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365 Photos: Days 5 & 6

6 continuous days of photos. I'm almost at a week. If I take a photo tomorrow, then I'll consider it a streak.
First up is January 5, 2013 and, yes, it is a cat photo.
01-05-2013_Bailey
I love trying to get  close-up photos of my cat, especially when his eyes are super big. Only his eyes are in focus because I had to shoot wide open (and at 1600 ISO) in order to get an appropriate shutter speed and exposure and I set the focus on his eyes. My external flash can't arrive soon enough...

Today's photo, January 6, 2013, is of a zipper pouch I made a couple months ago.
01-06-2013_Zipper-Pouch

One day I had an urge to actually make something as opposed to just reading about everyone else's wonderful sewing projects in my Google Reader. I decided to make a zipper pouch since it looked somewhat easy and I had enough scraps to make one. I used Ayumi's zipper pouch tutorial and scraps of Tula Pink's Prince Charming collection. By the way, Ayumi has the most amazing tutorials on her blog, Pink Penguin. There are plenty of other zipper pouch tutorials on the interwebs (here, let me Google that for you), but I think her tutorials are far superior to others you will find.

I have a couple more photos of this pouch on Flickr if you're interested. I like how the bottom seam turned out, which was a total surprise accident. The wristlet part is a bit longer than I would like, but better that I can fit my hand through it than not. I'm actually sorta embarrassed to carry this around because the colors are so bright and I typically only carry black bags (along with my black boots, black pants, and black jacket...). I'm sure my coworkers, who are 90% male, think I'm weird when I carry it, but whatever I need to embrace my me-made projects especially ones that I'm proud of and I really do like this pouch.

One last note on this 365 photos project. My husband just saw the title of this blog post and asked if I was doing a photo a day. He quickly asked if all photos were of our cat. Hmph....no! And they won't, dear readers, they won't. Maybe tomorrow I'll carry my shitty old digicam with me to work and get some shots of my commute to work or from my "office" window.  Next month my phone contract is up so I'll finally be upgrading to a smartphone (or as they say in Canada, SUPERphone! haha!!), which will probably help in the "take a photo outside" goal.

Hope everyone had a happy weekend!
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  1. SchnookieJanuary 6, 2013 at 8:27 AM

    Okay, first of all, it's great to know you're on Flickr, because that's really where I spend all my internets time, so I can be lazy and still keep tabs on your pics. :D (And yes, it's all about me. Heh.)

    Second, I love the zipper pouch! Ayumi's blog is so dreamy, isn't it? That's a kind of sewing I just can't do (I do everything by hand, because I hate using the machine, so I'm sort of limited to what can be done well), but she makes the cutest things, and they seem so easy, but even more than that, the fabrics she uses! SQUEE!! Anyway, hers is my favorite sewing blog, by a mile.

    Third, if taking tons of pictures of one's cats is wrong, I don't want to be right. And Bailey is a superstar (like a SUPERphone, but more celebrity-ish), so he should be plastered all over the internets.

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  2. kaorumarieJanuary 6, 2013 at 11:08 AM

    I always forget to upload photos to Flickr but now that I'm blogging more I think I'll use it more often. Although there are a bunch of features I am unaware of.

    Ayumi's blog is amazing! I thought about listing all the reasons why her blog is a must read, but then I was worried I would sound like a stalker. But her fabric is definitely one of them! And she makes everything look so easy, but of course I kept checking her tutorial at every single step.

    My husband really doesn't have any room to judge me because he has almost 300 photos on his phone of just our cat. He may not post them to a blog, but he'll show them to anyone who may feign interest. Yet he still makes fun of me.....

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  3. PookieJanuary 6, 2013 at 10:56 PM

    Canadians call Smart Phones "SUPERphones"?!? Dude. I'm never calling my phone anything but super.

    Also, I'm so glad you're doing 365!! The wristlet looks fantastic. And Bailey is adorable!

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  4. kaorumarieJanuary 6, 2013 at 11:47 PM

    I couldn't stop laughing when I found out Canadians call Smart Phones "Superphones". Although, the more I think about it, the more I think Smart Phones sounds ridiculous too, but I think the name makes more sense than Superphones, which sounds like your phone has superhero powers.

    I'm excited to do 365. However, I just realized I have 350+ days to go and that seems a bit daunting...

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