DIY Ferndale

So I have managed to be part of the DIY Ferndale festival this year and I am so excited!  Only three weeks away and I am busting ass to finish at least 30 bags, 2 bike skirts and as many cards and stationary as I can muster.  Pictures to come soon.  Please mark your calendars and come say hello to me as I hustle my wares. 

Etsy Shop

Finally Sharmila and I have combined our inventory and set up an etsy shop.  Three sales so far, my first one today!  yay!  Please check us out, repost our link and spread the word!

www.etsy.com/shop/lovelybagladies

Back in the Game!

So it's been a minute since my last blog... However, I have been semi-productive.  I am in cahoots with my pal Sharmila, and together we are upcycling material into super cute totes and bags.  (see below)  In January we will begin to sell these fancy little items in a Ferndale boutique so get them while you can gang!

Rhino Bag $25  all recycled materials and hand sewn

Bronto Bag $25 all recycled materials and hand sewn

Bronto detail.  Color appears washed out.  Actual color see above photo

Dios Mio! Sangria!

So after a successful preparation, and consumption, of the red wine sangria; I moved onto white.  Trader Joe's is of course the place to start.  Shhhh it's chilling now.  When it wakes I will blog drunk.

          Dexter?!  I should have made the red instead.

Hannah's Big 2-0

Taking advantage of Hannah's (Kelsey's sister) love for sushi, I finally got to try making classic sushi staples from candy.  It was much easier than I anticipated and the materials changed after the trial run.  I think the results were great! 

For anyone interested the ingrediants were the following:

Rice cripie treats for the rice
grape fruit leather for the seaweed paper
marshmellow, laffy taffy and starbursts for the sushi guts
pink starburst ginger
green starburst wasabi
Swedish fish (are an obvious choice)
Orange slices for the salmon sushimi 
and last but not least; a Carmel fortune cookie with personalized message.  Happy Birthday Hannah!

On to the next...

Now that class is over I want to take this opportunity to keep up my blog with little experiments I am playing with in my free time.  I would love suggestions or critiques.  :)

Life Without Art is Stupid!

Sunday from 11-4:30, in what seemed like mid-winter weather was Sharmila and my first shift on location at the Heidelberg Merchandise booth.  Sharmila and I have been a successful team so far with the Heidelberg Project so why break up a good thing!  We thought for sure the weather would guarantee a few curious rolled-up window shoppers, but we were pleasantly surprised.  Approximately 50 people showed up, got out and walked around.  We got a chance to talk to many of them, some students taking pictures others just killing their curiosity.  People truly did come from all over, including northern Michigan, Massachusetts and Rhode Island.  We sold almost all of the shirts, a couple bumper stickers and even took a few donations!  It was so great to discuss Tyree's work with so many interested strangers.  At first I felt slightly intimidated assuming people would ask questions I didn't know the answers to.  I was excited to recognize how much I knew about Detroit, The Heidelberg and just the knowledge I have gained about art in my program here at Wayne.  This first shift was the beginning of a hopefully long relationship with the team at the Heidelberg!