Omigosh, it's November already, and I am so far behind on Christmas crafts! (I furiously crocheted a dishcloth while waiting for the video to upload.) I've been so busy with other things, I don't have a lot to show for this week. The wool/angora yarn I have been plying is finished. I love the way it turned out! Angora always has such a wonderful halo. The yardage was amazing as well. I got over 300 yards of lace-weight 2-ply from, approximately, 2 ounces of fiber.
The pillow has doubled in length, which is good progress. Hopefully I will finish that this week. If not, I'm sure it will be close.
I'm really excited to have the fiber chosen and ready to go for my next spinning project. I'm doing stripes of different colorways from Homestead Hobbyist and Fat Cat Knits, spun as a thick single for the Stormy Weather Vest. There wasn't much beyond that besides a little spinning for my Shetland sweater in spare moments.
The last few weeks, I have hinted at a big project in the works, and I'm ready to share it with you. I was asked to put together some video clips for a Beachbody informercial!
Let's start at the beginning though. Beachbody has what is called, the Beachbody Challenge. You choose which program you want to do, and upon completion, you submit your results. Just for participating you get something, usually a shirt, which corresponds to the program you did. They also give away $500 every day, and by submitting your results, you have a chance to win. From there daily winners have a chance at the monthly prize. There are also quarterly prizes and a huge yearly prize.
I submitted my results after the first round of 21DFX and got my tank top – no big deal. After a few more rounds – and some pretty huge results, my coach suggested I resubmit everything start to finish. I didn't know that was an option, but there wasn't really anything to lose, so I followed her advice. That was October or November of last year. It wasn't until February I received an email saying I was the daily winner! It was so exciting!
There was a some paperwork to fill out, and during the exchanging of emails, I was told the 21DFX marketing department was interested in my story, and would it be alright if it was passed along. I said sure, and… not a whole lot happened. It popped up on Autumn Calabrese's Facebook page once and the Shakeology blog and Facebook page a couple times, but I hadn't seen anything in a while.
This summer it was announced there would be auditions for a 21DFX infomercial, which was in the works, at Beachbody Coach Summit. I remember thinking it would be a fun thing to do if I were brave enough to go to Summit (which I wasn't). I know of one coach who went to the audition and was called back, which was really cool, and an exciting thing for her.
Summit was back in July, so I figured the cast for the commercial was pretty well sewn up, but a few weeks ago, I got an email out of the blue. It was asking if I would be willing to submit for the project!
It ended up being a lot more work than I expected, but it was really fun, and it forced me to deal with the ongoing nightmare that has been storage space on my phone. I don't know how much of my stuff, if any, will be used. Even crazier, I probably won't even see it! We don't have regular TV. But if you have the TV on late one night, and an infomercial for 21 Day Fix Extreme comes on, look for a familiar face, and if you see me, let me know!
The pillow has doubled in length, which is good progress. Hopefully I will finish that this week. If not, I'm sure it will be close.
I'm really excited to have the fiber chosen and ready to go for my next spinning project. I'm doing stripes of different colorways from Homestead Hobbyist and Fat Cat Knits, spun as a thick single for the Stormy Weather Vest. There wasn't much beyond that besides a little spinning for my Shetland sweater in spare moments.
The last few weeks, I have hinted at a big project in the works, and I'm ready to share it with you. I was asked to put together some video clips for a Beachbody informercial!
Let's start at the beginning though. Beachbody has what is called, the Beachbody Challenge. You choose which program you want to do, and upon completion, you submit your results. Just for participating you get something, usually a shirt, which corresponds to the program you did. They also give away $500 every day, and by submitting your results, you have a chance to win. From there daily winners have a chance at the monthly prize. There are also quarterly prizes and a huge yearly prize.
I submitted my results after the first round of 21DFX and got my tank top – no big deal. After a few more rounds – and some pretty huge results, my coach suggested I resubmit everything start to finish. I didn't know that was an option, but there wasn't really anything to lose, so I followed her advice. That was October or November of last year. It wasn't until February I received an email saying I was the daily winner! It was so exciting!
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| Screen grab from the day I won the Beachbody Challenge. |
There was a some paperwork to fill out, and during the exchanging of emails, I was told the 21DFX marketing department was interested in my story, and would it be alright if it was passed along. I said sure, and… not a whole lot happened. It popped up on Autumn Calabrese's Facebook page once and the Shakeology blog and Facebook page a couple times, but I hadn't seen anything in a while.
This summer it was announced there would be auditions for a 21DFX infomercial, which was in the works, at Beachbody Coach Summit. I remember thinking it would be a fun thing to do if I were brave enough to go to Summit (which I wasn't). I know of one coach who went to the audition and was called back, which was really cool, and an exciting thing for her.
Summit was back in July, so I figured the cast for the commercial was pretty well sewn up, but a few weeks ago, I got an email out of the blue. It was asking if I would be willing to submit for the project!
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| Some of the "before" pictures I submitted. |
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