new books!

i was going through this terrible lull. i'm still knda in it. but i couldn't start or finish anything and i was frustrated about everything, about life and all that.

but then... i finished something! and then i finished another. i hadn't really made any books since that craft show in september.

here are two of three portraits i'm doing for the band. i still need to draw kevin but he's never around.

kevin where are you? i herd you were sad, come around and we'll make you happy again!

i'm thinking of redoing dave's portrait though. i keep thinking he looks like a caveman on those gico commercials. the other one is me. it's the first self portrait i've ever drawn where i'm smiling. these were drawn then scaned. and colored in photoshop. oh, and when i draw kevin i have to remember to make sure he dosen't turn his head to the right.

lexi lee found the computer!

...and realized that maybe her drawings aren't so bad after all (when put in the right context).

oh! my eyes hurt so bad! i've been sitting in front of the computer all night, but it's been hard to tear myself away. i made a couple other things that blogger wouldn't let me upload. there were more paisly things and a leaf motif.

i predict the re-emergence of the 80's surfer/ skater look. i'm thinking that these will sell okay. i looked at the aplication for this new craft fair in LA... $200 vendor fee!? (that shit is wack!). didn't get accepted to felt club (boooo). got accepted to the craft republic but turned it down cuz i gotta see jens lekman that same night (love is more important than money!).

i made this for a school assignment. felt and love

here's a flyer i made for an upcoming show i'm excited about. the second picture is the way the clouds looked before i ironed them down. i kinda like them better that way but oh well. it's a good idea for next time

after the mad rush last weekend to get things done for the show, i decided to take a much needed break. but i'm back now and it feels great! i went to michael's to get wood for more books, and i almost didn't get this box because i was sure it would just sit on my desk and never get painted. but i surprised myself and started this painting that night.

i love painting old men. i always fall in love with them. i'm madly in love with the one in the top hat. the one in the lower right hand corner is my second choice. these men are from hamburg.

these i made at the very last minute, the night before the craft fair. the drawings of the horse and cowgirl i copied from a book. and the monster drawing was done by one of the kids at the summer camp i worked at. but i painted them myself.

i LOVED these, i thought they were so great. but none of them sold, sadly.

i did do pretty well though. i sold quite a bit, made some money and met some nice people. a lot of my friends came to visit and say hi which was really cool and my mom and step dad came and bought me food and coffee and kept me company. it was a long day, and really really hot! all of the smaller wooden books sold with the exception of the two pictured here. i want to start selling things at the art walk next month. and my goal will be to get into the LA bizarre bazarre or felt club. although i looked at the application for the SF bizarre bazaar today and the entry fee was $120. too steep for me!

my sister finally put these up in the baby's room. i'm pretty happy with the way they look

here are some samples of other things i'm selling at the craft revolution on saturday. it's mostly books but i have some pouches too.

i've seen the idea for these needle books before, and i decided to make my own! it's so handy

stegosaurus is hard to spell

yes yes yes! i love my stegosaurus! he's so fat and funny! and a little lopsided, but that's okay.

and here's some very good news. i heard yesterday that i got into the craft fair i applied to at viento y agua. so for the next two weeks i'll be working like mad trying to finish all the stuff i want to sell. (including this stegy). you will probably see pictures of all of it popping up on here.

here's a birthday card for my dad. if i was filthy rich i would have bought him one of the bikes we fell in love with in Holland. but i'm not so he just got a gift card so he could buy himself a cool saddlebag.

sometimes i have entirely too much free time at work!

i made these pins a long time ago... i'm not sure why i didn't post them before.

so i haven't posted anything in a while because i've been in europe. but here's something i made while i was there.

i stayed with this family for a while in the netherlands, and this little boy let me sleep in his room, so i made him this little fortune teller out of felt. the fortunes inside are love, peace, health and happiness, and they're embroidered in corresponding colors. i was worried that he wouldn't understand what the words meant, because he only speaks a few words of english, but he understood pretty well. he gave me a big, beautiful "thank you" and a big smile when i gave it to him. his mom said to me later that he said it was the prettiest present he's ever gotten! okay, enough bragging.

here's david in his new tee-shirt.