Ok well I've been freezing in my office so I was thinking of buying a new hoodie and maybe a cardigan. My question is basically if anyone has bought a cardigan do they like it? Is it warm?

I'm asking mostly because as I was looking at the close up photos, it looks like the cardigans are not actually a lightweight sweater knit but are just t-shirt material cut in a cardigan shape. If this is the case I'm just going to stick with a hoodie since t-shirt material has like an almost zero warmth rating :P

Well I don't know if this blog will get your attention or not but since you're the resident hula hooping expert around here I'd love your opinion before I go and buy something online that I might not like or is a terrible brand or quality etc.?

Heheh I came across this adorable commercial this morning.. it was soo freaking cute I had to share!!
I guess it released online yesterday and is Volkswagens new superbowl commercial or something. But still doggies barking the Imperial March!? cute overload hehe.

here

Posting as a link since the damn youtube video won't embed properly :/

Very last hours for my most recent sub. Scoring average seems a bit lower than I expected.
But such is life. :P Anyways very last ditch effort to try to get a few more scores and comments before the end!



I've also got it up on my tumblr if you'd like to reblog I'd appreciate it!


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Ok after my last submission dropped early and the one before it is tanking badly too... I'd like a little feedback or suggestions before I go and submit another idea. I'm feeling good about this but would like your suggestions.

Does it need anything else? I'm thinking I'd like to add some "etched" looking squirly curly-q's above and below the illustration but am concerned that it might be a bit too busy.

Do you hate the pencil drawing? Is the layout ok? Should I change anything??



I think it would look best on heather grey. But am open to other suggestions!

Decided to put together a little something for the Loves Drawing II contest.

It dropped early and I don't see why. It's a good piece of well executed art.
It's not poorly drawn or poorly painted.

I get it's not funny. But it is pretty. And it fulfills the requirements of the Loves Drawing as being hand drawn art. I just don't get it???

Ok well I'm guessing mine is from KathleenisRadical since my santa's name is Kathleen! ;)
Extremely amusing fact - my Santa apparently lives like 20 min away from me. lol!

I'm not sure exactly when it arrived. It was delivered to my leasing office and they only called me yesterday to tell me.

Box!! Used a cut up threadless sticker thingy to cover the address :P


I slid everything out carefully and at first it all appeared to be wrapped in white paper.


Then I started unwrapping one and realized there was adorable little drawings on all of them!!






And then letters written inside each package!! OMG!

Super cute feather hair pin. It totally survived the packing and shipping. I put it up high.. the question now is will it survive being in the same apartment as my cat!! He's already been the demise of more than one feather hair accessory


A homemade candle! I love candles :D And I dunno about the smells but when I opened it up it smelled a little like cookie lemon cheesecake!


SO FREAKING GOOD!!! My husband and I ate it all last night!


Caramel covered apple gummie bears! Wow! I've never been a fan of "fake" apple flavoring but damn if they don't taste just like caramel apples like this! A new favorite

A collection of way cool old sci-fi books! Love them :D


I got TWO bags of these things! Totally homemade awesomeness. I've no idea what they are but half were gone last night hehe! It was chocolate outside with almonds. The inside was filled with some sort of caramel marshmallow amazing!






And a super nice letter and an adorable drawing of a kitty riding an appaloosa :) Side note - When I was growing up I remember one of the barn cats would sometimes sleep on top of the horse. So cute!


So yay!! Thanks for being an amazing Santa Kathleen!!

Ok well like most artists I tend to bounce from project to project but I'm really feeling this one! And almost 3 months later I'm still enjoying the whole process immensely.

Anyways... I thought I'd share with my threadless friends (and aquaintences).
I'll be popping these up on etsy later tonight probably.

I'm considering trying to put together a kickstarter thing so I can take the project and get it out there. That said I'm terrible with writing up things but I'll deal with that later I guess.

So basically my thoughts were that there were no "cool" yard decorations etc. I mean seriously.... ?? All I see is angel puppies and garden gnomes. Not that they're not ok for some people but I wanted something more fun and clever.

I start with sculpting the thing.. then bake and clean it up. I found someone nearby me with a casting studio who is amazing btw.. and taught me how to make moulds from my sculptures. Once I got the mould I had to learn how to mix and pour concrete... and believe me I never knew how tricky it could be! There are so many different mixtures and no real recipe.. and people who jealously guard their "mixes". Anyways... once out of the mould I clean them up and patch any air bubbles and then paint them with a special paint that keeps away mildew and some moisture. Some just get the classic white finish while others will get the full on color paint treatment.

Garden Tardis - the biggest sculpture yet..
I've got plans for a set of 3 of one other Dr. Who item at this time. Sculpture is in process and is maybe only a third of the way done. This next item will be the most complicated one I've attempted yet.


Late 1800's style Alien bust
First of the series.. there will be other busts coming in the future.


Bigger "little" green army men - Bazooka guy
These will be available in classic colors of green, red, blue, and khaki.
There will also be other little army guys joining the platoon eventually.


Bigger "little" green army men - Crawling dude
These will be available in classic colors of green, red, blue, and khaki.
There will also be other little army guys joining the platoon eventually.


I've got tons more stuff coming but the sculpture process is slow as is the actual making of the moulds themselves. But going forward it should be much faster since I've got the hang of it. I lost like a full months time trying to figure out a good durable concrete mix.

Any thoughts? Good idea? Sucky idea? You don't get it?

Like every artist I would love be able to make a living doing what I enjoy. So I really really really want to make this work.

Question for those of you who do traditional art at home... Do you have a studio space set up just for your art? You know someplace you draw or paint or sculpt etc? We sold the dining table and are using the space to set up an area where I can sculpt and create stuff. But I'm having a tough time deciding how to set up the space. I'm hoping to find a big table that I can work standing or sitting... I'm also looking for some sort of storage solution for my clay, sculpy, cement mixes, moulds and clamps.

Anyways I'd love to see other peoples current creative space set ups. :) Also if anyone has any suggestions about furniture or storage I'd appreciate it.

I love the "hobby table" from pottery barn but am not spending $1000 on something I'm going to be pretty rough on. But I don't want to just whip something ugly together from home depot since the space is part of the living room and anyone who comes in the apt will see it.

I see it in my watched blog list.. but click and it just directs me to the main page. Same thing if I just try to go through her profile. It's like she deleted it or something? I thought it was just my browser or something but its been a few weeks and getting the same thing.

Anyone know what happened? :( I'm sad without my %ers

Ok so yeah... I was curious if any other girls had issues with the fit of the girly tank tops?? They seems to be cut very oddly. I usually buy Girly Med tees or Lg if I want a looser fit.

So I figured I'd be safe and order a Large tank. It's easier for me to fix it if it's too loose. So I ordered one and got it in and the fit is horrible! The Large tank tops are WAAAAY shorter than the tees.... barely goes over the waist band of my jeans. This is at least 3-4" shorter than my girls large tees.

And the biggest issue is the uber high cut neck contour, poorly fit arm holes, and way too short straps!! It's totally unwearable. I'm not sure what to do with it since I will not wear it like this :/

Is anyone else having this problem? Because I swear I'm never ordering another tank from threadless if they're this poorly / unflatteringly cut. I'm curious if maybe I just got a freak 'mistake' tank with a bad cut. But right now I'm not feeling like wasting any more money ordering another, which sucks since I wear tank tops pretty much every day and was so excited about threadless printing on them.

Photo evidence of bad neckline, bad arm holes cut too close to the front of the tank which show the bra straps, and the tank top straps that look like their 3" too short ...