Breath in… Breath out…

Went to SF this weekend to deal with the mother. Woof. But the good news is I had an awful lot of fun getting drunk with good friend Marshall – hi Marshy! – and found the amazing store Loved to Death on Upper Haight!  Not only do they sell antiques, vintage clothes, and hand made marvels, but they have a whole wall of taxidermy!!! Plus, they have an etsy store or you can buy directly from their site. Here’s a smattering of the sort of stuff you might find:

I don’t know why the blog is insisting on putting this text next to my photos, but I’m done trying to figure it out.

Sorry this post is so strangely formatted.

It’s making me a little nuts.

Maybe if Ikeep typing single sentences, I can get past these pix, but isn’t their stuff cool?

Almost there…

Getting closer..

Ahhhhh

Helllp

Now. At present I am working on a larger needlepoint (pics to come when I’m further along) that’s a bit unwieldy to travel with.  I took some scraps and just worked out some mom stuff.  I think this may have to be printed on a t-shirt at some point.

Today I Am An Edumacator

I taught a workshop for the very first time on Tuesday. I was totally prepared, yet I had no idea where it would go, and I’ll do it differently next time.

About a month ago my friend Cathy asked me if I would come and teach a workshop in Craftivism to a group of transgendered teens who meet at the clinic where she works as a therapist.  It’s a support group where they mostly discuss safer sex and transgender empowerment.  She had seen my work and thought it would be fun to have me come and teach them how to make something that makes a statement.

Japanese Broccoli

Just had to share photos of the crazy broccoli I got at the Farmers Market. Yes I take pictures of my veg. Doesn’t it look like some sort of exotic underwater flora?

Petrojvic Blasting Co.

One of the pleasures of living in Los Angeles is the Farmers Markets.  I’m spoiled by living in a city that has a fresh market every day, somewhere.  My favorites are the small one Monday mornings, because it’s walking distance from my place, and the big Sunday in Hollywood on Ivar.  I know others swear by the Santa Monica, but they live on the West Side.

The Sunday morning is a regular activity for me.  I wake up, have some coffee, and then with my neighbor Laura, or alone, I head off to market.  While I buy from the same farmers weekly – the fresh egg people, the juice man, the cheese and fruit sellers – I love walking its full length, looking at the brightly colored veg and passersby.  One of the best parts is the live musicians who perform, musics changing every twenty feet or so as you wander through; there is a jazz trio almost mid-way, just south of Selma, to whom I am particularly partial.

Not this past Sunday, but the Sunday prior, as we exited the market, I heard Jazz, but different from the trio, who mostly play standards.  This was more brass, more New Orleans, more “old time” (sorry), more Tom Waits.  This was special.  This was Petrojvic Blasting Co.

Horns.  Accordian.  Washboard.  Spoons. Joy!  They have an album that I can’t stop listening to. If you’re in the LA area they have two upcoming, free shows.

Valentine Love

Getting a little blog love from a fellow Etsian, EllaArts.

Check out her blog and shop.

How Do People Know What I’m Thinking?

Thanks to SwissMiss for sharing a morning giggle.

“The 30-Second Rule, A Decision Tree” by Audrey Fukman and Andy Wright.

Etsy’s Burlesque Beauties

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I’ve joined an Etsy Team!! Other like minded lovelies making feathery frothy confections. While I’m not in the burlesque business, I thought it fit my world.
Yea! Playmates. Go check out the work of the other team mates, there’s some rocking stuff!

Photoshoppin’

I don’t like doing it, but I’m trying to learn to take better pictures and then color correct. Here’s me on the way to getting better. They’re not great, but much better than the last series.

Braillentine’s?

The computer’s been in the shop, and while I had the old one to check email and such, it’s so slow, I haven’t been able to bring myself to sit through the interminable ball spinning that is trying to blog.  A week later the computer and I are back, and we wanted to share some stuff I’ve been working on, but first, some news.

I will be in two upcoming art shows!!! In February in LA at the New Puppy Gallery and in the Spring in NYC in a Law and Order Themed show!  More info as they get closer.

Okay, what am I doing now? Making a meat loaf and dirty braille Valentine’s cards. Braillentine’s?  Good name? Bad? Any thoughts?

Texts read: tonight i want to come, too happy valentine’s day; if you fucked me harder, i would love you longer; can i touch it?; and give me head more often!

All are available in me store.

The Hot Stays Hot!

The McDLT.  I remembered that the hot stays hot, and the cool stays cool.  I forgot Jason Alexander’s involvement.  That is one bad hair piece, Sir!

Where is the Love?

Dunno, but you can get dirty, braille Valentines over at me shop!

This one says, “if you fucked me harder, I would love you longer.”

Thanks Lady!

Thanks are due to the inimitable Helen Killer, aka April Winchell, whose birthday it just happens to be.  April featured my pillows in the super hilarious, photo shopped picture of Martha, on New Year’s Eve, garnering me over 18 thousand views, at last look. Wow!!

You can believe she’s getting a giftie from me.  I’ll post pics once she’s received it.