things to come...

knots! i'm planning a big November shop update and plan to introduce a lot of new things, like this piece that satisfies my love of boy scouts and nautical imagery. here there is no beginning and no end....

the dog...

remember the drawing piece i was working on? well, its done and found its way to it's new home, so its time to share a six year old's anatomical drawing of a dog turned into an embroidery! i loved making this so much i thought i'd share the process...

i tried to stay true to her child lines. the layout needed to be modified a bit to fit into the circular hoop...

the original drawing with the finished piece side by side....

all done...i love that tail is spelled backwards!!ready to be framed and backed...midway throughthe first step is the hardest. transferring the drawing....

weekend work...

something satisfying about in progress images. usually its only the finished thing people see, no mention of time and real concerns. i've been stopping more to take photographs of the in between, the process and really enjoy it...

here is the bug hogging the work table while i make a book and the last image is a finished piece i sent out on saturday that i really like making. its a surprise gift so just in case i will save all the telling details and just share this sneak peek...

7.17.2009

while i was working yesterday i stopped to capture this light. i like all the little bits just so...

mail love and other stuff...

these past few weeks have brought me some amazing mail- one of my favorite things. so many, many thanks to these kind friends..

Chad ~ Mon Petit Fantome...

mr. Mon Petit Fantome, (who jeremy calls the Kevin Bacon of the etsy world because there seems to be three degrees between him and any etsy shop- he's just that nice!) sent me some mix CD's and this lovely little print he used for a note..

Alyssa ~ BrooklynRehab

I got a set of Alyssa's Uninvited Guests Doilies that came awhile back in the smartest packaging. these little doilies were wrapped in a gingham paper, like a table cloth. so good. i put them up in a little corner and you can see Chad's bear there close by in the second picture too...

Nicola,
is one of my great friends from school. she makes a-ma-zing baklava from an old family recipe. It's seriously delicious and insanely good. how amazing is it to get fresh, homemade baklava in the mail?!! **i'm pushing her to make an etsy store and pretty soon there should be one up.
any one interested?!**

she also sent me these tiny, vintage books which upon seeing i literally screamed in delight...

toni,
also a friend from school, sent me a curious new friend, but how the hell did she get the rhino in that little box? ha! so fun to receive. the package also had a vintage embroidery hoop, and a small, vintage glass bottle. the bug liked it too...

other wise this weekend has been spent lazily working. heres what i've been making of late:
new little/big constellations. here's a 5" Orion...chad, alyssa, nicola and toni thanks for all the mail love!!!

what the hell am i doing?!

hows was your long weekend?! i was frantically trying to prepare for Renegade, which will be my first craft fair! when i decided to apply i thought june is far away and "i'll have time."
i have no time! i'm making crazy lists that just get longer and longer and i'm feeling so unprepared and outta my league. there is just so much to consider- having enough stock, pricing, creating a nice display, buying all my materials and supplies, business cards, etc. the thought, "what the hell am i doing?" crosses my mind regularly. seriously, i have no clue. luckily, i'm sharing a space with the lovely, seasoned crafter, Kristen Course of Cakehouse. she knows what shes doing and has all the necessary things you need- a tent, tables, credit card machine. if you got advice for newbies- i'm all ears!

i was able to stocked up on some amazing linen.
i've got something special planed and can't wait to show and tell...

i'm also trying to make/finish my piece for Fiber Arctic, curated by Kristen Rask. it's an embroidery show about the environment in the artic and i've got great company in this show! i've had ideas for this, but nothing felt right. i finally am set with an idea of replicating an image from victorian album. i'll update you with the progess of this piece....

for now, here is the begining. i got to get on it!!! the show is the 12th of june.....

after working hard we took time out on memorial day for
a very special tea, Temomi Shincha from Shizuoka, Japan...

and a nice bike ride to the prospect park for a picnic....
how was your weekend?!

late nights...

...red eyes, busy hands, sleepy head, lots of tea...

and loving it. hating the mornings and my day job though.
it's just the in between time before i get to do my work...