June 2009- I'm finally starting back on track with

my sketchbook!!!! it's been totally side tracked from other stuff.
As in life, you can't plan for even a little bit of time for yourself.
Anyways, tons and tons of talented artists out there doing amazing things...
but hopefully that won't discourage me, but inspire me to do better stuff
Illustration taken from little bits and pieces of my life.
Oh, and I still will continue with the Amigurumi crochet projects. I'm going to stay away from total cute-ness and go for whatever. I'm starting to see small collections of Japanese Amigurumi in knit shops and craftbooks. hmmm... has this been a trend?

bunches of flower crochet hair accessories

Made from 100% organic cotton.
I have even managed to get to a local yarn store whilst in Tahoe.
The Wool Tree- hmmm. don't see a website by them, so here's the Yelp info instead:
http://www.yelp.com/biz/the-wool-tree-south-lake-tahoe

Easter Egg Cozy

Yup. An Easter Egg cozy. Why not? Hang your beautiful decorated egg in a protected pouch.
Made with 100% organic cotton.

one more amigurmi and hair band flowers+pedals

Flash drive cozy

Panda bear and blue bear

And of course...kenny rubs it into the carpet once I'm done with the panda.
(sigh)

Amigurumi- pink floppy ear bunny

Infant's knit cap

Knitted cap for infant girl. I had Kenny model it. Doesn't fit him but at least it can fit on a kid's head.

Blue Bear amigurumi

My first amigurumi!

Wow! wasn't as hard as I had expected.
So I'll make a few more in the near future.
This is a bear like character with a red scarf.

Kenny's knit cap

Kenny actually looks great wearing this...like he's cool

More crochet hair clips

After a year or so from updating this blog...I was able to squeeze in some crochet time for small gifts this year...

Matching mug and cake design

Side of Giraffe painting

painting the sides to match...

Baby Shower invite

This was for a another event. Gee giraffes are popular, i guess. anyways was fun to do something like this.
Hand made baby shower invite. Illustrator and inkjet printer. and lots and lots of hand cutting, and hand sewing...
used blue ribbon to tie them together.

Giraffes!

Giraffes for first time mommy Susy! Congrats and how exciting!
Three 10x10 x 3 inch primed canvas painted with acrylic. She's having a boy.
(whew! as I realized that I used alot of blues in these!)

Melissa's character #2

okay...so I really made it very loose, as we have not received any photos or images of her.
Yo! go to Longs or Walgreens or whatever and Debra, have them help you with your camera!

Welcome Melissa from China- card

My cousins just recently adopted a little girl (21 months) from China.
So I just did this rendering of her.
Unfort... I have no idea what she looks like when I did this...but this isn't the final illustration.
*Watercolour and colour pencil (Caran D'ash and Prismacolours) and perm. ink pen.

The image below is the final illustration. Drawn on pre-made dye cut card stock.
So I turned it into a greeting card.

Friend Yoko's visit

Friend Yoko Matsuura- Japanese and German Designer from Berlin came over and showed me how to make my own rubber stamp using a rubber block. Was neat! But you have to be careful not to cut your fingers in the process.

I'd send you all her cool website/blog, but it's in Japanese...
She's an avid sewer too! <;0) Yay! someone that I can finally craft with and improve my horrible Japanese language. hah.

Watercolour...

ok. I really like my watercolour set.
it's quick, portable, and works well with other mediums. I tend to mix mines with pencil and pen.