Friday, March 19, 2010

Zombie Bunnies


Ok, things are getting hairy in the studio.... the Zombie bunnies have consumed my secret supply of jelly beans and clearly want to move onto bigger and better things....... frankly I'm a little afraid to go sew now. Don't you want to house one? Maybe it's best to separate them at this point.

Thursday, March 11, 2010

High Flying Easter Bunnies - new friends


New Easter bunny colors have hopped into the shop! Handmade plush, ready to pounce into your Easter basket. Colors to suit every child, including Ninja bunnies for your little ninja.

It's funny that Easter is in April this month. On my birthday no less. This year, I've asked my kids to bake my birthday cake on their OWN- no input from me. They are 7 and 10, should I take photos? Right now, I'm downloading my camera, and I wonder why it's taking so loooong to get all the photos loaded....... oh, must be the fifty frames my boys took of each other in the back seat of the car....... lol!

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Gnome Tattoo

Isn't this gnome tattoo cute? No it's not mine! I have been working on some hand carved gnome stamps and the thought just occurred to me, "I wonder if anyone has gnome tattoos?" Of course. Anything you can think of has probably been made into a tattoo. LOL.

Anyone else watching L.A. Ink? Their tattoo work is gorgeous! No tiny tattoos there. I find it interesting to learn why people are getting their tattoos. Most folks on the show want an image to represent something they love, or something they have overcome.

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Bliss

High Flying Easter Bunnies abound, literally, this time of year. My studio is filled with the bouncy little critters. Two of the new ones this year, have dipped themselves in color for the popular egg dyed look.... sheesh! They are exercising like crazy for the big day. Sort of like bunny Olympics in my studio.


New One Bird Tree and Oceania wrist warmers currently available. I love trees and just planted four fruit trees in my yard. We've created an orchard of dwarf trees in the hen's play pen. The girlz will keep weeds down and nibble up any dropped fruit, keeping the ground clean and bug free. Pretty good deal! The kids are already wondering if we'll get cherries, apricots or apples the first year.


Thursday, February 18, 2010

Pretty Little Quilts


Pretty Little Quilts by Lark books is out. YEY! I wrote a how to project for this book a year ago, so it's great to see it in print. There are some great projects in this book. I love the little quilt of the whole family's hands traced, then embroidered in red.

So my project is the Tea Time quilt that is on a house shaped frame for hanging. The piece itself is for sale at Hope for Haiti etsy shop to enable Doctors Without Borders, to do their great work.

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Oh Fi-ya!



It's fun to be in people's treasuries on etsy. Anyone can "curate" their own treasury, you just have to know when the treasuries are open for new postings and NAB one! Fun to make a theme or fav color treasury. This one seems to be inspired by a fire that really happened! Yikes.

I am moving my kids wrist warmers from my AlyTheRed Bliss Monkey Studio shop to Bliss Forest. I think they'd make a good addition to spring Easter baskets. Wrist warmers to accompany the plush bunnies. :-)

Monday, February 15, 2010

Helping Haiti

Ooo, my art quilt, "Tea Time" is up on Craft Hope for Haiti etsy shop. Have a look at the listing. I appreciate that the money goes directly to Drs Without Borders.

This piece is going to be part of the Pretty Little Quilts by Lark books, due out next month. I have just supplied them with more info to help with the selling, for example, the tea cups button off to be reversed to a different color and rearranged! Interactive art quilt. :-)