Photo An Hour: Crochet face test run

Howie Woo is one of my very favorite crochet artists. He's simply amazing. Last year he shared his brilliant creation, the Anti-Facial Recognition System. I recently recreated his bit of genius to use at the camp I work at in the summer (where I teach kids to knit and crochet). My sister helped me give it a good test run the other day around and about town. 

9 AM: Pump iron.

10 AM: Read the local paper. Oh, look who's on the cover!

11 AM: Visit some friends.

Noon: Lunch. Tacos!

1 PM: Siesta. 

2 PM - 4 PM: Wait in line for bubble tea at T-Pumps.

5 PM: Wonder where the day has gone. 

6 PM: Head home to gaze lovingly at yarn wall.

6 PM: Gives a whole new meaning to "putting on your face."

If you're anywhere near as nuts as me and Lorna, you will have so much fun if you make yourself an anti-facial recognition system. If you know the basics of crochet, the pieces are all easy to improvise. Then just sew some velcro on the back. The expressions and combinations you can make are endless! We like to make faces for eachother, without the other seeing, and then guess what the face is by trying to do the appropriate body language. And then take iphone pics. Of course. 

Once the kids get their hands (and faces) on this I'll never want to put it on my face again. Ha ha, eww. 

String Art Yarn Bomb

My dad used to do this kind of string art in the 70s; maybe that's where my sister and I's current obsession with it comes from. To be honest, we didn't make the connection until very recently. We made our way to a local park that has a large fenced-in dog area. It was basically begging to be yarn bombed. So we obliged. That is, Lorna did the yarn work and I took pictures. I think she gets rather annoyed with my constant desire to practice photography, especially when I force her to model for me. But she's just so darn good at it. So sorry, Lorna, but I'm posting these pictures even though you'll hate me because I love them.

Here are the pictures she's really going to kill me for. Hee hee! She's just lucky I'm leaving out her 'tiger in the grass' photo.

Michael and Renee

This weekend I took some engagement photos for my good friend, Renee. Michael and Renee are so perfect for each other. They were so natural in front of the camera and I didn't have to direct them at all. My sister came along and helped so much, I don't know how we could have done it without her. She's actually getting married the same day as Michael and Renee. I'm working on forcing her to let me do an engagement shoot with her too.