I never really consciously realized how I seem to be working in similar color palette to my my site header. Hah. Lots of pinks and yellows, and saturated tones. I have been working on the little sewn pieces, here is some progress…

I also have multiple bird projects going on. As always, many things in multiple phases of completeness!

I picked up the remaining pieces from my art show and will be photographing them to post in my shop just as soon as I get some nice sunlight! I had kind of forgotten how many pieces I had made (more than I remembered), and how large some of them are. Everything is professionally framed and matted, and looks so nice!

I’m back from Chicago! It was a fabulous weekend, great weather, logistics went smoothly, and I did well at the fair selling my stuff, meeting people, and enjoying the time in general! Check out some photos here…

And a big hello to my new friends who stopped by the booth! Soon www.funcupcake.com will be a website devoted to my art, with a link to this blog. But for now, here are a few links to help you navigate around. Here’s a link to my etsy shop, which I will be updating with new merchandise this week. As well as links to photos of my drawings and art! I am also selling some of my wares at the lovely Renegade Handmade store in Chicago. And finally, here’s a link to my “bio” or “about me” page. I have so many new ideas to get working on, it was a very inspirational trip! I had some of those prophetic visual dreams too… and I have some new pens in some fantastic colors. Yay!

I made this tote bag over the weekend using fabric that they were going to throw out at work. And I realized it is actually reversible! The fall weather has made me craft-crazy! I just want to be home, with the window slightly cracked, tea kettle boiling and music on with fabric, yarn, and paper scattered all around me! I started a new knitting project as well, Cynthia taught me how to purl so now I can do more than just the stockinette stitch!

Scarf Montage

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Can anyone really only work on one knitting project at a time? I suppose if it’s something more intricate than a garter stitch scarf, you might be compelled to work on just one project at at time. But, I, folks, just physically cannot work on only one knitting project at at time. Here you can see the four scarves I am working on. One is handyed and handspun yarn from a llama farm in Colorado (the pinky multi-color one), one is a handyed cotton yarn (small pinky one), one is a kid mohair blend (green with fabric woven in) and one appropriate for a gent (grey and darker grey peruvian wool.) Now, I am determined to have them all finished for gifts for Christmas, and perhaps a few more done too? We shall see.

Have I mentioned that I love having the scanner up and running?

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The art show motivated me to make some prints. I carved an image inspired by Dios de Los Muertos, and made several prints, some on handmade paper. Please email me if you are interested in these 5″ x 7″ prints, only $5.00 each! The ink color choices are: silver, black, orange, turqouise, or fuschia. I also recently finished knitting two more scarves, here they are, and look Melissa, modeling scarves is not so serious anymore! Coy smile just for you!

Noche De Muertos Art Show Flyer

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Here is the flyer for the art show that my Mexican Shrine will be a part of… It should be a really fun night!

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It’s made from a salvaged door cut down to size and painted. It has doors that fold closed enabling it to fit intside it’s carrying case. The cross is velcroed on and when it’s put away, the cross velcro’s to the side of the carrying case. I made some little fimo clay skulls to add to the clay and paper flowers, candles, religious ephemera, food offerings, wood, plastic and rubber animals, and of course, the Virgin Mary.

altar

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Here it is today, in all of it’s over-the-top decoration, complete with lots of important symbols relative to a Mexican-Catholic shrine. It’s going to be part of a Day of the Dead Art show here in Santa Barbara next month.

portable altar

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A few years ago when I created this Shrine, based on the very over-the-top variety found in Mexico, this is what it looked like. It fit neatly into a handmade portable carrying case, and was meant to be sort-of funny, like appealing to the American’s hunger for all things disposable and portable. We’re just such materialistic freaks, consuming and possessing so much, and we do like to take everything with us in our big cars. Anyways, my point is, that over the years I’ve collected more objects for this piece. Some found objects, some things people have given me, some very lucky scores at various goodwills. I left the critique with the constructive critisism that although the shrine certainly felt “Mexican-ish” it wasn’t over the top enough. I agree, and luckily, time has allowed me to slowly add to it. See how it looks today!

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Monday.