Little pencil bag

Well, I finally switched over to the other version of blogger, so nice and oh the features! Do you remember the blockprinted curtains I made for my kitchen? (yes?) well here is a little pencil bag I made from the same material. I was working without a pattern, so it could use a few professional touches, but I think it's pretty cute. I'm hoping to come up with about 4 more designs and make little book covers too to take to the stationery show with me in April. Naturally I'll have to have someone else sew them....

For Shona!

This is in response to Shona's blog on January 2nd. she had some of her little porceline japanese-made dolls in some scenery, strangely enough I'd been wanting to feature mine for a couple of weeks, though just in the studio where they reside, but her pictures encouraged me to go outside and shoot them on location! thanks Shona! I actually have a few more pics, but I'll spare you and show them at a later date!

Happy New Year 2007!!!

It always does feel different to me, waking up on New Years Day , it really feels like a new year. We had a surprise guest (Karen Carston) who was on her way home to Washington from CA, so we really partied it up!! ha ha. we stayed up until 11:30 and drank red wine. Just couldn't make it that last half hour. We wore our red underwear and filled our wallets with money and ate black-eyed peas for breakfast- so it should be the best year ever!! anyway............ Happy 2007 everyone! I hope the coming year is creative, prosperous, laid back, time-plenty, war-ending, and every (positive) wish granted for everyone!!

Reindeer galore!

Here are all my reindeer images- together for the first time in one place- (See LalaDex Press lovely reindeer too!) It has been suggested that reindeer are part of the holiday story, not just because they live in the north pole(?) but because they eat the red and white (amanita) very poisonous to humans, but halucinocenic mushrooms that grow under pine trees. Then as unappetizing as it sounds- the Shaman- dressed in a red and white robe - drinks the reindeer piss, in this form it has been rid of poison, but still retains the hallucinogen. Then reindeer and Shaman go flying! Well anyway that's one story for you..... I kind of like it, as it ties in the pine tree, reindeer, red and white of the season, and cooperation between nature and humans. Of course some say coca-cola put santa in a red and white suit- not quite as lovely a tale, I'd say! Anyway tomorrow I'll share some images of the poisonous and oft-seen amanita muscaria mushroom! Let me know if you have some too, and I'll attempt to link your images!