Merry Christmas

Happily enjoying the end of the holiday.

It has been a time of gratitude for 

family and friends.  And even though

we are not all together, I feel the love..

and I know they feel it too.

Image found here

http://everythingcharming.tumblr.com

Pinterest addiction

OH MY GOSH.

Besides getting lots of rest, eating to

much sugar and enjoying being with 

the dude.  I have been on pinterest for

hours.  I love it...so cool.  I love pinning

as much as finding pins.  This is absolutely

the best place for inspiration.  Here is a 

picture I found this morning. 

 O.K. so 

here is the beautiful part.  I tried to upload 

the image from pinterest and it was really tiny.

I was able to follow the trail of the original 

source which turned out to be from here

http://hulaseventy.blogspot.com

But post a year ago.

 look..

now a nice big, clear picture.

Home sweet home

It is a mellow holiday around here.

I am in Kirkland for the next

two week.  The  dude and I

have done a little decorating.

Plus a few of the things I love

in our home.

I took a few pictures on my iphone

with the hipstamatic app

http://hipstamatic.com/the_app.html

I have a WEBSITE

I have a website.

My dude did it for me.

He has been working on his own.  

So...he did mine too.

http://www.kryskirkpatrickdesign.com/

COOL

Jolly

Found this on pinterest.

http://pinterest.com/tcortez/holiday/

Love the pink.

Working on the jolly...in between cleaning house.

Take a class

Over at Hutch Studio

Chris will be teaching this class.

Sweet Little Tweet Workshop
All materials included.
This is a fun project that incorporates sculpey clay, paint, wire, and paper to
create a little bird in any color you can imagine swinging sweetly in a 4 inch tall
charming wire cage.  Age level 16- and up.
Friday, January 6th
1 PM-3:30 PM
Cost:  $30.00

http://hutchstudio.blogspot.com/

Holiday Party

We have already had our Holiday Party

at Bunnies.  My sister and I decorate

the lunchroom.  And make the food.

This year....my daughter did all the cooking.

Felt great to delegate.

Ashely is our new, social Networking genius.

Look at what a great job she did.

I didn't realize anyone was even taking pictures!

It's Merry at Bunnies

I went to our Bunnies Facebook and

found all these great holiday pictures.

http://www.bunniesbythebay.com/

 Look at all these happy babies.

 And we have bunnies.

 This has always been one of my favorites.

Home again

We made it home.

Whew.

New York at Christmas is pretty cool.

Also, really busy and crowded.
The weather was beautiful, sunny and not
all that chilly.  People were eating lunch outside.

We walked into Macy's...and right out again.
It was crazy and frantic.

Three years ago...we decided not to exchange gifts.

It is so amazing how it releases all the tension of trying to find
the perfect gift.  We enjoy the holidays without all the

headache of shopping.  We will get Sam presents, because

Christmas is all about children.  Adults...we have everything

we need.  So we will spend time together, eat, chill and just 

enjoy family time.

Here are a few 

Pictures from NY.

Rockefeller Center

Chelsea market

Store windows

 Sephora

This is all paper cuts!

New York at Christmas time

We are in New York on Bunny business. Stopping in on our FAO Schwartz store and visiting our new apparel licencing partners. Our hotel is right in the middle of time square.

By the side of the road

I found this by the side of the road.

A cute little wagon full of beautiful handmade

wreaths.  An honor system to pay.

And the field was full of snow geese.

Amazing and beautiful...

Loving winter right now.

We are global!

LOOK

BUNNIES BY THE BAY

IN

JAPAN

Our sister Jeanne has been in Asia for almost three months.

She has opened 4 stores inside the Mitsukoshi Department stores.

Curmudgeon...ok, yes that's me

I was recently referred to as a...

CURMUDGEON

Definition:

A bad tempered or surly person.

surly: 

Irritably sullen and churlish.

churlish:

A lack of civility

Civility:

A polite act.

basically

a cranky, crabby, 

whiney, sourpuss

I like the following explanation better.

A curmudgeon's reputation for malevolence is 

undeserved.  We don't hate mankind,

just mankind's absurdities.  We are just

as sensitive as the next person, but hide

our vulnerability beneath a crust of misanthropy,

(distrust of humankind).  We ease the pain by 

turning hurt to humor. Nature has endowed us

with astute perception and sly wit.  We have our

version of the truth which unsettles some, even

though we soften it with humor.

Here are some other

curmudgeons.

What this is all in reference to was 

the recent show I did in Tustin.

Doing a show on the road is 

a lot of work.

The traveling, setting up,

selling, taking down, being 

nice for hours on end.  Repeating yourself

over and over....basically selling a little piece

of yourself.

For me, I do that with my art.

Here you go...I made this for you...

now can I go back to my studio and

do what I love...which is create.

I don't know about other artists

but for me...It is hard to stand there

and sell, me.  

Plus physically, I feel tired and old!!!!

My mantra is 

"I am to old for this!"

Meaning...can't I just make stuff

and someone else sell it?

Oh Yeah,

That is why 

Bunnies By The Bay exists.

I have surrounded myself with

people who do all that.

They are good at it, experts...

and they like selling and organizing

and running spread sheets as much

as I like sewing and drawing.

But this need to have an identity

and self expression outside of bunnies

has led me to selling my own art.

It is like starting over at 56 and being

all alone without my sisters there to protect me.

(Or as they would say protect others from me.)

I did meet some really nice people, and I love all my

earth angle girls.  We had fun, can't wait to do it 

all again.  But in the moment standing all day on 

a concrete floor...the

CURMUDGEON comes out in me.

Not to the customers and nice, nice people who

come out to see us, just to my fellow artists.

My reward at the end of the day

An Ale...makes that pissy part of me

disappear and I can have fun and laugh at

life and myself.  I will never stop being

honest, and truthful...but I'll work on

my filter system.  In the meantime

I am happy to be home and grateful

to those who understand and love me anyways.

Do you have a curmudgeon in your life?