Sugar Bones

Soooo, here is a new addition to my Etsy shop.

 

Sugar Bones!

 Its a new set of one inch pins with little bones on them. Its really fun to draw cartoon bones you know...

I had originally drawn this design with realistic bone shapes, but didn't like it and redid it all with the traditional bone shape.

So, doing stuff in my new home of Ottawa, being a tourist, seeing things,  doing stuff...

Driving to nowhere to buy beer.

 Looking in every comic store in existence for Batwoman.

Taking a tour like tourists.

My mom and dad visiting and everyone being colour coordinated by accident. :3 
We saw D.O.A. on the street right after this. (Most Canadian day ever.)

 Taking touristy photos.

Carving new stamps for fabric printing.

Timbits.

Painting a new photo backdrop that will either be awesome or terrible.

So, in general, I spend all my time taking iphone photos of things. heh heh.

Its my Friday.

Ok, I did the art. But I didn't assemble them.

Cell phone charms!

A lovely Etsy seller named kittycrossbones and I did a trade for these. They are like a one inch button, but on a spinny little disc that attaches to the little leash. There are a ton of uses for them. I haven't even added them to the shop yet. I think they will come in a set, so you get both images.

Rocko the Cat checks them out.

Hmm, everything seems in order....

I also made a new BIG bookmark today. (Also not even in the shop yet...) Wow, I really need to be better at updating that baby.

Once I got that striped ribbon, I knew this bookmark was gonna happen. Its funny, I actually try to *not* overdo stripes. Thats scary. Could you imagine if I actually used stripes as much as I wanted to?? We would all go blind.

My weekend starts now! I am going to an invitation only industry makeup sale, going to the museum (oooh, architecture voyeur webcam?!) and generally get driven around and eat good food and drink. One of my favorite feelings is being excited for fun stuff to happen. Its often way better than actually doing the stuff.

Alright, going to update the shop.

Brain Vacation

I didn't go anywhere, but my brain did.

I just haven't been in the mood to make things, and when that happens, you just gotta go with it. Forcing yourself to "be creative" or whatever you call it, makes you hate making things. And thats no fun. It always passes.

Then I finally managed to make these dudes...

Batcat bookmarks! (Yes, more Batcat Bookmarks...)

I wish you could buy your own stuff and somehow make a living that way. I love this little design, and would pay money for it. Too bad I have to ask other people to pay money for it...


His tail is a soft and nubbly acrylic yarn, which was hard to photograph. I love it to bits. maybe I should learn to knit so I can buy yarn more often.

So aside from organizing supplies, making zucchini muffins and cursing my dashboard widget for showing me only cold temperatures, I have been completely useless the past week or so. Is there any way I can write those off as "personal days" or something. Normal people get them, I should too.

Wait, does looking at Flickr count as shop promotion? Scratch this entry, I am a workaholic.

MORE!

Yeah, I wasn't kidding. I am going to go memo board crazy...

Available in my shop.

I am trying to get more involved with my Flickr account. If you want to add me go ahead! I also started an Etsy Goth group, in hopes that I can round up some of the sellers who make goth-ish items to chat and shop and get to know each other. Join, join, join!

I have a plan.

I started early this year working on Holiday season stuff. Its SO hard to not focus on Halloween (Because I love it SO much!) But I have been keeping myself busy planning and gathering and working on holiday stuff so as soon as November hits I am in business for Christmas!

So thats why its a bit quiet around here. I have things I am dying to post about but will have to wait until after Halloween!

For now, I will show you the last of the "Critter Love" sets I have made fro my shop. The bat!This is the fifth "love" set. Fox,rat,squirrel,raccoon and bat pretty much cover it. Why bat is last I will never really understand. it was one of those "DUH!" moments for me. Why wasn't bat FIRST? Ok, maybe second after Fox...

I have a new "Love" series taking shape in my head, and its not animals. OOOh!

Halloweeeen! Yeah! I am like a kid who can hardly wait! I already thought of a costume for next year. Hahaha.


***Post update!***

Ok, I lied. I added something new to the shop after I said I wouldn't...Hee hee. Fruit Bat!
Don't even try and touch that strawberry, he will nip your fingers right off!
Ok, NOW I am not adding anything else I am supposed to be hoarding...
:-)