Successful Show- Plowshares Fair

My show was a success! I still have a ton of inventory, but I sold quite a lot. I'm going to update my Etsy.com site in the next week. I'm busy with lots of other things....

Holiday Monsters

I've been making notecards to sell at the craft fair in December. These are a few that will be available at The Plowshares Fair. I'll also have recycled shirts with appliques and block print designs like in the samples below. The watercolor owl t-shirt photo didn't come out well, so this is what the print will look like on a shirt.

Block Prints: Dogs

Here are my latest dog prints (one blank note cards). I love them, but I have only sold maybe 3 at the farmer's markets. I have plans to put them up on my Etsy.com site. I have one more dog and a cat in my collection already. I have a pug ready to print, I just need more hours in the day.

Purse Happy

Here are some of my latest attempts at making purses. I altered the idea from The Object Project for the purses and I have a new plan for the handles that should be really cool and maybe even make the purses easier to sew. The pink monster purse is lined. The top purse is a strange one with a block print of mine. I have plans for some zippered pouches with my prints on them, too. Stay tuned.

Facebook

I was invited to join Facebook and have since caught up with a lot of old friends. It's pretty fun. There a bunch of people I have been trying to find for a few years, but haven't had any luck.

I finished the block print cards of Clayton and a set of puppies, too. Cezanne was a little annoying while I was in the process of printmaking.

Arts and update

Update- I finished pants for Clayton and they came out pretty well.

I have stopped nursing Clayton, much to my chagrin. I am in some pain now and I'm finding it tough to pick him up because I can't handle the pressure on my chest. I was fearful of weaning because of my problems with blocked milk ducts. So, far I'm just hard and sore, so my wish is that it doesn't take too long to get through it.

I am working on some kimono wrap shirts for Clayton and I may make matching pants. They will be pj's. If I can make them successfully I will make some for Olivia and Drake, Clay's cousins. I made these long sleeved. Here they are:



I have also carved out a rubber block picture of Clayton to make into cards. The method of transfer was to print out the black and white Photoshop manipulated image using our laser printer. I placed the copy print side down onto the rubber, placed a piece of muslin over the copy and ironed on Medium. I pulled off the paper when warm. I carved away the white areas. I save ink by not printing out the whole black background. The next step is to print them on cards. The block measures just larger than the front of the blank cards. I need to make sure I have oil based black ink. Maybe the water-soluble would work, too.

Block Prints

Here are a few of my block prints. More to come!!