Cool Japanese Stuff

Fould some awesome Japanese stuff here!

Unuzukin: A Unazukin looks like a small "fairy" averaging 5 cms (2 inches) high. They are reminiscent of a nesting Matryoshka doll, and have a retro/popart style decoration. Some models are voice activated and react to voice, nodding and shaking their head. Battery powered with an on/off switch, they have four different movements, shaking head back and forth once or twice; and nodding once or twice. From the toy-maker:
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Unazukin is a special friend who is always ready to listen to you and give advice. She loves to hear your stories and for you to share your thoughts with her. She is very wise and knowledgeable and loves nothing more than for you to ask her questions. What will be her reply? A simple 'Yes' or 'No'. or something more definite?

Unazukin Pics:

Poika: Can't really tell what these are, but it looks like you talk to them and they pop out of the candle thing.

Poika Pics:

Princess Academy Project

Everybody in my class had to do a project on a Newbery Award-winning book. I chose Princess Academy by Shannon Hale. Here's the synopsis:


High on the side of rocky Mount Eskel, far from the valleys where gardens are green and lush, where lowlanders make laws, Miri’s family has lived forever, pounding a living from the stone of the mountain itself. For as long as she can remember, Miri has dreamed of working alongside the other villagers in the quarries of her beloved mountainside. But Miri has never been allowed to work there, perhaps, she thinks, because she is so small.Then word comes from the valley that the king's priests have divined Mount Eskel to be the home of the prince’s bride-to-be—the next princess. The prince himself will travel to the village to choose her, but first all eligible girls must attend a makeshift mountain academy to prepare themselves for royal lowlander life. At the school, Miri soon finds herself confronted by bitter competition among the girls and her own conflicting desires to be chosen by the prince. Yet when danger comes to the academy and threatens all their lives, it is Miri, named for a tiny mountain flower, who must find a way to save her classmates—and the one chance to leave the mountain each of them is determined to secure as her own.From acclaimed author Shannon Hale comes a richly imagined new novel about would-be princesses and one small but determined girl's destiny.



Sorry, I know that was long. But here's what I'm supposed to do for the project: 10 Vocab words from the book with definitions. CHECK. 17 Critical thinking questions over the book. HALF CHECK. Special Project (I'm doing a collage about Miri) NOT-CHECK. And, Character Synopsis NOT-CHECK. And original cover design. NOT CHECK. So, I, Little Miss Procrastination, waited until tonight, the day before the project is due, to finish all this.

PROCRASTINATORS UNITE!!! Tomorrow........

LOTR Practice and Tokyo Schoolgirl Inferno

The practice went well, but Clayton was popping up everywhere. He was a little hyped up. I'm not sure why though. Today's style: Manba and Ganguro. And yes, these girls are really Japanese.

Elliot and Soky

My friends from school, Elliot and Soky are coming over today to practice clarinet. I play flute, and we're playing Lord of the Rings songs for the talent show. We auditioned and made it. Soky's riding the bus home with me. But for some mysterious reason, Elliot has to go home first...... Hmmm.... Anyways, I thought it would be cool to get in, but now I almost wish we hadn't.

Japanese Schoolgirl Inferno II

Today's style: Gothloli

Japanese Schoolgirl Inferno

Awww Yeah! I love Japanese fashion. I'm gonna be going through some different styles for ya. Today's Style: Decora

Indy 500

My choir, the ICC had to sing for the Indy 500 Parade today. It was awful! First, we have to be at Butler U by 7:00 A.M. I had to wake up at 5! Julienne from Dancing with the stars sang. Marlee, Drew, Sabrina, and some guy who looked like Helio but wasn't were there too. Julienne isn't a very good singer, and I wish she would've danced instead. Then the other Dancing people were being annoting. They didn't listen to us. They just took pictures of one another and mocked Mr. Leck (the ICC director.) Uggggghhhh! It was awful!

Cool Sketches

I figured out how to make photos look like sketches on Photoshop. Check it out!

Want to learn how it's done? Well, I guess I'll tell ya.

First, open Photoshop. Pick a file you like. I picked this picture:

Then select Image- Adjust- Brightness/Contrast I usually set the contrast to about 50 or 60

Then, go to Image- Adjust- Desaturate Now the image is black and white.

Make a copy of the image by going to the layers pallette and right clicking on the layer. Select Duplicate layer. Now you will work on the duplicate.

