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And you thought I didn't have a podcast this week. Think again!
Television Zombies, Episode 10: “Whatever Happened to Captain Jack Harkness”
This week, the TVZ crew debates Doctor Who Captain Jack versus Torchwood Captain Jack, discusses the news of the week and makes a desperate plea for an LCD television set. All this and more! Click here to download.
I was up until 2 last night working and screen printing and I am proud to say that I am now done printing and now all I have to do is heat set nearly 400 shirts. That is all!
I have made so many cool things in the past few days. Take a look!
Your (and My) World of Warcraft Characters are ruining Our (and My) Marriage shirts. If you get this shirt, you get it. I know it is a real niche! I made some for women and some for men, varying who the bad guy is. These all feature these lonely swords drawn by my friend, Jake:
This is a terrible picture... wait til you see these in person.
50 assorted Yeti Loves Seamonster shirts, mostly for kids:
5 of these We are So Doomed DC tourist shirts:
I also made more zombie ties, shirts and onesies! I also made 5 of the most beautiful "Someday we will all be ghosts shirts" ever. They are American Apparel women's sizes, one of each size and they are just stunning. Camera battery died... but they are aqua with double printed ghosts in lime and blue. They almost made me cry. I can't wait to meet who gets to wear them.
The piles of clothing are stressing the girls out, though. In the morining when Anya sees them drying in the living room, she says, "I hate these shirts!" I can't wait for this to be over so she doesn't have to be stressed!
Crafty Bastards is a mere 6 days away! Here is what I have made in the past 4 days, since I last checked in:
3 zombie ties
I have had 3 requests for these, so thought I would just do a prototype. These are really cute, so I hope to make more in the next few days.
21 Zombie Plague Xmas Tree Ornaments
This was something new for me. Hand sewing! I hand printed the felt with my Gocco, then I hand sewed them all together and added the little jingle bells to a few of them. I don't know if I like them better with or without the jingle bells. I also have no idea how to price something like this because the materials don't cost much, but they take about a hour each total to make between the printing and the sewing! They are so small, though! Of everything that I have made this year, I love these the best.
312 Zombie Plague Holiday Cards
I wanted to print 1000 of these, but I only could do 312. This makes me sad, so I ordered 500 to be professionally printed. I like the printed ones better than the Goccoed ones, but not sure what others will think. Perhaps I just don't like printing so many by hand because they are a lot of work!
35 Zombie are the New Bunnies Shirts
Assorted colors, sizes, shapes, for kids and adults. This is my new design. Zombies are the new bunnies. Cause they totally are.
And here are the magnets:
Ok. That was a lot... let's see what I can do in the next 6 days!
Today is a strangely big content day for me on the internets. It seems like I have stuff all over the place!
First, the final installment of my I Heart Marketing My Etsy Shop and You Will, Too! article on the Etsy Storque is up! It really is the best part, with the most useful information if you ask me. It is also hella long for internet reading, but I think important! It also shows my new design that has one of my friend, Doug's, World of Warcraft characters wearing my zombie shirt. That pink haired gnome always makes me laugh.
Check out the article here.
In other crafty news, my first Craft Mutiny Podcast is now live. It is a preview of the vendors at the Crafty Bastards Arts and Crafts Fair (Washington, DC, 9/30, 10-5, Marie Reed Learning Center). The show is a little specific to the event, but still interesting even if you can't come. My friend Sara and I are hoping to talk more about the world of indie craft, talk to crafters and give advice in upcoming episodes. It isn't on iTunes yet, but you can download the first episode here.
And finally! The new Television Zombies Podcast is now out.
Television Zombies, Episode 9: Life Stinks (aka Who Would You Eat on Lost?)
The episode so controversial that it almost didn’t get published! Only 72 hours in the studio could save it, but save it we did. This week, the TVZ crew talks about NBC’s new cop show, Life, cannibalism and dating on Lost, Halo 3 versus indie craft, American Idol, and assorted tangents. Click here to download.
And don't forget to check Yeti Loves Seamonster for new stuff. We add new earliest memories and cool stuff for kids every single day!
Wow. That was a lot. Off to finger paint with the girls. Thanks for reading. That just gave me an idea for a web site where you post your kid's drawings, like a global refrigerator door. Ok, stop me. No more web sites!
Crafty Bastards is just 10 days away. I am going to document what I make each day. These photos are from 12 days away. These are what I made on Sunday. I have been sewing some little Seamonster and Pirate Girl pin cushions and these really cute zombie holiday ornaments. Here is a pile that I made on Sunday:
This picture shows the 50 seamonster shirts that I silk screened. Anya decided she wanted to see the plushies.
And here Rachi decided to get in on it. Anya said, "I want them. I love them!"
Check back tomorrow to see what I made today!
I can't believe I don't have babies anymore. And I don't miss it at all.
Meet Anya. She is no longer a baby. She is a little girl. She likes to scream, "My name is Anya and I like to dance!" She can get her own matching shoes from the shoe pile. She is two and is very complicated and sweet and knows how funny she is.
Meet Rachel. She, too, is far from babyhood. She likes to scream at ants, asking them, "What you doing, ants?" She loves to play ball and knows when her new shoes are too big. She is two and very determined and loves to kiss and hug, in that order.
"You are growing up," I tell Anya. "We no grow up, mama. Flowers grow up." she says, eyes all twinkle twinkle. She loves a joke and knows she has made one. "I'm in the clown, mama," she says.
We take the girls down to the Washington Monument and let them run and play soccer and walk all the way to the "waterfall" at the WWII Memorial. At one point, Anya tells me, "I tired. I lay down here." and stops and lays down on the sidewalk. This is so cute and sad. "We are in China!" Rachel tells us as we exit the Metro to a new place. I can't imagine what these little people will say next. I dig all of this.
