I'd really love to be showing you the art I've been working on, but I can't, yet.
Last night I was too tired to think, but had the urge to make something. It's no fun sitting around, not making anything. I can't handle it, I must make! So I got out another of Charlotte Lyons'
patterns and some
Summer Soiree fabric by
Paula Prass, which I am so loving! I decided to base the color palette on this fabric. Hello, color! Now I may be able to remain sane over the weekend when I won't be able to work. Whew! Crisis averted!
Just in time for Christmas, I'm updating my
shop. I've only just started, so keep checking back. I'm adding supplies, originals, and ornaments.
Halloween makes me so happy we moved almost two years ago. Are new neighborhood is so much fun on Halloween. We actually got caught in a couple of 'traffic jams' while Trick or Treating. This year we had the teenager and his friends hang out at the house and pass out treats (chaperoned, of course). The younger set then hit the road. A good time was had by all.
One of the perks of having a 10 year old, is that he can carve his own pumpkin! Thank goodness! I really don't like doing that at all.
Here are my Chick Magnet & my Lil Miss Sunshine. I'm so proud. I like that I got to applique and hand stitch the Chick costume. So much fun! The best part is that the little guy is wearing my old Tinkerbell costume. Talk about 'reuse'.
This is a really bad picture of a truly great costume. I wanted to keep this adorable baby! Can you believe the cuteness here?
P.S. I won a poster print from
UPrinting on Jannie Ho's
blog. Oh, the possibilities!
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| Photo from The Creative Connection site for Julie Cole's class |
I want to go to The Creative Connection so darn bad!!! I have ever since I first heard about it. It's got everything I want: business, cooking, and making workshops! I would love the creative business and making parts the best, and my family would sure be happy to see better cooking around here ;-)
There are so many people I'd love to meet!
Betz White,
Patty Young,
Charlotte Lyons! There are so many more you'll have to just see for yourself
here! It's a smorgasbord of wonderfulness, I tell ya.
What really got me excited were the pitch slams! How amazing would it be to pitch to Hallmark & Demdaco for a licensing deal? It's too much to imagine.
I'm really super intensely hoping that I win the two free tickets. Puh-lease! Go check out their website so that you can go or just sit home and be envious, like I'm doing.
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| Courtesy of Charlotte Lyons |
I bought an embroidery pattern from
Charlotte Lyons, that I'm planning on working on when I'm in St. Louis this summer. I just love the design and the colors she used. Cute, right? My friend, Bari, got me all excited about embroidery with the launch of her new site,
We Love French Knots. Go check it out as there's lots of fun stuff going on over there, including an awesome giveaway!
Michael J. Klarman, won the Bancroft Prize in 2005 for From Jim Crow to Civil Rights: The Supreme Court and the Struggle for Racial Equality. Brown v. Board of Education and the Civil Rights Movement, is an abridged, paperback edition of his original masterpiece, which focuses around one major case, Brown v. Board of Education. In the original essay below Klarman, who is the James Monroe Professor of Law and Professor of History at the University of Virginia, explores political backlash.
While we ordinarily think of Brown v. Board of Education (1954) as contributing to the creation of the modern civil rights movement, Brown’s more immediate effect was to crystallize the resistance of southern whites to progressive racial change, radicalize southern 
politics, and create a climate ripe for violence. Indeed, prominent Court decisions interpreting the U.S. Constitution have often produced political backlashes that undermine the causes that the rulings seem to promote. (more…)
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