just say no to butts!! congrats to you, jen, for quitting smoking. i am beyond flattered that you thought of my work to get your celebratory splurge ON!! kudos to you for your awesome willpower.....i'll be sending you happy vibes to keep you moving forward....enjoy!!
visits jen's etsy page for some really rad journals and quirky t's......love the upcylced journals too.
here is a pic of my freshly cleaned studio....boy, did it need it!! i hate to say that this was a few weeks ago and the grind of getting ready for clayton next month has taken it's toll on the order of it all. but, it mostly looks like the image if you can imagine a small-ish heap on my bench with goods splattering outward.....
flower design by studio choo via design sponge
p.s.--chris and i went to see the hangover last nite and we laughed for a solid 90 minutes. if your looking to get out of the heat and do something fun/funny i would highly recommend it :O)
i'm attempting to get back in the swing of things since my return from the art and air art festival in webster groves, mo. it was a wonderful whirlwind adventure. i have been "on" for many months now without any significant down time. see, i am not the best at down time. i am trying to learn how to give myself time to refuel after big deadlines/events/stress balls have passed, but it's not really my nature. so, this weekend, i will attempt to get some much needed r & r and pretend this pink suitcase is mine, packed with a blanket, a good book and my kombucha.
....which probably means i will be doing some haw design/website/studio work :O)
pretty photo by yvetteinufio
my friend christa of yellowbaby made this rad little finger puppet. i couldn't resist...i had to snatch it from her at our show (handmade austin women). when i brought it home and put it in my studio i laughed to myself when i realized the chemistry between "the squirrel" and "the puppet". hope they make you smile too!!
i love the pieces from soshesews. she uses all recycled plastic from shopping bags, newspaper bags and any other kind of random bag she comes across and fuses them together to make this plastic "material" for her pouches and wristlets. well done!!
this site rocked my world. i am a long time forever fan of condiments. if they call it a condiment i pretty much love it: ketchup, bbque sauce, mustard, veganaise.... i dig the sauces!!
dear condiments, i love you!!
i am making a paper chain...you know the kind we all made in grade school. it will be used to jazz up the site for the handmade austin women show: either as part of the border for the walk way, around the porch, hanging from a tree, as a bright orange paper chain mountain sculpture...who knows!!! weather will play a deciding element. this photo was taken early on today...i worked on it a half hour here and there between working on necklaces in the studio. i now have about 60 feet of chain made and hope to have 2-3 times that by the show. i just found all this paper in the drawer my mom had sent me awhile back while rummagin' around this morning and got inspired by it. i'm sure it being orange had something to do with it. as the signs i just made yesterday for the show are orange too. we'll see how long it gets when it's finished....i have two and half weeks to work on it in between everything else. eeps, it will be here soon. Yay!!!
beets and carrots just picked from the garden. today we had perfect weather to hang outside. the beets we'll boil and eat with balsamic vinegar and braggs and probably make my friend trisha's chocolate beet cake recipe...delish!!! the carrots i will most likely make my carrot ginger cayenne juice for breakfast. these tiny little carrot gems will probably only make about a cup of carrot juice though. it will be sweet knowing they are from out little garden patch :O)
one for you, one for me cards by threefold
repurposed silverware made into custom herb/planter tags :O) by monkeysalwayslook
faceted wooden rocks by kindlingshop
pillow earring color sampler...now you can order 2 tier or 3 tier pillow earrings in any of the above colors from my website. just mention your desired color in the notes during checkout.
colors listed from left to right (2nd image)...
red-orange-brightstrawberry-candypink-peachypink-white-acidgreen-sage-palepaleblue-brightblue-espresso-black
....color samplers to come for the polyp earrings and sequin earrings soon....stay tuned!!!
i am so excited about these little baby carrots, we planted them back so they could grow a little bigger.
pet bottles in their prime. this image features these small plastic "scales" made for a lamp shade by artist, gulnur ozdaglar out of repurposed pet bottles. the second image is both sculpture and bowl; a fine use for the gazillion water bottles that would typically end up in the landfill if not recycled or reused. bravo!!!
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