Wiener Dog!

Wow. I sure have blogged a lot this month! My sincerest apologies. Here's a sneak peek at something I'm working on. "Hot dog! We have a wiener!"

Back in the saddle again

Anyone who gets the Piebald reference gets 200 nerd points. After taking a break to go to the ROC to see my family I'm making things again. This is a gocco print I finished up this morning. As I've rediscovered gocco I've also rediscovered how flipping expensive art supplies are which is unfortunate as my New Year's resolution is to never spend money again.

Hearts On Fire

There are lots of songs about love and fire. Falling into rings of it, hearts being engulfed in flames-this type of thing. It's so romantic! And terrifying! I sketched out this lovestruck alien girl and then finished the piece on the ol' compy.

Muerte

I've been doing some freehand embroidery and here's the latest one. When it's done I might branch out and make a blue skull. Who knows!!!???

Harriet, Sweet Harriet

I really, really hope you heard the episode of This American Life a couple of weeks ago that featured the story about Harriet the hedgehog. If you didn't you can listen to it here. Prepare to be filled with a warm fuzzy feeling towards hedgehogs, if you don't already harbor such feelings. Here's my version of Harriet with her meds.

Postcards!

Here on my unintentionally dramatically lit bulletin board you can see some of the postcards I collected on my recent travels.
-Le Frou Frou (Paris)
-Petitcollin (Paris)
-Sticker card (Amsterdam)
-Le Baron Gregor (Paris)
-L'Etoile Mysterieuse (Brussels)
-Dites Oui (Paris)
-Blurt (Brussels)

Stroopwaffles!

I ate many, many delicious sweets on my vacation. The chocolate almond croissant I had from this place was probably one of the best things I've eaten in my entire life. However, my favorite treat remains the Stroopwaffel. Yes, you can get them at Trader Joes. But are they the giant ones that you can cover your cup of tea with? No, they are not. I made this little comic illustrating the proper consumption of these dutch cookies to accompany a tin of them that I gave to some friends. Yum yum.

Adventures in Wonderland

The thing about vacation is that sometimes when you get home you feel like it never happened. I had such a great time on my trip and am sad that it's over. However, I am not sad that I no longer have to rely on my 7th grade level french to order a sandwich. Thank you, people of Europe, for letting me partake in the magic of macaroons, intricate iron gates, fresh french bread, and cathedrals and cafes. I'm inspired. "Well done, you."

I've posted the first batch of photos from Amsterdam and Brussels on my flickr page. More to come soon!

I'm outta herrrrre...

This Monday I'm going on an adventure with my BFF from high school. We mostly plan on eating chocolate and drinking beer but I'm sure I'll see some old historical stuff too, natch. First stop Amsterdam, next Brussels, then Paris and last stop London. Later, dude.

Day of the Dead Skull Patch

I felt like death warmed up for the last week. It was unpleasant! But it did give me some time to finish up this day 'o the dead inspired skull patch I've been working on.

More Halloween Painting!

Here's my most recent l'il Halloween inspired painting. In the spirit of fall we were supposed to go get cider and donuts yesterday BUT INSTEAD IT SNOWED.

Cape Cod II

I had a great time with my family on the Cape this past summer. I especially liked all of the minigolf places and restaurants that we saw while driving around looking for a t shirt outlet or old timey ice cream parlour. In the interest of not having my parents have heart attacks or kill me I steeled myself from yelling out things like "OHMYGODPULLOVERSOICANTAKEAPICTUREOFTHAT" while we were in the car together. So I went back and experienced things like "The Pancakeman" all over again.
Everything was going well until Josh got mauled by Martin. That pretty much ruined the day.

L'il Halloween Paintings

Between the Fluff Fest and watching WHMS with Poot, Brian Connely and my brother I had a pretty great weekend. And I did these two wee halloween paintings! BOOM.

What the Fluff? 2009

The Fluff Fest was a success! There was a huge turnout and it was a perfect fall New England day. Thanks to Sarah for getting me involved and to Kristin for her expert guidance in the fine art of Fluff stage decoration. Thanks to everyone who came down to hang out. Thanks to the bikers at P.A.'s for not murdering us. You can see more pics on my flickr page.

Bump In The Night at 1975

Here's a closer look at one of my pieces for the Bump In The Night show at 1975-if you're in Rochester go see it in person at the opening Friday, October 2nd from 7-10pm. Big ups to the ROC and everyone participating in the show!

1975 Anniversary Show

Getting ready to ship off two pieces for 1975's first anniversary show in sweet, sweet Rochester, NY. I'll post better pictures soon. Go to 1975 for more info on the show-which is Halloween themed and opens October 2nd. Congrats to Erich and co. on a successful year!

Cape Cod 09

It was hard to get out of bed on time this morning after spending a week lounging around on the Cape with my family. We swam, we ate, and then we ate some more. We also went to The Edward Gorey House in Yarmouth which I recommend whether or not you are a superfan. The house is stuffed with artwork, books, and other memorabilia from his life-including his favorite outfit. There is also a big fat cat. Which is either great or terrifying depending on your specific feelings about cats. Other things of note were The Brewster Fish House, where my whole family literally freaked out because the food was so good, and Sundae School where my whole family freaked out because the ice cream was so good and they had an olde timey pianey plinking manically away the whole time we were there.

My ugly office chair-Now with less ugly!

I followed these instructions from the Design*Sponge DIY archives and fixed up my sad office chair. The fabric is from Ikea (As is the office chair itself. And that fabric behind it. And that cd holder behind it. Hmm.)

It's a Bikini World.

This was one of the worst movies I've ever seen and would still tell people they have to watch. 1967's "It's a Bikini World" is so bad it's good, but in that way that challenges the definition of the word good. The guy who plays Captain Spaulding in House of 1000 Corpses owns a surf bar and sponsors skateboard races. If that doesn't make you want to watch it I don't know what will. Oh wait, yes I do-performances by The Animals, The Toys, The Gentrys and The Castaways.

Hot dog! We have a wiener!

4th of July weekend was a success. It didn't rain for the first time in weeks and I went to karaoke two nights in a row. I also made these picnic buddies. Yea summer!