02 June 2006

oui oui! chapeau de piaf

another in what is becoming a considerably sized series of scrappy bird hats. this one goes international.



same black yarn as the first scrappy bird hat, same crazy black & white checked / houndstooth skirt scrap, plus tan corduroy (also appeared in the scrappy bird hat-- see the swirlies!). birds are black craft store felt, eiffel tower is cut out of a hot pink toile print fabric from hobby lobby.



close up... my camera is NOT liking to focus these days. no good. but here you can see the heart a little better, though i may end up re-stitching that part because it's kind of lumpy.

usually i find the eiffel tower motif to be a little overdone and cliche, but i feel somewhat qualified to use it now that i've actually BEEN to the tower myself. and not just the big cardboard one they had at prom senior year... i mean the REAL thing.



honestly, i never expected or really desired to see the eiffel tower, especially, until i was actually there, at which point i kind of freaked out because it's pretty much undeniably cool. mostly because it's huge, but then the lights that sparkle all over it at the top of every hour just make it more irresistable. especially to me, because i am apparently a sucker for sparkly things... that's what the eiffel tower taught me.

okay, now the lumpy heart is really starting to bug me, so i'm going to go fix that and watch even more obnoxious soul-draining television (today's count so far: "the hills" and "cheyenne" on mtv, and the hilary duff episode of "celebrity home" on style. hilary duff has a sewing room that is AMAZING and designed to house this $5,000 sewing machine that she's not even entirely sure how to use. wtf, duff?)

PS: if you drop by, comment! please! i want to know who's out there snooping around!

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