PAX is coming, PAX is coming! The Penny Arcade Expo, that massive convention of video game goodness and fellowship, begins next Friday, and it’s time to prepare. There’s tons of advice out there about how to survive a convention, the most common salient points being things like: shower daily, wear comfortable shoes, carry hand sanitizer […]
All posts for the year 2011
lined dice bags – for all your polyhedral needs
Posted by Tally on August 19, 2011
http://tallystreasury.com/2011/08/lined-dice-bags-for-all-your-polyhedral-needs/
braided paper bracelets and bookmarks
Braiding, according to some random and unverifiable website I saw once, is a task with “Ancient World Origins,” practiced around the world and probably dating back ages and ages and signifying different things in different cultures and maybe even linked to way old-school deities. I’d look this stuff up properly, but I had a super […]
Posted by Tally on August 13, 2011
http://tallystreasury.com/2011/08/braided-paper-bracelets-and-bookmarks/
leafy felt plants with needle felted accents
The other day I looked over into the corner of my office where I pile the things that will need dealing with soon but not right now, and realized that my one poor little office plant was back there, looking decidedly unhappy. I wrote a while ago about how I’m not the best grower of […]
Posted by Tally on August 5, 2011
http://tallystreasury.com/2011/08/leafy-felt-plants-with-needle-felted-accents/
sad panda mask in appliquéd fleece
My parents live far far away from me, in a land of where-there’s-a-job-for-Dad. I frequently complain that they need to live closer, and not only because of the lack of family visits and their beyond-belief local politics. When my mom lives that far away, she does things like this: Mom (over the phone): I’ve […]
Posted by Tally on July 29, 2011
http://tallystreasury.com/2011/07/sad-panda-mask-in-appliqued-fleece/
side seam pockets… and the mother/daughter dress challenge
In this world of imperfections, one of the niggling problems of everyday life is the lack of functional pockets in women’s clothing. I’m certain I’ve mentioned it before. Someone as addicted to lip balm as I am starts to twitch when made to go without pockets. Unfortunately, I myself have fallen into the trap of […]
Posted by Tally on July 22, 2011
http://tallystreasury.com/2011/07/side-seam-pockets-and-the-motherdaughter-dress-challenge/
goblin lackey plush
I’ve just finished another MtG plushie project that I want to share with the world. After 10 or 20 hours bent over the sewing machine, figuring out how to make goblin feet turn out right, one feels a need to brag a little and post an abundance of look-at-my-work photos.
Posted by Tally on July 14, 2011
http://tallystreasury.com/2011/07/goblin-lackey-plush/