Happy Weekend

From our angry book reading rabbit to you..

Happy Easter!

Painting by Sweetie. 

what the cat dragged in

Hmm. Something is amiss here. 

I forgot : it's 'Mustache March', says Sweetie. 

I think that I am being hoodwinked here. 

Of the many looks of the 'Mustachios', 

it would appear that Sweetie resembles the 

third from the left on the top row, who is looking 

a bit sad that his mustache is sparse and possibly 

confused for a bit of dirt. 

Although, he is not even close to as dejected as

the poor fellow below him without mustache. 

Which leads us to conclude that mustache : happiness. 

[print from laurageorge]

At least March is nearly over. 

These mustache crayons can stay!

[from chasedreams]

Mustache for me leads my brain directly to Rooster 

from Annie... take that and analyze it. 

So, my relationship with the mustache, like my relationship

with suspenders and straw hats, is troubled. 

Newness!

Yes, I have been dying for someone to 

draw me a crab riding a bike for

sometime now... yes!

Sweetie finally gave into my pleading. 

And, we got some new Vday surprises too!!

It's

That's Right!! It's Hug Time. 

From the sweetest Hug Time book

by Patrick McDonnell

Where Jules the Cat spreads his love around the world. 

He is the cutest thing. 

HUGS!!

See more at muttscomics.com..
Happy Valentines Day!

No promises

I love new year's resolutions.. they are so full of hope.

I have seen on a few craft blogs the resolution to

'make something every day.'

I think that is super sweet. Although, seeing that I

can't pull a blog post daily, making something daily might

be tricky.

My new year's resolution is to deal with the

giant pile of stuff that I have purchased from

thrift stores or stolen from my mom's attic with the

intention of fixing or taking in.

Today I started with a new item, given to me by

Sweetie for Christmas. It would appear that

Sweetie is fed up with my giant purse and it's contents.

He bought me this wee little purse from Grandma June.

I think he was going off my love for giant bows here.

Super cute, yet the handle fits my 2 year old perfectly.

A little morning sewing, using the same dimensions

of our earlier bag tutorial for the new strap

and voila! we have a new, adorable,

across body purse.

And how about this giant bow outfit?

kidding. This outfit will send me straight to

Kitty Hell.

So, no great promises of doing anything in a timely

manner, but I will try to get through that pile,

one hot item at a time!

A little (chilean) vintage

And I am almost done with Chile.

Some fun vintage and 'other' moments at

the Los Dominicos Handicraft Village...

Beautiful bird cages and a wide assortment of live poultry. mmm.

This store had a rainbow variety of anything in painted vintage tin...

long rows of different color butter dishes and my favorite..

the euro pitcher. Completely not useful, but so sweet and

available in the prettiest muted colors..

I heart vintage Santa and can spot him in any crowd

almost immediately.

These sweaters at the Yama store put the American Xmas

sweater to SHAME. We are talking entire city scapes

jacquarded into a 'sweater dress'.

These sweaters are full of national secrets that must be protected.

And, they were. By this crazy lady.

One last wall of Crin. I love you ladies of Rari!

If you missed my rant on crin, read here.

Wee little crin baskets to the most infinite

degree of delicateness!

Bb Chile! Hope I see you soon!

art and a yama

While in the fine country of Chile, we were able

to get our own personal tour of the Republica 2110-3010

art exhibit at the Centro Extension Balmaceda

in the equally fabulous Parque Quinta Normal(fabulous in a different

way.. hint: the llama aka Yama and a wide variety of kissing

people/crazy bike vehicles/dangerous playgrounds/etc.)

So we are on the same page here... let's flash back to this. While in

Chile we were able to get a very special showing of art by

the very same artist, Piguan, as well as some other

wonderful French and Chilean artists.

The Chilean Artists, who make up Kiltrv were sweet enough

to walk us through. Such a treat!

Some highlights..

Apparently this box had quite the drama while traveling from

France to Chile. (There is the flyer at the top left.. for more info,

see kiltrv.org)

As I have mentioned many times before, regardless of the

level of artsy fartsy-ness of your activity, it is

extremely hard to look cool/artsy/angst filled when you have revealed

your true self to the world (think human jungle gym - below).

The front room of the gallery space.

Pins in the artist's heart. I feel you!

Amazing shoes. Part of a piece by Nicolas Thomas.

Wall of mixed screen prints. yum.

A beautiful piece by Piguan: a starving mother

and child with ipod and diamonds.

It is most interesting that the the word 'bling' can truly

transcend any language barrier and was used

several times in describing this piece.

The awesome style of Carole Bielicki..

Of course women will bring peace and beauty to this crazy world!

And the Parque Quinta Normal.

These images hardly need description.

Such simple beauty.

And then we hauled ourselves over to Bellavista to see

a remote collection of the same artists.

Even Ava is inspired.

Wrought iron incredible.

More works of Piguan.

Please support these artists! Buy tees from Ambiguous!

Buy tees from Piguan or other Kiltrv artist,

Diego(who is also darling) here. Or, here.

beautiful(chilean)things.

Kipu fine handcraft store in Valparaiso, Chile is full

of woven perfection. The sweetest store.

amazing.

This poncho was perfection and completely got me in the mood.

The chilean mood.

I quickly became obsessed with these delicate little notions

woven from horsehair. I love them.

Here, a butterfly.

The figurines and animals were so sweet, yet way too pricey for

this girl. He is so intricate and dainty!

Don't you just want to squeeze him?

Click here to read more about the 'Crin' horsehair craft and the

cultural background of the craft

which has been practiced for 200 years by the women

of Rari, Chile.

Pretty cool stuff. I'm glad I was obsessed!

To buy some amazing Crin craft online, look here.

Or, here.

What's it all about

Sweetie sent me this today from Steven Burke,

who has been known to do a few T shirt designs

for Ambiguous.

This truly could be our life story.. I hope we

stop working soon!

So perfect!

Although, these days there is not even

time for dreaming!! Happy weekend!

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