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Daydreamer Self Portrait

Do you ever have days where you are just too creative for your own good?  I am a notorious day dreamer - to a fault!  I have had this idea in my head for years, but lately it just keeps itching me.

The Hat City Scissor Center
I dream of a wide open space nestled in downtown Danbury that would act as an arts and crafts community center.  Monthly memberships would buy local crafters and artisans unlimited studio time and a hefty discount on special classes and workshops. We would have a kickass selection of equipment for sewing, jewelry making, art, you name it. Monthly members would also have access to a craft supply swap meet, fueled by member donations.  And my dreams don't stop there.  I would LOVE to make it inviting to the hugely diverse culture of the area by having bi or tri-lingual staff on hand.  Best of all, I dream of this place being a non-profit operation so that I can make it available to the people who need it most: artists who don't have the means to purchase the expensive equipment they are dying to work with.  I would also have benefits for volunteers, teachers, and sponsors. We could also organize craft shows and events where the artists in the community can try to turn a dime on their creations, auction fund raisers, bake sales, and more. My heart skips a beat when I get caught up imagining this bustling center of affordable and accessible creativity.  If only I could fall into piles of money so that I could start this place up. Le sigh. Someday!

Shameless

This week for Self Portrait Thursday I thought I would do something a little different.  Instead of a macro shot zooming in on my cavernous nose pores I've decided to showcase the current state of my "office".  I'm only one craft show into the season and LOOK at the state of things.  Looks like I'll be cleaning before I can start crafting tonight. Le sigh. A far cry from the last time I invited you all into this room.

Details on the chaos:

1. Storage bins for all my fabric. It seems only yesterday the contents were neatly organized by color and material. Good times...
2. The aforementioned "poop chair". I painted this sucker many years back.  It horrified my father, but I thought the little floater added necessary detail to the piece.
3. My sewing machine safely tucked inside its case (but wearing a random crap hat.)
4. Yes, that is a coconut.
5. Go bulletin board! When I put this up I imagined a collage of neatly arranged swatches, sketches, and clippings. What actually wound up here? Not quite Martha material.
6. My favorite Minks to Sinks find ever, a freaky old cabinet made with cigar box drawers. It hold all of my little doo dads with suck style!
7. This is not coffee. It actually holds all of the little stray strings  from when I sew. They are kept safely inside this cup until so that this won't happen.
8. A giant bag of herb. No! Not THAT kind of herb. Come on, this is a family show.
9. Fabric scrap bags. I may be messy, but that doesn't mean I'm not O.C.D. I have all of my fabric pieces under 1/2 yard in color schemed ziplocks. This particular one is a mish-mash that I put together for a project. The rest are freakishly color coordinated.

And now, the control center!! The messiest place of all.

1. A plate full of kiwi.  Believe it or not, this and the coconut are actually work related.
2. Various Boot-onnière's waiting for pinbacks. Coming soon to a Scribble Nation near you!!
3. Packing tape! Amidst all the chaos I still get my orders out. (And my endless amount of SwapTree swap books.)
4. God damn allergies.
5. Upcycled Envelopes waiting to be sorted into "collections" and photographed.
6. Google Chat - the underminer of all productivity.
7. A golden chicken (and his friend the rubber cow). I don't really know the deal with the golden chicken. According to my Pops it's VERY important though, so I keep it right here on my desk.
8. Kewpie!!
9. Martha's free calender keeping me up to date! (It's even on the right month. I'm SO grown up.)
10. You could call this a cordless phone OR you could more accurately call it the charities begging for money device.  I know this sounds awful, but anyone who belongs to activist groups or has donated money from time to time will know what I mean when I tell you that I get called EVERY DAY by multiple charities. I couldn't possibly have enough to donate to all of them so I wish they would just LEAVE ME ALONE ALREADY!
11. My lucky Etsy magic candle. I wrote ETSY all over this pillar and I light it every time I list something new. Mojo anyone?

Popeye

Self Portrait Thursday 04/10/08

 

I yam what I yam. Hyuck Hyuck Hyuck.

Playing with color.

Self Portrait Thursday - 3/27/08

Whiffing some new bath goodies at work. OO la la!

There is something I really dig about non-flattering self portraits. I think they mean more when you look imperfect.  I have an easier time believing I actually look like the person in the bad pictures. Know what I mean? Not that I look like Frankenstein here or anything - just normal. A normal chick from a weird angle - behind some bath melts.

Quitters Never Win

Oh yeah? Is that like a CHALLENGE, man? To like my FEMININITY or some shit like that?!! Well screw you Buster Poindexter. I don't NEED you. I don't need nothin. Well maybe a GOD DAMNED CIGARETTE a niccotine patch. But OTHERWISE I don't need nobody nothin nohow no way. Damn the man!! Long live the hell cat battle vixen! In the spirit of my newfound psycosis inner-strength here is this weeks self portrait.

 

Self Portrait Tuesday

So I've decided to jump on the trolley with the Self Portrait Tuesday folks. I need a reason to make artwork these days or I fear I will never get around to it on my own. SO here goes...

They have temporarily stopped taking new members on the site but encouraged people to still start up on their own anyway. So here we are. Hope you likey.