sew little time

next week is Handmade Mart! could you believe it?? i've been sewing here and there on what ever little time i have and i wanted to give you a little sneak peek!







ever since i started working at the juice shop, i've been getting so inspired by veggies and fruit...i've been introduced to so many new varieties like the Watermelon Radish above!

You'll be happy to know

that i crafted again. the first in a very long time (since my show). i got a request for a custom bat and here she is!



Happy Halloween!!!

Saturday night's alright.

i hope everyone has had a terrific labor day weekend. mine has been busy yet relaxing at the same time. i was prescribed 'steroids' for a wasp sting on my foot (started saturday) and it has been giving me crazy energy. i'm hardly sleeping but that means more work is getting done...like blogging...but it's not really work, more like a hobby or a red headed step child i've been neglecting. don't worry though, as promised, i will become a better blogger. Lacey and i have decided to start Coast to Cote again after a long and overdue hiatus (YAY!) and i desperately need to get the shop back up again. in due time i keep telling myself.

anyway, our opening went really well Saturday night. i wanted to extend a thank you to everyone who came out to support us (even the ones there in spirit...those few know who they are!). Katie and i are very lucky to have such great friends/family. without further ado, here are some photos from "Things with Wings" opening night...

oh hai!

the show opens officially tomorrow ladies and gents. it will be at the Washington County Arts Council throughout the month of September and the opening reception is tomorrow evening from 6-9 pm. come out and support the super talented Keighty Crochet and yours truly!

and on another note, look at what my roommate got for me today!!



aren't these salt and pepper shakers adorable? and yes, i still love owls. always will.

anyway, please stop in at the show and say hello if you get the chance. it will be great!

hey hey! show's in two days!

we set up last Saturday (i took lots of preview photos, but my card malfunctioned). so here's an iPhone photo for you. please come out if you get the chance. see you then!

some bunny's been getting crafty.

i'm working on all reserves here guys. editing, working, and sewing...sewing?!?! yup, you heard right. i've got an art show coming up next Saturday (Sept 4th) and i'm rushing! here's a new piece i've working on...

it started as a fuzzball.



then it blossomed into this!

rain, rain...went away

Sunday started out not so fantastic. lots of rain was in the area and it dampened the start of Handmade Mart. J and i (and most everyone) had to put up tarp walls (or if you owned a easy up, nice white walls) to protect ourselves and the FINGS against all that water that was falling from the sky.


once it stopped though, people started to show up and things were good. i got to see lots of familiar faces (thank you return customers and friends from home!) and meet new people!

here are some photos just in case you missed it!


Fings in suitcases (i got this one from a thrift store for $3, steal!) and awesome lamps by Minda Merinsky!


scary rain clouds


Oh Meaghan was there to lend a helping hand with her sunny yellow shirt! one day, we will win this gigantic mustache!


met Ned from Maneating Flower. i just freakin love the name!


i was really smart and painted a paper sign. logo by This Paper Ship of course! and Handmade Mart wouldn't be complete without these lovely ladies! they are the best!


thanks to This Chickadee's booth partner and friend, Dandelion Blu for the photograph!

go here for more photos!

inspired.

Spring means the return of the local Farmer's Market. (you know i love going there cause i know i have several posts with lots of photographs.) back in April i saw some really beautiful radishes, French Breakfast Radishes to be exact.



i've never actually had these before, but they look so scrumptious! i love it's bright colors and it just so stinking cute! i couldn't help myself and have been obsessing over them, drawing them in my doodle book and on our chalk board in the kitchen. i finally found some time to make them into FINGS!



it's not size accurate and the leaves are a bit different from the actually radishes, but i love the way they all turned out! i hope you like them too. they will be debuting at Handmade Mart this Sunday!



on another note: week 19 of Coast to Cote will be posted tomorrow. i am still sick and had to call off work tonight. (thanks to my good friend and co-worker, Brian, for covering my shift) but rest assured that i am taking the necessary steps to get myself better. i took some meds this evening and zonked. i just woke up to have some dinner and am about to go back to bed. must get some rest!

