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Bill the dog and new clothes
Our dog is really old, but he doesn’t act it. He is sweet as can be. His favorite hobby is sunbathing as shown here.
also i put some new clothes on etsy, plan on putting more up tomorrow….
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home base
So here I am at home. My first full day alone. wowwza. I worked the last few days and then before that neal was here. I mean I will see him at lunch. but my point is it is so bizarre to be alone now. I have been with people ALL THE TIME. But it [...]
A playsuit for my travels.
Usually playsuits do not fit me. But this one does, and it looks like it has room for a diaper. ps. I miss iowa.
Arizona sunset
Laura took this picture. It was in Arizona, Karen was afraid of snakes. We are in Sweetwater Texas now. Staring is not considered impolite here. Laura tried to microwave a poptart, with hillarious results, and a sad poptartless Laura.
Van Memories
Laura and I have been trying to take a picture a day with the van… which has been more like every day or two or few with the van. These two are quite telling of the distance of our travels.
matching shirts
i made a dress into two shirts. and one fit karen GRRRREAT. Tuscon AZ motel. Laura d. photo credit.
thriftshift
We went thrifting in northern Washington. I a. bought too much stuff and b. can’t stop sewing. I mean B. is not a bad thing, but then A. I am not getting rid of the stuff. maybe a care package home is in order?… oh well. Spend it like you got it, an awful motto [...]
merchandise
Hey! These drawings have been turned into a tote and a baby shirt. go here!
Also if you come to a show I have made a full size activity book… with a full color cover! (Thanks for helping me finish it willy)
new costumes
NOT TO GIVE THE SHOW AWAY
or anything, but look at these new outfits by RENA HALL.
Leslie’s mamma does actually make and design all of our costumes,
and I loooove how this one turned out.
adventures so far
Hello all! it is Thursday March 26th, and it is our first day off after a long string of shows! We did all these shows one night after the other: Providence, RI; Boston, MA; Quebec City; Montreal; Toronto; Cleveland, Oh; Chicago, Il; Minneapolis, MN; Omaha, Ne. WE ARE OUT OF CLEAN CLOTHES. daaang. [...]
The final countdown
March 9, 2009:
I am getting so nervous about tour. But this picture makes me happy about traveling with a pack of women. We are officially going to be a pack this time, FIVE, we are willing to sleep on the floor for a daily dose of Avalan.
Today at work an older woman asked me [...]
Touring
Going on tour again. Had a nice memory filled weekend before I leave, lots of friends (and my bb bro) came to town to celebrate my best friend’s birthday, it was so fun! BUT YIKES I have to leave Iowa a week from tomorrow to tour the country as a back up singer/dancer (aka a LY)… Oh [...]
Craft Talk Music Video
Our new music video for Leslie and the Lys!!!! We made this in January in Ames, Iowa. We spent so much time on that giant sweater!!! The yarn shop is called “the rose tree.” During the outdoor dance scene it was sleet/hail/ice ballin… our hands were so cold. Andy Schmidt, Avalan Wilson, Willy Muse, [...]
the future
The craft sale went well. This is a photo of some of my signs, I really went overboard. Maybe this means I will soon be returning to 2D art, because by the time I was ready for the sale I was kind of sick of sewing… But anyways I had a nice time. I won a [...]
WALOC 5 TOMORROW!
Here are pix of the new stencil screenprint shirts i made with ma.
YOU CAN GET YOUR VERY OWN TOMORROW
SATURDAY DEC 13TH @ the picador in Iowa City 1-10pm
lots of stuff. every level of brokeness welcome.
xoxo
SEE U TOMORROW
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What a load of craft 5!
Next weekend I will be participating in WALOC 5!!!
SATURDAY DEC 13TH @ the picador in Iowa City 1-10pm
I have been sewing my brains out, dyed lots of great clothes, and printed two new designs! More merch than i have ever had!!!!
LOTS OF oversized collars, bows, warmth and so on.
Carissa has lots of new [...]
Blue Madonna shirt
This week Carissa, Erica and I did some dying of clothes and fabric. We had 11, yes 11 colors. I was really excited about this gray that I thought was going to be darker than it ended up being. But we all decided that this very bright teal was our favorite. At the beginning before [...]
Auntie Mona
My sister is going to have a baby. I am a soon to be aunt. I am pretty excited about it. I do not know if it will be a boy or girl, but either way it’ll need a raggedy ann and andy right? I found some really cute (naked) ones at the salvation army. [...]
a new tag
I am bringing some clothing to the white rabbit today. I made a new label for my vintage clothes. BAH. time to get off the computer already.