forgive me for being so inactive. there's been very little time to devote to the artistic world.

my biggest project thus far is my blanket that i am crocheting. i am making it because my family life is really shit, so i'm hoping to "stitch" it all back together. it is about a foot and a half wider then twin sized bed, and i think is nine inches tall currently. this has taken me 5 days to do thus far.

i finished stage managing The Merry Wives of Windsor. i'm STILL tired from that show, it's ridiculous. but everyone was great to me, and we did the show very well. someone very well known from our local regional theatre claimed that "that was the best production of Merry Wives she'd ever seen- including ones she'd been in herself!"
Merry Wives of Windsor, by the way, is Shakespeare's worst play. he wrote it in 6 days, because the queen liked the character of Falstaff so much, she "commissioned" (threatened with death) for him to make a new play.
it is a VERY hard show to do, because there are so many different settings in the show- a forest, Master Page's house, Master Ford's house, the Garter Inn, the town, Dr. Caius' house, the field, etc. the lighting was fairly simple, unfortunately. it didn't let the costumes really pop and come alive. however, on the costuming note, we had FABULOUS costumes. so colorful and intricate. we are so blessed, to say the least.

i will be making my brother a hoodie for christmas, i'm thinking a quilt for mom, and my dad... i don't know yet... maybe a Duffle or travel bag?

i don't have much money this year, so i'm hoping those and some smaller gifts would work out. they'll see and know the effort.