I don't understand people who complain about their children. They are the most amazing people you will ever meet.
The second part of my How-To market your Etsy shop article is now up on the brand new Etsy Storque. This part is kind of obvious, I can't wait for part three to go up, cause that one is fun. Take a look and be sure to leave nice comments!
I Heart Marketing My Etsy Shop and You Will, Too! Part 2
I have hardly mentioned the biggest thing that I have been getting ready for over the past month! Crafty Bastards is nearly here and I am not even close to ready. I keep starting new projects and not getting to the real meat of the work. Crafty is seriously my favorite day of the whole year, so do come out and see me! You will totally dig it, the vendors this year look awesome. Check out the vendor gallery.
This year's Crafty Bastards Arts and Crafts Fair is Sunday, September 30, 2007, 10am-5pm at the Marie Reed Learning Center at 18th & Wyoming in the Adams Morgan neighborhood of Washington, DC. Same location as before, I even have the same spot, booth 27!
I am working on so many new things, it is crazy. I started Zombie Plague Xmas tree ornaments last night. I am sewing them by hand, which is relaxing. They are a little wonky because this is the first time I ever tried to sew anything by hand, though. I am also working on lots and lots of packs of Zombie Plague Holiday Cards, zombie underwear and some secret designs that I will reveal at Crafty (think geeks and bunnies and boats).
My sister is hard at work on these amazing "I heart my TV Friends" bags. This is truly a collaborative project! They feature art prints of characters from The Office and Lost by the amazing Elloh. These bags are super limited, as we are only making 20 of them!
And that is Lisa wearing the bag, not me!
I went to the Crafty Vendor party last night and saw all my crafty friends and this is always energizing. I love knowing people who make things. They are my favorite types of people, people who spend time thinking and doing and creating.
Do come by and see me. I am thinking of a special promotion for blog readers, so do check back!
I met Morgan from Panda Head totally randomly last month and she was super nice to interview me for her rad blog. Panda Head is a washington DC fashion/style blog. It was funny to me to be interviewed for a fashion blog because my fashion is so anti-fashion. I suppose this is the point. :) Thanks so much to Morgan for interviewing me.
Check out the interview!
This week, the TVZ team discusses NBC’s new show, Journeyman — is it the best of the new series debuting this fall? Also, Time magazine’s Top 100 TV shows of all time, Bionic Woman’s showrunner departs, and Tina’s thoughts on Fox’s Bones. Plus, Sony’s prank on Halo 3!
Click here to download.
And yes, we know it is Kevin McKidd, not Kevin Kidd. Sorry, we were sleepy.
And then she was smaller and she could feel it everywhere and in her sleep her underwear felt like someone else's.
And the panhandler who has watched the girls grow longer legs and longer hair says she is disappearing, swimming in her plus sized jeans and this is funny, this connection. Everyone loves a smallening. To watch this carving of flesh, a new shape and new dreams and new spring spring in her step. Everyone loves a success story. Everyone loves the smaller you,
I think about how in the past there were people who didn't love a fatter me. And I think about how I used to be so sad about this. And how I understand them now. I couldn't love a fatter me. And this is part of the healing and part of what makes us work through this. Learning to feel bad for the former fatter you.
And then she was smaller, but not normal small, just smaller for her. And this is another step in the greatest smallening of all time.
Do come out and see me at the Ballston Arts and Crafts Market this Saturday! It is at the Ballston Metro!
Ballston Arts + Crafts Market
September 8 :: Saturday, 10am-4pm
Joy Charming Vices and I will be selling here this Saturday.
The Ballston Arts+Crafts Market is held every second Saturday from June-October from 10am-4pm. Come check us out at the Ballston Metro in Arlington, VA. Besides handmade art and crafts, there will be live music and food.
You come home, a little sweaty from the walk up the hill. Black t-shirt and Chucks and jeans. Your hair is messy and longer than it has ever been. The girls and I are making a bed on the bedroom floor. "We napping," Anya says.
I look at you with the eyes of someone old, who has lived her life already. This is a strange feeling, like I have already been here. It makes me sad, like I am watching a scene from a movie where the main character is not going to make it to the end. The sun is coming in the window just right and the future seems unwritten and free and yet I think, "We will never be younger than this. We will never be happier than this."
One of those is true. You will never be younger than you are today, this very minute, this very second. You are the youngest you will ever be, so stop wasting your time.
"We will never be happier than this," is hopefully not true. I hope I don't think this again. I push it out of my mind and help the girls turn their floor bed into a dragon cave and then a bear cave and then a monster cave and we have made all of the known caves and we are on to something new.
Television Zombies, Episode 7: Bad News All Around
It’s finally done. This week, Jeff laments the demise of his third beloved XBOX 360, and offers disappointing news for Battlestar Galactica and Doctor Who fans. TVZ’s new Executive Research Intern brings news about Kevin Smith’s rumored contribution to BSG, and Tina offers some tantalizing Lost speculation. Finally, the TVZ team discusses the pilot episode of Chuck. Plus: the Dungeons and Dragons alignments of your favorite Lost characters!
Click here to download.
The first part of my How-To market your Etsy shop article is now up on the brand new Etsy Storque. There is also a gigantic picture of the girls and I and our messy kitchen. This is a small part of a long series. Take a look and be sure to leave nice comments!
I Heart Marketing My Etsy Shop and You Will, Too! Part 1
My new site (with partner Beth of Lemon Cadet) is live! Check it out. Download some coloring book pages, read the blog, figure out how you can contribute, visit the shops of our members. Let me know what you think!
Yeti Loves Seamonster.com
Threadless is having a $10 sale that ends today!
I got this for the girls and I:
I got this for Jeff:
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