A day in the life in pictures

three weeks ago, I purchased a little tiny greenhouse from Ikea. Last week I planted some seeds (mostly left over from last year, mostly zinnias, two morning glories, some basil) here they are now:
there was a small mushroom looking thing growing in the big pot of basil, but today when i returned from work it was gone

then today at work, I had to sew a different head on babydoll. the doll's body needed to be lightweight (i'll explain later) but the baby needed to um...not be white. , so i introduce you to frankenbaby


the reason the body needed to be lightweight, is because i needed to make it squirm on its own, so i found a remote control toy to take care of the motion. in hopes to strengthen the radio wave reception, i sewed an antannae to the baby's belly


another project of mine was the meat pit titus feeds to tamara which has her boys inside.
the pie in question is a 20" diameter pie with a thermal plastic crust

which breaks away to reveal



here's a close up of one of the faces

growing

something in my room smells like clay.
i can really only smell it when i'm laying in bed.
i almost don't want to investigate what it is because i love the smell of clay since it was a big part of my childhood.


i bought a small greenhouse from ikea and started some seedlings. I'm kind of amazed how fast the little seedlings grew in the house.

My tuplips outside look weird and stunted. Most likely from the super mild January.

glimpses

a glimpse into my home:

a few weeks ago, i was late to work because i saw someone throwing these shelves out:


super cute, no? they were super skanky and dirty and do admittedly have a little water damage, but they were totally what i was looking for. now i need to reconfigure the stereo (maybe swap out the body for just a cd player/tuner) so i can keep the record player and a small portion of my records in my living room.

a glimpse into my work life:
i have to make two heads stewed into a pie. we didn't have the time or money (you'd be surprise how expensive it is to cast a head) (or maybe you wouldn't....i don't know) so i'm building these two from the skull up. they actually turned out pretty well. more finished photos later:

contests!

I entered the WaPo's peeps diorama contest. deadline is today.

Mine is the Birth of Peepnus

signed up

I signed up for Art-o-matic today.

Because apparently i enjoy entering my work into places where no one buys it.

batteries

I got home last night ready to photograph and list two things on etsy, and my camera was d.e.a.d.

so i bought new batteries on my lunchbreak today, so tonight i'll post some stuff.

wireless internet is so addictive. nice cozy warm laptop on my feet. it's nice.

new job

if anyone in the dc area, philadelphia, chicago, or kansas city missouri know of any public art management jobs, be a dear, and let me know?

please?

as i evesdrop on my boss and his assistant about the new season and my stomach churns acid and i grind my teeth down to nothing.

i have to remember to post new stuff on etsy tonight.

new uses for dried flowers

these petals
are now this necklace


i think i may have rushed the lamination process too fast, and the petals blanched out under the heat.

I have another stash of petals and i'm going to make sure they're high and dry before i laminate them.

found!

I found a super cute set of shelves in the garbage thursday morning.

at first i wasn't sure if it was trash or an eviction, but the more i think about it, i believe it to be the latter.

especially after scrubbing the shelves for a good half hour with oil soap. they were *filthy* and obviously kept somewhere dank. there is some water damage, but i'll post a photo soon 'cause they are *ADORABLE*

Top Design on-line challenge

I'm done!
here's the shirt prior to cutting it up:

here is the shirt in its new life:

i even used the button-strip placket thing on the front of the shirt as the closure for the pillow instert (here's the back)

I submitted it to the site, I guess now i wait and see if they choose it to even show. I imagine they'll get a lot of submissions.

pillow re-do

i'm almost done with the pillow challenge. it's coming out OK i think.
I have to go to work for a while today and hopefully will finish it tonight or tomorrow.

pictures soon to come!

Top Design

If I were a better seamstress, I might be tempted to actually kill to be on "Project Runway". The challenges are fun and interesting and above all, challenging. I was looking forward to Bravo's TOP DESIGN since it's probably the closest to what I do for a living (challenge-based reality show-wise anyhow)

But I find Top Design to be kind of a dud. Which is a shame since I love Jonathan Adler. Like, a lot. I always go into Tabletop in Dupon Circle to fondle his ceramics. I stop shy of actually purchasing any as visions of malicious kitty Secret Agent Sadie LaRue knocking them over runs through my head.

The one great thing about Top Design 'tho are the weekly challenges.
Last week's was kinda....well....weak, but this week's is neat. Take a piece of found fabric and fashion a pillow-cover with it. I would think that taking something out of your stash is probably cheating. They suggest cutting up socks or ties or a fed-ex envelope.

I have a beautiful Guayabera shirt that i might sacrifice for this. it's too small to wear. or maybe the shirt i bought in a thrift shop in jersey city new jersey with a really funny print of a tiny man all over it.

Thank you!

Thanks to everyone who came by Dr. Dremo's today for the Counter Culture Festival. I'm going to be posting new and unsold stuff here and at magpiedc.etsy.com in the next few days!

love
beth b.

greetings

Here's (yet) another blog. But this one will be tied into my etsy shop which will be updated tomorrow with whatever doesn't sell at the DC COUNTERCULTURE FESTIVAL thing at Dr. Dremos in Arlington, Virginia.

I'll be selling some of these:





If you go to www.etsy.com and look for magpiedc, you'll see other stuff.
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