A Success!

The Open Studio this weekend went great! I was excited and grateful that so many people showed up. When someone walked in the door, the conversation went like this:
"Hi! Welcome - look at my bathroom!"
I'm very pleased with it - can you tell? You've seen the Zentangled floor in other posts - and here are a few pics of the mural on the walls:

The royal throne room!

Here's what the studio looked like for the event:

I was teaching guests how to carve their own rubber stamps. This is always so much fun because most are so hesitant and unsure. But when they finish, and make a print of the image, suddenly, they are so excited by what they've done!


After the Open Studio, I had an interview with Laura Jean from Kearsarge Magazine. The interview should be in print later this summer in a new publication she's planning. (Cool!) And you can read Laura Jean's blog too for info on the Kearsarge area.

Frita kept the new hat that Laura Jean brought me, AND she snitched a whole bowl of candy too. I don't understand how she can eat all that fluff and never get fat. sigh. I admit that Frita wasn't the only one scarfing the sugar by the end of the day. I was so tired I went home and crashed on the sofa, without even cleaning up the studio. tsk tsk. sigh.
It'll keep.

OPEN STUDIO!

OPEN STUDIO on February 14th from 10am-2pm.
I'll teach you to carve a heart rubber stamp too!

The studio is above Wingdoodle at 19 E. Main Street in Warner, NH
You can call 603-456-3515 for more info or directions. See ya!

Ravens'more

The characters in my rubber stamp line, The Anachronistic Castle, live in the kingdom of Ravens'more. I thought they needed a coat of arms so I designed this shield to hang in my gallery under the stamps. The finished piece has gold ribbon suspending it from a gold rod.

What's Anachronistic have to do with it? I made a sign explaining that too!

Zentangled Floor!

I figured I couldn't hurt the plywooded floor. So I smoothed it as much as I could and zentangled it! I used Sharpie oil-based markers for the lines and then watered-down black acrylic for the shading - all covered by a coat of poly-acrylic semi-gloss finish.

I also finished the railing of the kitchen. (Note the faux dirty linoleum tiles! Too cool, right?) Eventually, I'll add more pattern to the colorful posts, but I like 'em simple for now. At least, I'm not planning to zentangle them! If you are curious about zentangling, look here: http://www.zentangle.com



I've also been organizing and tidying. I set up a little sitting area. That's my friend, Frita. She's Mr. Potato Head's daughter (papas fritas). You can see the family resemblance in her eyes and nose. She stole my favorite sneakers! And, in case you're interested, she's reading "The 39 Clues" which my son and I highly recommend! It's like "National Treasure", but you get to play too. Fun, fun!