Now, go to Image- Adjust- Invert

Now you will go to a drop down box on the layers pallette that should say Normal. Change it to Color Dodge. Now your image looks like this:

After that, go to Filter- Blur- Gaussian Blur

Then you end up with that sketchy look!

Hope you found this cool and helpful! Bye!

Life Is Too Short For the Wrong Job

I found some cool pics for a Danish advertisment campaign for the slogan, "Life Is Too Short For the Wrong Job." I really like these.

Bernat Baby Hoddie Pattern

BERNAT BABY BOUCLE
#220 BABY’S HOODIE TO KNIT
SIZES
Chest measurement
6 mos 17 ins [43 cm ]
12 mos 19 ins [48 cm ]
18 mos 21 ins [53.5 cm ]
24 mos 21½ ins [54.5 cm ]
Finished chest
6 mos 21 ins [53.5 cm]
12 mos 23 ins [58.5 cm]
18 mos 25 ins [63.5 cm]
24 mos 27 ins [68.5 cm]
MATERIALS
Bernat Baby Coordinates
(160 g/5.6 oz)
Sizes
6 12 18 24 mos
1 2 2 2 ball(s)
Sizes 3.75 mm (U.S. 5) and 4 mm (U.S. 6)
knitting needles or size needed to obtain
gauge. 5 buttons.
GAUGE: 22 sts and 30 rows = 4 ins [10 cm]
with larger needles in stocking st.
INSTRUCTIONS: The instructions are
written for smallest size. If changes are
necessary for larger sizes the instructions
will be written thus ( ).
BACK
With smaller needles, cast on 52 (58-64-70)
sts. Knit 5 rows, noting first row is WS and
inc 5 sts evenly across last row. 57 (63-69-
75) sts.
Change to larger needles and proceed in
stocking st until work from beg measures 6½
(7-7¾-8½) ins [16.5 (18-19.5-21.5) cm],
ending with RS facing for next row.
Shape armholes: Cast off 5 (7-8-10) sts
beg next 2 rows. 47 (49-53-55) sts.
Cont even until armhole measures 4½ (5-
5¼-5½) ins [11.5 (12.5-13-14) cm], ending
with RS facing for next row. Cast off.
LEFT FRONT
**With smaller needles, cast on 25 (28-31-
34) sts. Knit 5 rows, noting first row is WS
and inc 2 sts evenly across last row. 27 (30-
33-36) sts.
Change to larger needles and proceed in
stocking st until work from beg measures 6½
(7-7¾-8½) ins [16.5 (18-19.5-21.5) cm],
ending with RS facing for next row.
Shape armhole: Next row: Cast off 5 (7-
8-10) sts. Knit to end of row. 22 (23-25-
26) sts.
Cont even until armhole measures 2½ (3-
3¼-3½) ins [6 (7.5-8-9) cm], ending with
WS facing for next row.
Neck shaping: Next row: Cast off 6 (6-7-
7) sts. Purl to end of row. 16 (17-18-19) sts.
Dec 1 st at neck edge on next 3 rows then
every following alt row to 11 (12-12-13) sts.
Cont even until work from beg measures
same length as Back to shoulders, ending
with RS facing for next row. Cast off.
RIGHT FRONT
Work from ** to ** as given for Left Front.
Work to correspond to Left Front,
reversing all shapings.
SLEEVES
With smaller needles, cast on 35 sts. Knit
5 rows, noting first row is WS and inc 4 sts
evenly across last row. 39 sts.
Change to larger needles and proceed in
stocking st, inc 1 st each end of needle on
5th and every following 4th row until there
are 51 (55-59-61) sts.
Cont even until work from beg measures 6
(7½-8-9) ins [15 (19-20.5-23) cm] ending
with RS facing for next row. Place a marker
at each end of last row. Work a further 6 (8-
10-12) rows even. Cast off.
HOOD
With smaller needles, cast on 93 (93-99-
99) sts. Knit 5 rows, noting first row is WS
and inc 6 sts evenly across last row. 99 (99-
105-105) sts.
Proceed in stocking st, dec 1 st each end of
needle on 3rd and following alt rows until
there are 75 (75-81-81) sts.
Cont even until work from beg measures 7
(7¼-7½-8) ins [18 (18.5-19-20.5) cm],
ending with RS facing for next row.
Shape back seam: Cast off 7 sts beg next
8 rows. Cast off rem 19 (19-25-25) sts.
FINISHING: Pin garment pieces to
measurements, cover with a damp cloth and
allow cloth to dry.
Buttonhole Band: With RS of Right Front
facing for Her or Left Front facing for Him
and smaller needles, pick up and knit 50
(58-62-66) sts evenly between neck edge
and lower edge. Knit 3 rows.
4th row: (RS). K2. *K2tog. yfwd. K9 (11-
12-13). Rep from * 3 times more. K2tog.
yfwd. Knit to end of row.
Knit 2 rows. Cast off knitwise (WS).
Button Band: Work as given for
Buttonhole Band on Left Front for Her or
Right Front for Him, omitting all reference
to buttonholes.
Sew shoulder seams. Fold Hood in half at
back and sew back seam. Pin and then sew
shaped edge of Hood to neck opening, beg
at center of button or buttonhole bands and
matching back seam of Hood to center back
neck edge. Sew in Sleeves placing rows
above markers along armhole edges of
Fronts and Back to form square armholes.
Sew side and sleeve seams. Sew buttons to
correspond to buttonholes.

