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I'm taking a day to reply to all of the incredibly lovely and thoughtful and generally smarty-pants comments from yesterday, and to get together a bunch of wholesale orders. But let me issue a big, general Thank you.
You get it, and so effortlessly.
PS: This is the pensive photo I sent to Alternative Press (perhaps one of the most unexpected magazines for me to ever appear in, besides of course "Car & Driver" or "Maxim"). I think it shows how emo I am. wink, wink.
I have to tell you one thing about me that you might not know. As much as I fill this journal with cute things and happy wishes and generally warm and fuzzy times, I have wee bit of a coping problem. I mean, with the world. I cannot deal with it sometimes. More than sometimes...oftentimes. A wise, wise bird said to me yesterday (after my post about loving my own shop so much): "the secret to happiness is loving your own little world". I know that she is right, and I feel so grateful every day that I have that world to retreat to, that it is sustained almost entirely by and within myself. The problem is what lies beyond the borderlands of my world, a.k.a., "everything else".
I wanted to post yesterday, but I was too far down in the well to tell you anything at all. I tromped on over to the P.O. (umbrella in one hand, 25 packages in the other because it was raining) and the "emotional weather" outside was just so negative and terrible I just wanted to be a snail so much. Everyone I encountered was irritable and inconsiderate. By the time I struggled through my rendezvous with the USPS "robot" machine (who was also in a bad mood) I just wanted to curl up and die.
I know that this is terribly ramble-y, and I'll come back to blogging-earth in a second. It's just that I think it's important that anyone who is interested in me or my work or my life know that it's not exactly the the whole story that I present to you here...there is so much behind-the-scenes stuff that is dark and dingy or just plain un-fun, and that is me too. The wonderful thing about blogs is that they allow you to kind of "curate" your life for other people (and yourself!) The strange thing is how incomplete they can be. Thoughts?
On the flip side, here are a few things that are making me happy at the moment:
1.) the "What We're Eating" blog
These people seem to have a wonderful grasp on comfort and comfortish food. That's what I like to see!
2.) The prospect of visitors...I am a "looking-forward-to-things" junkie. Certifiable.
3.) Embracing my "grown up goth girl"ness. In part, by finally buying these long-coveted Fluevogs:
I mean, if those aren't the loveliest knee-high lace up boots ever made...Damn.
4.) These beautiful wall decals.
5.) Painting. Which I'm going to do a bit of now!
Happy Wednesday, loves.
Back to the tinies! They are both here, for the time being!
I decided to make them little platforms to live on (permenantly) ala the incredible Jenn Docherty and her littles.
*Sigh*...
The shop is so full of cute stuff right now...I love my store. Aw shucks, is it wrong to love my own little world so much?
Let's say Samplers tomorrow, early afternoonish (let's say 2:00 pm EST).
Happy Monday, loves.
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Scarf for Two (which is a real object that I own). It is a 6 foot long scarf that Elizabeth gave me many christmases ago, and I adore.
Clearly, I want it to be chilly. Clearly. This whole weekend has been vaguely chilly, as I mentioned yesterday, and it was filled with quiet time and reading and movie watching and painting and sewing and walking to get hot chocolate with my best girl, and walking a mile to the good grocery store for an avacado. Not too shabby.
One of my very favorite comic book ladies is Nicole Georges, of "Invincible Summer" fame. She named her many-issued comic that because of this quote:
In the midst of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer. -Albert Camus
I realized today, as it is lingering in the wonderful, wonderful weather that is 60's temperature-wise that there is in me an Invincible Autumn. I love it so much. I carry it around with me through all of the other months. I only love Spring when she pretends to be Autumn. I enjoy Georgia Winters because they are one long Autumn. And it's returning to New York as we speak...the beginning traces of it are beginning to course through the city, and I couldn't be more happy. In celebration of this, and to hasten it's arrival, I stitched this dolly last night while watching the movie:
Isn't she the cutest? She's here, of course.
Alright, back to hot chai drinking and cozy book reading and general pretending-it's-really-Fall. Because it always is, with me.
