Current Favorites

These are currently some of my top etsy faves right now.

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Recent purchases?

Nails

As you know, I'm really into interesting nails right now. So much so that my coworker Jerry always checks to see if my nails match my every outfit. Yeah, kinda annoying. Especially as it puts a smidge of pressure on me to keep up with them... Anyway, I just had to share these pictures from The Hilary and Amber Blog.

 

 

Hope you are inspired-- Go do your nails!

soundcloud album of the day: psychic amputation by sun sweet sun

soundcloud album of the day: psychic amputation by sun sweet sun

Go get some tea...

At O-CHA tea bar! Some of my Japan Relief Art will be on display there all through April! You can see this painting in it's finished state:

(Have you ever seen a worse photograph?! I took it late at night when I was about to call it quits. I definitely used flash.)

Inspired

I have fallen in love with an etsy shop that is totally out of my price range... But I love, love, love what this girl does! Check it:

The artist models her own work. And so she should! She's like a modern day Irene Cara: super talented with a look all her own!

That said, even though I adore her work and would love to support it, I gotta just get by with what I can make here in my own little apartment...

I have two more almost finished and a bit bigger than that one...

Under the Weather

The weather in our area is so beautiful right now!!! I wish it could be like this every day. (But don't you think you'd get tired of it? I suppose so. Every other day?) The only impediment to my absolute enjoyment of it is that my kids are under it. They have little runny noses and rough voices. But they don't seem to be suffering too much as you can see in these snap shots James got of Am today:

Why does he always have his arms back like that?? I have a feeling he is going to be a late crawler and maybe an even later walker than Beatrice was (14 months). When I pull them forward he can go so far up on them! And he rolls all over the place!

For kicks, James and I moved our bed into the living room for about a week. It was nice being able to set this little guy down and not worry about him falling off-- it was only the mattress.

I love changing things up like that. Spontaneity, baby!

Geisha Art for Japan

My heart breaks for Japan every time I turn on the radio or get on the internet. I want to do more than pray. As you know I have an interest in Geisha which comes through quite a bit in my art. I have decided that 100% of profit from any geisha themed art that I sell in 2011 will go directly to the earthquake/tsunami relief effort. I'm not sure of the charity yet, but I'm leaning toward Doctors Without Borders.

Here's a sampling: