Bizarre Bizaar

Join us as Rock Paper Scissors presents
the first annual "Bizarre Bazaar"
by: RED ANVIL
First Born Studio
fair ophelia designs
and many more...

We will showcase the creations of several
award winning local artists and give you an
opportunity to cross a few names off of your
Christmas list! There will be a wide and varied array
of desirable,one of a kind goods from which to choose:

• Wooden ATC & rolodex boxes
• Book Cradles
• Handbound Journals
• Paper Bowls
• Knit & Crochet Accessories
• Felted Brooches
• Jewelry by Red Anvil
• Notecard Sets
• & so much more (as if that weren't enough!)

WHEN: Friday & Saturday
November 23 & 24
11am-5pm each day

WHERE: Rock Paper Scissors
833 S.Main Street
St. Charles,MO 63301
636.724.5002

WHY: Why NOT?!
OH and because our
STOREWIDE SALE
starts Friday,November 23rd!
See you there!!!!

small pleated bags

i made a few new bags this week...

i free-motion machine stitched the above design. i love doing these, but they are time consuming.

one bag that i was tempted to sport myself.

i have a bunch of great fabric to make a lot of these bags and they are all have fall colors, so i'm going to be busy busy making bags over the next couple of days. i need to get them in stores soon for the holiday shopping madness.

The Family

the franklins... i thought a formal introduction was due.



fair ophelia

angela

michael

whitman st. morgan


thank you and good night!

collaboration

Michael and I were commissioned by Picasso's Coffeehouse to make "window treatments." So I sewed the coffee sacks together, with ties and all, and michael painted two retro-style coffee ads on the top portion. they turned out really nice and the atmosphere in their front room is a lot warmer, plus no blaring morning sun. and as i said when i posted this on my old site, michael and i survive the adventure of collaboration without any major wounds.

ALSO... i fixed my pay pal button so it should be working now for those of you that tried to use it earlier. sorry of the inconvenience.

i also was given a bunch of designer fabric samples that will be turned into bags, so i will have pictures of my pleated "market" bags up soon and for sale here. this is a picture of one i custom made for a friend. the floral print is actually part of her old pajamas she wanted to rescue from "don't want to throw it away, so it gets put in the corner of some random box" blues.

The lower bag is one i made for myself, but ended up selling it... like always.

I am putting these bags into several boutiques over the next month. They are $45, with s&h.
I really love making this design. I can be more creative with the fabric pairing.

off to do those drawings for class...due two weeks ago... goodnight all.

Home Eco

St. Louis has a hidden treasure, Home Eco, our first enivornmentally friendly home products store. And as of today, they carry my bags. It's great to support a business that is in sinc with ones own beliefs and reap the financial benefits. I will be part of their open house, November 30th 4-7pm.

Home Eco is at 4611 Macklind Ave. St. Louis , MO 63109
314-351-2003 info@home-eco.com

new bags

elephant bag

elephant interior: heavy brown with retro floral pockets

coffee bean bag

coffee bean interior and pockets: green

reviving the old

i decided to change over to my old blogspot, instead of continuing with wordpress. wordpress has too many restrictions and michael was tempted to throw the computer after trying to add a pay pal button onto my blog. so here we are, new and improved, with lots of creative freedom. i am going into the city tomorrow to visit some boutiques and try to get my bags out there before the holiday shopping heads into full swing. my old blog will remain frozen in time until further notice.
we will hopefully get my paypal button up soon...and my etsy store too...

whitman's 2nd birthday is this sunday! how much of a party do you throw a 2 year old? fair's 4th birthday is in april and that will be a major "to-do"... she's likely to remember this one.

paper dolls art opening

last night was my opening night reception for "paper dolls." it was splendid and i'm i am very happy with the response. my friend ed came to visit from portland and gave us a peak at his new solo music project generatorbaby!. local musician matt dill joined in and my best friend na-do sang "dos gardenias", they were all amazing. even though fair was sleep deprived and crazy cranky, things went smoothly. i will post pictures of all the pieces soon. if anyone wants to inquire about purchasing anything, please email me: wordsinbminor@gmail.com.

my babies

it's was a great idea

the warehouse's owner turned out to be flake and we aren't going through with the plans. weare going to try and find studio/gallery space here in st. charles. sigh.

kerry patch collective @ the catsup factory

michael and i have been offered a 14,000 sq. ft. warehouse in old north city in st. louis. it has two stories and 7, 000 sq. ft. on each. the upstairs is split into a large storage room with old hardwood floors (gallery) and the other half is a display room and offices with carpet (our living quarters). the down stairs is an open warehouse wiht a large tool room, industrial shelves and three new gargage doors ( the artists studio spaces and performance area). if we can break our current lease we will be moving into the upper living quarters, in June or when we can get the kinks worked out(bathtub and stove are missing). We are naming the artist collective "kerry patch", because that is the name that was given to the neighborhood when the irish immigrants first came. it was the irish slums of st. louis and center for their secret societies, gangs. the building used to be the brooks catsup factory, before they moved across the river, the world's largest ketchup bottle/water tank in collinsville. we wanted to incorporate it's history and luckily we love what we found. it's finally coming together. pictures soon.

lovely

it seemed like a few accidents, but how many of basquiat's strokes were too...

it's starting

daydreaming beautiful things again. noticing the subtlties...his hand lingering twisting her hair lost in memory, shifting eyes. he noticed. i noticed.