I went to see Neko Case last night at Mcarren Pool (the cement hole in which I've been seeing fun shows all summer). Joanna Newsom (who I like to think lives up in a tree somewhere with that giant harp of hers) opened, and the whole shebang was just amazing. Ms. Case was hilarious on stage, and kept referring to a deck of "Unicorn Oracle" cards that she was using to make all of her decisions. And she opened "Maybe Sparrow" (a good but tragic song) with "This is ye olde sadde one", which cracked me up. I've been in love with Neko Case for a good little while now, and this is the first time I got to see her and hear that voice in person. I once read a reviewer refer to her voice as a "National Treasure" and I've got to say that that's really not too hyperbolic of a statement. It's so big and so beautiful and terrifying in its way...she just knocks me down.
So, here's my Neko tribute...it's not the first, and probably won't be the last. I am loving painting on wood...what a nice little break from my canvas routine!
This week was thankfully much more productive than the last, but that doesn't mean I'll be resting on my laurels all weekend long...no way! I'm planning on stitching up some new dolls for the shop tonight, whilst enjoying "A Very Long Engagement", which I have only seen once. I know it's been an "Amelie" week for Lisa & Ms. Posie, but it's another Juenet/Tatou film for me this evening!
I hope fun weekends are ahead... Happy Friday, my dears!
So, Project Runway. It's kind of been like holding a sparkler on the fourth of July for me this year...it's just been fizzling, and spitting sparks, and eventually feeling like a let-down that is in danger of burning my hand off. I will keep watching it (you know I will!) until the end, but at this point, all of my faves are gone. Mind you, those are my totally subjective/personality faves...Malan (sniff), Alison (double sniff), and now tonight's axe. Don't get me wrong, I think Michael is unbelievably wonderful, and talented, and should win, I just don't have an irrational attachment to him like I did with...say...some other-now-eliminated folks.
This was a great challenge...I loved the challenge. But is it just me, or was this episode just kind of depressing in a wierd way? I think it kind of set the tone for me when the moms were picked clearly in order of convential attractiveness/skinniness. I was really suprised about that.
Ugh.
I did make some cute drawings while watching the show:
They're both up in the shop as of now. I'm really loving hair that turns into words these days...
Hello all! I hope that Tuesday is treating you well. I've been a busy bee so far, post officing, a trip to Staples, painting...
After cleaning my room yesterday, there was a bit of a pile of what-to-do-with-them clothes. One was this plain, tired red zip-up hoodie. Just before I tossed it into the trash, I had a nice little idea:
I made these sweet little capelet, which I proudly wore around today! It's great because it's still clearly sweatshirt-ish, so its not too "costume-y". It looks adorable on...I wish I could've taken better/more pictures, but I'm reduced to the holding-the-camera-in-front-of-myself shots ( I think Hillary knows all about this)!
Then I thought, I bet that some of my lovely blog-craftistas would like to remodel some tired hoodies for either themselves, or maybe their little ones (so nice for the fall, or spring if you're one of my darling Aussies!). It's super easy, and will take about 30 minutes all told. Then you can wear it with a little jersey dress (as I did today) or a top and jeans.
Here's the funny little tutorial I whipped up:
There it is!
I also made these three little ladies earlier today:
Little Bird Girls for sale here.
Adios, my darlings!
The disorganized tornado of my teeny bedroom was starting to make me physically ill, so I spent the afternoon cleaning and reorganizing. The most fun of a bunch of no-fun tasks was sorting and weeding out the week links in my knee sock and stocking collection...getting ready for fall, hooray!
I have such an unbelievable obsession with tights and socks, just looking at my collection makes me feel so happy.
Everything looks so darn pretty together, I had to photograph it for you:
I have a funny little tic/ritual that I always engage in when doing an un-fun task, such as cleaning a room. I basically bribe myself, which I have been doing since I was a little, and now am addicted to!
Today, for instance, I promised myself that if I cleaned la room, I could order these beautiful plates:
So, now it's clean. And now I'm off to buy my plates.
My "reward" if you will.
I'm so silly.
PS: Samplers tomorrow, in the shop circa 2:00 pm EST! Three cheers!
