Something for WIP : I’m working on an indigo owl inspired by Japanese boro textiles (which I love).
The larger floral in the background is a beautiful, very old and wonderfully worn silk and wool blend kimono fabric.
new birds
I’ve been making new birds.
These guys are on a little field trip at the moment but later this week they’ll be in the shop.
terrarium
My sister Becky made me this little terrarium for Christmas and I could not be more pleased with it.
It’s in a hand-blown Victorian fishbowl that has a ruffled edge and all sorts of beautiful little bubbles and imperfections in the glass. She collected the little mosses and plants for the mini landscape over the summer. It’s truly spectacular and a perfect home for this tiny donkey I’ve been saving for something for years.
I’ve been in kind of a wheel spinning, non productive post holiday fog. I’ve got lot’s of stuff I should be doing, would even like to be doing, but instead of really focusing on any of it I keep doing stuff like spending HOURS making a new pin cushion.
*Thanks to everybody who’s bidding at the Kim Benefit on Ebay, people are being incredibly generous*
The Fortitude
This is the Fortitude. She’ll be auctioned (beginning Wednesday the 3rd) in the benefit organized by Lisa, Stephanie, and Gerrie for the Kim family. There’s lot’s of amazing stuff; you can see a preview here.
Her sails are sheer swiss dot salvaged from an edwardian lawn dress and some other vintage bits including pieces of a beautiful aqua, rose and green paisley dress my mother made for herself in the sixties, it’s one of my all time most favorite fabrics.
Happy New Year !
I’ve got good friends
I do, and they really showed up for me on Saturday for THE GIFT on grand. I’ve been working my ass off and had come pretty much unglued by Saturday morning but my amazing pit crew put the whole thing together. So thanks, to each and every one of you, I would have been lost without you. I’m still kinda unglued from the effort of the last couple weeks and my computer is being all slow and weird too so everything is taking me forever including updating my shop. I finally got it done and there are a few new birds there now.
The show on Saturday was great. It was my first time doing anything like that and I wasn’t sure what to expect but it went really well and I learned a lot. Thanks to everybody who came by to say hi and to Sodafine for putting it together.
I’ve been working on wedding cake toppers. The Bride and groom birds in the photo are gone but I should have some new things available by February .
The ship above is my newest “The Fortitude”. I’m going to take and post my customary too many pictures tomorrow.
*Note on the photo below*
That’s the Christmas tree at Grand Army Plaza here in Park Slope.
I’m late
Sorry, I’m running late on my shop update. The new birds will be up at 2 pm.
shop update
I’m going to put a few new things, including lydia (below) in the shop tomorow at noon.
P.S.
If I owe you email sorry, I’m still kind of scrambling but I promise to get back to you by Wednesday.
shop update
There are a few new things in the shop.
new owl
work in progress
I’ve got lots of work in progress. I’m making birds and owls like nobody’s business. There will be some new things in the shop later this week.
Bertha Whimsy Emerson
This is Bertha Whimsy Emerson.
She’s maybe, probably, gonna be half of a bride and groom pair. The picture below is taken through the view finder of an old Yashica-A camera that belonged to my mother and hasn’t been used in years and years. It still hasn’t really, the picture was taken with my digital cannon of the image in the view finder of the Yashica. If I wasn’t such a tired bird maker I’d tell you all about it, it’s my new favorite thing to do.
There are pictures of the Johnson Christmas window coming soon. Here’s a little preview.
pretty colors
I hit the vintage seam binding jackpot yesterday at the flea market. I love this stuff and it was almost free.
