Lovebird Ladybird

Mama's don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys.

Don't let em run loose in school playgrounds, they might get bit and have to lay around...

Oh, it's Sunday at the bird house. Puppy is recovering from a nasty dog bite a couple days ago and I'm working on projects. Send happy thoughts his way.

 

I've been playing with Shrinky Dinks and making doggie collages and notebooks of scrap paper. I've been working on this piece:

Thinking about cleaning/reorganizing my studio. Thinking about how I need to actually call that space "my studio". It's difficult for some reason..I want to call it my art room or the extra room or something like that. I need to dignify it and make it something important to me. My studio. My studio. My studio! There we go!

Hey, check out these cool wine bottles I saw the other day:

This is a Washington wine- not sure what vineyard or what designer but I love it! I love the simplicity and the color scheme and the whole bit. They have a couple other similar labels for the cabernet and shiraz. Pretty pretty pretty!

Oh, and P.S.- In case you are ever struck with a case of the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad (you just got a collection notice for your nearly 2 year divorced ex) day/week/month- Grab yourself a bright ass wig, take some photos and then make some art. I promise that you'll feel better. No joke.

XO.

Art Journaling Magazine - Autumn 2009!

Yesterday I mentioned that my copy of Art Journaling had arrived. I figured I would post a couple photos and also say that there is some flat out amazing work in there! It's more like a book than a magazine and is definately worth the price. I'm really thrilled to be a part of a publication so full of amazing artwork!

I really like how they photographed my work! I haven't seen those journals for awhile so it was a fun surprise to see them again like this.

How weird and cool! haha. Needless to say, I'm stoked. And like I said, this issue is so full of great ideas, tips and techniques. It's totally worth picking up.

We're gonna make it after all.

I've been working in my newest board book journal and having a lot of fun. Here are some of the new pages:

My friend Randi told me about how she was painting over magazine images. It sounded awesome and I figured that I would give it a try. I really like the look of it! I'm definately not a painter and need lots and lots of practice in terms of lighting and color and all that. But I'll be working more on this.

In other news- I got my issue of Art Journaling! I have to admit, I opened it in the driveway after pulling it out of the mailbox. You only get published for the first time once, right?  You can find me on page 78 with an article about board book journaling! I think it turned out really nicely and I'm quite an excited lady. Yay!

Bag Lady!

I've been working away at getting some of my new bags up on my etsy shop. I'm way into these baby bird bags and I made a couple of these clutches today, too!

  

Later gators. The televised version of This American Life is rocking my world. xo.

A day full of color and fire

yesterday was a long, fun day. it began with coffee and visits from friends and picking fruit from our trees. many hours later and after one of the weirdest shows ever- it ended with playing music and riding bikes and the kind of sleep that comes from a day well used. beware- mass quantities of photos lay ahead.

 

 

 

  

Do it again and I'll see you tomorrow

I've been working in a new board book turned art journal. I like to take photos of the pages before they are done so that I have them as a reference for later.

For whatever reason this slide thing really reduced the image quality.. Not sure what went wrong there. Anyway, I've already been working a bit on some of these pages but I'll put photos up in a while when the whole thing is done.

I'm off to have some dinner with lots of veggies from the garden! Yum!

Lacey Community Market & How to make cheap and easy signage

Well, hi there! I have been pretty lousy about updating this thing on a regular basis. I'm working on that.. It's one of those organizational things that I am not so hot at and must improve upon. I need some sort of reminder system! Hmm...

The market was A LOT of work to get ready for! But it was also really fun! I was so tired afterward but very glad to have gone. It's good to get the first one out of the way. I met some great people and got a good feel for the whole thing and I'm excited to go back and to try some other markets in bigger cities.

The weather wasn't great- but I think my booth brightened things up just a tinch. haha.

I made this banner out of felt. If you are ever in need of a nice looking but cheap sign- you might give this a shot. It was totally easy to do (as long as you don't mind a lot of cutting) and here's what I did:

1. Enlarge logo  on the copier by about 400%. Cut it up so that each letter is by itself. You don't need to cut perfectly around the letters at this point.

2. Get a  few sheets of black felt from the local craft palace and lay one letter on top and cut around it carefully and as accurately as possible.

3. Get some liquid stitch and glue the felt letters onto the background fabric & viola! Done & done! 

p.s. I used velcro squares along the top of the green felt to attach it to the table cloth.

I made a lot of things for the market that I haven't put up on my etsy shop yet. I'll be posting lots of new items in the next few days- keep your eyes peeled!

I'll be back September 12 from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Hope to see you there!

To Market, To Market

Hey! I'm going to be at the Lacey Farmers Market tomorrow (Sat. Aug 8) from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.  I'll have all sorts of fabulous handmade jewelery, cards, hats, hairclips and headbands for kids and grown ups, artwork, bags and more! It should be a really fun time. I know that I'll be glad to have my first market experience under my belt. 

Hope to see you there!