flakey goodness

more pop tarts. this time the more colorful ones. i don't know how these taste (cause my fave is brown sugar cinnamon!) in real life, so if you have, i hope it was delish!

show and tell

i am working feverishly (in all aspects really) on inventory for Handmade Mart at the end of this month. this time around, i will be flying solo. to be quite honest, i'm a little nervous...mostly the fact that i don't think i will have enough Fings to fill a booth...oh no! and i will miss my partner in crime Oh Ginger! i had a show at the Ballston Arts & Crafts Market last summer all by myself last year and that was quite nerve wracking (before the show).

anyway, i am working on a new plush. my friend Liz had a request for me to make pop tarts (which has been drawn in my doodle pad for some time as well) and i finally decided today was the day. here's two out of a pile that i've worked on: strawberry pop tart & chocolate pop tart.





oh!! and i finally get to unveil a couple of custom plushies!



it was custom made for OhMeaghan for her one and only's birthday last week. Em loves pirates, crabs, and plaid and they both REALLY love their pug, Seamus. there's magnets behind the beak for kissing and embroidered initials in the back. i thought Seamus in plush form would be the icing on the cake, and i think it rounded out the whole family nicely.



it looks like i must go. Betty White is about to have a beer pong rematch with Jimmy Fallon (hilarious)! let me know what you think about the pop tarts. any feedback helps!

nuggets, nuggets, nuggets, and more nuggets!!

Thursday is my favorite day of the week. mostly because i'm off and i could spend the day doing whatever i wanted, which is usually going somewhere with J. since he has been feeling under the weather and rested all day, i decided to spend the day sewing. i sewed, took breaks, sewed, walked into town, had a smoothie, sewed some more, annoyed J (really fun!), and sewed until we went over to his parent's house for dinner. all in day i'd say it was pretty successful. i finished more chicken nuggets, and am 75% done with more PANGUINS. yay for getting things done!


i free handed the shapes, so some of them seem a little wonky...but i think it adds to the cuteness. i'm not quite sure how i feel about the mustachio'd one though.


guess what? chicken butts!

and while we are looking at pictures, i'll show you what else i took pictures of today...

this here is Tater. she belongs to J's parents. i've been dating J for almost three years and have never EVER gotten a photograph of Taterkins...she hates the camera. everything i would point my camera her way, she would move and whine...but not today! she complied and was wonderful! perhaps it was the beautiful weather, but we will never know.


here's my handsome bearded man. J said he looks mean in this photograph, but i beg to differ. there's a little smile on that face! and then he took a picture of me being a little sassy. love this photo.

i hope your Thursday was good too. see you tomorrow for Foto Fun Friday!

my bad habits

i have a terrible habit of starting things and not finishing them...on top of that, i start projects on top of the other! as we speak, i am working on THREE different sets of plushies and editing three different shoots. kind of makes me want to cry when i think about how much time i don't have on my hands to finish them in a timely manner...but then again, i did it to myself (or i 'chose' this life as Lacey would say)...and on top of that, i LOVE crafting and photography...so i guess i did choose this life...ugh...has any one ever thought of extending the hours of the day?


(eye see you! a stack of felt eyes for a new pin!)

the Fiercegrrl Fund

ok gang!!! Pinky Lee (beautifully dubbed by Oh Meaghan herself!) is up on the auction block over at the Fiercegrrl Fund blog. bid bid bid!!!

oh! and speaking of Oh Meaghan, be sure to hop over to The Friends List for some great handmade finds! here's what The Friends List is all about:

"The Friends List is a website dedicated to supporting handmade and vintage sellers. It is a website solely curated by its readers..namely, YOU! We're in a recession, and while our wallets may often be a tad empty, our hearts certainly aren't.

A Friends List is a great way to remind a friend that they're always on your mind and in your heart, a fun way to learn more about how your friend sees you, and perhaps even an interesting way to share the things you see on a myriad of handmade (and vintage) selling sites in one, short curated list."

i haven't gotten the chance to do one, but feel free to submit your's. Meaghan posted some finds she thought i might like and they were on point!! i love her!

