Photo Update...Tuesday-Friday morning.

 I can say one thing...that the week has flown by, I have been busy with various art and art related happenings but I have still managed to make my daily nap club meetings with Mackie and Scooter, which I am probably most proud of.

Hey, there is always time to nap. And make art.  And sparkle.  No excuses.

Scenes from #textiletuesday at casa de Gironda

Tuesday I initiated my first (self-imposed of course) #textiletuesday on Instagram.  For the first TT (of what I hope to be a weekly commitment to do something textile/fiber related, hold me to that!) I invited my super talented friend, Giselle, over.  She wanted to learn how to bead.  Folks, she is a natural!  Behold, the birth of another fiber-fanatic and beadin' babe!  It certainly was not all fun and games...there were a few needles that came unthreaded, some fallen beads and, of course, the return of the dreaded #frockblockers...two cats that love to sleep on top of vintage fabrics and eat the lovely embellishments...sheesh.  We survived it though...and I got to witness the 'spark' for fiber art in someone else, nothing beats that!

After Giselle left I kept working on a project I had started...I was distracted... looking at my beads and random embellishments... all I could think was...(in my best Marty Huggins voice)

So...five hours later, my beads, threads, random trims and embellishments, etc are all grouped by color and sorted into plastic bags, etc.  I came out of what was almost like some kind of daze and was happy with what I saw.

And then Wednesday morning I woke up and cleaned/organized my wee little art space in the kitchen...and that made me (and John!) happy...nice open space to create more work, everything put away.  Yes, please.  

...ya'll know I like to organize...

Wednesday it was off to Ink and Pistons to drop off my pieces for the show this weekend (Amanda and JR are so nice!, congrats on your one year!) and the head on over to Jessie's for randomness.  

http://inkandpistons.com/inkandpistons/

Amanda gave me some postcards to distribute....but first...yep.  Impromptu photo shoot out on the patio for Art Hive Magazine and Ink and Pistons promoting on social media.  Yeah, I know, we are silly. So silly.

What happened after the photo shoot goes as following...Jessie attempts to make cauliflower rice...I eat leftover spaghetti squash and turkey meatballs (amazing! more, please!)...Jessie gives up on her culinary endeavor and makes stir fry with regular rice...I post to Art Hive blog and FB about Ink and Pistons and then take a hour and a half nap...Jessie is a creeper and takes a picture of herself watching me sleep...don't ask...then we plot and plan to take over the world!  (...not really, we started talking about sparkly stuff and then I went home)

http://www.arthivemagazine.com/

Awaiting me at home...a large box from my father-in-law.  Inside- magic!  Raffaele has been experimenting with transferring images onto wood...and now I know why.  He made me a cool wood block based on an image from my website, it is sitting on my art desk as we speak, er...read...er..write.  You get the point.  

Also in the package, a 'drawing box'.  It looks like a big wooden book, but it actually opens up and has storage for my 11x14 drawings.  I can close the box and use the top as a work surface.  Its...kind...of...awesome.  

Inspired by the 'mail magic' I received...I packaged up some things that I have been wanting to make, spent time collaging and embellishing each package....I shipped those off Thursday morning.  

Which brings me to last night (Thursday) and this morning.  I kind of have...ummm...alot going on.  I feel a little overwhelmed, and excited.  Not sure where to start.  
 
I will make a list, cause I am weird like that.

• Creative Every Day, Childhood Pieces...I currently have nine canvases going right now, in various stages of completion.  Each canvas has some sort of transfer on it, some are images from coloring books, and some are transfers of some of my pieces from the series, which I converted to coloring book images.  There is a background layer of paint on each canvas...and then that is where some are more finished and others are 'in the wings', waiting for some attention.  It is a different approach that I have been using, but it seems like whenever I do paint on canvas I tend to work in a production-line method, preferring to have anywhere from 3-16 pieces...uh...all at once.  I have three days to get them all going and complete the series.  
• Crazy Cat Ladies...So far I have made four of 'em.  (I need to post the final picture of the last one, but there is a picture below)  I want to make more...might have to wait a bit since other things are taking priority right now, but I am definitely not finished.  Best part?  I already have a potential buyer for one of my crazy cat ladies....yes!
• Art Hive...I submitted my article for the next issue of Art Hive Magazine, and I am excited about it...I sure hope everyone likes it!  It includes art, inspiration and silliness- some of my favorite things.  I also completed two fashion illustrations that I am not going to post on my site until the new issue comes out...but there is a sneak peek below.  (Side note...I was watching 'All on the Line' on Netflix while I worked...how did I not know about this series?!)
• Lastly...but probably most important for today...I am working on a commission...and...it's...tough.  Like, really tough.  Mainly because the original image is very intricate and all the writing...(posted below)  I will post some in-progress pics when I get, well, some more progress made.  I want to have this finished on Sunday so I can deliver it to the client, then go home and focus on the upcoming trip to NYC!  (More on that later!!)
  

...all kinds of artin' going on over here!