Windy Mayes Photo

Friends in Low Places

Yesterday the millionaire and I drove to Chicago for tattoos. We heard tell that Dan Smith of Dear and Departed and High Voltage in LA was going to be a guest artist at Chicago Tattooing Company. Also, we found out that we have a mutual friend with one of the other guest artists, Danny Reed of Asheville, NC. Small. World.

 

I love my lovely lady Octopus! The chicken babies were seamlessly incorporated into the new tattoo. i showed Dan the tattoo Pinterest board I put together and he did a marvelous job of executing the concept I had in mind.

 

Merry Christmas to me from my babe!

Hamtramck. I Can't Pronounce It Right Either.

So, the kids finally realized their dream of meeting Mr. Shakes-a-lot. None other than Greg O. Cartwright. Greg did a solo show at Record Graveyard, all ages! We beat a path there, where we ran into some awesome folks and gave the kids an earful. Actually, they gave themselves an earful, since they requested most of the set list.

Yay for lifetime memories.

The Art Center of the World

By far, my favorite part of the entire trip to Philly was the Magic Gardens. Everyone should go. Everyone. Even if you don't give two shits about art, the Magic Gardens will blow you away, as well it should. We were all captivated.....and then we met Isaiah and chattered the long drive home about our next family art project in the summer. Thanks Mr. Z for the inspiration and the access to great art.

 

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Goodness Gracious Great Balls of .....Yarn

My Aunt Kathy (The Millionaire's Aunt, really) taught me to crochet this week. I vaguely remember my grandmother making afghans for us as kids and I know I've learned how to make chains before, but finally I sat down and learned how to put them all together.  It has been quick and easy for me, so Aunt Kathy gave me a bag full of yarn to pull apart and untangle as a starting point for practicing my single crochet, double crochet and edging.

Wherein I Get All Crafty and Crap

I know I promised photos of the summer's events but, it's my blog, so I'm showing the craft fair first.

Neener neener.

I participated in my first craft show a week or so ago. It went pretty well, despite a few things I would have liked to tweak (like having walls for my canopy so you can't see everyone else's crap! ) Here are a few photos of my mania prior to and then at the show. I was dog tired all day that day having been awake until after 2 am at a rock n roll show the night before. Thank the lawd the Millionaire got us a hotel room with a big fat whirlpool tub!

I give you the Plainwell, MI Craft Fair 2009