tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-292159692024-03-05T13:55:46.521-05:00Not Rachelbecca.elpyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12460767786445822668noreply@blogger.comBlogger644125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29215969.post-44929425903048434652016-11-30T11:49:00.001-05:002016-11-30T11:49:13.274-05:00From Earlierbecca.elpyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12460767786445822668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29215969.post-28693022610636372852016-11-16T17:06:00.001-05:002016-11-16T17:12:26.812-05:00The end of many things
The wreath I made is on the door at last. I wrote a bit about on my blog. Link in my profile. .... ... .. . #projectdepaint #fallwreath #wreath #makerlife #handmade #handmadewreath #fakeflowers #fauxflowers A photo posted by becca j (@notrachelgram) on Nov 16, 2016 at 2:09pm PST
With a few weeks of fall remaining, I finally put up the wreath I made...last year? Sit back and relax into this becca.elpyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12460767786445822668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29215969.post-68216743329038449112016-09-30T22:08:00.001-04:002016-09-30T22:08:33.970-04:00Currently 9.30I have no idea what to say here anymore. I haven't known for a while hence the lack of posts. I want to write though. I'd like to build something I can be proud of. No, that's not it. I miss this. I'm torn between laying it to rest and walking away or...starting again. Maybe.
Anyway, I'm currently pushing my way through a load of Minifolk projects...in hopes of tackling an even larger project. becca.elpyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12460767786445822668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29215969.post-20481758181782653092016-09-03T23:56:00.001-04:002016-09-03T23:56:53.808-04:00Uh ohMy laptop is having issues.
becca.elpyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12460767786445822668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29215969.post-69541126204019119382015-06-05T08:00:00.000-04:002015-06-05T08:00:04.857-04:00Sinking In
I recently read a book that I didn't much like. I do this often (perhaps more often than I should). Such is the risk I run give that I choose many of books I read at random (see my old By Its Cover reviews). So I feel that finishing is what I owe the author. It's also a kind of punishment myself- should the pick turn out sour- for not having a better plan for attacking the library stacks.
My becca.elpyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12460767786445822668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29215969.post-42816436603851054072015-06-03T08:00:00.000-04:002015-06-03T08:00:12.120-04:00Bloomingbecca.elpyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12460767786445822668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29215969.post-14574771325314999742014-11-25T23:01:00.000-05:002015-04-28T23:06:23.245-04:00Done
I finished the ornaments mentioned in the previous post. I got them boxed and shipped. Feels so good to be working on projects like this.becca.elpyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12460767786445822668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29215969.post-52621880583365947172014-11-12T09:00:00.000-05:002014-11-12T09:00:06.397-05:00currently 11.10
In September I saw a 'call to artists' post on Tumblr. The vlogbrothers' charity event Project for Awesome was coming up and the team was looking for artists to create perks to be given to people who donate. I'm a fan of the vlogbrothers (individuals and as a duo) and immediately wanted to submit something. I set to work on a couple design ideas. It took some time, but I answered that call withbecca.elpyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12460767786445822668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29215969.post-24754816121220439842014-11-08T09:00:00.000-05:002014-11-08T09:00:04.662-05:00confession
My brother is having a baby! Well, his wife is having a baby. Sister-in-law told me the colors they have planned for the nursery (purple and grey) and said I could make whatever I wanted. I found this yarn, (it's purplish and goes wonderfully with grey) and had to get it...and two skeins of purple that goes with it. These will go with another purple and a grey yarn that I already have. I also becca.elpyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12460767786445822668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29215969.post-11539974760103759392014-11-05T15:31:00.001-05:002014-11-05T15:47:15.752-05:00burn onbecca.elpyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12460767786445822668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29215969.post-79425341579676659912014-11-03T21:33:00.001-05:002014-11-03T21:33:19.246-05:00self-promiseI'm trying to stick to a schedule. It's hard when you feel like you have nothing...and everything.
Ah, life. What a trip you are.
becca.elpyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12460767786445822668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29215969.post-38098166363432203502014-10-31T15:12:00.000-04:002014-10-31T15:12:16.297-04:00back in the swing
It's been a long year. One I can hardly believe is almost over. I'm trying to apply myself to what's left of it.
The last days...maybe a week or so, I've endeavored to create some self-discipline in myself. It's too early to declare it a success or not. I'm doing things, though. I'm crossing things off lists I've had/modified/lost/rewritten many times over the years. It hurts sometimes...to becca.elpyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12460767786445822668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29215969.post-26754835748796408462014-10-29T06:00:00.000-04:002014-10-29T06:00:12.621-04:00empty chairsbecca.elpyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12460767786445822668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29215969.post-24494149471590131542014-10-08T08:00:00.000-04:002014-10-08T08:00:09.963-04:00For Real
When I see the date on anything recently published- Youtube video, newspaper, blog post- my first thought is, "It's not October already. This must be from last year. Or there's some dating glitch. Or..." Then I realize...
