So here I was, on a Saturday morning…thinking about my day and making plans to go to a Jug Band Festival in San Francisco, when I got caught up in a project and couldn’t stop.
It all started when I began taking photos of my recently completed felted bag:
I decided that while I was taking photos of this bag, I might as well take photos of the 293875923875 other bags that I have made that are just sitting in my apartment. So I took 12908501985098209359283749827395872375 photos of the 293875923875 bags…
and created an account with Etsy, an online crafter/artist buying and selling community! My site is here: http://www.aszichild.etsy.com. It was always a life goal to try and do something with my 293875923875 bags. How rewarding it is to knock off a goal on the list. Perhaps next I will try my hand at investing.
Oh, and because of my major detour with my project, we never made it to the Jug Band Festival. If anyone know of a good Jug Band album, please pass the info my way.
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Cooper and I finally named our fish (it has only been a year since we first got them): Dr. Beckord and Carpenter Carras…named after our fathers.
Author: Ali Carras
At a very young age I lost site of my mom in a local grocery store in Boulder, Colorado. I did, however, have the smarts to go to the customer service counter. The kind woman at the counter asked "What is your name little girl?" My reply: "Assi." The woman gave me a look like, "Are you playing with me you little devil?" but she proceeded to blast on the loudspeaker the "We have a lost Assi at the front of the store." Customers throughout the store gagged and giggled, but my mom knew exactly who the woman was referring to: the mullet haired little girl with a tongue too big for her mouth, wearing a leotard, skirt, tights, and jelly shoes (with florescent green laces in them...even though they didn't need the laces). A shy little character for whom every little detail in life was a huge thing. I am pleased to report that today I am able to fully pronounce Allison (aka Ali), but the Assi pseudonym has always stuck, evolving into Aszi. As for the shy little character for whom every little detail in life was a huge thing? Some things never change.
I have closed my comments due to mass amounts of spam that no filter could ever control. Feel free to contact me abeckord [at] gmail.com!
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