My hair:
A new hair dye color called “blue black”.
In my bathroom light it looks like grape Kool Aid mixed very strong, which makes me smile because I remember mixing Kool Aid and having it turn out that color when you used twice as much powder as you should.
Today was a long day. I don’t have many other ways of describing it. I worked on a lot of different things (and finished a few of them) and because of that it feels like there were twice as many hours between when I got out of bed this morning and now than there usually are. But, that is ok. Because today was filled with jobs I enjoy, with friends, with fellow artists, with my husband and my family and I enjoyed so much of it. So even though I am grateful that my bed is waiting for me and that tomorrow most likely won’t seem so long, I am grateful for today and everything that was packed into it,
It has been an up and down weekend filled with waitressing shifts, a family photo shoot, quite a bit of time spent on the couch processing photos and re-designing my website, and ending with a trip through The Soap Factory’s Haunted Basement. Whew! I am steadily working on getting artwork done for all of the upcoming shows. I think I am more organized this time than I ever have been. I’m hoping that continues! I admit I was in a bit of a funk for the first half of today, missing friends and feeling overwhelmed. A few Facebook messages and a visit from a couple of friends while I was at work made things seem much better. I’m ready to take on another day tomorrow! I have been working with my *webmaster* to re-design my website a bit. You may notice a few changes here and there. More are on the way though! (Hopefully soon!)
I’m off to bed with the steampunk novel I’m hooked on. Until next time,Yesterday was filled with artwork work. I managed to finish printing a bunch of new images to hang up at Art Attack next weekend (after much fighting with my new printer!), I helped get the next batch of pottery ready for glazing, and I finished up the letterpress prints that are due tonight. I am grateful that tonight is my last night of letterpress class – I have really enjoyed it, and have gotten a chance to use the Vandercook more, and get used to one that not as many artists at MCBA use, but I am ready to have one less thing on my plate. There will be a post coming soon of my print though!
Tomorrow will be an artwork work day as well, filled with images to process, artwork to frame, and all sorts of other bits that need to be done and finished up. Tonight though, will be a bit slower, and I’m going to enjoy it.
In the mean time, some instant photos I took at the apple orchard last month are here:
~Peace~
There are many times that this blog gets neglected because I am too busy to write. Today is really one of those times.
So, let me introduce you to Blog Bunny!
This is Dewey. She and her older pal Ping will keep you entertained on this blog while I am off losing my mind trying to meet a deadline.
Enjoy!
*Upcoming posts: typesetting, broadsides, and Art Arttack!
Until next time,
~Peace~
I have had about 8 different blog posts planned out.
You may see some of them eventually. In the mean time, this little bit of brain-gear-stripping news trumps those posts. Yesterday when I went into MCBA's shop to buy more paper (I think I may now be purchasing more film and paper than food) I found out from Flora (she is awesome and works in the shop a lot) that one of my books was purchased by the Hennepin County Library curator for their collection!! This is awesome because:
Pretty soon their will be a “brain dump” kind of post on here describing everything I have been working on, day dreaming about, and feeling lately. It is over due, buy it will have to wait just a little while longer. Right now I am looking at this … a stack of books, ready for book cloth, ready for their cover paper, and ready to see the world beyond my kitchen table. I’m pretty determined to finish them tonight. We’ll see how far I get!
