Happiness is...

[aryanhwy]

...a productive weekend. (We'll just ignore yesterday). Today I

• Made molasses cookies with my carefully hoarded molasses brought back from the US last June. (Joel's comment: "looks like motor oil". You just can't substitute stroop, it isn't the same.)


• Started and finished the very first scroll that I both calligraphed and illuminated. I still need to work on my whitework some; I have trouble holding my brush steady. The calligraphy has my usual token mistake (a terminal S in a non-terminal position). I never make more than one mistake per piece, but I always make that one!


• Completed a skirt started a few weeks ago -- no hurry because I can't wear it until it warms up anyway. Having done so means that every single piece of fabric I've purchased since we moved has been made into the piece of clothing/other item it was intended for when I bought it.

All of this while watching two movies, Miss Sadie Thompson and Hidalgo (the latter of which I can't really recommend as something to watch while concentrating fiercely on calligraphy, because you miss a lot of the dialogue as it's subtitled!). And I still have time to catch Chicago when it's playing later this evening.

Comments

[eleyne-de-c.livejournal.com]

That scroll is lovely!

[aryanhwy.livejournal.com]

Thanks! After I finished it I was fairly dancing around the house I was so pleased with how it turned out. For someone who has always considered herself to have almost no artistic ability, and who has always drooled over beautiful illumination (figuratively, don't worry), to be able to do this just made me want to squee!

[(Anonymous)]

The scroll is beautiful. Great job.