He has orange hair with a curl in front.
And a cherub on his chest.
lumberjack 3
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Lumberjack 2
He has American eagle tats on his arms and chest.
This last one shows the texture in the trouser fabric- it is black with little threads of red and white.
and now for some lumberjacks
I was sorely tempted to give him a snow shovel and a scarf instead of an axe but that wouldn’t mean much to anyone outside of Boston these days!
Cherub on his chest!
Winter Baby 2
This is a sleepy little one.
I wanted to show you this pic so you could compare it to this one, before all the snow. Although the step that the pug is next to isn’t even showing at the bottom of this photo!
winter baby
Yes, I am completely snowed under. It is impossible to describe how awful it is because really, it looks kinda pretty, right?
But we are all dealing with freezing cold temps, ice dams and leaking roofs, terrible roads and sidewalks, interspersed with perfect ones like this (ours, thank you Ben!). No parking anywhere, traffic jams, broken down mass transit. Giant snowdrifts that make every corner, whether you are driving or walking across the street, a potentially deadly blind spot. Coming up next, flooding. Everybody is stressed and cranky. I can’t wait until spring but it is going to be a while yet.
That’s our car in the driveway.
But, I am very thankful that I work at home. And I have gotten some things done. I have 2 babies to show you (another tomorrow), that I put together in December but never got around to finishing. Hello Baby!
Anniversaries, medals and patterns
Well, that is an odd collection of things! This is how they are all related-
Hurray! Today is my blog birthday- it has been 11 years! I have been working on felt you-deserve-a-medal prototypes (more on that later) so I made myself one. Don’t I look mighty proud?
My medal says blogger- it has a gold star for 10 years plus a white star for 1 year.
These are the rest of the medal prototypes I’ve been making, inspired by many things including this fellow, Lord Kitchener.
And the reason for the prototypes? This is a class I will be teaching (a project I will be leading?) at the ARC, the Art Stream Art Retreat Camp. There is a story about where the idea started. Last year, at one of the markets I was doing, someone came into my booth, looked around and asked, “Why are these so expensive?” I hate that question. It immediately puts me on the defensive and I get all huffy. Later I was thinking that one of the reasons I charge what I do is that I’ve done the work, I’ve been validated as an artist, I have a seal of approval. And wouldn’t it be great to have an actual seal of approval that I could pull out! And medals for all the “battles” I’ve fought along the way. Really, we all have fought the battles, have the scars, and deserve the medal so lets make our own.
Lastly, the patterns. Back here I talked about why I pulled my patterns from Etsy. Well, it looks like they’ve got things figured out so I will be putting them all back up. To celebrate, I have lowered the price of all the patterns to $8 for all of February. Here is a shop link.
And guess what? More snow on the way!
last 2 tiny worlds
2 with no saucers
Lots of times I find nice cups that have no saucers. Some days I think it’s fine, other days not. Well, these ones came home and have their own little worlds now.
Can you see that this cup has Paul Revere on his famous ride?
This one is a summer flower garden of roses- how could I resist!
I have put my tiny world pattern back in my Etsy shop and it is on sale for $8 for a few days. Also, I will be putting all of these pin cushions in the shop, hopefully by tomorrow night.
tiny worls #6 and #7
They keep on coming-
I’d actually made most of this one, more than a year ago but finished it up with the butterflies.
fairy house tiny worlds
That is how I always think of these with their little leaf roofs.
