Would you pay $6 for a set of already-been-chewed wads of gum?
Look at the teeth marks!
I know I wouldn’t. That is, unless these aren’t really nasty pre-chewed pieces of gum at all but are instead, MAGNETS. (more…)
This girl has some serious talent.
We saw The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian last weekend. Yeah, yeah, the movie rocked. All I can really say though is that for the first time in who knows how many years, George Clooney has been trumped. And by a fictional character even. I heart Prince Caspian… and I don’t necessarily mean the newcomer actor playing him. Although I sure as heck hit up Google as soon as we left the theater. I do look forward to seeing Ben Barnes play Dorian Gray as well as the upcoming Voyage of the Dawn Treader. Yum.
What I meant was that I have developed a full-on crush on the Prince Caspian.
Prepare yourself, I’m going to have a rare girly moment here: (Like) you know the scene where Susan was in the woods kicking ass but then became overwhelmed by the Telmarine soldiers after sending Lucy off to find Aslan by herself… and she falls down… and in rides Prince Caspian all smoking hot on his black steed and hunky armor… and he bends down, extending his hand to help her up…? THAT scene. A collective sigh rose from all the females in the audience. No joke. I’m sure many of the men shifted uncomfortably in their seats while simultaneously rolling their eyes in disgust. I’ve long ago realized that the ‘knight in shining armor’ bit was puerile hogwash, but that scene (and all the ones leading up to and following that scene which featured our handsome Prince)… let’s just say that my heart went a-flutter and George fell off his pedestal with a resounding thud.
I still can’t stare directly into the above photo for longer than a second at a time without blushing and looking away. 
 No matter how mature and cynical I get, this movie will remind me that I still have a silly little girl trapped in the la-la-land section of my brain. And that little girl wants a wall-sized poster of this photo in her room to kiss goodnight. Perhaps some gaudy t-shirts and a Trapper Keeper emblazoned with his beautiful likeness…
Okay, girly moment over.
Thanks to sites like Zazzle and CafePress – I can paint to my heart’s delight, sell the originals to art lovers, and then sell high-resolution prints of them on things like calenders, shirts, yard signs, mugs, bibs, tiles, and hundreds of other useful items. My family can set aside their morbid fear of being trapped in an art gallery (no touchy!), I get to pay my bills, and you get sumpin’ purdy! Woo hoo! A starving artist no more.
Seriously though, I love my CafePress ‘printables’. I have bought several of my own tiles, shirts, and other useful household items (waiting with bated breath for my Bob & Jane apron!!). Another thing besides the prices that I love about CafePress is the superb quality of their products. I have a shirt from there that has been washed a countless number of times over the past couple of years and it has yet to fade.
My compulsion to combine form and function in my work can be traced back to my youthful obsession with MacGyver. After all, if anyone can diffuse a bomb with a squirrel (more…)
Today was supposed to be one of my “Bumper Days.” A day where I get my more mundane business tasks done, like filling orders, packing & shipping, listing, and replying to the flood of emails I get daily. Oh but when have planned “days” ever worked out?
My two boys (affectionately known as The Monkeys) are grade schoolers with a penchant for laziness and procrastination. They get that from both parents – I’m okay with admitting to that. So when the dreaded Science Fair season comes around… (more…)
It’s only 2 pm and I am ready to throw up my hands and call it a day.
- Today is a Teacher Work Day/Student Holiday and Monday is of course MLK Jr Day so my two monkeys get to have a 4 day weekend. Hooray for them, not so much cheering from me. I get to juggle work with cooking extra meals and referee duties.
I’ve made a few Fuzzies, shipped some packages, (more…)
