Ruminations from the Temple

Do Jedi have spare time? Well, of course they do - how else would they have time for meditating, studying and sparring? Or perhaps they spend that time to make another set of tabbards for an upcoming mission... Today, while Padawan and I were stopping into JoAnn's for some extra thick craft foam, we not only ran into some dear friends from shul, but we also discovered some really cool fabric. It is a 100 percent poly, distressed and sueded moleskin. It looked a lot like distressed leather and in was in a lovely brown...yes, brown! Somehow this fabric had to go home with me. What do you think? this angle shows the distressed effect - looks like leather, huh? It jazzes up my rather plain brown tunic nicely. *smile* We also found a great black chenille jacquard robe/cape fabric that would work wonderfully for a Barriss Offee costume. It was rather heavy and kind of expensive for the amount that I would need. Haven't truly committed to creating that costume yet, though. Am...

Oh yeah!

Snapshot & Lena This is the last weekend of camp and Morgan requested my attendance at the last rodeo of summer. It was a sweet rodeo featuring the day-campers ranging in age from about 6 to 12 years old. The campers got to show their parents what they had been working on during the camp week, which included a gunny sack race with the horses and a ropin' race. The wranglers got to strut their stuff, as well, gettin' it on with a barrel race. Then everybody got to dance the Cotton-Eye Joe! I cannot believe how many pictures I took, and to be honest, I'm too embarrassed to say. Lucky for you, I didn't include them all in the slideshow! So, let's rodeo!

(actual sizes - the silver is 1.25", the copper .75") There is nothing more exciting for a paper-crafter than to wander through our local premier paper, stamp & ink store, Impress. We just love that store with it's unique paper offerings, tons of stamps and card ideas, embellishments galore and, my favorite, ink in every color you can imagine. Yesterday, I splurged on Provincial Grey and Sand Beige...how lovely. Anyway, we found these metal medallions in amongst all the embellishments and stuff. Very cool and perfect for our favorite mandala, the Council Floor. Our first attempt was a complete failure. We printed out the design on plain paper, then cut them to size and added the paper glaze...too much paper glaze, actually. Unfortunately, the ink ran horribly and the paper warped; they just looked terrible. *scrape, scrape, scrape* Attempt number two seems to be successful, although there are a couple of air bubbles...hardly noticeable, in my view. I printed th...

I finally got the frog shot I was hopin' for this summer. *smile*

UPDATE, April 19, 2012: we purchased new sabers from Ultra Saber LLC. To see a review, go HERE . * * * Saber Forge's Ambassador saber hilt This post is to document and record the history of our experience with a company called Saber Forge. I would like this information to serve as information and perhaps a warning to all that are interested in purchasing a machined lightsaber, and/or are considering Saber Forge. Saber Forge makes and sells lightsabers to be used as props with Star Wars costumes. When we started looking to purchase lightsabers that had the ability to light, Lisa posted for information on the Rebel Legion website. She was contacted by Mr. Phil Isherwood, owner of SaberForge. Saber Forge It is most unfortunate that we have had problems with the sabers. I love the hilt, to be honest, and felt that we got what we paid for; however, the lingering problems and now the complete lack of customer service is most troubling. [We were so excited about purcha...

Now, how can you not think that is cool?? OK, so I'm a little partial to clones. I was very excited to meet Matt in his clone 'kit'...pretty awesome! Padawan and I made our way to the Wallingford district in Seattle today to hang out with some of the finest from the 501st along with our friend Chuck, who is an awesome Rebel Fleet Trooper. We waved at cars, posed for tons of pics, laughed at lots of Star Wars jokes and quotes and had a terrific time at the Comics Dungeon. Scott, the owner, treated us to pizza and cold water, which was greatly appreciated! I just doesn't get better than spending time with fellow Star Wars costumers on a sunny summer day in Seattle. Oh, and the Dick's milkshakes were pretty good, too!