starting with halloween ('08), i convinced my roommate to dress up as "things that are striped" after being inspired to wear ribbon!! she went as a zebra and i as a busy bumble bee! i wore a black shirt and pinned yellow ribbon all around me. too bad you cannot see my wings in this picture. miraculously, they turned out quite like insect wings, wire frame, white plastic bag body, and kind of tear-drop-shaped and turned down.
next i tried to think of something cute and practical to give my friends for christmas.
blank canvas totes with felt cutouts, sewed on by embroidery floss. all, of course, signed by me!
but maybe the best part of christmas was that i embroidered our stockings!
and then, after my first experience with an advent calender, it was off to winter break! i couldn't believe i had finished a semester of med school, 1/4 of our classes before step 1 of the boards. it had been a productive semester (wrt to projects anyway).
after the initial bento making burst, i had not kept up the lunches like i thought i might. right before break, i went to an asian grocery store and found some rice molds and veggie cutters! my second semester lunches don't quite live up to first semester, but i've been doing some interesting things with meatballs. [turkey+tofu+celery or turkey+tofu+bittermelon or turkey+tofu+eggplant or turkey+canned pumpkin (my favorite)]
finally, last thursday, i went to school for 8am class, but was 5 minutes late. so...i just decided to skip the whole day. i built a layout (and designed the logo!) for pnc's new newsletter!
then the second half of my day i made a birthday card for albert with all the extra felt i still have.
my roommate (the zebra) and i topped the day off with a grocery trip. it was the perfect day.
