less is not always more....more or less

 Probably how this little guy feels,

losing all his sawdust innards 

I have had him for years.  

Love him all the more,

even though there is less

of him,

Heave Ho

Do you ever wonder how you ended up where you are?

Going from one place to another

and not knowing how you got there.

Like heading to montana and you end

up in Pittsburg. 

This is blog land. 

In my research this morning on 

french sailor shirts

I ended up here

http://bitsotruth.blogspot.com/

Which is a great site for 

inspiring words.

like this

And here are great images of that shirt.

found here

http://thebeatriceblues.blogspot.com/

which also led me to this cool blog

http://ladolfina.blogspot.com/2010/07/seeing-french-sailor-stripes.html

A successful voyage this morning.

Happy Monday.

Wise women

I love this book 

WISE WOMEN

A celebration of Their Insights, Courage and Beauty

by

Joyce Tenneson.

http://www.joycetenneson.com/ww/ww_book_1.html

This is Lola Santos

"Make use of all your faculties

while you are going toward your golden years,

because you want to be of service.

To give of yourself to love___

this is why we are on earth."

Lola Santos

A little more inspiration?

Found on this very cool site.

http://www.ritchieacecamps.com/

Angelia Richie's Ace Camps.

Traveling and learning with

amazing instructors in fun

places...

Pablo Picasso at the SAM

We have talked about going to see 

the Picasso exhibit at the  SAM

for a couple of months.  We tried once

and it was closed.  We tried yesterday

it was sold out...so I stood in line for

an hour with about 200 other crazy people

and finally got in today.

The line was longer behind me...

and this was for nonmembers.

There was another line on the other side for members.

(Interesting display of vehicles. )

It was overwhelming.

The impression that I walked away with

..........

Whatever floats your boat,

it's good just to see people appreciate

art in general.  As Joseph Cambell

has expressed, without art we would not

be man...it has been apart of who we

are from the beginning. To communicate

 in another form...other than words.  

It was good to see so many...

  from the hundreds of school children,

young adults and those of us not so young.

Out supporting art.

New art at bunnies

We are busy here.

Getting our booths ready

for the Atlanta and New York

gift shows in January.  They are

being shipped next week.

So when the rest of the world

is enjoy Christmas.

We are in Spring 2011.

BUT

going through artwork today

I ran across this adorable

piece of art Jen did

for the

Mitsukoshi dept

store display.

(Did I mention we

are an international

bunny company?)

Isn't that adorable. Jen uses painter and photoshop. 

  She is Bunnies By The Bay.

So all these years I have worked with our art department,

I really could not draw a stick figure.

It will be 2 years in March...when I first picked

 up a pencil and a paintbrush.
Here is an early attempt.

Here is something more recent

Did I mention I do not live in a perfect world.

I never have.  When I made bunnies, the eyes

would be crooked.  A button sewn on a coat...

covered a stain.  I like handmade.  I have about

8000 left to perfect my craft.  But...I love it.

Willie Wonka in cardboard

This is Chris.

He is the curator of Hutch Studio.

I am thinking Willie Wonka

in a recycling mode.

His halloween costumes are always

great.

Can't wait to see what he comes up with for

his little boy Sayer.

Sisters collection

My sister has a collection

of dog prints.  

Here is my favorite.

Beautiful art

I really like Cori Dantini's artwork.

I find it inspiring, unique and complex

but fun and thoughtful.

 ( Jeez, that sounds like a good merlot.)

She is doing the Cherry Creek Art festival

in Denver....Fourth of July weekend.

Isn't her work amazing?

She was at Farm Chicks...and was 

kind enough to pop in and say hello.

Good Luck Cori...I know your

show will be amazing.

http://www.cherryarts.org/home

http://coridantinimakes.blogspot.com/

Cat Stevens - Tea for the Tillerman

My God This makes you feel good. 

 I saw Harold and Maude a couple of months ago and could not get Cat Stevens out of my head.

I have been watching Extras on netflix and they play this song at the end of the show...I love it. 

 I bought the album on Itunes and it is so uplifting.

  Tonight on Pandora I heard Peace Train.  

This is shameful...but I thought Cat Stevens was dead.  He isn't, I read his bio on Wikapedia and was

amazed.  I think his voice, lyrics and message are amazing.

Poor pitiful Krys

When I was a little girl.

I received this doll from my 

parents.  Her name is, Poor Pitiful Pearl.

My mom thought there was a connection.

Because I am the queen of whining.

I guess I was a pitiful child.  Tenacious

like my blog states....I really never gave 

up if I wanted something.

To read more on this doll go here

http://seesaw.typepad.com/blog/2009/11/william-steig-poor-pitiful-pearl.html

image by liza cowen.

cardboard coolness

I am so thrilled about the reaction

to my cardboard booth at Farm Chicks.

These Pictures are from my file on cardboard.

This one  the entire room is cardboard.

Here is some furniture.

We are working on the booth for 

Creative Connections in Minnesota

during the month of September.

I felt rushed and not ready for Farm Chicks.

We have 2 months to make our space

better.  So besides the booth.

I also plan on having patterns of our 

birds, mushrooms, squirrels.

Can't wait!

But first,  I think I need to go

clean my studio.

Artistic Information

I found this here

http://lambertnyc.blogspot.com/

love it

http://hudsonpaint.com

amazing woodwork

This bed was made by an amazing artist.

Zeke Leonard.

Discovered him on Design Sponge.

I love his art...

because...it is

Handcrafted,

reclaimed wood.

wonderful aesthetics

The combination of wood and metal.

The rings on the tree show its 80 years of life.

To light that life from behind is genius.

His website is really great.

He is an engaging writer.