valentine's
i got the greatest valentine's gift ever this year. the beautiful and talented alisa wove me a heart shaped basket filled with chocolates. she always makes me something really cool. but this year's was extra cool because i had no idea how she did it. it was a nifty little puzzle to figure out. the basket was made from two sheets of paper. one red, one white. the bands in the weave were connected together at both ends. both pieces of paper. i searched very carefully for where she glued them back together. but there were no seams anywhere. it looked for all the world like the papers were created woven together like that. damn, i love that woman. anywho, i was afraid we were getting out of sync. but completely independently, i had woven her a heart out of red and white construction paper. so i guess we're completely in sync. anywho, mine was flat and had a heart pattern in the weave. cool enough. but not best ever.