Making Sachets

I just found out a couple of days ago, that my duty as a godmother is to provide a little gift to all the baptism invitees.  So being the overachieving sewing machine that I would like to be I decided that instead of giving them something that will collect dust I would give them something that would smell good and most likely collect dust as well. So I came up with a modernesque dove. the body will be in a bright chick yellow fabric, and the wings and the top strip that will join the two body pieces will be in a deep pastel pink with light yellow circles.

While on my delightful trip to Munich I found dried lavander at the daily fresh market, that I will be using to fill the sachets. The size of the doves will be about 10 cm in length and around 4 cm in width...and I have to make 60 of them before May 17th!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love a challenge.

I will post pictures of the prototype later today when I get a chance, because lately my little one has been a fussy one, and a cranky screaming one! Even though I love that he has a strong personality and a very defined notion of what he wants and when this mother gets tired of the awful looks and stares she gets whenever the little one is happily screaming in his stroller.
Any suggestions? Because I would be more than happy to receive any!

Ich habe vor wenigen Tagen herausgefunden dass ich ein Geschenk fuer die Taufe machen muss, weil ich die Taufpatin bin.
die reste spaeter.....

Renewed by the warming sun

After a few months of digging myself deeper and deeper into a pit of despair, snow, and ickiness I have decided that enough is enough. It was a steep climb, and sometimes I would fall back in, but I am out, and the air is fresh, the flowers are starting to sprout, and I can feel the warmth of the sun on my back.

It is not that I am back, but instead I am renewed. I am a new person, and with it fresh ideas, a grander desire to create and produce.
I know I have probably lost a lot of readers, but if there are any of you left, thank you for coming back and joining me again, and since you were so kind enough to stick with me I will let you know some of the things I am planning.

First, since my German needs some serious electro-shock therapy I am going to start writing in german, also in english, just german after the english part. This will force me to review the grammar I already know, but mostely forgot, and look up new words and use them in a sentence.

Secondly I will be continuing with my Alphamales and other sofites.

Thirdly, I will continue my two very important (to me at least) stories and illustrations.

So there you go...thats my plan. What do you think?

Und jetzt Deutsch (es tut mir leid dass mein Deutsch sehr schrecklich ist.) 

Nach einigen Monaten des Ausgrabens mich selbst tiefer und tiefer in eine Grube der Verzweiflung, Schnee, und ickiness ich habe entschieden, dass genug genug ist. Es war ein steiler Aufstieg, und manchmal ich würde in zurückweichen, aber ich bin draußen, und die Luft ist frisch, die Blumen anfangen, zu sprießen, und ich kann die Wärme der Sonne auf meiner Rückseite fühlen.

Es ist nicht, dass ich zurück bin, aber anstatt ich bin erneuert. Ich bin eine neue Person, und mit ihm frische Ideen, ein großartigerer Wunsch zu schaffen und herzustellen.

Ich weiß, dass ich wahrscheinlich viele Leser verloren habe, aber wenn es irgendein gibt, von das Sie verlassen haben, dankt Ihnen kommend für zurück und schließend mich wieder, und da Sie so gütig genug waren, mit mir ich zu stecken, Ihnen einige der Dinge werde lassen kennen an, die ich plane.

Zuerst da mein Deutsch eine ernste Stromschlagtherapie braucht, die ich anfangen werde, auf Deutsch, auch auf Englisch, nur deutsch nach dem englischen Teil zu schreiben. Dies wird mich zwingen, die Grammatik die ich schon weiß zu überprüfen, aber mostely hat vergessen, und Aussehen auf neue Wörter und benutzt sie in einem Satz.

Zweit werde ich mit meinem Alphamales und anderem sofites fortsetzen.


Dritt werde ich mein zwei sehr wichtiges (zu mir wenigstens) Geschichten und Illustrationen fortsetzen.


So dort gehen Sie. ..das ist mein Plan. Was denken Sie?

A year ago

I have been contemplating my state of mind and have come to a conclusion. I am tired of feeling pain, sorrow, despair, and low self esteem. I have always read the many famous writers, illustrators, and anyone who has achieved greatness, that that greatness is  achievable. You only have to try, they all say, and all I have done is a lame attempt to try. I have been sucked into a black hole of despair by myself and by current occurrences in life. However, after loosing myself in this pit I have built stairs towards the light.

I do not feel prepared to sew at the moment, even though I still feel I have so much more to create with fabric. However, I have returned to my original desire to illustrate and write, for children, teens, and adults (who says that adults do not enjoy illustrated stories? I sure do) I will be focusing on that at the moment. I have to perfect my skill and learn my way around the illustrated world. It is full of colorful characters and exotic locations.
I will leave this blog open and running for when I feel prepared to return to the crafting world.

If you are interested in seeing my illustrations, and story ideas please follow me over to my other blog and flickr.
I am currently developing many ideas, such as Signs of Spring, a house full of old people and their wonderful adventures, Waldorf, the Vansurian time battle, Ms. Geraldine (an exotic bird who goes back home), and many others...

Edward Gorey

For Monday Art day I created this caricature of Edward Gorey

 

I wanted it to be colorful in order to bring out his stern look. I believe his seriousness contrasts nicely with the vivid red, green and blue.

What do you think?

Waldorf eats a lollipop

Waldorf tries to lift up his spirits by wearing his neat looking sailor suit that his mother made and eating a delicious lollipop. He saw all the other kids doing it and they were all smiling. However, the only thing Waldorf gets is a cavity.... good luck next time Waldorf.

Waldorf meets Muddy

"Hi, I'm Muddy." greets Muddy in a very hyper and chipper voice.
"hmmm" says Waldorf

New month

It has been only a couple of days since the last time I blogged. However, it feels like an eternity. I feel as if I have been mourning my aunts death for so long, but it has only been over a week. I am no longer in the stage of constant sadness, but instead,, because I am not in Colombia I am reminded only every now and then that in fact she is actually gone. I find it hard to believe that this could have happened. It is as if I am observing what would life be like if all the wrong things were to happen, and I want to wake up and return to the reality were my grandfather is still telling jokes, whistling at the door, and my aunt is singing songs and calling for my uncle "viejo!" 

Instead this reality is of death, gloom, sadness, disease, and grief. I have not been able to sew since my aunts death, but instead I have been obsessed with drawing. I draw whenever, and whatever I can, 

the living room, the big leather chair, 

my dog, 

Basti, 

my husband, 

a half eaten strudel. 

I think the reason is because when I sew my mind can wander freely because every stitch is a mechanical process where I do not need to think. With drawing my mind is occupied with shadows, line depth, angles, curves, intensity, color, etc.