My First Wallet!

This past weekend I decided to make myself a new wallet.  My old one had completely fallen apart and I was sick of using it anyways.  Since I first started my carrotpyn business I've had the nagging sense in the back of my head that I should be using a homemade wallet made by me!  I mean, come on, its free advertising pretty much - every time I take out  my wallet to make a purchase I am showing off my product.  And you never know when someone might take notice and say that they like it- which gives me an opportunity to give them a business card...

So here it is:

Please excuse the bad lighting.  I finished it last night and didn't feel like trying to hard to get everything just right.  The light from the day was gone and all I had to work with was my dimming kitchen light so there you have it.

I used some batik fabric which I picked up while in Indonesia last month!  I wish I could have brought back more but there was not enough room in my bag to fit everything.  I hope to go back someday.  Yogyakarta is a beautiful vibrant city.  I've been told Bali is a must see, so its now on my agenda.

May Bags

Tis finally acting like spring and to welcome back the warm sunny weather I finally completed these three butterfly bags.

Recently finished and in progress

Here is a headband/ear-warmer that I just completed for my close friend- it was my first time using a pattern !  and It was really not as hard as I thought it would be but I had plenty of help from the owner of Yarns on York- she is an excellent teacher.

Of course I have to incorporate a picture of Angie in here when she is being adorable!

 These paintings are not yet complete... Can you tell what the one on the left will be?

Gypsy Art School and pictures from the road

I just joined a new class:

http://suziblu.typepad.com/a_lovely_dream/tell-your-story-workshop.html

The past few months have been a bit insane.  Lets just say I had a lot on my plate.  My time is starting to open up a little bit more and I am committed to putting more time towards my craft now that I can.

I recently made two trips to Boston and Montreal




Here is Boston:

Hanging out and drawing with my cousin Sarah:

 Sight seeing and hanging out with my brothers and cousins:

Montreal:

December bag making

A few people at school commissioned me to make these bags:

Art Time

Lately I've been taking pictures of some of my old old drawings and adding color through an image manipulation program called Gimp.  Its a lot of fun and surprisingly easy now that I understand how the program works.  

I'd love to start publishing little cartoons online.  There are sooooo many things that I want to do and so little time.  I'm determined to keep room in my life for art so I've started to write down my schedule for each week and plan ahead so that I have time for projects.  I also have recently been commissioned to make a bag for a birthday gift.  I've given myself a due date for December 5th to have the front done on two so that the customer can choose and then I have another bag to sell on etsy.  

I'll post them when they are ready.

Diaper Bag

I love making diaper bags!  This is my second one to date.  Hopefully I'll have more to show by January.