May 10, 2019
Ok, I can’t really wear more than one mermaid top on the big day… so I have listed a bunch of my mermaid crafts on Etsy. Also, I can use more discretionary funds and more space in the back room. So I am listing this at the price point in Read more…
April 28, 2019
Spring flies swiftly. It was already time to begin my mermaid crafts! My new mermaid top would be the highest priority. The best way to make a wonderful mermaid top is to start with a good bra. Using the lines of the bra you can make sure you have a Read more…
April 27, 2019
Zucchini Kill, You Really Had To Be There Zucchini Kill is likely thee best name for a vegan bakery. I was so excited about checking it out that I bought some merch, just like going to shows back in the day. A shirt, stickers, a button… and of course a Read more…
April 26, 2019
With only one full day in Austin, I had am ambitious “eatinerary.” So I had to also find things to within all those meals! A friend recommended checking out the Ellsworth Kelly’s Austin at the Blanton Museum of Art. Admission being free on Thursdays sealed the deal. I would look Read more…
April 23, 2019
Today ended with thunder and lightening and torrential downpours, telling me “Stay put and get some sleep!” Ok, I had to say. Lightening when the sky is this big is its own draw, but I suppose I won’t run out at midnight tonight. Maybe at 11 though… I set out Read more…
April 19, 2019
Mermaid Crafting starts… now! And I have so much to work with; I’m kind of overwhelmed by choice. So my step towards being a mermaid in June, a massive sort. Piles serve as mermaid to-do’s. 🧜♀️1 My first 2019 mermaid craft would be a top to sell. With so many Read more…
March 12, 2019
With a trip to Western Texas’ s deep, dark sky in April, I am determined to have success in my first official attempt at photographing… through the night with the light from above. That means immersion and practice now. Immersion. 🌌 Besides taking a series of classes that will culminate Read more…
March 3, 2019
My mother has a March birthday and she’s a very proud Irish! (Which, yes, makes me Irish too, though I can’t handle a drink and my intense Sicilian blood from my Dad’s side barks the orders usually.) A fan of my hot glue gun wreaths, she requested a St. Patrick’s Read more…
February 8, 2019
No one gets more excited about Valentine’s Day than 7th graders I think. This I decided while offering my classroom to some of my last year’s students for lunch, where they wrote profound love quotes on my dry erase boards, so potent and new to their awareness. I tried not Read more…
February 3, 2019
I know, I know. June is pretty far away. But the groundhogs agree that Spring is coming fast. With the mission of craft utilization, I began the mermaid process: getting inspired, making some preliminary decisions, and taking inventory. And besides, sometimes a savvy costume crafter has to account for loooong Read more…
January 27, 2019
I get very to-do-y in January. In fact, you best watch out if you get in the way of me crossing things off my list. This is me. A productive winter sets the tone for fruitful year. Because you reap what you sow. That’s a saying for a reason. I Read more…
January 25, 2019
Friday night crafting while watching old, sappy movies is kind of my new favorite past time. It is one of the many simple self-care rituals I have embraced. This time… another holiday wreath. A New Years wreath in a celebration of life, quantified. Like my Christmas wreath (and other wreaths Read more…
January 11, 2019
And since it’s hibernation season, I am motivated to begin fine-tuning my space, starting with two of my very favorite things: music and baking. My baking ingredients now are stored beautifully in the biggest “lazy Susan” I’ve ever seen. I won it from an estate sale auction and picked it Read more…
December 29, 2018
I did the Coney Island New Years Polar Bear Plunge in 2015 and I thought it was a great way to start a new year. So with tentative plans to partake in the tradition again this New Year, I took a boring old halter top bikini top and utilized a Read more…
December 9, 2018
With a load of Christmas materials to repurpose after a haul from Materials For The Arts and some donations from friends, I busted out my trusty hot glue gun to create a vintage-inspired holiday wreath. To add some holiday bling to my apartment, I begin my favorite craft medium. I call it 3D Read more…
November 30, 2018
[That’s not me; that’s Henry Thoreau, one of my favorite men in history.] Either stop or slow down. But don’t go. The F train views, 87.5 feet from ground level. The highest elevated train IN THE WORLD. Sometimes the litter is a Millennium Falcon. My Bridge Take-out Thursday Top Thai Read more…
November 12, 2018
The Great Jack-o-Lantern Blaze has been a popular Halloween event since 2005 (!), though I just learned of it this Halloween season. It is just the most wonderful kind of whimsy–thousands of pumpkins… hand carved and ablaze within Van Cortland Manor‘s grounds in Croton-on-Hudson, New York. Add spectacular lighting within Read more…
October 27, 2018
No, I’m not going to be Robert Daltrey for Halloween, nor a shaggy sheep like some guessed. The big, blonde mess of hair would be a misguided role model of my childhood, Barbie… as a Rocker. I am not a costume in a bag type gal. So I took care Read more…
September 19, 2018
As soon as I looked at my apartment during my search, I knew exactly what I wanted to do with it. Now it’s coming along… nearing the end of phase one alterations. Most prominent is color. Aesthetically, but also as a means to divide the space. My work area. I’m Read more…
September 11, 2018
Heading to Materials For the Arts is a part teacher ritual, part surreal fantasy. For me–a salvager, thrifter, and lifter-upper of rocks to see the squirming bug-life beneath (a past time of my non-girly leisure time as a little girl)–my skills as a “shopper” are well-honed and aligned to several Read more…
June 17, 2018
The Buck n’ Ears… All ready to march in the 36th annual Mermaid Parade. But first, my commemorative vegan cupcakes. Mermaid Hair, Don’t Care Getting ready in Brighton Beach Our “float” made with recycled bottle fishies Mermaid bling A beautiful day for a parade Back where a mermaid belongs
May 20, 2018
Is it too late to become a full time mermaid top maker? I kind of love doing it. Hot glue gun with my coffee and the Sunday New York Times… 100% coverage All done!
May 6, 2018
Last year’s shells getting some fine-tuning. Shoes finally finished! And they’re comfortable, oddly enough. My mermaid purse, made from a “clamshell” evening clutch Experimenting with headwear. Not a fan of the plastic seaweed however. Cinco de Mayo seashell crafting spread My mermaid gal, on land Starting a new top from Read more…
April 7, 2018
Mermaid crafting! It’s starting to be that time of year… though it’s still darn chilly out. My bin of mermaid booty is coming out of the basement before the Winter-Spring wardrobe switcheroo. It is great to see my mermaid top is holding up sturdily. The shoes… meh. I didn’t wear Read more…
March 2, 2018
My hot glue gun, the only gun I will ever carry as an educator. I pass this church on the way to work and it always amuses me. Amen to reflection and contemplative purposes. Ok, so this teacher carries power tools too. Though this paddle bit did not manage to Read more…
February 22, 2018
Arts & Crafts, Beautiful Places Far Away, Eating Out, Nature, Photography, Urban Exploration, Wanderlust
It was a short walk from my hotel to breakfast at Cafe Pascal’s, right on Santa Fe Plaza–the heart of downtown. This is a popular place so centrally located, dressed to the nines in New Mexican flair, and with awesome service. I had to doorbust so as to not be Read more…