My sketchbook for the sketchbook project has to be postmarked by the 15th. Faced with this impending deadline I've begun working diligently...on my Polyvore account.
Polyvore is a website that allows you to put together virtual outfits with photos of outrageously-priced clothing. There are some affordable choices, too...but who wants to make a virtual outfit with things you can have in life?

Some outfits from now and earlier.

Tea and Biscuits 

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I hesitated naming this post what I did because I think that the importance people place on the loss or gain of inspiration is, more or less, horseshit. I've used "lack of inspiration" as a euphemism for laziness countless times. You have, too.

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Cary S. Leibowitz, I’m Sick of Making Art / Get Up You Lazy Bum, 2005

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I work with quite a few potluck enthusiasts. I get bashful, though, whenever we have these sorts of celebrations because my cooking skills are...unimpressive. After a few half-hearted attempts the only thing I've learned is this single nugget of wisdom: Choose your battles. I figure what I lack in accurate measurements and cooking times, I make up for in presentation.

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I make things; I always have.  I take pride in figuring out how things are made and I like to look at things other people have made. Making is a pretty simple concept and it covers a lot of ground, but one quality nearly everything that is made (made by an individual, anyway) shares is honesty. Nobody is forcing you learn how to quilt or refurbish your dresser and, if you fail, you're not under any obligation to broadcast it to the wider public. People make things because they want to and it makes them happy to try.

The thing about DIY is that you don't have to be original, or skillful, or hip, or even fully know what you're doing; You just have to be honest. I hope this blog turns out to be an all-kids bin of interesting concepts and honest tries, by myself and other makers. 

This will (hopefully) be the only time I pontificate on the varied qualities of DIY. Introductions are hard and usually lean toward sanctimony, but I hope you can forgive me a little inaugural sermon and come back, soon.

Your Sister in Craft,

LB