We all need cutie eye masks

I helped put together a new show in Tokyo at Lamp called (rough translation) "How to Enjoy the Five Minutes Before You Fall Asleep" by Chie Fukao. There are a few things she has been obsessed by over the years and sleep/bed is one of them. We are having workshops for participants to make these kitty eye masks with the artist. Wish I could teleport to Tokyo just for that afternoon.

We all need cutie eye masks

Love-Lies-Green

Pictures from the show I curated at Mountain Fold with artists Cristina Toro and Rebeca Raney.

Love-Lies-Green

Merry New Decade

This is a photo my friend and artist Julian Gatto sent me with a note "Merry New Decade". I thought it was pretty and wanted to share.

Merry New Decade

New Fall Clothes

My friends Tom & Barbara drove in from Michigan this week and brought me clothes and knits they made for my store. I don't have pictures of Tom's crazy knitted headbands, scarves, and hoods, but Barbara took some pictures of her clothes before she gave them to me so here are a few looks. I especially like the jumper dress that has the beetles on them. I wish I could afford to buy it! (It always is strange to me that I cannot afford most of what I buy for the store.) BUT I am very lucky because some of my friends/designers take pity on me and give me pieces for free every once in a while and Barbara gave me a different version of the hot pink bag featured above. I LOVE it.

New Fall Clothes

One more photo from Japan

Wanted to post one more photo from my trip that Rebeca sent me.
All the girls that work at Lamp, where we had the Tokyo show, and us for a commemorative group photo.

One more photo from Japan

What I did in Japan

So I got a few pictures from one of the shows we installed in Japan on this trip. Here are pics from Rebeca Raney's show Gertrude House & Garden.

What I did in Japan

Yard sculptures etc

Dave likes to decorate. He makes sculptures in the front yard and arranges things inside the house to look pretty. It's a good thing because if it were just me here I wouldn't bother and it wouldn't look as nice. Sometimes he wonders if people passing by in their cars are thinking "Damn hippies! Art freaks!" but I like to think that most people enjoy it.

The animals "enjoy" it all in their own way. Coleman pees on the outdoor sculptures sometimes, Ichigo uses one of them as a bridge sometimes, and Muncho takes pleasure in destroying the indoor arrangements every chance he gets.

Yard sculptures etc

"Turtle Club" photos

I sold vegan cookies and cupcakes at the NADA County Affair this past weekend. It was fun until a family coincidentally came through carrying two baby hatchling sliders that they had just bought in Chinatown that they actually didn't really want. (What is wrong with people!!) I was wracking my brain trying to figure out if I could handle fostering two more or where they could take them besides the city shelter which I was pretty sure would be too far away for it to be "convenient" enough for them. I called my friend who I thought might take them but there was no answer to the phone. They eventually disappeared and I am haunted by not knowing what will happen to the two cuties. I cried in the cab home and again when I got home. The awful thing is that my friend who I had tried to call would have taken them....... heartbreak.

"Turtle Club" photos