I’m off to Burning Man.. See you all in 10 days! :) <3

Dave Matthews Band’s (my favorite band in the whole wide world) saxophonist LeRoi Moore died today. He was only 46…

So, so sad. Life is so short, it makes we wonder if I am making the best of the short time I have…

So Right

Roll out down to midnight
Then roll on downtown til its light
Because tomorrow we may die
Oh, but tonight were dancing in the faint light
Dont you rob yourself of what youre feeling
Dont rob yourself of all that you could be
Roll hard til midnight
Roll til its light

Come on now
Stay up and make some memories
Yeah, with us now
Roll the red carpet out with friends
To whom, to love and roll on

Our love is so right
I wont waste a minute here tonight
Our love is so right
And tonight my dance is all about you

To midnight love you,
Roll on and run the red lights
You know the game now is keep it tight

Oh, how I love your pretty rock-roll kisses
Come on and stay with me
Roll on and run the red lights
Come on, this love is so right

Stay up and make some memories
Yeah, with us now
To roll the red carpet out with friends
Oh, to love and roll on now

Our love is so right
I can taste
Were in it here tonight
Our love is so right
And tonight my dance
Is all about you

Im going crazy
And its all cause of you (its all cause of you)
Im going under, over you, over you…

This time is so alive
Everybodys tranced, dancing tonight
Oh so beautiful, and so strange
Oh, it was empty until you came…

Our love is so right
Forget the clouds that rain on your light
Our love is so right
Ill not forget how you look right now

Our love is so right
Remember lets just move together
Our love is so right
I swear it would last forever

Our love is so right
Forget the clouds that rain down on you
Our love is so right…

Made this Squid a few days ago. It is a commission that is going all the way to Japan! I really, really liked how it turned out.

ALSO! I am going to Burning Man this year and it is ONE WEEK AWAY! Time flies! Anyway, I am making some clothes to wear there, mostly from the Generation T book that I borrowed from Lou… And here is my first creation! I really like it…, it’s pretty comfortable. I’ve already had a nip-slip or two but that shouldn’t be an issue at Burning Man… :D

from the post secret website:

For people who don’t know, most of the secrets are displayed along the side of a circular staircase that gradually rises to the third floor of the museum. As the couple slowly ascended the stairs she read every PostSecret postcard. He knew she would because it had been her idea to attend the exhibit.

What she did not know was that earlier he had made a special arrangement with me to replace the last post card with a special one he had created just for her see.

When they reached the top of the stairs she read the final card, “I don’t know if I believe in God, but I believe something Great brought you into my life. If you turn around I’ll ask you to marry me. . . “

Rebecca went on to say that when the young woman turned around her future husband was on bended knee with an illuminated ring box holding a 6-carat (!) diamond. She said “yes” with tears and to spontaneous applause from the other visitors who were hoping to witness a happy ending.

I thought I would take a break from my Olympics watching / squid making to blog about some crafty goodness and other things… I made this tripod commission a few days ago and used wool felt for the first time and I am absolutely smitten. The felt cut like butter and was so easy to work with. It looks fantastic. I don’t know if I can ever go back to any other type of felt. If only wool felt wasn’t so expensive! Alas…

In other crafty news, Jason of Red Hot Robot is hosting a really cool Plush Show coming up in October that I am going to participate in and he is currently accepting artists for the show. Shoot him an e-mail if you are interested. His shop is awesome and I think the show is going to be killer.

I have a bunch of squids cut out and by tonight I should be nearly caught up on commissions and I will also have squids IN MY SHOP by the end of the week. I haven’t had an actually squid in my shop in over a year I think. Pretty crazy. Everything I have made since that first one I put in my shop has either been a commission or for a show. :)

In the meantime, whilst you are waiting for squiddy goodness, enjoy some photos of Dingo:

Today I laid in bed after work and closed my eyes tightly and thought about how I wanted to live in house with a huge lovely white kitchen where I could cook dinner for the person I love every night, in a city that inspired me, where I had friends and felt moved to create. Where I had a lovely, airy, light room filled with my fabric and sewing machine and creations. With a lovely yard that my dogs could prance around in freely. I thought about wanting to be happy. Desperately.

Instead, I write in my superfluous blog.

my blog where I have to censor myself. my blog where I can’t post certain photos or write about certain things. and I wondered if this dream I felt inside me was fantasy that can’t ever exist for me.