Nuggets of love

the Easter 'eggs' and some friends inspired me to make plush chicken nuggets with chicken legs. i'm pretty happy with the way they came out. i am working on more and all of them will have a different shape (remember the boot looking ones? think the shape of Italy). let me know what you might think or if you have any suggestions. i want to try to devote more time to sewing now that craft fair season is right around the corner. i have lots of ideas, but would love to know you guys might like to see made into a FING?

and ps - to all you animal lovers out there, no chickens were harmed in the making of these nuggets of love.

Foto Fun Friday: Devil Eggs

in the past few days, i've been working on plush Easter eggs. i thought it would be a great idea for Easter gifts, but alas, i was bested.

after my third attempt (today), i am finally giving up. third attempt? you might ask. why yes! but i'm so embarrassed by my first egg that i'm not even going to show you. last night i made a second attempt, and the egg came out looking more like chicken nuggets. J mentioned that i should use tie-dyed fabric, so it would look more like an Easter egg, and i ended up using purple tie-dyed fleece i had in stock. the result was less than satisfactory...for me at least.



yea, it's really cute and it can actually stand up on it's own (which the other two didn't), but i don't know if it looks 'eggy' enough. hmpf!

adding to my frustration, i broke my favorite vintage saucer while i was making this thing! i might have to send it to The Broken Plate Pendant Co. now...but actually, that's a good thing. hehe. so to make the best of a frustrating situation, i posed the DEVIL EGGS with my broken saucer for a little Foto Fun Friday photograph...



darn these eggs! they look so happy while being so mischievous!

Epic Fail.

i tried to make a plush Easter egg with legs coming out of it...
it turned out looking like chicken nuggets with legs.



one more try before i give up. let's cross our fingers.

off to Michigan.

off they went today. i'm pretty sure this is my first sell since the hiatus back in February. woo!

Tah Dah!

here's my contribution to the Fiercegrrl Fund auction. Nicole's favorite color is hot pink, so this was as close to it with the materials i had on hand as i could get!



i added a cute bow (i've been on a bow making streak!) to spice things up a bit.



and of course, i can't forget the feet! my favorite part!

i do hope you bid on this pretty girl when it goes up on the block. there's some very nice yarn up for grabs right now!

a little crafting

before the move, i worked on a little tiny surprise for a dear friend. we were still in the midst of all the snow the sky had dumped on us and she mentioned that i should embroider 2010 on the snowballs i had made for the Handmade Mart's Holiday show to commemorate the blizzard(s).



i didn't really know another way than to take it apart in order to embroider them (or make new ones, but i was seriously pressed for time), so i decided to make a winter hat of the little bugger. i embroidered 2010 and snowflakes on the bill of his hat free handed (that's why they were not perfect) and made a yarn pom pom for the top of his hat. i actually REALLY liked the way it turned out...perhaps i'll make more when the studio is up and running again!

...and while we are in the topic of crafting and Handmade Mart. have you thought about applying to their show in May? they've got a spanking new website and you've got a month to apply!! i had an absolute blast doing these shows with great friends and great organizers...even if the weather wasn't so great the second time around! do consider applying, you won't regret it!



<-- do you recognize these?

Artist Love

if you haven't heard of Danny Brito, you might want to listen up. Danny is an amazing illustrator based in Miami, Florida. his works are an explosion of colors.



Danny works with acrylics and colored pencils (my favorite) on brown paper...



...and he is also a plush maker! we both had works in Stitch Wars! what a small world. oh! and check out this adorable Bear plush tutorial!



add shoe designer on top of that too!



uh! i don't need to go into detials why i love his art so much. this guy is straight up versitile...and he even likes building forts!!!! check out his Flickr for more amazing works of art. and if you get so smitten with his work and that want to own one, you could visit his ETSY shop. Danny is also open for commissions through The Polariod Project.



heck yes! i can't wait till i get one for our new place! now i have to go find a decent photo of J and i. ah! i LOVE his work!

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