsciously. They just follow me home and fit themselves in here and there. So Clockwork Cottage, it is.

Now if I could just figure out how to eliminate some of the other categories(Glencroft). I went to layout and then to labels. It will only show me part of the list. There doesn't seem to be a way to get to the rest of it. Does anybody know how to get to the rest of the list? Help!! Admittedly, I need to go through all of the earlier posts and change some of the labels, but I really don't want to start from scratch!

I am currently digging through my different stashes to find bits and bobs for the cottage. I found this bunch of stuff in with my mini fashion supplies. I think that some of it has possibilities. It's just another pile to sort. The two watches on top are the ones that April gave me yesterday. She says that I gave them to her. I am kind of chickening out when it comes to tearing them apart. It seems a shame since they both still work. Oh well, they were Wal Mart's best for around five dollars. That was many years ago. It just goes to show that you don't have to spend a lot of money to get a good watch or at least one that runs a long time. And just think. No batteries to replace!

I have been saving little circuit boards for a while now. I want to design a rug for the house based on one of these. I have made a couple of the smaller ones into earrings for myself. If you study them, some are very pretty. After all, some of that stuff stuck to them is gold. think I am going to have to get my husband to tear apart a few more infernal machines. That's one way to clean out the garage.

Another stash was some slabs of real marble that I bought at the Anaheim NAME national convention. Not the last one, the one in the early 80s. Yes. I have had them that long. I keep saving them for the next project. I think that this might be the one. In the same pile are miniature shells. See that stuff in the corner of the box that looks like emaciated rice grains? Yup. They are shells! I think that I may have to edge a mirror with those. The shells beside the box remind me of turtle shells. I wonder if the master of the house would mind a pet turtle.....

A good Steampunk man has to have his tools and weapons. Consider this the "before" shot. Some of the Steampunk sites have all kinds of fantastic weapons. These all look pretty bad now. With a little spit and polish, they will fit right into the Clockwork Cottage.

It is time for me to stop messing around now and get back to work. I finished the weaving on Carolyn's chair. She wants something kind of "pinky greeny" for the fabric. I am off to see what I can do.

See you tomorrow.