April 2008

Cuts like butter 25

Cuts like butter

I finished cutting out my stencils a couple of days ago. Karena was right — the oiled kraft paper is brilliant, kinda greasy but totally enjoyable to cut into. I can see how people...

The Friday Archives 36

The Friday Archives

Hello! I am starting a new thing (meme?) here. I am calling it “The Friday Archives”. Feel free to join in! I have been digging around in my old sketchbooks and discovering recurring themes...

Long weekend 13

Long weekend

I have a date with this pumpkin and a pie crust this weekend. This is the pumpkin that we found hiding all those weeks ago. There are a couple more growing on the vine...

On my desk …. stencil design 16

On my desk …. stencil design

On my desk on a Wednesday happens so fast! Here’s what I have managed to squeeze in amongst all the detritus today… this is the next stencil I am going to cut. Thank you...

Spray 38

Spray

It’s been awfully quiet around here. But this week’s looking up and I have been inspired to do some stencil art using some old spray paint we used to fix up an IKEA cabinet....

Lily with the pumpkins 19

Lily with the pumpkins

Hello Dooce readers! – and thank you Heather for a lovely write up. I am pleased to announce that I am listing another gocco print in my Etsy shop. This one is from an...

Pi-ahh-no 19

Pi-ahh-no

Amelia started piano lessons on Wednesday. We hired an old bomb of an electric keyboard for $12 for the term – how can you go wrong with that?? Piano practice went swimmingly until we...

Eyes right 24

Eyes right

I started working on some small canvases in oils yesterday. This is the first coat. Really, it’s just blocking in colour and form and covering up the white of the canvas. I haven’t done...

On my desk… fabric and a novel 14

On my desk… fabric and a novel

On my desk today is a little pile of Japanese fabrics from Patchwork on Central Park — the strawberries are very, very cute. That’s also a bit of Rosa’s ribbon draped casually across it....

Thanks! 20

Thanks!

Thank you so much to those who bought a print last week and thank you to those who left supportive comments regarding my first foray into Etsy selling – I really appreciate it. It...