for those I love for a haven of comfort for the extravagance of time - to reflect, to create, to share for the lessons of hardships for the simple joys for new connections forged for this life i am grateful. ********************************************************************** Wishing a Happy Thanksgiving to all! I will spend a long weekend stuffing myself silly with food and celebrating with my two favorite people in the world. I will return Monday with a new handmade outfit. …
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Flu + Seasons
Thank you for all the well wishes - it seems that this is one of those tenacious flu-type illnesses that is determined to stick around. I am doing everything slowly this week and am not getting a whole lot done...but I am getting better and while I sip more tea and try to recover, I am mining old works and leave you with one of my illustration series, "Seasons" (done entirely digitally with lots of origami paper overlays). Summer, with the penguins, is my favorite. …
Advent Calendar Roundup
Around this time last year, I was puttering around a fabric store making plans for the holidays when I got a phone call from one of my clients. While I stood surrounded by mid-weight cotton, my very very part-time job suddenly transformed into a very very full-time job. Sadly, I had no idea how to balance 80-hour work weeks with family commitments and we had the most neglected holiday season ever...thankfully the job ended after 6 months. Now that I have returned to a somewhat more balanced …
Halloween Tattoos
For all of my Pinterest-ing and grand planning, I've been kind of a slacker in the Halloween department. Pumpkins: not carved. Candy: not purchased. Fancy Treats: not baked. Costume for K: totally dialed it in (cat ears purchased at a drug store, leotard and tights re-purposed as-is from last summer's ballet camp). However, just in the nick of time, I did make some cute little Halloween tattoos... I used Silhouette's printable tattoo paper, which is so much fun. The downside is …
Animal Mask Doodles
A quiet day. A little doodling, a little sewing, a little volunteering (made endless amounts of die-cut letters at K's school, which I found strangely satisfying). I have animal masks on the mind and am thinking of ways to incorporate fabric in a different way...perhaps I'll have something to show you next week. Exciting news: an art show for January 2013 is in the works, for which I'll share details as it gets closer. Fun fun fun. Busy busy busy. …