Toothpaste Yarn Dispenser

By Me

Sorry for the spaces, blogger pic upload sucks

You Will Need
Scissors
Packaging Tape
Yarn
Toothpaste Tube Container
PROJECT BUDGET
Free

The first step in making a yarn dispenser out of a toothpaste tube is squeezing out as much of the remaining toothpaste as you can.

Next, cut the top of the tube off.

Now, cut a line from the top, to the bottom of the tube.

I'll do the rest later, I gotta go!

pet peeves

I'm feeling peeved today, so here's the official Katie Swift's Pet Peeves List In No particular Order

1. People cracking their knuckles
2. People hovering over me
3. People sitting up straight and tall in class, politely flinging their hands around for the answer and ALWAYS getting it right.
4. People who hate you for no reason
5. Parents who don't know how to keep their kids under control
6. Going to school
7. Teachers who pick favorites and despise the other students
8. People who don't know when to shut up
9. People who don't know when to start talking
10. Braggers
11. Akward silences
12. People who are really good at something and make sure you know
13. People who are really bad at something, but think they're really good
14. People who lie about how humble they are.
15. People who try to convince you that their ideas and beliefs are the only ideas and beliefs
16. People who are too tight with the rules and never try to have fun
17. Hannah Montana/ Miley Cyrus CAN"T SHE JUST BE ONE ANNOYING PERSON!!!
18. Unrealistic reality. Hint hint ------ reality T.V.
19. People with awful teeth
20. Big, huge dogs

I could rant and rave for hours, but I'll stop there for now. :p

New Haircut

I got a new haircut last saturadya. Here I am!

LOMO Camera

This is the coolest camera ever! It's not digital, but I don't care! And, It's only 75 bucks on fredflare.com! I'm dying to get it!

Friday, Friday. Can trust that day....

Ahh, Friday! The school week is over, as is my fight with Lydia. But, my old site was dedicated to knitting. This one will be drawing, knitting, sewing, and other radd crafts. Oh, and check out my Cut Out and Keep at http://www.cutoutandkeep.net/users/4115. So, here's the first craft:

Diy Mamegoma by queenfairypants on Cut Out and Keep

Start by cutting two pieces of felt out in seal shapes. (I tried to get the face on the front and copy the shape but it didn't quite work!)

Cut out four flipper shapes. Sew two pairs together, adding stuffing.

Cut out eyes (or use real doll eyes) and an oval for nose/mouth part, embroider nose and mouth onto oval.

Cut out any additional detail such as this bit of strawberry 'dipping' in the picture or polka dots or whatever!

sew it together. Sorry, this was awful. there are huge spaces between the steos, and some don't have pictures, because when I tried to close the gaps, freakin Blogger dleted the pics!!!!! just go to http://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/diy_mamegoma for the good version!

Sew on features and additional details.

Sew up the mamegoma parts, stuffing it as you go along and sewing on flippers when you get to an appropriate place. And done!(Lavender's belly is lavender!)

Home again!

Alright, I managed to make it through another day of school, and a fight with Lydia. I don't know how I do it sometimes, but I do. We got Mario Kart for the Wii yesterday, and had lots of fun with it. My dad's the best, but my littke brither's pretty good too! I have to go take a shower before Mom yells at me.

School Blues

I have to go to school in about a half hour. ARGGGGHHHH!!!! School is super boring this year, and I don't like any of my teachers. But I have to go, (it's required by law.) But, I did find some cool moving graphics to show off. Check these out:




Animated Photo Graphics





Animated Photo Graphics





Animated Photo Graphics




Animated Photo Graphics




Animated Photo Graphics




Animated Photo Graphics