Another new illustration!

I've been working on a new set of illustrations recently for www.artflakes.com.

Prints of this illustration and others will be available for purchase within

the next month or so...I'll keep you posted!

Crafty Bastards Part Deux

Even tho many vendors have credit card capabilities these days, cash is still the way to go, and at this show, tons OF it.  The venue even had a handy traveling ATM bus just for our convenience...a convenience that lasted an eternity in line waiting for it to be convenient.  Waiting...

BUT, right NEXT to the ATM bus was this cupcake truck I mentioned before!  I didn't buy any, but it looked pretty inviting.

And not to hammer this topic to death, but after we got our money, we entered the crafting area, I turned around, and there was her tent...I wasn't expecting to find it right off the bat!

It actually took us around five hours to go through and see all the vendors.  After about three, we were all getting a bit floppy from the sun, lack of water, and need for food.  We saw several people walk by with pitas filled with stuff that looked and smelled reeeeeally good...so we tracked it down and got falafel. 

Which was, of course, delicious.

I don't have any pictures of anything I got other than this beautiful hand embroidered sweater with bird silk screens on it.  I had pretty much already reached my spending limit, but it was too beautiful to pass up.  One of my friends also got a VERY nice sweater dress with more amazing embroidery from this woman.

Turns out the pictures of me with the girl stranger wearing my same shoes and outfit were too dark to see anything, so I didn't bother.  But that's it for now.  Happy crafting!

Crafty Bastard Weekend

Gah!  This past weekend, the craftdactyls travelled from the North and South to convene in Washington, DC for the annual Crafty Bastards (wicked awesome) craft show.  Even tho our (my) sole purpose in going was to meet my crafting hero, it was also a wonderful excuse to meet up for a girl's weekend with childhood friends...and of course, to spend my inheritance craft shopping!!

It is no secret that I have become utterly smitten with the craft works (heh--I just thought of the 80s electronic band, Kraftwerk) of My Paper Crane, WHO by the way, is giving away a copy of her new book over on her website, so check it out.

Here I am totally overwhelmed by all the coolness, and trying to figure out what to buy.  My sister had also just asked me if I had figured out what I was going to say to My Paper Crane yet, and I'm shooing her question away.  I was trying to blend in with the cool.

I finally made up my mind and bought a carrot (which I've been wanting since last February), and a pouch made from her happy vegetables pattern.  As I handed her my things, I started panicking because I still couldn't think of what to say and was afraid of losing the opportunity.  Fortunately, my sister stepped right in and spoke up for me, telling her flat out that she was my crafting hero, which opened the flood gates, and My Paper Crane's husband took a picture of us to commemorate the meeting.

It was incredible!!  She was so nice (as expected), and invited me to pose as a mushroom face in her gnome picture, as many others had already done that day. 

My sister, friends and I had a wonderful day, full of art and craft inspiration.  At some point I'll post pictures of the cupcake truck and the girl who had the same shoes as me.  What were the chances?

New Illustration

"An Alternate Plan"