This and That

succulents , originally uploaded by yarnandtea.

I know it's been a few months since my last post, but between school, work and family, it's been hard to post anything (let alone be creative), but school is out and I have a current break from work, so here it is!
This picture above is a little sample of what we did for our christmas gifts for our friends. The mugs were from World Market and I just clipped a bunch of succulents, and arranged them so! Very easy!
The other gifts we gave were some paperwhite bulbs in thrifted jars, wrapped with some hand-spun cotton or vintage buttons on hemp cord. They turned out so earthy and beautiful, a good representation of our family if you ask me.
Check out my flickr page for some more pictures of last minute knitting projects and some pictures of the jars and bulbs.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays everyone!

The General Economy

So, due to my habit of staying on the computer far too long looking through beautiful flicker pages from independent designers I adore, I found this awesome clothing re-sale site.

It's called Laws of the General Economy. It was started as a little experiment in alternative clothing resale, and has thrived since opening.

It's a place where anyone can list designer used clothes and people who want to buy them can leave their email. The owner of the item can email the person and a transaction can be made.

I have found it to be an awesome way to shop! You know what you're getting, what size it is and you are saving tons of money on awesome clothes.

I currently have this handmade top coming for me, I only paid a few dollars! :

Japanese Top

See if you can find anything you like!!!

Poppies

Poppies in the wind, originally uploaded by guissimo.

For the glory of the california poppy.
Picture not taken by me.

I also make cool hats, originally uploaded by yarnandtea.

One of the hats.
A beanie with a brim.

Sea.Tribe

hand carved stamps, originally uploaded by yarnandtea.

Now that it's hat season... I've been making custom hats for people. Sea.tribe hats.
Want one? let me know

homes

homes, originally uploaded by yarnandtea.

I've been having a lot of fun drawing little houses lately. Just being attracted to shape, size and the use of plants (which is always wonderful).
I've been painting houses too. Those will show up soon for your viewing pleasure.
I'm attempting to take my drawings up a level to painted pieces. In an attempt to make them more marketable. I'm taking a painting class, so hopefully I can develop some skill!
Enjoy!

Cool Happenings!

Hello, I know, I know it's been a heck of a long time since I've posted anything. But I thought I might just put some fun stuff up.

A while back I got asked if a girl could use one of my drawings in a zine. The zine is called Elenore Zine and it's a cute little fashion/art zine.

Here's a screen shot of my page!

And on the subject's of Zines... There is an awesome independent press convention in San Francisco every year called APE. The lovely Miss Elle B has procured a table for us this year and I believe that she and I will have quite an array of little zines, tiny books and most likely tons of stickers. It will be October 16th - 17th, so if you happen to be in the SF area, stop by and oggle nerds drawing pictures of weirdly normal things, and things that are not normal.

We love comic nerds.