Doing it all for Baby...

Didn't quite want this sketchbook entry to look so dramatic, but hey, what's done is done.  After sitting for 3 plus hours at the Quest Diagnostics Lab after giving blood 4 times with no food for 12 hours I guess "dramatic" is what you get.  I never imagined I would be so poked, prodded and challenged throughout this amazing journey.  But it is all so worth it.  Five weeks to go...

Pictures from Opening at Cafe Estelle

A great opening at a great cafe!  I am so grateful to have such supportive friends...

Art Opening tonight at Cafe Estelle!

Exhibit in Philly

For those of you in the Philadelphia area in September, I will be showing four of my Food Politics illustrations from my graduate show at Cafe Estelle.  The opening reception will be Friday, Sept. 4th from 6-9 PM and Geremiah Giampa,  from the Parsnip Revolt, will be playing some music for us too.  So stop in if you are around!

Still Sewing...

I went home for a lovely Easter weekend in Kittanning and it felt good to see family, get away and just relax.    I stopped at the Goodwill on the way home and found some amazing vintage pillow cases that I already have a project idea for.    Within the last couple of weekends I have created some more little gifts and goodies.  The bibs and booties I have yet to perfect, but the spork holder is just about ready to go...

Nesting...

In February I had this overwhelming feeling to start canning, cooking, cleaning, baking, sewing...you name it.  Then sure enough, come Valentine's Day I found out I was about 6 weeks pregnant.  We are thrilled!!  So I took advantage of the nesting feeling and started crafting and sewing again and making little things for friends and friend's babies.  One project that I really wanted to try was this Fleur Playmat from one of my favorite designers, One Girl Designwrks .  I ordered the pattern from her through Etsy and some amazing fabric from Denver Fabric and I was ready to get sewing.  I decided to make the first playmat for Miss Julia Grace, my best girlfriend's little one that is about 6 months now.   This project was a lot of work but so much fun to do and I can't wait to start another one.  I was so pleased with the way it turned out.  Now, onto my next craft...watch this space...

Moly_x_56

I was so pleased when I was asked to join the international Moleskine Exchange group moly_x_56.   This is an adventure from artists around the world filling their Japanese Moleskines and exchanging them.    The group also has all of their sketches on Flickr where you can see all of the wonderful sketchbook pages from around the world.  In our first round we are creating images that reflect Monsters and Spirit Guides.  It has been great fun and I am looking forward to seeing the next Moleskine in my mailbox.