We're the middle of the sunset on another year.
becca.elpyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12460767786445822668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29215969.post-18988461175291766742014-08-30T07:00:00.000-04:002014-08-30T07:00:00.884-04:00News from the Creative Front
Flexing some under-used muscles. Hopefully soon I'll have more to share.
becca.elpyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12460767786445822668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29215969.post-28923801170691183422014-08-11T14:19:00.000-04:002014-08-11T14:19:05.262-04:00Reading and Art
Back in May I started drawing. More honestly, I started sketching. I haven't been diligent with it of late but I have been looking for books and blogs on drawing, seeking out pens and pencils, trying tentatively.
I found Helen Birch's Freehand by chance at the library. I was thinking it was a tutorial but it turns out to be more theory (see what the artist did here and here? it's called this).becca.elpyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12460767786445822668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29215969.post-28805994952184039782014-04-22T22:23:00.002-04:002014-04-22T22:23:27.708-04:00VEDA and Me...I...
I've been participating in VEDA on Youtube. It's been quite an experience, a real test of my patience, perservance and my abilities to stay up very late (and to not have snapped my laptop in half because...OMG, you can't be crashing again!)
Above is the most recent video in which I rave about cereal. You can watch the playlist to see all previous videos. I can hardly believe I'm a person with becca.elpyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12460767786445822668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29215969.post-15108615163243314642014-03-12T14:30:00.001-04:002014-03-12T14:41:14.536-04:00synergy at work
I haven't been getting much done lately. It doesn't quite make sense because I'm currently unemployed and therefore have 'all the time in the world'. Yet aside from looking for work- which I do diligently- I lose much of the day to inane tasks (read: chores) and timesucks (read: Candy Crush and YouTube). The upside to having no job is having loads of free time but the downside if having none becca.elpyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12460767786445822668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29215969.post-34364721340233803862014-02-05T09:00:00.000-05:002014-02-05T09:00:05.763-05:00Book to Live By
My official goal as posted on Goodreads is to read 35 books this year. One of my unproclaimed 'sub'-goals is to read more non-fiction. So while perusing the 'new arrivals' section on my recent trip to the library I found Dani Shapiro's book Still Writing.
I need to own this book. I want to paper my room with its pages. I want to tattoo her words on my body, write them on index cards and tape becca.elpyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12460767786445822668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29215969.post-27774747018830137142014-01-22T16:14:00.001-05:002014-01-22T16:14:41.911-05:00finding me- 1.22
This is where I am right now (and have been often b/c temp jobs). So I can relate more than I usually do with Buzzfeed videos.becca.elpyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12460767786445822668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29215969.post-21431501638713280522014-01-01T22:36:00.002-05:002014-01-01T22:36:37.663-05:002014Nearly one day into the new year (in my timezone), a short post to say: Welcome.becca.elpyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12460767786445822668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29215969.post-69411111106742417782013-08-08T21:22:00.002-04:002013-08-08T21:27:16.089-04:00finding me 8.8- vlog
an attempt at vlogging.
trying to find my voice. becca.elpyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12460767786445822668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29215969.post-35100403876362865142013-05-07T22:04:00.000-04:002013-05-07T22:04:04.709-04:00note to self: edict
write
write
write
Things haven't been that great here. They seem to be increasingly more pressing, stressing, stretching mostly in the mental and emotional sense. That's when need to the write the most. That's also when I feel the least like doing it. But I need to kick aside the apathy and listen to the little voice inside and allow myself to get things out on paper or screen. I can't hold becca.elpyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12460767786445822668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29215969.post-5079532808275650452012-12-14T22:18:00.002-05:002012-12-14T22:18:59.824-05:00
It feels trite, the obligatory candle-in-the-dark pic invoking the idea of vigils and solemnity, attempting to express our sorrow. I'm shaken.
This week has been rough. But all that proceeded seemed trivial in the face of the tragedy that unfolded in Newtown, Connecticut today. Twenty-eight people lost their lives, in an elementary school not much more than 45 minutes from my house. I was atbecca.elpyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12460767786445822668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29215969.post-68987149386417354752012-09-10T23:19:00.000-04:002012-09-10T23:19:00.969-04:00daily wonderI will expound on this idea later. I will. Til then.
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speedy running man's
glinty sunglasses
deflecting and reflecting
all the rays of
the setting sun.
run, man, run. becca.elpyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12460767786445822668noreply@blogger.com0