New Project

I am proud to announce I am starting a new line of products for my shop!

I am creating children's artwork, made of felt. Their purpose will be created in a way to inspire story telling in children and families, and will feature various scenes for each "Story". Most pieces will be rather simple, yet symetrical and balanced. They will all be framed w/ glass, and will be meant to last.

My new beauties won't officially be revealed for sale until closer to Christmas. I will then post one "Story", complete w/ four pieces for sale seperate or together at a discount. Come the Santa Fe Spring Arts Festival here in April of 2009, I hope to present more "Stories", as well as a couple larger, one-of-a-kind, special addition pieces.

I am very excited about how this project is beginning. I have looked around for other people that offer similar items and have turned up virtually nothing! I want you to get excited to so I am going to show you the beautiful work of some other felt artists, even though it be quite different from my own!

Euphie Guinea Pig by FireHorseTextiles

Hamsters are in the animal kingdom, equivalent to what a slap bracelet is in the jewelry world: an essential to ever child's development. But if your child is allergic, or you just want to commemorate the passing of you favorite childhood hamster, this felt picture would probably do the trick.

Cherry Blossom Pin, white, by lupin

What a beauty this is! It almost looks like a real flower, let alone the felt that it is! And how cute would this be in your hair!

Colour Wave Felt Toy - Blue by Muju

This felt robot alien creature is possibly one of the coolest things I've ever seen. I envy the maker. I wonder if she would like to do an interview with me...

Squids Garden Original Art Piece by FaffCreations

How cute! It's so intricate and well laid out. This is currently the only one she has on her website, but I do hope she posts some new scenes as well!

I'm Soooo Excited!!

Today is Wednesday. What that translates into is School Day. And what excites me so about school? Today I will walk away with my very first (and second) hand-cast Sterling Silver jewelry of my own design. I will have in my possession a chilli pepper that I will be turing into a tie tack for my father (don't tell Dad!) and a beautiful flower ring which I designed for myself.

This is a very lame-o picture that gives you an idea what my awesome ring will look like. Do not be shaken by the lameness of the computer drawing, it does not reflect the coolness of the sterling silver obviously!

The Return To Drama

So, technically I've back at work for awhile, and but I'm disappointed that already the vaca. vibes have worn off! Solution: vacation more! (This weekend, we are taking a day+ off to go to halloween horror nights and have another mini vaca.)

While we were up in beautiful South Carolina, we had a great time, and it was the most relaxed I've been in a long while! I refused to think about work, school, or anything that could cause stress. Even money. We had a credit card cleared off and ready for just that trip, so we didn't have to worry about screwing money things up somehow! We're very good at that part. We did however talk about our house. We love our house; it's really a slightly pathetic house though as we bought a fixer-upper a couple of years go and our fixing up has been limited so far. We do a little bit at a time but we have got to get on the ball.

Being in the beautiful blank-canvas hotel we were staying at reminded us of the clutter at home and the stress is reflects back. Empty areas are much better at absorbing my stress when I am in my house. It needs to be a calm place!

So, since we've been back, besides all the regular work, school, and obsessive amounts of art projects I've been working on, I have been focused on Spring Cleaning. When I say Spring Cleaning, I mean, gettin rid of everything that takes up too much space, doesn't get used regularly, looks funny, smells funny, etc. My worst downfall is when it comes to gifts. Much of my inner being wants to be a minimalist. But I have so much appreciation for people that care about me that I feel obligated to keep their gifts for at least a certain amount of reasonable time. I try to enjoy the gift, even if it doesnt seem to fit my particular tastes right off the bat, and then at the end of a years time or so, I can assess whether I'd like to keep it around or not, without feeling guilt.

Anyway, I have accomplished the cleaning out of one room thus yet, almost entirely, and would like to begin room two this weekend. Who knew cleaning would be so slow. But I am condensing my items and organizing properly, and am proud of myself for it. I even plan to hold a yardsale at the end of next month. This will help me stay focused, and maybe buy some groovy Closetmaid for my house afterwards!