You may ask "What is a space monkey?", and I would tell you "I don't know, it's just something I made." I like to sew without a pattern, which is fine if you don't plan on wearing the thing I sewed. This was just cut out of scrap fabric, then sewn together. I used fabric glue on the light blue patches.
The reason why I made a space monkey is because I had to make something for my Sci-fi class in college. I figured that no one would come in with a blue, hand-made space monkey, and honestly, I forget the whole story behind the monkey, but I'm sure it was pretty creative because I passed. Little kids seem to like it, my godson wanted it, but, for obvious reasons (button eyes, pictured below), I could not give it to him.
I just used big black buttons with smaller green buttons on top. Then sewed little nostrils and a thin mouth. The funny thing about this monkey is I never kept him in the same room where I slept because his eyes kind of creep me out.
Keep monkeying around. Happy Imagining!
I've been busy with house projects lately, so I wanted to say that I will be back soon with more post of art and oddball stuff.
I decided to post a cool picture of a motorcycle museum that is located in East LoDo in Denver, I like it and wanted to share. The museum is called Vintage Motos and their website is vintagemotos.com. I would suggest to go check it out if you like motorcycles and are in Denver, but, I believe that they are only open on Saturdays, check the website.
Check out some of my web stuff too. I'm on Facebook, facebook.com/caliradan. Follow me on Twitter @Caliradan. You can also follow me on Instagram, of course, the name to look for will be Caliradan. Happy Imagining!
This is a little sneak peek of our kitchen project. Here are some of the tools we are using, I'm sure that our friend, Chris, will be happy we are not using the pink hot glue gun (lol).
From this photo, you can see that we are making a template for new counter-tops. This island was actually, at one point, a peninsula; we just rearranged the cabinets and made room for the dishwasher by the sink. Of course, all will be explained once I do the kitchen tutorial.
Well, I better go figure out what kind of dinner I can make in a kitchen that is in disarray. Happy Imagining!
This is a fun pen! Obviously, it's Uncle Sam, but it is also like Rock'em Sock'em Robots (some people will know what I'm talking about). Sam's arms move forward in a punching motion (like Rock'em Sock'em), only his head doesn't pop off.
He ended up in my possession by accident. I worked at a little mom n' pop print shop who had a gift store in the front of the shop. This was definitely one of the most interesting jobs I have ever had. A regular customer had purchased one of these pens and had brought it back a few days later. The pen part of this contraption didn't work. So, Brad (the pop of mom n' pop), just gave her a new one that worked, and handed me the broken one. I guess he thought I wanted one because I would always play with them when I was standing at the counter... hey, it reminded me of Rock'em Sock'em Robots, a fond childhood memory. I actually think the reason these sold in the store was because I would be playing with them while the customer was shopping and the customer must have saw how entertained I was with the silly novelty pen.
Here is the punching action
I wish I could of got another one, I would play Rock'em Sock'em Uncle Sam with whoever wanted to play (hehe). Well, I must be on my way. Happy Imagining!
I have a pink Spyderco knife that my husband bought for me. I lost the original at a restaurant; it fell out of my pocket, and, of course, I didn't know that it was gone until hours later. See, the problem with having an awesome (and pink) pocket knife is not with the knife itself, but, the jeans I was wearing at the time. Many manufactures of female pants and jeans think that women don't need deep pockets. In fact, they barely give you any front pockets or non at all. So, when my husband bought me another one I decided to made a lanyard for it so I would never lose it again, and because I can't change all of the pockets in women's pants.
It is a great knife and I highly recommend that everyone get a Spyderco knife, they are made in Golden, Colorado. So, if you live here, go get one. If you plan on taking a vacation to the Denver area, go get one. Or, I'm sure you could find them on their website.
Here's what it looks like on one of my pairs of jeans which, actually, doesn't have shallow pockets. I just took 4 black fabric cords, and did a "friendship bracelet" knot (I'm not so sure what that knot is called). Then, tied it off on the knife and on the metal clip, wrapped a wire around the cord at the base of the knife and the metal clip to keep the cord in place.
I like it when I can make something instead of going out and buy something that someone else made. I feel self-reliant, bring on the zombie apocalypse... actually, don't! I don't feel like dealing with zombies. I think it's bad enough to go to Walmart on a Sunday. Happy Imaging!
I'm posting this picture in light of what is happening in our country right now. I'm not political, I don't follow any of that. I'm not for any side, I think all politicians are morons, I'm sure there are good politicians that don't get any recognition. I believe that anyone can come to America, become a citizen and work their way to the top. I believe in helping the people who truly need help, but I don't believe in hand-outs. I believe every law abiding American should have the right to own a gun. I also believe that women should have a choice. I believe people should have the right to marry who they love. I believe that America should look at the pros of marijuana and not the cons, we should look at the benefits of this plant and work with all of the resources that it can provide (this coming from a person who is allergic to NSAID's).
There are probably some things I missed, but, I believe that the government is not doing their job and not doing what is best for the American people. I, unfortunately, don't think anything is going to change, no matter who is in office. I hear people complain all of the time, I see it all over Facebook, hear it on the news... and nothing changes.
Sorry for getting so serious on this post, I usually only concentrate on creative stuff. This has been everywhere and it is getting annoying. I hope that everyone can create a better tomorrow, whether it be for themselves or for the world. I try to find good in everything, and while I was standing on my little soapbox, I thought of something I forgot. I believe that America is an awesome place and I'm glad to call it home. Remember, Happy Imagining!
I was going through some of my digital pictures on my computer and ran across some of my pictures from when I lived in 5 Points, Denver. When my husband and I lived in 5 Points, we would take walks all over 5 Points, Downtown Denver, Capitol Hill, City Park and LoDo. I would always bring my camera along, actually, I always take my camera everywhere anyway. One night, we were walking through Downtown and passed by some newspaper stands. As you can see in the picture, a cassette tape was sitting on the top of one of those newspaper stands, with a label on it with the title "THE REALITY OF HELL". I didn't want to touch it, so, I took a picture of it. I was curious of what was on it, but never found out.
Just some of the strange things you can find Downtown. Happy Imagining!
