SALE!

My 2009 Wall Calendar is now only $20.00 plus FREE shipping!

I hope your Christmas or whatever you celebrate this time of year was nice. I am excited to have this week off to catch up on side projects, finish painting my bedroom, and plan the next phase of my etsy shop. Hopefully I will be able to squeeze in a post or two as well.

back soon...

white christmas

hello, snow.
we have been hit very hard by the snow fairy this year. Aside from the hibernation-inducing qualities this creates, and the constant shoveling, it's really quite beautiful. We are on the hunt for sleds and snowpants and hot cocoa in order to embrace the fact that we continue to choose to live here. I have taken a small amount of solace in the fact that my obsession with moving to the west coast is somewhat foiled by the fact that they have also been hit with record amounts of snow. sorry, guys who live in portland. but it's fun, right?


i want to say THANK YOU to everyone who purchased a calendar this year. I could not have predicted how well it was received and I am just so grateful. Now, on to the next thing....I will have some new items in the shop in the next two weeks, and plans are in the works for something exciting for February. Stay tuned....

Did i say Merry Christmas yet? MERRY CHRISTMAS everyone! I hope you have a warm and happy holiday.

coming soon

cards!
I am hoping to have these (plus several more) up on etsy this weekend...

**#@$#%x! still having issues with images on Blogger I guess. The above shots are cut off, so feel free to click on the image for a full view.

dear everybody,

you guys rock.
I will be shipping out all orders from this week today, except for one calendar. i sold through the third small print run and will be getting more printed today to ship out tomorrow or Saturday. Hooray!

Have a great weekend everyone. As for me, I have committed myself to a little makeover project in my house, which I hope to share the results of soon...

knits for playtime

just your typical night here at the tom/amy house.

Last Friday I went to Lisa Congdon's opening at Paper Boat (really great), accompanied by the wonderful Ben and Natalie of Suddenly, It's Real! fame.
It was nothing short of a whirlwind night as we darted from Paper Boat to Armoury Gallery for an opening of "Milwaukee's Own", featuring several Milwaukee artists including our dear friend Katie Martin, whose army of styro-guys kicked up a ruckus.
All of the descriptive text is meant to take the place of all the photos I didn't take. I don't know why, but my camera is no longer attached to my arm and I just don't snap the pics like i used to. Later in life, I will wonder what happened after 2007.

One thing I do know, however, is that Santa came on my birthday, a whole month early, to give one gift for the price of two! my perfect chair:

womby, i will love you forever.

Also:

i need these knits for playtime.

and one more:

i love these pillows from McCall's Needlework and Crafts, winter 1964-1965.

aftermath

wow! Art vs Craft was a blast - thank you to everyone who came out. We had a record number of 3,500 visitors!

special thanks to my sister Jodi and my main squeeze Tom, who were a big help to me all day.

I ran out of calendars about half way through the day, so I am prepping fresh ones to be sent out tomorrow to those who ordered at the show.
I hope to have my etsy shop fully updated this week, depending on sunshine + photo opportunities. Have a great week!