Reasonably So

Another future craft! Depending on how well (if at all) you know me, you may have heard that, come July, my man and I will be moving into a new apartment. For the first time in years, I will be able to settle someplace for more than a mere 8 or 9 months–for my life as a student has been that of constant motion.

(SIDENOTE. I just ate a black jelly bean by accident and took it out of my mouth half chewed and put it on the coffee table… if you didn’t know me before, now you do, huh?).

Back to the apartment. The kitchen is cute, and would be considered an “eat-in” but it has neither counter-space nor drawers. None whatsoever. Nor is there a pantry. There is an open cabinet space above the stove and sink, and the two doors under the sink that will probably house cleaning supplies, and perhaps a trashcan. Those who know me know that I love to cook a lot. So with this kitchen in mind - take my love of crafty projects and couple it with my internal desire to be anywhere besides the academic world at this present moment, and what do you get? Kitchen solutions, naturally!

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This one’s a future project: I want to make a quilt. I have a great sewing machine that I would love to use more, and I have always wanted to make myself a quilt. The opportunity couldn’t be much better - soon I’ll be going through a large life transition (or a few), and it would be nice to commemorate that.

Fellow blogger, Snedapants just recently adventured into the world of quilts and did a really fantastic job that has only fed my desires for quilt-construction. I won’t have quite the same deadline looming as Snedapants did, so I might create my own pattern. I know this will be a much more difficult task in practice than in planning, as I have no experience with this kind of thing.

Above: Snedapant’s Quilt

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I have spent a lot of the past few weeks thinking about arts and crafts projects that I’ll be starting once I’m finished all my schoolwork. My inspiration has come from several places. One of the projects, I have actually completed!

I like this idea of multi-post-topics, it’s working for my hectic schedule. SO we’ll have another short series! It may be inter-cut by other posts… I’m still trying to get the hang of patterns of blogging. You may have noticed some of the recent changes to the blog– new header picture, author picture, organization of widgets in the left-hand column, and also more logical use of ‘categories’ and ‘tags’ (because I didn’t understand the difference until recently). Feel free to offer comments that may aid in ease of navigation of Reasonably So!

Meanwhile, back on the ranch, check out what I made!!

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Thing 2 that I made… A LANTERN!

I found a kerosene lantern at the Salvation Army Store for $6.99 and set my heart on making it into an electric lamp. Here’s how!

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