1. Stop Worrying, 2. Roots, 3. Momentum, 4. Solitude, 5. Anger and Fear, 6. Inner Workings, 7. Matter, 8. Loss, 9. Balance, 10. Ray of Light, 11. Pure Excitement, 12. Pins on the cards, all assembled!
Today I had a chance to upload all of the remaining artwork from my Pieces of Us show to Etsy. Each piece will ship with a pin set from the show. Click on over and check it all out!
Oh my goodness! Can you stand how cute this photo is! Jamey sent me this pic of Abby sporting her very first custom onesie and I am loving every inch of it! My brand new love! She is just too good to be true. Those folks of hers really delivered an angel!
Thank you to everyone who came out and said hi! It really was an outstanding experience.
Bath Chick and her baby chick!! Welcome Abigail Jane Sussman! Our extended family's newest member! She is just divine, with her mommas trademark red hair!
Another week, another fair! This weekend is the NoHo Scene Arts Festival in North Hollywood, CA and I will have a booth in the Artists section along Lankershim Blvd @ Magnolia (booth #17). This fair is a city wide event with activities for everyone int he family!
NoHo’s theatres, arts groups and local businesses are opening their doors to Greater Los Angeles to experience this unique Arts District - An All Day . . . All NoHo celebration! Enjoy theatre, dance and music performances, art exhibits and film screenings, acting, art, music and dance workshops, and an array of discounts, samplings and promotions provided by local merchants. Relax at our wine and food garden enjoying great wine, cuisine and entertainment on our outdoor concert stage.
WHEN: Saturday, October 6, 2007: 11AM to 10PM
Artists section is open until 6. Hope to see you there!
Map & Directions
It is going to be a very busy week for me as I try to fill my inventory back in and prepare for Saturday. Blogging may be sparse!
What an amazing day we had on Sunday! The Abbott Kinney Festival was just incredible!! There was music and dance and food galore!! I just cant thank everyone enough who came into our booth and showered us with kindness! This was one of the most amazing days Hannah and I have ever had in the booth! I was just so overwhelmed! Cant wait for next years AK fest!
I am really excited for this weekends Abbott Kinney Street Festival this weekend in Venice! The AK festival is huge and well known throughout LA, and I have never even been, let alone set up a booth!!!!! I know it is going to be an amazing day with lots to see and do. My partner in crime (Hannah) and I have been anticipating this show for weeks!
I am going to be offering a lot of "show only" prices on larger pieces to help make way for a ton of new work I have been creating. I am thinking some things may be up to 50% off, so be sure to find us if you can make it that day!
OK-our booth number is AK331, and it will be near Palms and Venice on Abbott Kinney (duh right!) not far from the awesome Vanessa De Vargas's Turquoise LA Showroom!
This was a fun project! My friend Robin asked if I would do a portrait of her wedding as a gift for her husband Todd on their anniversary, which is today! Just got word that he loved it! It was easy because their story is fantastic, and the photos . . . OMG, gorgeous doesn't describe! I was honored to be asked! Happy Anniversary guys!
This months SPC theme is "bathroom" which I am not so sure about. My bathrooms are hideous and the opposite of relaxing, and I have no desire to share them. However, last night I got to hang out with my niece and give her a bath. My sister snapped this shot, and it didn't occur to me until this morning while I was downloading from my camera that, Ah Ha! I do in fact have a bathroom picture that I can share. So here is my baby burrito! Little Emma, who is getting bigger and bigger everyday! I just want to eat her up!
I love every aspect of this image of the bride, in her gorgeous dress, with a glowing smile! She is the quintessential image of a wedding!
Birthday Gift Tags!
One of the commissions that I recently finished was of my client Nicole's grandfather. Shortly after his death she contacted me to ask if I could do a piece that would commemorate her love for him. The connection that Nicole had to her grandfather was palpable, and it was so much more than an honor to have been trusted with such a touching portrait. Thank you so much Nicole, for sending me pics of the piece in it's home!!!
September Artist at p!ay
I have really had mush for brains for the past week 2 weeks or so! I am so scattered all over the house and everything is a mess! I completely neglected to blog about my pieces being on display for the month of September at p!ay Hair Lounge in Simi Valley, CA.
Let me tell you a little bit about p!ay. Depending on how often you read this blog you may have heard me talk about the über-talented Miss Brig who was responsible for my blond-ness, and more recently my, my brunettey-ness. She is so good at what she does that I only have to say a sentence or 2, and I am all set. This is the easiest my hair has EVER been, and I have some annoying hair, so that says A LOT!
About a year ago Brig opened her own salon taking a fresh approach to the boring old salons. Each station has personalized Barbie that represents the stylist who calls that spot home. (This one's Brig!)
Everything about the place is personable and awesome. No wonder it is a wild success! All of the stylists in the joint are totally funky fresh, and at the tippy top of their game. Every time I am there the place is jumping. Because Brigs approach to her business is so new and fresh, she and the folks over at Bumble and Bumble are BFF's, so much so that they just flew Miss. Brig out to the B&B Headquarters in NYC to give a speech. She is just too much!
