Silly Birds

I have been wanting to make a new stuffie to join my other gaggle of critters (robots, octopus, whales, tree stumps, toast) so I made these two bird stuffies last night. They look a bit silly, but I actually really like them. I already make a small pin version, so why not blow them up to a bigger huggable size! I think the red one turned out especially nice!

Robots!

I finished carving my robot linoleum block this weekend and wanted to try him out, so I printed up these cards. They are all hand printed (I love hand printing....it makes me feel really connected to the materials and reminds me of college when I had unlimited access to a print shop....I should have lived there). I also printed some robots onto a linen canvas to frame for prints. I think they would be so cute in a kid's room (or my room for that matter!) I also prototyped the cards I will be making to pin my toast pins and poop pins to for the craft show.

Who could that be at the door?

Weekend Work....

I've been really trying to gather my thoughts and ideas for the craft fair, while still actually making things in whatever time is leftover. I managed to make a few tree stumps today and I bought all the terracotta pots yesterday to "plant" my lil' cactuses in. I also (finally) updated my flickr with recent projects (thanks to Jess who added me as a contact which led to me logging in and realizing that the pictures were very old)! Oh, and I made a custom order cupcake keychain that turned out really cute! The whipped cream and cherry dollop is a detachable pin!

Toast Army

Ever since I found out that I got into the craft show I've been a one-woman sweat shop on my lunch break and in the evenings. It's been fun and I'm producing a good bit of stuffs. I started small with making tons of these toast pins so that I will have something affordable for everyone to be able to buy. I'm also planning to make lots o' stuffies, robots, cactus, poop pins, cactus prints, work aprons, and possibly bags. I'm still so excited.....but I have lots to do to prepare. In the mean time I will let the toast revolution take over.....

My Bag Cares...re-usable grocery bag

I just read about these great bags from the Arbor Day Foundation in a magazine. They will plant a tree for each bag purchased! I have been using my own re-usable grocery bags for a while (some grocery stores still don't get it and look at me like I'm crazy when I pull out 3 big 'ol bags and ask them to "use these instead please"....!). I love the way this one looks with it's natural goodness (linen and natural cotton), jute handles, and great quote. I can't wait to get one, especially knowing it's for a good cause. They are only $20 and so far they have planted over 10,000 trees. Get them here http://mybagcares.com !!

I'm a Vendor at ICE!

I am completely pumped and excited! I just got the email that I was accepted to be one of only 100 vendors at the Indie Craft Experience in ATL! It will be my first show, and I cannot wait! There is so much to do in the meantime, though....I have lots of craftin' to do to prepare! Come see me on June 7th!

A New Etsy Shop

I opened up a new etsy shop today with some of my paintings. I'm definately excited about it as I tend to get really attached to them for some reason. It will be good to let some of them go finally. The imagery and connotations are so important to me, but I'm ready to move on and let some of them go. Here it is!

http://mutatingcells.etsy.com

I.C.E. ATL

I just applied to be a vendor at the Indie Craft Experience in June. I really hope I'm accepted, but whatever happens, I'm just excited about it in general! It will be in Centennial Olympic Park on Saturday June 7th. Sounds like fun to me. Check out I.C.E. here http://www.ice-atlanta.com/

Craft Magazine

I am in love with Craft magazine right now. I get so excited when it comes in the mail and see the plastic wrapped goodness. It is seriously amazing and if you don't have a subscription it is well worth the money. I remember when I read on craftster.org about the first issue coming out it sounded so good.....but I couldn't afford it at the time. I told a co-worker about it and she subscribed and brought an issue for me to look at....after that I had to have it! It is the only magazine that I get and I think that shows it's worthiness (not because I'm anti-magazine...believe me I would love readymade, nest, oxford american etc. but I don't have a lot of extra money to spend on those)...so if you're going to spend the money spend it on Craft magazine.

Get your subscription at http://www.craftzine.com/

I hope my next issue is on it's way!

The garden grows....

Yep, more cacti this weekend! These are all new ones that I made this weekend. I can't stop! I also stumbled onto a new friend for my cast of felt critters.....Toast Buddy! I love how plump and toasty he is! I will definately be making more of him!

I am also experimenting with sewing a "fattycakes" label into my new work. I really am liking the way it looks. It is just simple twill tape that I stamped with dye-based inks. I prefer my d.i.y. version far better than the ones I looked into buying. Plus, those were expensive and not as fun!

My Cactus Craze Continues....

I'm still loving the cacti and trying to think of other things I could do with cacti on them, so this weekend I bought some lino blocks and made some cute little block stamps. I printed up these cards for my etsy shop yesterday. They are just stamp ink since I really didn't have the time to get out the printmaking inks and hand print them. I am saving up to buy a gocco at some point, but with tax money due soon I don't think it's going to happen for a while. One day you will be mine, gocco! (Side note: I have a printmaking degree so the thought of being able to screenprint again sounds so fun, since my art room just doesn't have the space for full-scale real screenprinting.)