One Item for BM a Day (2010-2012)

ohCarie · Post by **ohCarie** » Wed Jun 30, 2010 10:47 pm

Today I got my striped tights, bike lights, and a bike lock with a combination so no keeping track of a key for me!

Bling · Post by **Bling** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 6:56 am

I bought striped leggings, but they're MIA, along with our other bike light. WTF? We spent a couple of hours in the staging room last night unpackaging things & sorting them into bins! Now we have bins for:
-- Tools
-- Batteries
-- Lighting
-- First aid
-- Skin care
-- Costumes (these are 4x the size)

And I ordered extra contact lenses for the Playa through Vision Direct online. You save the 20% markup the eye MD office charges--and they even check on your script and correct it if you get it wrong! Pretty happy with them so far!

C.f.M. · Post by **C.f.M.** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 7:21 am

Well, you've got striped clothing, you are alll set!

I remember my first piece of black and white striped clothes...ah. I felt so burnery...

(maybe black and white stripes isn't as much of a joke outside of the SE burner scene...)

I got one more drop in my fund bucket today...

MisaBlue · Post by **MisaBlue** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 7:22 am

EmilyD wrote:I finally finished covering the vintage umbrella...

It looks fantastic!

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 8:20 am

OH crap.
I broght a parasol in 08, tried it once, too involved with wind drag.
Admittedly, I was not at a walking pace. Am now trying to figure out how to use nail polish and an exacto-knife to make it less substantial.
Which is my way of saying, I should have read this thread better and told you about that. It may not matter, but it may.

EmilyD · Post by **EmilyD** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 8:41 am

C.f.M. wrote:Well, you've got striped clothing, you are alll set!

I remember my first piece of black and white striped clothes...ah. I felt so burnery...

(maybe black and white stripes isn't as much of a joke outside of the SE burner scene...)

I got one more drop in my fund bucket today...

Neil Diamond!!!! MELT HIM DOWN!

EmilyD · Post by **EmilyD** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 8:43 am

theCryptofishist wrote:OH crap.
I broght a parasol in 08, tried it once, too involved with wind drag.
Admittedly, I was not at a walking pace. Am now trying to figure out how to use nail polish and an exacto-knife to make it less substantial.
Which is my way of saying, I should have read this thread better and told you about that. It may not matter, but it may.

So you're saying you want to slit holes into your parasol and then finish the edges with nail polish so they don't fray? Is that what you mean?

EmilyD · Post by **EmilyD** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 8:44 am

MisaBlue wrote:
EmilyD wrote:I finally finished covering the vintage umbrella...
It looks fantastic!

Thanks MisaBlue. I love me some shiny!

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 8:50 am

EmilyD wrote:
theCryptofishist wrote:OH crap.
I broght a parasol in 08, tried it once, too involved with wind drag.
Admittedly, I was not at a walking pace. Am now trying to figure out how to use nail polish and an exacto-knife to make it less substantial.
Which is my way of saying, I should have read this thread better and told you about that. It may not matter, but it may.
So you're saying you want to slit holes into your parasol and then finish the edges with nail polish so they don't fray? Is that what you mean?

That is exactly what I meant.
I can do that this afternoon, perhaps.

Fire_Moose · Post by **Fire_Moose** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 8:59 am

C.f.M. · Post by **C.f.M.** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 9:24 am

You can buy stuff made to finish frayed edges, to keep them from unraveling.

Post by **AntiM** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 10:07 am

Parasols and the playa, fabulous idea, not always great in action. Too windy to count on as your primary source of head shade. I gave up on them.

We cut holes in the canopy over our rhoadescar. Crescents, and I reinforced the edges with acrylic paint. Still a sail, but not as bad as without the holes.

jella · Post by **jella** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 10:12 am

Tu tu #1 done

EmilyD · Post by **EmilyD** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 5:26 pm

AntiM wrote:Parasols and the playa, fabulous idea, not always great in action. Too windy to count on as your primary source of head shade. I gave up on them.

