Bicycle season!!!

Created this illustration for the upcoming event Bike In The Park. June 18th Washington Park will be taken over with bicycle lovers. The day will include a ride from the Park to Stumpjack in Two Rivers and back. A vintage swap meet, kids art, bike art, raffles, food and more! The proceeds for this event being put on by my pals George and Jason from the fabulous Broken Spoke bike shop are being given to Melanoma research.

I created this little piece for an art display at Stumpjack in honor of the event and I will also have prints available at the park along with some cute bike themed jewelry and other prints.

Coincidentally the theme over at Illustration Friday also happens to be bicycles this week! So head on over and check out everyone's interpretation of this fabulous subject.

Now hop on your bike and ride.

Fun times

Me and Pato Banton at Stumpjack. Pato and the Now Generation played there and it was awesome! Thanks to them for coming to little ol Two Rivers and spreading their love.

We also went to the Manitowoc Company open house. My dad has worked there for 37ish years and I love going and seeing where he works. It amazes me to see what my dad does. It is so complex I can't imagine doing his job. I think it would be a great thing for everyone to tour a factory so they realize the importance of our fantastic labor force in this country and all it takes to make the things we use in everyday life. This picture of Molly is taken next to an unbelievably huge crane they made. I couldn't resist a pic of her in her hardhat with the Manitowoc behind her.

Still a little bit of warm weather ahead to enjoy the weekends but time is winding down. I will cherish all the wonderful weekends we had this summer. We are planning one final week long vacation up north to enjoy the colors and quiet. I long for that quiet and cannot wait!

I was on the front page of Etsy!!!!

And I missed it...shucks. It was my shadowbox from the previous post. How exciting. Wish I would have seen it! Oh well.
I have been super busy sorry for the lack of posts. The Great ATC Exchange was so super fun! I went back to Stumpjack on Sunday and a few people added new cards. It is going to be so fun watching the exhibit change everyday! Thanks to all of you who donated cards to get it going. If you live somewhere far away and are interested in doing one in a coffee shop near you just let me know and I will let you know how I did it! I would love to spread the love of ATC's to all. Seeing them up and out is very inspiring and a lot of people who saw them went home and made cards. I even had a few classes of 1, 2, 3, and 6 graders do them from my teacher friends! They were great. A ton more happened this weekend but I will blog about it tomorrow and later in the week. Man having a day off is fun but it sure makes me fall behind! Have a beautiful day!

The Great ATC exchange.

So David and I were talking about ATC's and how cool they are and how we would love people who live around these parts to get into them so we could do some trading. I thought about it and came up with the idea for the great ATC exchange. We are going to do the first of many? at Stumpjack. We will hang a wire of some sort on the wall and then clothespin the cards on the wire along the walls. There will be a display section where the cards are just to look at but then there will be a section where you can create a card and bring it in and take one you like off the wall and replace it with yours. Fun huh? The opening will be on May 23rd with good times and music by the very talented Kerry Micheals. So if you make these tiny works of art and would like to be included in this fun display at Stumpjack just leave a comment, email me or just send them to the store... (address on the right) This is one of mine.

A great friend Susan Murtaugh just dropped off 41 cards that she did and 9 that her super talented son Alex did. I love that woman! I actually confessed to her that I want to kiss her because she is so giving and kind to me. It made me think of this post by ChristopherandTia (one of my new favorite blogs to read) I figure we should have about 200 cards to start the show so with all of those we are well on our way! These cards are so fun because you can use whatever medium you want as long as your card measures 2.5 * 3.5. I have cards from all over the world and in all mediums from metal to fabric to collage to photography. I also have ATC night the first Thursday of most months so if you live here come on Thursday and make some for the show! See you then!

Oh by the way...PERSIMMONS WILL BE CLOSED THIS FRIDAY MAY 2 AND SATURDAY MAY 3. GLENN AND I ARE GOING ON VACATION!!! LONG LONG LONG OVERDUE VACATION.

creepy doll heads.

I am still pretty giddy and creative and it's a good thing because David emailed me tonight asking for 8-10 more pieces for the show. I got that email at 9pm which is only about 30 minutes shy of my normal bedtime. I also had a few sales on etsy!! So instead of going to bed I went down and got my packages ready and made a few more boxes. I got 7 done for the show and it will just have to do.

Here is another kinda creepy one that I love that will be in the show.

So come to Stumpjack tonight....Friday at 7pmish and check it out!

Holy crap.

I am having so much fun making stuff this week it is scary. So is this little piece I made for my art exhibit at Stumpjack....

Seriously folks I am giddy with this creativity.

Stuck Behind Glass

So I am almost finished putting together everything for my upcoming show at Stumpjack. The theme is stuck behind glass so I created about 30 little jar fairies, my crazy shadowboxes and I took my pendants to the next level when creating these little beach find necklaces. They have been so fun! It was one of those things I made that made me realize that a simple process like soldering can be taken in a completely different direction. I am really excited to play with it more today!

It is my very first solo show and will be at Stumpjack starting with an opening on Friday March 28th at 7pm and on display until Mayish. I am very excited send a big thanks to my friends David and Kim for giving me this opportunity! So I would love to see you at the opening! My friend Greg Pagel will be playing some groovy backround music and like always there will be wonderful coffee, wine and atmosphere at Stumpjack!

