Too Many Tiny Houses and Afternoon Shop Update

I can't stop drawing these little neighborhoods. Any bit of scrap paper on my desk ends up with a nest of houses on it. The drawings are only about two or three inches tall, right now, but I feel like they could turn into something more substantial somehow. Fabric design? A story? Hm...









And check the shop this afternoon! There will be an update of thirteen items(!) including 3 new purple-haired stitched girls.

Protective Scarf

I'm having some health issues related to my throat... Did this piece yesterday as a kind of avenue to help clear my mind of worry.

For A Good Cause

I was excited to be asked by the Geauga Humane Society's Rescue Village and the Orange Art Center to participate in an exhibition to benefit their organizations! The show opens Thursday night, December 4th at 6PM and runs through December 14th. I'm looking forward to coming up with some little creature-inspired pieces. My concept list is too long already...

The Shop Will Gain Some New Additions on...

Ink & collage lettering pieces, new stitched girls and more!

Shop Update!

Take a peek.


And thanks to sweet Greenbeanbaby for the "i love your blog" award! Hooray!

On Friday...

Never Gonna Give You Up...

Little birthday gift for a friend...

Stitched Girls

Paper, ink, thread and a bit of paint.

Some of these will soon be in the shop!
Happy Friday!

Baltimore, Revisited.

Here we are!
So nervous, we were.
And here's John... ruining the photo.
...or making it better?

A close-up of part of the table. Pretty challenging to arrange 3 artists' work within such a small space. We muddled out a more suitable arrangement the next morning.

Downtown! Walking to the Harbor.
Very exciting for me - I'd love to come back for the aquarium and the museums. We could only peer through the windows.








We three!
Such an energy-sapping but thoroughly enjoyable trip. Let's go back!

Happy October!

Not so happy with the cold wet weather, however.I'm wondering why I'm obsessed with these little houses...

Will post Baltimore Comic-con photos tonight. And plan on having an Etsy shop update Friday!
Hooray!

Little Round World

Zzzzzzzzz...

...is what I need.

It's arduous driving for 6 hours after a day at work, trying to sell work at the Con for 15 hours, driving the 6 (or more?) hours back, getting in at 2AM and then going to work the next day.

But it was such a fun trip!!! Although the time we got to spend actually roaming the city was very brief, I really loved what I saw of Baltimore - there was something so lovely and old and charming about it, and we felt welcomed.

Absolutely loved the basement of the Brewer's Art on N. Charles - really wish Cleveland had something similar. Good company with a fantastic atmosphere, delicious beer and unbelievable fries (although it did seem like every song played was from Guitar Hero). We stayed and the weird, spooky, quirky Mount Vernon Hotel. With all the old paintings, marble faces and taxidermied animals, it felt like with just a few cobwebs, it could be so easily turned into a haunted hotel. Although our room key repeatedly stopped working, the elevator broke and the basement parking garage gave us the super creep-out, I enjoyed the place and would venture to stay again. More endearing than your average chain motel, that's for sure.
By the way, thanks to folks on the internet for these particular photos - ours are still sleeping in the camera. Pics of new art that sold (and didn't sell) will be up soon!

Thanks to everyone who stopped by our table!