We cut holes in the canopy over our rhoadescar. Crescents, and I reinforced the edges with acrylic paint. Still a sail, but not as bad as without the holes.

Maybe the answer is to strip down existing umbrellas and recover with Aluminet or shade cloth.

EmilyD · Post by **EmilyD** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 5:27 pm

jella wrote:Tu tu #1 done

That came out great. What is the waistband made out of?

FaeTora · Post by **FaeTora** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 5:36 pm

I love that tutu! you did a great job!!

you are very talented.

FaeTora · Post by **FaeTora** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 7:31 pm

I got two tubes of SPF100 today and one SPF 85 tube and a bottle of alo gel. Small things that are very important.

Elorrum · Post by **Elorrum** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 8:37 pm

for melting into bowls... not the Mikado, and not Big Tiny Little. They should be blasted into space and let aliens wonder who the hell we are here. Both seriously worth a listen in my book, well, at least the Mikado.

ohCarie · Post by **ohCarie** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 11:19 pm

LOVE Neil Diamond! Maybe I will play nothing else on the ipod... The tutu--wow, mine looks NOTHING like that! what did I do wrong??

EmilyD · Post by **EmilyD** » Fri Jul 02, 2010 9:11 am

ohCarie wrote:LOVE Neil Diamond! Maybe I will play nothing else on the ipod... The tutu--wow, mine looks NOTHING like that! what did I do wrong??

Just saw this super simple tutu over at tribe. It is a no-sew tutu:

jella · Post by **jella** » Fri Jul 02, 2010 9:58 am

Thanks for the lovely compliments everybody.

It's stretchy velvet with tiny reflective circles, $2.00 a yard at Joann's in the bargain bin

. I bought it all obviously tee hee
I modified the tutorial "underskirt" by making a 3 inch folded waist band then started my tulle down from that. I made a halter top to match .

lucky420 · Post by **lucky420** » Fri Jul 02, 2010 12:46 pm

just scored a fabulous shriner parade costume off ebay. hope it fits, if not then some other lucky fool in my camp can wear it...

Clar-i-ty · Post by **Clar-i-ty** » Fri Jul 02, 2010 12:56 pm

OH HAPPY DAY! Got the sliding door on my van fixed last night! And for cheap too! Mind you this was a casualty from two Burns ago. I think it's a sign. It's going to be an awesome Burn!

EmilyD · Post by **EmilyD** » Fri Jul 02, 2010 5:17 pm

lucky420 wrote:just scored a fabulous shriner parade costume off ebay. hope it fits, if not then some other lucky fool in my camp can wear it...

lucky420 if you want to keep it for yourself we might be able to help you over on the costume & crafting thread. ;-)

lucky420 · Post by **lucky420** » Fri Jul 02, 2010 9:02 pm

aw thanks EmilyD you are a sweety. Hope I won't have to take you up on that...

Plumeria · Post by **Plumeria** » Fri Jul 02, 2010 10:14 pm

My item for today: new radiator in my car. I was driving today and developed a GIANT hole in it. Good thing it happened here and not on my way to the playa! Now the car will be in tip top shape for the drive.

EmilyD · Post by **EmilyD** » Fri Jul 02, 2010 10:17 pm

My item/s for the last two days, returning lots of stuff that didn't work or wasn't right for our needs. I suppose it's part of the process but damn it's a drag. Tomorrow I hope to stencil some patterns onto my platform work boots.

Bling · Post by **Bling** » Fri Jul 02, 2010 10:29 pm

I've been working on some shrinky gifts.

Bounce530 · Post by **Bounce530** » Sat Jul 03, 2010 12:04 am

Today I got the rest of the pvc for the monkey hut, and the rebar, progress pix will go up on the 'to cut or not monkey hut' topic late Sat or Sunday, but for now, here's my kid and me cutting the rebar into 2' lenghts-

Bounce530 · Post by **Bounce530** » Sat Jul 03, 2010 12:07 am

and one more of my kid taping the pvc-