Having An Egg-Cellent Day!

It's a bad pun I know but I just don't seem to be able to help myself.

After having the Ninja Eggs over for a bit I seem to have gone off in a decidedly egg-ish direction.

Not being well known for my culinary skills this two eggs in one shell thing came as a total shock to me, apparently, according to a friend at work who cooks regularly, this happens frequently.

I still felt bad even as I was racing to find my camera and snap a picture before my eggs stuck permanently to the bottom of my pan.

Apparently I can boil water! Hehe. These fabulous eggs were made quite simply. Using a technique that a customer, (RetroVertigo) from my LeftOverFishstikks store pointed me in the direction of over at Martha Stewart. Now usually Martha gets me in a world of trouble, case in point being the marshmallow monstrosity, but these silk fabric dyed eggs were super easy.

Aren't they gorgeous! I simply used a variety of silk (from LeftOverFishStikks) and Martha's technique (actually one of her assistants' aunts' technique) and dyed them in a pot of boiling water.

What are your special Easter Egg dying techniques, would love to hear them!

Ninja Easter Eggs!

Ninja Eggs are silent little warriors. Ready for battle at a moment's notice. Just don't mistake those pastel colors for cute little Easter Eggs, these guys are Ninjas!

From left to right, King, Revenge, Gallant and Noble.

I may be biased but I think they are adorable. Hehe.

Freecycle Story

Now I love my Freecycle.

Keeps me from throwing perfectly good 'junk' out and lets me take perfectly good junk from someone else who no longer wants it.

If you haven't freecycled lately, what's stopping you?

The premise is quite simple really. Say I have some leftover paint that I no longer need. Perfectly good paint but honestly, how much deep gloss orange can a body use in a lifetime and when I'm holding onto one full gallon and another partial, well, lets face it something has got to give.

I post my paint on the board and anyone who sees it and is interested in it simply contacts me. I then chose the person I would like to give it to and they come and pick it up.
I can either choose to be home and give it to them or leave it someplace outside and they can then pick it up at their leisure.

I LOVE this system and have met so many truly wonderful people this way. Several of which actually live in my immediate neighborhood, hehe, small world.

I have even had one or two people bring stuff to me that I could use in exchange for what I was giving them and in the case of my kitchen counters that I tore out in order to update (from the 70's style mind you) I even had the recipients break down and cry. You see they had 4 bare walls in the small house they just purchased and my old counter tops were a blessing for them.

I love Freecycle.

Sooo, this brings me to the 'incident' today.

I posted an old metal tube awning sans cover. Huge awning. One of my requestors sent me 2 e-mails, all caps, PLEASE CALL ME I WANT THIS AWNING!!

Here's the phone call:

Hello?
Hi, is Lois there? ...........................(Not her real name, changed to protect the inane)
Who?
Lois?
Who's calling?
Harriet ............................................(Hehe, not my real name to protect ME from the inane)
Who?
Harriet.
Why do you want Lois?
I'm calling about the ad I had on Freecycle.
What?
My name is Harriet and I'm calling about the ad I had on Freecycle.
Oh, hold on a minute.

(In the background)
You have a phone call
Who is it?
Harriet.
I don't know a Harriet!
She says she's calling about an ad on Freecycle.
I don't have an ad on Freecycle right now!

(Voices coming closer to the phone now)
No, she says she has an ad on Freecycle.
I don't know WHAT this Harriet is talking about I DON'T have a current ad on Freecy...click.




I'm guessing she really wasn't all that interested after all...hehe.

Come Meet The Girls!

Happy pretty little birds are we.

Dear Winifred likes to write letters, especially on typewriters. She doesn't like all that newfangled gadgetry.

Sweet sweet little Olivia. She likes to play dress up.

Little Harriet has an affinity for pears. Especially little green not-quite-ripe ones.

Georgia loves those little sweet hearts. You know the ones with the cute little sayings on them. The kind you always got for Valentine's Day. Hers says simply "Be Mine".

Wedding Cake Topper with the Big Eyed Birds

I had been asked to create a wedding cake topper for an upcoming wedding in April so I decided to create a 2nd topper in a different color scheme. I LOVE the vintage feel this has.

They can be found in the shop here.

And doesn't it look so pretty on my glass cake stand. At least it's getting used for something...sorry Mom.
Here's looking at you!

Aren't they adorable.

Definition Of An Exciting Day!

Truly, if ever there was this has to be it!

I set myself up on Google alerts with my name. Every once in a while something comes through. It usually means someone has my first name and someone else has my last name.

Today that all changed!

It was actually me they meant this time! Oh joy and rapture, what could it possibly be?

Was someone talking about me because I had just won the GRAND prize over at the Publishers Clearing House or was it that lifetime grant enabling me to do as much artwork as I ever wanted with every supply known to man in the most fabulous studio ever designed. Or maybe it was an all expense paid trip to some of my favorite tropical islands in a perfect setting with my furkids and bestest friends?

Nope...it was simply to let me know that a brand new porn site was happily following me over on Twitter...

I'm so bummed.

Mardi Gras Fever And A Bird To Prove It!

I used to go.

Back in the day.

Went with a different group of fun loving people each time and couldn't believe having so much fun in such a wonderfully bizarre way was even possible.

How I miss it.

No, I won't (can't) share the pictures I took, hehe.

Soo, in honor of those lost times (and film) I present to you Herman!

He's all masked up and ready to Mardi Gras!
Throw me some beads mister!