Okay, so I said from the beginning that drawing every day was my #1 goal and posting said drawings each day was goal #2. Well, I stuck with the #1 and kept drawing even though I wasn’t posting them. Sorry for the mass post here, but it’s with good reason. I started and finished and submitted a new piece for the Beyond Audubon juried show in Chicago. It’s at the Women Made Gallery. I’m pretty excited because I just learned about it a week and a half ago and was able to get something together for it in just 9 days. Here is a little sneak peek of the piece:

Once I find out if I’m in or not I’ll show the full thing. I really feel like even if I don’t get in, it’s still a huge step forward in the right direction for me. I’ve never gone through “official” channels when it comes to juried shows. I’ve always just been invited or asked to submit something knowing that it would be included. Which I suppose is a good sign.

I guess I’m just curious if my work on its own will stand up and be included. If not, that’s fine. In my mind this project is already a success because I finished and submitted it in time (barely, but in time).

The next show I’m submitting to is a low pressure show with no entry fee and no jury. Everyone get in. I like those odds.

Anyway, more drawings tomorrow!

Kristin

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I made a little tomato for my future doll house

Which reminds me, I just won a set of three doll parts on ebay! They are 1 1/2″ scale (I think) and are the type where you attach a little stuffed body/legs. Pretty much it is 3 little porcelain heads and 3 sets of hands. I’m excited, it will be fun to make their bodies and a few mini clothes. There are two kiddos and one lady. I’m thinking I’ll just use the kiddos for now. Maybe the lady will be my “test” for the body. 

I then went on to reorganized 2 cupboards – all the food stuff in one cabinet and all the med/supplement/non food stuff in another. Work out (leg lifts, crunches, and ran on the eliptical for 25 minutes and walked home – I love the walk home). Made chicken tacos that then turned into chicken lettuceless tacos and then turned into hard shell-less tacos. We decided to toss in the spanish rice and cheese and tomatoes in with the chicken and called it a burrito! ha! So it goes. The lettuce was mush and the taco shells had moths in them! Even though we hadn’t even opened the package! So frustrating. We have moth issues. Any ideas? Maybe some lavender or cedar chips? Right now I’m sucking all those f-ers up in the vacuum and keeping any grains in the frig. I didn’t think they could get into a sealed plastic package, but I guess I was wrong. 

It has been a really great day. I still can’t believe I was able to write 3 posts and take all the photos for the tutorial on Friday! It feels good to work ahead. I am helping cover at the local yarn shop on Friday, visiting with a friend tomorrow, and helping out at the chocolate shop on Saturday morning and then I’m conducting an interview on Monday in Des Moines and have a class (maybe) Monday night to teach. Having all this taken care of really helps to keep the stress level low. I’m hoping to work 2 full weeks ahead in the featured posts (tutorials, thrift kitchen, and apartment redress posts) by the end of the month. I’ll be a week ahead by Monday and then two weeks ahead by next week. Which will be great for my clm crunch week. 

I want to get that tutorial finished and scheduled tonight so I can work on Craft Leftovers Monthly and some other projects. Oh I have such an amazing project to tell you about, but I want to get a little more info collected and take at least one picture before I share it with you. It involves… paint and a huuuuge wall! Have a great night!

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