Now on Etsy

I have my Etsy shop up and running again. Anyone need some fabric? I'll be posting new designs once I get them printed up. Naturally, I'll share here as well.

I also recently learned how to make rounded corners in Photoshop. I'm so fancy schmancy now, I'm a bit smug.

Like Her Mama

Tootie has taken to sculpting from a step-by-step book her Grandma gave her.

Little Thing Magazine:: Spring 2009

Back in January I got an email requesting an interview and some photos of my work for a Chinese magazine called Little Thing. Naturally, I said yes! Yesterday it arrived. The magazine is beautiful and chock full of beautiful and creative images. The paper is a nice heavy stock too. Tootie says it smells good so there's that as well.

I wish I could read Chinese. It all looks so wonderful. I'm digging the fashion although I do think I'll pass on the Hobo beekeeper look. I'm pretty sure I can't pull that off.

I was included in a section about papiermache artists. I am honored to see I'm in fine company. Included (above) is artist Nicola aka greenphoenix. Her work is lovely. Again, I wish I could read the interview so I learn more about her.

Also featured are; baozi whose flickr album is here and Brazilian artist Carol Wisnievski da Cunha (Carol W.) whose Etsy shop can be found here.

The magazine included several vintage jewelry designers as well: Kari Beth,Ayssa Chandler, After17, and Beth Quinn.

In the way back is a tutorial on how to make a mini terrariums. So flippin cute. I'll take some photos and post later this week.

Here's a detail shot for those who can read it. Please let me know if I come across as some yahooooo. As you can see I put my fancy pants on for the occasion - so maybe the yahooo-iness title is appropriate. That's fine. I'll own it. Life's too short not to be free to be oneself.

You never know what you'll get.

I made a dress for Tootie. Only, I don't know how to sew or read a pattern. I make it up as a go along.

I sew like I cook, directions are suggestions - surely they don't really mean that. The outcome is always a surprise if you follow that philosophy. I hope for happy mistakes.

This is the dress for Tootie. As you can see it turned out to be a shirt for me.

It is well

The history of the hymn "It is Well With My Soul" popped up in my email this morning from Page CXVI. Here's what it said,

"It is Well" was written by Horatio Spafford after losing his son to
scarlet fever, all of his real estate investments to the Great Chicago
Fire, and his 4 remaining children to the sinking of a boat.

Curious for more information I found The Library of Congress exhibit: The American Colony In Jerusalem and an entry on Wikipedia.

This is what I'm thinking about this morning.

There, I said it: post #1

I am stealing this idea from Banzai Chronicles. He does a post every once in a while titled "There, I said it" which I find hilarious.

Here it goes:

Expressionless big eyed little girl paintings, unicorns, birds in cages, owls and mushrooms; please, for the love people it's gotta stop.

There, I said it.

Birthday Girl

Yesterday was Tootie's birthday. She is now an official 6 year old.

Tootie tried out her new skates as Sadie, our doberman, kept a wary eye. Sadie was not overly keen on the balloons. She wandered into the shot above and you can see she is making her there's-monkey-business-going-on-and-I-don't-like-it look.

After dinner Tootie had a chance to try the skates out for real. I can't believe how grown up she is getting. I know I say that every year and every year I really mean it. She is smart, creative, quick witted and a tad little Miss Smartypants.

She was very frustrated that she kept falling so I told her that she shouldn't expect to be perfect the first time out.

She responded, "Jesus is perfect".

"Yes."

"Who were his parents?"

"Um, Mary was his Mother and he had an adoptive Dad, Joseph."

"Who is his other Dad?"

"God."

"But Jesus is God."

"Yes."

"So, he's his own Dad?"

Oh, the paradox of the Trinity. My girlie, the 6 year old thinker.

Sadie

She is a very intense dog.

Fabric

I tweaked the "Girls" fabric design and got it back from Spoonflower. I really like how it turned out. The color is so much brighter and the details show up better. I fixed the registration problem. Overall I'm pretty well pleased.

Detail

More fabric. This was made with photos of my dolls which I repeated in photoshop. Fun fun

Almost 6

My daughter is in her Puppy Phase. She drew this from a calendar photo of doberman puppies. She has taught herself how to draw by looking at the thing she's drawing and not her paper. I think she is really good for an almost 6 year old but then again, I'm her Mama.

We traveled out of town this weekend to meet up with the other families who we traveled with 5 years ago to adopt our daughters from China. Tootie has came down with a cold so she wasn't being herself, poor thing. She began coming out of her shell in the last few hours we were together. Oh, the delight in being an introvert.