So it's the 16th again...

Apparently I've lost all concept of dates in my craziness lately because I completely didn't realize that it was the 16th today.  Oops!   But in replacement of what should have been today's post, I will instead have fun pictures of the little man's birthday cake in a couple of days.  (Oh my gosh he's almost four!!!) 

Fantasy and Sci-fi and Music, oh my!

Hello!  Despite the gorgeous sunny weather here today, we decided to go to a museum.  The Experience Music Project (EMP) to be exact. (We went to a park afterwards and ate dinner outside so it's ok...) And we had a blast!  We actually didn't go there for the music today, instead we went for the Icons of Science Fiction, Fantasy: Worlds of Myth and Magic, and the Art of Video Games exhibits.  All were wonderful but of course I loved all of the costumes included in the fantasy area.  So lets get onto some of the highlights!


These first three guys were in the Sci-fi section:

An Imperial Dalek!

The Man of Steel

Anubis soldier from Stargate.  Such incredible detail in this thing!

These next ones were all in the Fantasy exhibit:

A Winkie costume from the Wizard of Oz

The Cowardly lion (making my post title totally relevant!)

The Princess Bride, one of my favorite movies.

Look at that detail!  Just beautiful
 

Another favorite: The Goblin King himself, with little man's head peeking up in front.

I love details like this epaulette. You can't see it much in the movie but it's really cool.

After we went through the extra exhibits we went and noodled around in the music area for a while because, hey, we were already there.  Why not?


A little sound mixing. 

It just needs more!
 

This is getting a little picture heavy, but one more for ya.  On the drive up to Seattle the little man fell asleep while pouting.  This was the result:

Dawww,  look at that big pouty lip.

I love going to museums!  What are your favorite ones?

busy busy busy!

I have this rather bad habit of taking on not quite more than I can handle but enough to make it challenging to decide which thing to work on.  I'm really excited to be a vendor at The Brass Screw Confederacy again this year and I'm quite enjoying making some new hats for it.  But at the same time I feel like I should be doing so many other things like housework, or custom order work, or continuing research on grad schools.  And then the sun is shining and I really just want to be outside!  I guess I'll get it all sorted out eventually.

In the meantime:

Sweet 16th: Recipe book

This month I thought I'd do the 16th a little differently.  Partly because of the house already being full of sweets and partly because my time has been so over consumed by my hand-painted gear skirt, I'm giving you a compilation of recipes I've recently tried and some that are on my list. 

Sugar corkscrews! 

Coconut bonbons. These tasted like super decadent Mounds Bars. Yum!

Onion flowers. Gorgeous edible table art.

Citrus salad.  So beautiful and delicious for anytime of year! Would add a gorgeous color touch to a wintery day.

Anyways, that's what's on my recipe radar right now.  Send me recipes you think I'd like!  Pretty please?

Getting busy

While I should possibly be thinking about what I'm going to make next week for the Sweet 16th, I haven't been.  At all.  Possibly due to the fact that thanks to Easter (and an affinity for Ikea cookies) the house is already too full of sweets as it is.  Instead I have been collecting projects, and as usual, trying to tackle them all simultaneously. 

Here's a little glimpse of what I'm working on:

Pleated underskirt

Drawing out template for lacey gears

Painting gears onto sheer black fabric

And sewing little tea cups.

What have you been up to?

Night Circus Project

Hey guys!  I know I've briefly mentioned my Night Circus project on here before, but now I wanted to share some of the actual products of this endeavor with you.  I started working on this project, research, reading and re-reading the book, brainstorming and sketching, last summer.  I've had to take a couple breaks from the project to work on other things and deal with moving etc. but I've finally returned to making some real progress. 

Now, I don't usually put watermarks on my images on this site, but I did on these as they are all my own original designs and artwork, and have consumed many hours of my time.  Thanks in advance for respecting my work.

If you haven't read the book yet, get to it! :) 

The illustrations are designed to be like tarot cards which is a nod to a part of the book. 

The next part of my project involves actually creating one of my designs but we'll see when I actually get around to that. 

As a final send off, here's a shot of my work space after drawing for several days:

I think it's really interesting to see other artists' work spaces and creative processes. 

Weekend fun

This past weekend we took a little trip up to Seattle and spent the day at the Seattle Aquarium and Pike Place Market.  I'm really looking forward to more spring-time adventures as the weather warms up.

Couldn't stop moving for a picture.

Hubby think I should make at hat like one of those green anemones.

Giving a lecture on River Otters.

Discovering Piroshky Piroshky

Have a good rest of the week!