What was my point. . . . oh yeah, so, I am the featured "Artist Every Month" for September. Every month there will be something new and cool hanging in this area. It is lots of fun to check out the newest installation while your head is wrapped in foil! If your in the area, get over there and check out p!ay!
Opening Success!!
1. Pieces of Us flyer, 2. Roots, 3. Momentum, 4. Solitude, 5. Swing Love2, 6. Anger and Fear, 7. Georgette, 8. Sexology, 9. Mother and Child, 10. Man, 11. Inner Workings, 12. Stop Worrying, 13. Heart, 14. Love and Marriage, 15. Balance, 16. Ray of Light, 17. Growth, 18. Amelia2, 19. Love, 20. Pure Excitement
Created with fd's Flickr Toys.
I just got home from hanging the show, and I AM SO EXCITED! The collection came together really well. I can't wait to share it!
If you are local, I hope to see you tomorrow night at Regeneration. If you are interested in a piece, they can be purchased remotely by contacting Kelly at Regeneration via email through the site, or at 323.344.0430.
Pieces of Us
This Saturday is the opening night of my Pieces of Us show at Regeneration! I am so excited to hang the pieces and see the reactions. Excited and scared, but mostly excited! LOL
I am just glad that the day has come! Here is the info for the show:
Pieces of Us
Sept 8-Oct 4, 2007
opening reception
September 8th, 6-10pm
Regeneration
1649 Colorado Blvd.
Los Angeles, Ca 90041
323.344.0430
www.shopregeneration.com
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These pieces are all born from personal events that have been going on in the past few months. I don't really talk about those things here on the blog, but as an artist, it is bound to come out in my work! I also kept a strong influence on using scraps of paper and materials, whether they be the remnants from previous projects, or found metal objects from the street. Regeneration is a shop with an important message. They only sell and carry recycled goods, and I think that it is important to keep in that theme. By honoring their mission, I was forced to stretch my artistic brain and work only within what was in a certain box I have of scrap. Luckily, when a piece is too small for my other boxes that I think it will get lost on the bottom, I toss it in the "smaller" scrap box, and some of those gorgeous papers are still pretty large. (I swear, there is a method to my madness! ;)
I also want to take a minute to thank everyone for their supportive words and emails since I started sharing the pieces! It means a lot to me that you take the time to share your words with me!! My confidence got a well needed shot in the arm! THANK YOU!
If you would like to see pictures of the pieces so far, you can go here. I will be adding more this afternoon!
I will probably very quite until after the show. SO much to do! Next week I will post pics from lots of recent events! A lot has been going on that I need to share!
Little Monster Market
YAY! Coming up on Tuesday, it is Little Monster Market time again!!! This kid inspired craft fair is so much fun! Hannah and I will be there under our tent! Melissa and the Squeegees will be rockin out! Last time the kids had so much fun dancing around to the performers! It was a fantastic day! This fair is growing by leaps and bounds! I can't wait to set up and check out all of the fabulous vendors!
So rest up on Labor Day, cause Tuesday is all about partying kiddie-style!
SPC-pattern wk4
As August draws to a close, this is the last week of Patterns on SPC. The above shot is from our Saturday night at the Hollywood Bowl where we got to enjoy music from the HB Orchestra, and the Big Bad Voodoo Daddies! The Bowl is an awesome place to see a concert. It is outdoors and you can pack a picnic, which in our cases meant preparing enough food to feed a family for a week. (You dont even want to see us try to camp!)
This is a shot of Tom and Hannah weighed down by their bags, although you can barely see them through the arty blur! It is a wild schlep to the top, where the benches are, but as you saw from the video I posted yesterday, it is totally worth it! I have such severe blisters from wearing actual shoes, not my standard foam Old Navy flip flops, that I will probably be stuck in said flip flops for the next 3 months!
I occasionally enjoy the concept of self portrait as an experience seen from my point of view. An image related to my experience is as much a self portrait as this photo below. It is of the places I have been, things I have seen, and the people I love.
For those who would like a shot with me in it rather than one that I took, here is a funny bowling pic. We went to Pinz last week for a company party with hubby's office, and had a blast! I love the pins lined up as soldiers, like they are on patrol, and the bowling ball on it's way to kick some butt!
Gulp!
Two questions .. . 1). How in trouble is the future of this country??? and 2). How did Mario Lopez keep a straight face???
Hollywood Bowl
I thought I would test out Bloggers new video feature with this fun snippet from our evening at the Hollywood Bowl this weekend. The video is a bit rough, but you can see how cool the historic venue is! The audio is kinda nuts with lots of hooting and hollering, but there were fireworks, and we are nerds. There is also a quick cameo by miss HannahMade. She had no idea I was filming. . . !
