Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Well, the dishes won't do themselves...or will they?

Okay so I could have put this up a few days ago, but I wasn't sure if I wanted people to know how dorky I really am. Oh well, here it is anyway.... Before viewing this video keep in mind that we were nasty sick here for most of a week- thus the condition of my kitchen. Monday morning hit and I felt a little better and had my eyes open to what a truly big mess I had to attack around the house- starting in the kitchen. I looked at my dishes and thought, "Well they aren't going to do themselves, so get crackin' woman." and then I imagined them really doing themselves and thought how I could create that sort of a facade myself. I had Seth tape our camera to the top of a ladder and place it in the kitchen and every few dishes I washed I took a picture. Sometimes I had fun by opening cupboards by degrees and putting things inside them and closing them again and I pretended that the dishes had to travel down the counter to make it into the sink, or take pictures of the wash cloth in several positions around a dish, etc. In all I took 159 pictures to create this 13 seconds of "animation" and I think the next time I do it I will want to take at least 4 times that many pictures to make it even more convincing and fun. I feel a new hobby coming on. :)


video

27 comments:

Marian & Edward said...

Wow Kare!!! I think I'm gonna have to try that one. . . Love ya!

Happilyeverafterx3 said...

That was fully AWESOME! Way to make it fun you crazies.

Xena said...

Way to make a painful job so much longer! Ha! Next time do it closer up to the sink so we can see those details:)

Melissa said...

Not dorky -- AWESOME!!!

Andrea said...

Hi, this is Andrea Stewart. I saw your blog link on Mikki's blog. I love this little video!!

ang :o) said...

That was so awesome I've watched it like 14 times. Can't wait to show KG. :)

Kaui said...

Wow! That was fun and very cool!

sunnytosh said...

You are so creative, glad to see you could have fun while cleaning. :o)

The Marshall Family said...

You are cute!

Vierig Family said...

You are way to cool and creative! I loved it! Makes me want to make a mess of my kitchen, just so I can copy your fabulous idea!!!

David and Melissa said...

#1 and #2 wanted to see it over and over. They didn't read the story to know the trick. Pretty cool:-) They've just gotten into photography (see our blogs for Feb 22 and Feb 24th) so we may give it a try next time the play room is out of control. After being sick and having David run things all last week, they don't seem to know how to mess it up anymore. I won't fuss! Thanks for being a friend and sharing your fun and crazy adventures. -M

cbracken said...

WOAH! That was awesome! How fun!! You're too cute and creative for words!

Kristine said...

That's awesome! You did a great job! Oh and I can't wait to see more! ;)

SBAM said...

Awesome! My daughter would like to know if your magic kitchen makes dinner for you, too?

Kathleen said...

I wanted to make a comment about your NEW BABY... I'm out of the loop !
She is so YUMMY !
Kiss her for ME !
Aunt Kathleen

Sheri said...

Karalenn,
This is awesome! I laughed so hard and had such fun watching it with Benjamin. It even got me excited to go clean my kitchen, this video makes it seem so easy to do. : )

LOVE YA!
Sheri

Sarah said...

Karalenn...I wish I could live at your house. :) Seriously...way to make doing the dishes fun. And whatever fairy lives at your house send them my way. I loved getting to see you! I wish we could have spent more time together. I'm glad you are feeling better. :)

One Blessed Chick said...

This is too cool! You are very creative. Can you come to my house with your magic wand?!? :o)

Tara Hoppie said...

LOVE IT! You might be the funnest person I know!

Colleen said...

that was awesome. i just watched that like five times. thanks for the laugh.

Katie said...

Seriously . . . you are awesome!!! We need to plan a little get together one of these days, me you and Kim!!!

md said...

You guys are soooooo stinkin' creative it blOws my mind :)

Rachelle said...

HOORAY! I am in! I was so sad the few times I came to visit and couldn't! It will be fun to be connected! Your girls are beautiful- just like mom! Hugs!

Tanya said...

totally fun to accidentally come across your blog--went to Lindsay's and saw your link. Fun fun to check out my friends from years past! We loved our time in LA. hope all is well with your family, congrats on the new addition, very cute!
Tanya Call

Jenne said...

You are hilarious! I love it, maybe this would motivate me?? I think it is way cute that your husband would even entertain the idea of setting up the camera for you. Super cute and way fun!

Kara said...

Hilarious!!

Marcelo Vignali said...

When you are done with the dish faeries, send them to our house.