Oh and by the way I am playing hookie tomorrow so......
don't come to Persimmons on Friday!
My husband has a day off and we really need some time together so thanks for understanding!

Stuck Behind the Glass sneaky peaky.

So my buddy David is going to be doing a little exhibit at Stumpjack of my little jar assemblages called Stuck Behind The Glass. I take a ton of silly stuff mix it all up and make these little jars o fun. This is the first one I made ...especially for David. I know he has a deep love for clowns (or not). I think I have to make about 25 of them so 1 down 24ish to go! The show will start with a little opening on March 29th at the best coffee shop in all the land.

HeHeHe I'm a little creepy clown.

I went to Stumpjack yesterday with my friend Chris from Outside the Box Gallery in Sheboygan. It was a nice little coffee break. We stopped at St Vinnie's in Two Rivers and I got a great little Dick and Jane book.. but that's all. Chris found an old bingo game and gave me the wood pieces:). We went to the Manitowoc Vinnie's too and I spent $28! I haven't been there for over a week so I found a lot of cool stuff including this creepy little clown. I am for sure making cards with this guy on.

MMMMMMM....gelato

Ok I am not a world traveler by any means.... I have been to Mexico once but stayed in a resort which hardly qualifies as experiencing the culture...... so when my friend David at Stumpjack told me he was getting gelato soon I didn't know what it was. Well I went there this morning and let me tell you gelato is flippin fantastic! Oh my it was the yummiest creamiest dreamiest thing I honestly ever tasted (I had pistachio). I love ice cream but I am afraid I will never eat another Dairy Queen cone without thinking if only this was gelato....so get to Stumpjack next week and get some.

For some reason I can't link on the word Stumpjack so just go to my links and find Stumpjack Coffee for more information.

Funky shoes.

So I dropped off Molly this morning and decided it was a beautiful morning why not drive to Stumpjack for an iced mocha? The lake was stunning today...so so blue. As I got closer I remembered it was Maxwell Street Days in Two Rivers. Not a real big deal to me seeing as I really don't shop at real stores too often. So I sat and talked with David for a bit drank my coffee and a peach smoothie that he whipped up for me on the house. I then decided to just walk up and down the street a ways to see what was out there when I saw these funky shoes at Schroeder's. They were on sale for $30...regular $65 so I thought that was enough of a bargain to buy them. I have a problem with my walking shoes that I owned before these..they gave me major blisters and for those of you who know me you know shoes are not my favorite thing to wear in the first place. I very rarely have them on at all. So these are perfect...lots of openness and super comfy. I stopped back to show David and he sent me for a pair for Kim. We will have to go for a walk together some night with our matching shoes. He thanked me for running to get them with a mocha. Needless to say I am coffeed out right now. But it was nice. Okay now I have to get to work. I have some ladies coming on Monday to get some science themed pendants and I can't let them down. Have a great weekend everyone!

Sputnik on the brain

Busy getting ready for our next Sputnikfest meeting at the Rahr West next Wednesday July 18th. We kind of put the meetings on hold for a month and now it's time to get going on planning and making some fun stuff happen. After talking to some artists at Art Vs Craft in Milwaukee last weekend and making a few contacts with some media people it renewed my excitement for the festival! I can't wait to start the fundraising stuff and just get this thing going! I will for sure keep you updated on what will be happening because you will want to come! By the way it is September 5 & 6 2008...mark your calendars!

Drove all the way (he he) to Two Rivers this morning and the lake was so freakin beautiful today I wanted to play hookie and just sit by the water but I didn't. I did go and get a yummy coffee at Stumpjack and a delish bluberry muffin. I'm thinking that may be a usual Friday thing from now on.

What a weekend in Manitowoc.

Oh my peonies are in bloom. They are so beautiful and I just love the smell when I step out of my studio.

I really should have pictures of this weekend to show but in typical airhead Kim fashion I forgot to bring my camera to Metrojam. Honestly I really think it was the most fun I have ever had at a concert. The headliner bands were Stroke 9 (Little Black Backpack)and Nine Days (Story of a Girl). They were fantastic! I really got a kick out of Stroke 9 singing the old Bloodhound Gang song about doing it like they do on the Discover channel. It was an annoying song back in the day but hearing it live and loud in Manitowoc was hilarious to me. I did break into the backstage area and freaked out the security guard but chickened out and didn't go meet the bands. When Nine Days started to play I realized I knew a couple of their songs from the radio but when they sang the ever popular Story Of a Girl... well it rocked. They also had Ruby Jane a kick butt fiddle player that performed earlier in the evening come out and play with them during their rendition of Sweet Home Alabama. That little girl can really put on a show and she is only 13! It was just so much fun and I can't wait to see who will be performing next year. Saw David and Kim from Stumpjack there and they told me that a few of the band members from Nine Days were at the coffee shop earlier in the day. The singer saw David in the crowd and gave him a little shout out on stage. It was so awesome for them. David has a little blurb about it in his blog. They may possibly do a little gig there????? Let's keep our fingers crossed.