In the midst of creating things...

So, I've been doing some designing/sewing this week. Here's what I threw together for myself last night!

It's supposed to be tea party appropriate and will go with my new green tea party dress and green paisley shoes. I've included a close-up of the buttons - they're fancy antique buttons from my grandmother!

More pictures of other creations to come!

Long time with no blog post...

I guess I've just been too busy to blog or as Gary Gnu used to say, "No gnus is good gnus."

I still have not finished my top secret painting, but have been working on other top secret projects (aka gifts). As summer is here, there is just so much to do! The beautiful weather calls me outside, but I have so many things to do inside! I also started my summer job and am looking for an art teacher position for the regular school year. A little over a week ago, we headed to Hoboken and then into Brooklyn for the Renegade Art Fair (some great products by some great crafters that I have seen on Etsy, but not in person until now!). This weekend we'll be visiting "the family" in Jersey for Jackie's baby shower and to celebrate the 4th.

Just thinking about all the things we've done and are going to do makes me tired! Goodnight!

Siriusly relaxed...

For our anniversary, Dave and I bought ourselves Sirius satellite radio. I'm really enjoying it! There's a disco channel and an 80s channel, but my favorite is the Coffeehouse channel - it's so relaxing!

I've been working on another small (1'x1') painting and am having some trouble staying focused. I just read (in an e-mail forward, but have not verified this fact) that da Vinci took ten years to paint Mona Lisa's lips. So, I don't feel so bad about taking several days to finish this painting. Of course, da Vinci had a lot more going on than I do right now, like writing backwards in his journals, inventing scissors and flying machines, and studying all the scientific theories of the day. He never had the chance to have the problems I have with getting motivated - I was so relaxed yesterday (due to the Coffeehouse channel on Sirius) that all I did with the painting was sit near it holding my coffee cup and staring off into space. I'm Sirius!

The Capery Caper

This week I visited two of my superfriends who live in Brooklyn. Of course we had to go to the Brooklyn Superhero Supply Company because, duh, where else would we go?! The store is amazing because they have things superheroes need like super suction cups to climb walls and potions and whatnot! It is even more amazing because in the back of the store is a writing workshop for kids. Pretty cool!

There is a Capery in the store. What is a Capery? It's a stage where you can try on capes and there is wind blowing so that you get the full experience...


Karla has just taken off and is looking down at the tiny people on the ground...

...Cori has just made a dramatic landing...

... and I am just trying to look cool, but it's tough when you don't have superproduct in your superhair and your superhair just wants to keep supersmacking you in the superface! :^)

After saving the world, we walked around the corner to the Chip Shop where we fulfilled our superappetites with such deep-fried delicacies as chips, bananas with chocolate sauce and Twinkies with raspberry sauce. Yum!

T-shirts and paintings

Just a few pictures show how creative I've been over the past week. Last Friday I bought the book Generation-T and was inspired to make things right away - here are three projects from or inspired by the book that I made between Saturday and Tuesday. As always there was another one that just didn't work out and another that did work out, but I forgot to take a picture of it!

One side of my new tote decorated with a pin from an etsy seller and a little string doll from Cori.

The other side of the tote.

Made from a t-shirt from the demo derby that Karla, Dave, and I went to last year. I wore it on Sunday to another demo derby just to show how hardcore demo derby I am (I don't think anyone was impressed - I observed that most demo derby fans might not be impressed with my mad sewing/t-shirt re-do skills!)

This t-shirt was also worn over the weekend (to Jamie's vegan bbq).

Here's a close-up in case you weren't able to read it!

So, as you may have noticed in my blog, I haven't painted in a while. The eye on the left in this painting was really bothering me so I painted it out and gave it a crazy, bruised eye. This might not be the final edition. Also at this point I'm tempted to just give up and gesso the whole thing!


As storage is becoming a problem, I started working smaller - about 1'x1' rather than 3'x4 1/2'. This one was based on a photo of my friend Dave (not my husband - I do know other people named Dave), but it doesn't look like him. You have to stand back a little to get the effect. Go ahead, stand up and take about 3 or so steps back.

Well, after seeing some new (and revived) mediums, you never know what I'll make next... stay tuned....