It's a process...

Figured out how to get the pictures right side up...!
Now I can blog from the road without having my laptop along the entire time.
Stay tuned for many crappy photos from my phone, along with blurbs of my trip.
We are calling this trip "30 people in 10 days"!
Seriously, we have so many people to see, and there are so many more we will not make it to see... that is what happens when you live in the same place for 37 years. And your family has lived there for over 6 generations...

testing...testing...is this thing on?

Learning how to blog from my BlackBerry.
Here is a shot of the resurrected sock and morning coffee.
Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

Out of Town~

I JUST updated the site with over TWENTY (that's right... 20!) new handspun yarns!

Yarns by Reenie (me) and Shannon of The Spun Monkey!

PLUS...

TWO new pin designs...

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I will be out of town from Monday March 15th - March 26th.
There will be no shipping until I return.
Shipping will resume around Sat. March 27th.
Feel free to email if you have any questions.

Look for posts from the road!

Holy Neon Yarny Art~!

Alright. I admit it.

I am a bit loud.

I don't just sound loud, I like LOUD COLORS.

Well, I like all colors really, but my go-to, default, first-choice colors are always loud.

I finished the yarny painting I started last night at Michelle's (see previous post).

Here is what it looked like this morning...

In progress....

and here it is NOW, all finished and LOUD.

I glued knitting needles to the top and bottom to frame the image.

I changed the floating circles into yarn balls (duh) and the green balls will glow-in-the-dark.

And the magical part?

The needles LIGHT UP!

Go big or go home I say.

Mock Workshop at Michelle's~

Last night was a rare treat....

a chance to create in a medium I have not worked with for years... and I wanted to blog about it before life wisks me in 10 other direc

Michelle hosted a mini-mock workshop in preparation for her ArtFest class that she is teaching in a few weeks.

Here are some shots of the fun times...

Michelle posing with her sample... in her hideously tiny and uninteresting studio

(note heavy sarcasm).

Demo...

My yarny stamp I carved...

I haven't carved in years. LOVE it.

Printmaking used to be one of my passions...

Almost done... I need to touch up the purple circles and put a hanger on the back.

Close-up with stamp lying on top.

The ladies in the class with me were so sweet... Here are there links.

Both have fun blogs... go VISIT. :)

Karla Dornacher is Michelle's Ma.

Lani Kent is Michelle's Art Journaling friend.

Slacker?

Oh MY... has it really been almost THREE weeks since I posted?

sigh.
I believe it stems from my pact with myself to try and stay off the computer more. I lurv my computer and the internet and blogs and images and and and.... and am a total geek/nerd with anything computer related. So in a way it is one of my mediums, and in a way it is a huge tune-out for me. Which means I am not being as productive as I should be.

So... enough rambling. What have we been up to?
A lot of just living life...

I had my Hagatha mole removed... before she sprouted hairs... (cackle)

buh-bye Hagatha!

and creating...

This is a shot of the beginning of a line of yarns inspired by the colors of these pretty vases...

They are actually carded and almost done, but on the shelf for now.

Watch for them in a few weeks...

I will finish them when I return from my trip.

Current progress of my painting...

We took a weekend trip to the ocean. Jackie rented a house for her birthday, for a weekend of girl time, so Paul and the girls had some time alone for a few days and a chance to explore the beach and tide pools.

Jackie's gnome...

The requisite heart rock shot.

Itty Bitty pinecones...

Shots of Paul and the girls....

A fort they built on the beach from driftwood...

Exploring the critters...

Gearing up for a trip to PA to visit family.

Things will be on hold for a bit until I return.

Stay tuned for some serious yarn trouble when I get back!

I Need a To Do List~

I slept in a bit this morning...

and then spent over an hour browsing on some new-to-me design (interior) blogs.
Sounds like a colossal waste of time, but OH, so much inspiration! Not so good for the ADD though, now my head is swimming with even more things I want to make and do!

Here are some links if you are interested in that sort of thing...
Some are new (to me) and some I have been following for a long time~
decor8
Design Sponge
decoFabulous
made2create (some great DIY home decor ideas)
The Yvestown Blog
Supermarket Sarah (some raw kitschy displays)
Brooklyn Limestone (great decor/design/ renovation ideas)

Sunday we hit the Pearl in Portland for lunch and some walking around.

Here are shots of the window displays at Anthropologie!

Made from plastic water bottles... which I totally want to try to make for some spring decorations around here.

Yesterday I finished up some serious custom yarn orders~ phew!
They are gorgeous, but were so very time consuming.... . I have a case of spin-ass-itis, which means my back hurts from sitting and spinning for hours and hours. duh. I could get up and stretch occasionally I suppose. I just get into what I am doing and forget.

My Ann was feeling under the weather yesterday. No extreme symptoms, just achy, nauseous, and slightly feverish all day. Hopefully she feels better once she wakes up today. We missed a group excursion to see the Percy Jackson movie. which was very very upsetting for her. Maybe we can see it today?

Paul's flight was delayed in SLC because some woman refused to remove her ipod for religious reasons?! So they kicked her off the plane, started up the runway, then had to turn around so they could remove her checked luggage from cargo. Nice lady. sheesh. What religion would that be? anyone?

So not sure what today will bring... until Ann wakes up. Will snap some pictures to add here once I get to the studio.

Here are some of the Knit Pins I have recently put in the shop.

HILARIOUS!

There are 24 Knit designs, 9 Spin designs and 4 Crochet designs. Go see!
xo