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I'm sorry to report that I am getting spammed a TON from this blog lately, so I have to turn on the captcha in the comment form. I hate to have to do it -- one more step to deter people from commenting -- but unfortunately it's the only way to control the spam bots.

I hope we can still be best friends.

Tuxedo Shirt

I designed a tuxedo shirt! I'm selling it on Spreadshirt (link to my shop) and making it available in grey as an homage to Mr. P.W. Herman, whose show I'm going to see this weekend! Huzzah!

http://giddygirlie.spreadshirt.com/

The design is available in 2 types of grey shirt AND some fun buttons. Whee! Fun Times!

Flight of the Conchords band poster embroidery

Hand-embroidered Flight of the Conchords image on white fabric with scratchy pattern. 12" blue hoop. Based on this image, which is a poster that Jemaine draws for the band (thus, Bret is just a small footnote in the image).

I did this on a whim while watching the show for the first time and didn't know what to do with it. But luckily, Kim gave it a loving home and made me a sweet set of jewelry as a trade - thanks Kim!



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Link dot painting

Better than a text link, a hyperlink, or even a reference link: it's Zelda's link. Ok, alright, hold your boos and hisses! I know that was a bad joke! I'm just embracing my inner bad joke teller. So... there.

Anyway, I recently inherited a Nintendo 64 (woot!) and accompanying it was Legend of Zelda, Ocarina of Time. I'm literally partying like it's 1999! Or 1998 or whatever. And I'm slooooooowly figuring it out - and having fun all the while. Which brought to mind my dear hero, Link. I found this simplistic image of him and just loved the big-eyed heroism of it, so I painted it! Link is brought to spotty life on a 6x8" canvas board, so he's smaller than my usual paintings, which makes him extra special.

Coming soon to a comic con near you! I hope comic con folks like video games! (har har)




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Dr. Venture head shot dot painting

Yet another painting inspired by my real-life affliction/addiction to television. The Venture Brothers ranks high on my list of TV shows that are too smart for their own good. Sure, it's a funny show but the more you watch it, the more you discover. Bless Jackson Publick and Doc Hammer for pulling out all the stops in their brainy little brains and delivering us with a show that is endlessly re-watchable.

Dr. Venture is so delightfully hateful. God bless his prickly little heart.




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Alice dot painting

Oh, sweet Alice. All the wonderment and mischief in Wonderland couldn't hold a candle to your beauty. I've always loved the design work of Marc Davis and Alice is where it all started for me. Have you seen this movie recently? Take an extra good look at the beauty at the scenery and backdrops - oh my!

Anyhoodle, I whipped up this lovely little lady recently and am quite pleased (although much less so with this picture, taken with my cell phone, which doesn't capture the vibrancy of the colors).





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cross stitch bookmark

I made this bookmark a while back for a friend's birthday and just realized I never posted it here. Tsk! Tsk! A bookmark doesn't look like much, but I learned a LOT from stitching this piece.

Firstly, don't use the chart on the packaging. I designed the font and placement of the letters based on the chart that was included, which turned out to be woefully inaccurate. And when did I discover that? Oh, you know, when I was nearly done with the second line! D'oh! So the words are very close together, unnecessarily. Whoops!

Secondly, filament thread is a pain in the patootie! Yeah, I said it! Take that filament makers! I had never worked with it before and I wasn't prepared for the snagging (oh, the snagging!) and the unraveling (raveling!) and general disfunction. Fortunately, I had stitched all the black first - because I was afraid the silver would twist too much into the black and wouldn't be visible. So I stitched all the letters and then stitched over those stitches with the silver thread. In the end, it is hard to see and caused my hair to turn grey.


Lastly, I learned that I don't really like stitching without a hoop. Because I don't like to move my work through a hoop (so that the hoop presses on completed stitches -- it's a thing), I like to use a large enough hoop to work in the center and trim the excess. But with a rectangular shape, that's hard to do, so I just held the fabric as I stitched. Too loose.

In the end, it's a janky piece of work that is loose and crowded and the back looks like a nest of tangled vipers, but hey! It's a gift, so no one can complain! bwah ha ha ha!

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Stitch head shot dot painting

A face so nice, I painted it twice! Inspired by another recent painting of Stitch that I did, I decided to paint him again. This time, it's just a head-shot on a smaller canvas. This is a 6x8" canvas board (the usual size is 8x10") so it's a sweet little Stitch.

I've been painting a lot to create a stockpile for the upcoming conventions and this little Stitch was the first one added to the stash!

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Mr. Bananagrabber dot painting

I think I might have officially lost my banana-peeling mind. I've been watching Arrested Development like a lady possessed recently and it inspired me to paint up this little number! GOB always lamented giving up animation rights, and as well he should have! Look what it has become!

I'm working on a stockpile of paintings to sell at the various comic conventions that I'll be exhibiting at this year. It's a lot of hard work, but clearly, I don't take myself too seriously. Although, the side effects (lack of social life, frozen banana cravings) are severe, I'm still having fun with it!




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