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Family Portrait

25 Sunday Nov 2012

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It’s back to the drawing table (literally) as soon as I dusted myself off from my journey to the Down Under. A few things have changed during my absence, namely the amount of ferocious looking dandelions that’s taken over my garden and that the back patio has been transformed by the Hubs into some sort of workshop. He’s taken my freezer and replaced it with a better one. The old one? It’s in the process of being transformed into a freeze dryer. Anyone with a good recipe for meals that can sit around for years in a tool shed, feel free to pass it along!

In the meanwhile, I plunged headfirst back into my end of the sweatshop and worked on not one but two sets of dolls simultaneously. There are errant paint sprays and glitter all over the place when the dust cleared. It basically kept me from moping around, missing my snoring bulldog.

This is the first time I ever had to paint a bird. That was a lot of fun—also I was listening to “The Aviary” by Kathleen O’Dell while painting this set. That, and “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children” by Ransom Riggs. The problem with listening to the latter is that I had to stop periodically to look at the awesome, albeit a little creepy, pictures in the book. Man alive, I can’t wait for the movie version to come out…especially now that Tim Burton’s going to direct it!

These Go to Eleven

19 Monday Nov 2012

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It’s time to visit an oldie but a goodie…The boys of Spinal Tap!

This one is always fun to paint for obvious reasons. Best of all, it gives me the excuse to listen to “Break Like the Wind” in a loop!

As this is a gift, it comes with a gift box and a card.

Birthstone Faeries

11 Sunday Nov 2012

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They’re finally finished! That’s right. It took a while to hunt down all the “gemstones” for all 12 birth months—especially the opal, which came all the way from Japan. The gems are all faux, of course, and these faeries are for entertainment purposes only, but wouldn’t they look nice sitting somewhere, reminding you that not only are you special enough to have a precious stone for the month you’re born in, and that there’s a hand-painted faery guardian of the stone just for you!

These faeries come with “actual” wings this time! I’m a little upset that my glittery vellum paper is still buried under a pile somewhere back at my mom’s house. But I am thrilled that my mini butterfly punch arrived just in time for me to go hog wild!

Garnet (January) and Amethyst (February)

Aquamarine (March) Diamond (April)

Emerald (May) Pearl (June)

Ruby (July) Peridot (August)

Sapphire (September) Opal (October)

Topaz (November) Turquoise (December)

My Empire State

05 Monday Nov 2012

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I’ve been away from the Sweatshop for close to a month, and for a good reason too! I’d been in the Big Apple for most of October, helping the parental units pack up the house they’ve dwelt in for 30 years and preparing them for their impending move out to the Rockies. While there are bright sides to this (shorter flights from Oz to their new pad and Bo and finally FINALLY able to ski again on some kick-ass slopes), I can’t help but feel a bit sad that unless my home girl Po’Trowski gets married, I’m not going to be visiting NY any time soon.

But that’s all right! Eddie at Inkstop Tattoo hooked me up with a little piece of the place I called home for so many years.

I’m looking into miniature adhesive gemstones to gum onto it for holidays and special events—just like the real thing!

My homies and I had one last shout at Mary O’s in Alphabet City. Mary used to pour me drinks at my old watering hole at Shades of Green for years and now she has own pub!

Photo courtesy of Fadi Kheir Photography

You are looking at Po’Trowski and me getting ready for Halloween. Ms. Rosa on my right didn’t get the memo.

(No no! I didn’t hire a photographer to document my debauchery! Fadi’s the original homie in my crew! When you’re friends with a professional photographer, you get seriously nice snap shots for your scrapbooks!)

For over 20 years Fadi and I have roamed all over the city, taking these kind of pictures with his ever-present camera(s).

Last but not least, here’s one of my homeboys who is especially hard to say goodbye to. Without Mr. Pacheco, I’d still be toiling away in the NYC public school system, screaming at children and snapping at co-workers. Everyone needs a guru in their life…I’m glad I found mine in a former colleague who encouraged to quit my job and take up hiking.

This is us in front of The Beauty Bar where Pacheco was hosting a comedy show in the backroom. I got my first and only manicure ever there, with one hand wrapped around a refreshing beverage and another in the clutches of a nail technician.

There are great many people I had to say goodbye to on this trip, most of them quite possibly for the last time. But as it is with all things, it’ll all come back together in a full circle.

Before I left, we were hit with Hurricane Sandy, which allowed me to spend a few more days with the units, a tape gun, and of course, my Bo. New York (and NJ), you can get through this!

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