These Girls Are Crafty!: May 2007

School's been out for close to a month now, and Candice and I have parted ways for the summer. We promise to craft once we get back in the fall. We will have a new apartment to decorate, and I'm sure after a summer apart, we will have plenty of new crafty ideas.

Candice is currently home in Tipp City, where she enjoys coffee and donuts, her family, and her dog, Mosby. Next week she is headed to Washington, DC to work for a personal finance magazine as an intern. Good for Candice!!

I, Emily, am currently living in Los Angeles, California with Mike, Grant, and Megan. I am interning for a production company in development.

To hold you over, here is some crafty ingenuity on Candice's part at a barbecue we had in the beginning of May at Bowling Green's City Park. The barbecue was poorly planned, seeing that none of us had ever planned a get together such as this. We showed up with the (frozen) meat, some pasta salad, hamburger buns, hot dog buns (but no hot dogs) and a plate of brownies. People went and got a few of the things we were missing. Steve brought charcoal, and we realized that we had left a lot of our grilling essentials at home--like a spatula. Candice got to work and fashioned one out of some sticks she found on the ground and some foil that had been covering the brownies.

crafting in action!

close-up

it worked pretty okay

steve also used a plastic fork, that soon melted

sew proud!

a good idea

no drinking in the park!

9:30ish, April 26, 2007: Blackout. (note: Candice told me that the writer of that article read this craft blog once and was amused. Here's a holler at Dave!)

Marie, Megan, and I were getting ready to drive over to Chilly's Convenience Store to pick up some candy when everything in the apartment went dark. Being the children that we are, we screamed for a while, but eventually got a hold of ourselves. The three of us went out to the back porch to see if we could figure out who had power and who did not. Emergency lights were on at Offenhauer, however most everything else was dark. For once, the Noise Factory sat dark and silent. We hopped into the car to see if Chilly's might have some power, because we really wanted some candy. Sometimes when the craving for Swedish Fish hits, there is nothing you can do to stop it.

image from BGNews.com

We called Candice, who had been in the Union computer lab when the power left (and said there was a collective cursing/crying.) Since it was not only storming, but pitch black, we picked her up at the bus stop. For a few minutes we cruised until we got a call from Corey, telling us to come over, because they were drinking beers and wanted to play some board games. We stopped by Kroger (they had power) and grabbed a bag of votive candles. The store was mostly empty, but the people there were all buying beers and batteries for their flashlights.

With the power still out, we made it over to Crunk Manor, where we found Corey, Dustin, Grant, Mike, Sarah, and Steve sitting in a circle, two candles, and an open case of Keystone Light. We came in, sat down, and cracked open some brews.

After finishing my can of refreshing cheap beer, I got bored. I reazlied that in my bag I had my handy multitool (I'm such a Girl Scout) that had a bright blue LED flashlight. It's no fancy Leatherman or Gerber, but it does the job.

leatherman multitool; mine is not this nice.

Gee, what did you do with your multitool, Emily? I am sure you, our faithful readers, are asking yourselves. Did I shine the flashlight in Steve's eyes? Well, of course I did. I also decided to get crafty!

The plate we had been keeping the candles on just wasn't cutting it for me anymore. After making sure that my can was good and empty, I took out the blade from my geeky gadget and cut the can in half. Then, I took one of the 50 votive candles we had laying around and put it inside. I then grabbed a match out of the box of matches that was in my car (seriously, I am always prepared!) and lit the candle inside. Ta-da! A beautiful votive holder!