I cracked out my (exceptionally rusty) Illustrator skills this week to work on a logo for my friend Wendy’s new blog, The Dane Dame. Considering my Illustrator training is about 12 years old now (and I pretty much haven’t used the pen tool since), I am pretty pleased with the …
I’m finally sorting through my backlog of pictures, so hang tight, I’ll get my act together shortly. What can I say, I’ve just been so damn busy doing NOTHING AT ALL ~glee~.
My friend Fel spotted these awesome cemetarium jars a couple of weeks ago so on Wednesday we got together and each tried our hand at making one. Probably the trickiest part was finding some moss in the city – luckily she found some while visiting a friend’s place in the …
I noticed this stain/gum(?) while out for a walk at lunch and it made me think of a burning heart. Pretty, no?
Here is the other ornament I made for a gift last Christmas (yes I realize its June… sorry). Jack was sculpted out of Sculpey, has a wire frame and is painted with acrylics. His skinny wee limbs were a serious pain in my ass, let me tell you. I think …
Tell me this isn’t the biggest lobster you’ve ever seen. :)
This weekend I cohosted a baby shower for one of my oldest friends, and my lovely cohost and I decided to eschew traditional shower themes and instead went with a subversive space babies theme (in reference to the space theme of the nursury). My ever accommodating partner hosted the evenings …
Here is the second ornament I made for the FIL, also inspired by one I saw on the internets (though mine is more of a recent victim than a zombie). :) Sculpey and acrylic paint (the icing/blood has a coat of gloss nailpolish to make it shiny).
The FIL, much like his son, is a big fan of the Walking Dead comics. The Chamberlains also love Christmas, so this year I decided to make them a few ornaments, with his being zombie themed. I found a great idea on the internets for zombie mistletoe (get it? MistleTOE?) …