Today's Table

Here's a peek at this morning's table. . .

 Got a tiny hat made for a certain Wonderland resident, which Toothy Punkinhead promptly borrowed. That little top hat took me way too many hours to make! Lots of trail and error (heavy on the error). I made a pattern though, so it should go much smoother the next time around. Thinking I need to get more hat pins to stick in there too. Can a hatter ever have too many hat pins? Got a couple more Wonderland residents almost done too. 

Now I'm off to make a crown for the Queen, amongst other things. 

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Speaking of making stuff, guess who designed the new Screen of the Month over at Fibra Artysta? 

Me, that's who!

I think they'd make adorable brooches or ornaments, maybe with some embroidered or beaded accents? Can wait to get my screen! You can get your own here.

Dolly Drama

Raggedy Raggedy, a full-time resident of The Cart, was quite smitten with Tiny Raggedy.

Unfortunately, the time came for Tiny to go live with her new family. Tiny was happy enough, but Raggedy was inconsolable. Red Ridinghood, Yellow Rabbit, and Little Boy Blue all tried their best to cheer her up. Even one of the gnomes (who are notoriously grumpy) chimed in with a sympathetic "There, there." But alas, tears and pitiful sobs filled The Cart. I couldn't stand to see her so sad. . .

. . .so I made Raggedy Raggedy a Tiny Raggedy of her own.

 And there was much rejoicing!

And now for something completely different. . .

I took a little break from my regularly scheduled artyness this weekend in order to help Boy Kid with a project for his Winter Percussion program. This year's theme is Year of the Dragon, so naturally they wanted to do dragony props, including a big design on their floor. This is the design we came up with-

Figuring out how to project it onto the floor was tricky. It was a team effort with much trial and error. And heights. Really frickin' high heights. See that tall metal thingy in the back? That's one of his instructors sitting all scrunched up on top of that thing. The projector is strapped to a ladder. He went up and down in that thing several times before we got it right. 

Fast forward an hour and a half, success!

First the kids traced everything. . .

. . .then commenced to painting, color-by-number style.  

Painty, painty, painty. . .

. . .end of day one!

The next morning they added silver and just did touch ups to any messy bits.

It turned out so cool! The kids are very proud of their work and really excited about their show. It's always wonderful spending extra time with Boy Kid, and he can paint really well! And the kids were all so nice. Anybody who has a negative view of today's teenagers would change their mind after spending a little time with this group. Next weekend we're making flags and these big panel things. Wheee!

Now. . .back to our regularly scheduled art.

Today's Table

Made some headway on Alice and company over the past couple of days.

It's always fun to work on something new! 

These wolfy twins are well on their separate ways now, one to nearby Washington and one to faraway Finland. I couldn't help but snap a picture of them before sending them along though. Little Red's gonna miss them. She had them quite well trained. I think she has some sort of super treats in that basket of hers.

Today's Table

Here are some snaps from this morning's worktable. Cirque kitty is heading to Detroit today. The wolfy twins are drawn but waiting on paint, and the owl is painted but waiting on shading (and feet and wings, of course). As soon as they're done I get to (finally) turn my attention back to the cast of Wonderland! That bowling pin looking thing will become the queen. I know she looks rather unintimidating in her undies, but she'll be a real handful by the time she's done. 

What silliness are you up to today?

Free Fat Quarter Blog Hop

Yay for new fabric!

Lynn over at Fibra Artysta is hosting a little blog hop this week

and she's giving away fat quarters of her newly-designed fabric at every stop.

Lynn says: 

   "I never feel more connected to my art then when I print my own fabric. The only down side to it is that I often find myself wishing I had the space to print yardage and to duplicate the ones that I fall madly in love with. Now with Spoonflower I can! And not only that, I can make it available for anyone else who finds it interesting and inspiring! There’s no better way to celebrate the opening of a new shop then to do a giveaway and not only ONE giveaway but FIVE!"

So go visit Lynn's new Spoonflower shop and pick out which print you like best, then leave a comment on this blog post and you’ll be in the running to win a free fat quarter of your choice. Easy! 

(And make sure you visit all the blogs on the blog hop for a better chance to win.)

Monday's blog is  Lynn Krawczyk's.

Tuesday's blog is. . . this one!

Wednesday's blog is Kelli Nina Perkins's.

Thursday's blog is Judy Coates Perez's.

Friday's blog is Judi Hurwitt's.

 I'll draw a random winner on February 1st.

 Good luck!

Today's Table (In the Works)

 These started projects became finished over the weekend. 

This particular batch is heading to Germany. 

Spaß haben, little beasties.

Today I'm making a little robot like this one-

 First I have to paper mache her boxy costume. I already cut and assembled the cardboard bits, and now I'll cover it in several layers of paper towels painted with white glue. Not any ole paper towels will do though. I specifically like the scratchy brown ones that you might find in elementary schools. I had a big stash of them that lasted for years that I had gotten from the university I went to. When I started running low I was known to load up on long sheets whenever I'd come across them at gas stations and the like, but hadn't found a place to get entire rolls. Then one lucky day I spotted them at a restaurant supply store while preparing for a party. I was way too excited to find them!

Speaking of paper mache projects, have you seen this amazing one?

It was made by Kim Graham and 25 voluteers in Seattle.

You can see in-progress pictures on her website here.