My first post!!

i'm a craft addict. i'm also (jokingly) ADD, which is slightly ironic because i'm not entirely convinced it even exists.

when i was young, my mom always told me i couldn't start another project until i finished the one i was working on, and history has begun to repeat itself in the form of my fiance, who's beginning to echo that very same sentiment.

it doesn't help that i leave half-done projects strewn all over the house. my crochet bag might be in the kitchen, where i dropped it coming in the night before, a half-finished motif draped over the arm of the couch - if i'm lucky there'll be at least a safety pin in it, a few balls of yarn in the bedroom with the latest edition of a crochet magazine carefully propped open (ok, casually thrown on the floor); i've even left half-completed projects in the man's game room! and lets not even talk about my craft room - that's right, i have a whole room dedicated just to my crafting, and right now i'm not sure i could navigate it without tripping on something.

to that effect, i did recently acquire a modular shelving unit meant to help organize my ongoing projects. as of now, half of it is sitting completed in the upper level hallway... and the other half is still in little metal pieces downstairs on the floor...

but i did complete a shawl last night!

so there.

and this is my first blog. being that, i appreciate the patience you have for slogging through my first entry. also - i should take a moment to explain ScrapJam! "Scrap Jam" is from a recent bout of jelly making i had with a good friend of mine. we went out and picked what felt like about 5 pounds of wild blackberries, and bought some frozen strawberries, peaches and mangoes, along with 5 pounds of sugar, 3 boxes of pectin and 3 flats of half-pint jars. out of this magically came 10 jars of blackberry, 10 of blackberry-strawberry, 9 peach mango, a few burned thumbs & fingers, and 6 of what we exquisitely decided to call scrap jam - all the leftover fruit. IT TURNED OUT TO BE THE MOST DELICIOUS JAM OF THE ENTIRE DAY. of course, there's also the connotation of 'jamming' as in with a music group, when everything is grooving along just fine.

so i pick up my crafty pieces and try and find a rhythm.

next post - venturing into the world of reconned dining furniture! (with many pictures)