Blizzard!!!

I had a feeling this would be the year: after so many mild winters, we in the northeast are getting slammed with multiple snowstorms. Last weekend we had around 2 feet and tomorrow we are going to probably get at least one more. Where in the world will we put it all??

I have to say I do love snow days when I don't have to be anywhere. My favorite thing to do would be to cuddle up on the couch with a good book or movie and a nice big cup of chai but what I actually do is lock myself in my work room and have at it. I try to spend the time finishing up old projects, organizing, and custom orders if I have any. Last weekend I spent some time playing around with new materials to use in my giant feather wings: just wait till you see what I have come up with! I am working on better ways to make the long fabric faux feathers and I think I have finally found the perfect medium. In addition to that, I am working on making feathery fabrics that actually move. I know, I know, I have been pondering that question for ages, and I am sure I have mentioned it before, but now I am actually at the hands on stage, having already worked on a frame that shows a whole lot of promise.

AND last weekend I finally (FINALLY!!!!!) finished making my first two pairs of cello wings. Yes, that would be the two pairs that I started oh, maybe nearly three years ago and never got around to finishing. Yes, that would be the frames I spent tons of time making, then managed to mangle when I got to the adding of the cello stage. I ended up getting so frustrated that I balled them up, dropped them into the bag and tried to forget about how much time I had wasted on that epic failure. But since I can't throw anything away, I ended up carting them along when I moved to my new apartment, where they continued to languish ignored. But since my unspoken goal for this year is to complete my old abandond projects, I dug them out last weekend and reapplied myself to the task. They turned out fantabulous, but now I need to find some time to take the darn pictures! *sigh* Ooooo, if we have a snow day tomorrow, that will be at the top of my ungodly long to-do list!

:) I have my music on random and Breakin Benjamin's "Forget it" just came up - love that song, no idea why, but it might be pretty darn near the top of my all time favorites list.

Wohoo! New Arrival!

It's here!
My lovely new laptop has arrived!
I spent half of the day yesterday and most of today loading up software and files so I can get myself up and running again. It is so exciting because it is ridiculously faster than my old desktop.
I have a bunch of photos to take so I can start to post my latest works, so hopefully i can get started on all that tomorrow. For the moment, here is a picture of an absolutely darling tutu I made for a lovely woman in Australia, and my kitty Ringo decided to ham it up and pose in the photo as well!

Happy Spring!

Today is the first day of spring for 2009 which puts me in a frame of mind for some serious house cleaning. Not actual cleaning mind you, but more reorganizing and rephotographing!
I pulled all my wings down and took inventory a few days ago and was aghast to see that some of my decorating was unfortunately not very attractive. So I pulled them apart and made them beautiful!
I also took some time and re-photographed these reborn wings on my white background. As you can see, the colors show up so much better:

Aren't they adorable!!!
I still feel like I don't have enough light to work with, so I am saving up for another lamp with a boom extension so I can give it true overhead lighting and try to reduce some of the shadows.

Come See My New Etsy Store!

I've been making plans for my 2009 business direction and I decided that this is the year to work on more wedding related items. So to that end, I decided to open a new, separate Etsy shop just for weddings.
So for your shopping pleasure, please visit FairyTaleWedding!!!
I posted a few things to start, and many more will follow!




In other news, I visited a new specialist last week and he has declared that I need to have surgery in the next month or so. I am not so thrilled about this, and we both think it may not help, but at least it's a start. So don't be surprised in a few weeks when you see my stores are inactive for about a week because I can't make it to the post office.