I got an email the other day from It’s Just Soup Studios asking me to take a look at their Kickstarter for their new Epic Hero and Villain Feat Cards. I was very happy to get the email for two reasons. First, this is my first invitation to talk about my impression of a product,…
Cragmaw Hideout This is a cave system surrounding a stream that flows from the caves’ mouth at the base of a hill. The idea is that several goblins, their bugbear leader, and their trained wolf pets lair here. They’re an outpost of the larger Cragmaw organization. The adventure notes describe the goblins as “lazy”, “bored…
At the beginning of winter last year, I was on Amazon picking up some necessaries. Halfway through shopping, the suggestion bar offered up the D&D 5th edition starter box on discount. Curse you, Amazon, for knowing exactly how to get me to impulse buy. :) I really had no intention of trying out 5th edition,…
Most readers of this blog are familiar with Star Trek Cross Stitch: I participated in this project when John Lohman, administrator of Sprite Stitch, invited forum members to take part in a secret project. It was frantic but rewarding, and now our work is part of the officially licensed Star Trek canon. After the success…
A few months back, I picked up a cool kit at my friendly local needlecraft shop: It took a little courage to grab it. I mean, for goddess’s sake, it’s got “buttons & beads” right there on the cover, bigger than everything except for the image of the stitching. That’s a hell of a warning…
Last time I mentioned I was going to start a project for a Sprite Stitcher as part of a swap. At the time I hadn’t even put the pattern together; it was just a concept in my head. Now it’s already done! Sure, it’s a small stitch, but these things usually take me quite a…
Let me quickly go over what’s held me back from posting: A difficult winter solstice visit with family – though we got to see friends we haven’t seen in about five years, which was a bright spot; My phone continuing to be explodey – though I finally got it repaired, so now I can finally…
Okay, so I was actually doing great. I finished the hand towel, and it looks pretty darn good. I finished one of my holiday gift projects. I’ve got two posts on deck wherein I examine and tweak the adventure in the D&D 5th edition starter set. All of that stuff was going to go on the…
I’ve only touched this twice since my last update due to yet another bout of illness. Now that everyone’s finally in the clear, I’m picking it up again and will hopefully have it done in just a few more sessions. I switched out one of the colors – the orange in the pattern matches the official…
The whole family just spent a week and a half with the flu, so I haven’t been in posting condition lately. Here’s a brief rundown on what I’ve got going, some of which should be showing up here soon: Stitching: Star Trek hand towels, plus a handful of small gifts for friends to be shipped…
I don’t often go into the eastern portion of Wayward Cave, the one that requires Flash. I usually just duck into the western entrance for TM26, maybe a Gible if I’m doing a run where all the critters come from the Platinum cart (as opposed to breeding an egg from my super-awesome Battle Tower Garchomp).…
Completed and framed! It’s been finished and framed for several days, but I didn’t want to post it until I’d finished embellishing the frame. When I saw the frame at AC Moore, I knew it was the right one, but I also knew I wanted to add something to it to break up the straight…
