Lizzy dish will be previewing this week in Portland, and I am sad that we can not all be there together, but for those of you who will not get to see it until the fall when it will be available at a quilt shop near you, here is a little preview. I hope that you like it.
Have a great day and talk to you again next week sometime.
Love Lizzy
So It's may for sure, and all I have to say is I'm glad it's rain and not snow. I had to run to the FedEx place to mail a quilt to LA, and it really was just pouring... and I am car-less. I look like a little wet cat, or koala or something. Good thing I Love rain. It reminds me of being home... now the ice cream of the future hail does not remind me of home. Ok has anyone seen the storm i-con on their dashboards? Pretty frightening, for real it looks like a root system of death and technology.
This has been a really crazy past three weeks. Lots of deadlines, new projects, new line of fabric, and all while trying to get all my ducks in a row to be ready to graduate this fall, OH and go to Portland next week. My BFA project is going to be huge and I probably cry a little every time I think about actually executing it. BUT on a more fun note, Lizzy Dish previews next week in Portland, and all of you peeps who are there should check it out at the Andover booth (not sure what number it is yet)... I love that it continues to get closer and closer to being a reality, and closer and closer to being fabric. We get to make cool things! Also I don't know if I can or should say anything about this, but this new line I am working on is OUT OF CONTROL! I'm pretty sure you'll flip a couple of times when you see it, even if you have no previous background in acrobatics.
I still will need your help as mentioned in previous posts, and I will be able to tell you how soon... when I get back from Market next Monday, i'll let you know what's REALLY going on. Another cool thing. Ashlee Asher in the Rye, my little sister finished her album and has her first cd release tomorrow in SLC. I am soooo proud of her I flipped several times and I have no previous background in acrobatics.
Well, the House sisters will be reunited again come Saturday, and then I will get to spend almost an entire week with my Mom, WHICH is a dream come true. I promise that I will start talking soon.... and start responding to emails and comments and what have you. I'm not a shmo, I promise!
peace little peeps!
I have made over 100 books in the past year (holy cow that's sick)... needless to say, it has been time for a while to order some new supplies. I finally bit the bullet and did so. I know we discussed this before when I bought my little digital camera. I have the hardest time making big purchases, BUT I can throw down so much cash in a day on a bunch of random stuff which is of course equivalent to the big purchase. This has actually been affecting my life... as lately I have needed grown up party clothes for gallery shows and openings, but I have such a hard time with the big purchases! I need a person to go with me who is willing to tell me to spend money when I actually need something (a yellow dress I should have bought last week; I'm weeping). I'm working on it.
I just wanted to share with you one of my very favorite book making ingredients.
Ok, I think this could be a good summer after all... as soon as it stops snowing
So... here's the scoop. I never made it to New York. I couldn't get on a plane. Things were crazy because of AA canceling so many flights... we didn't plan for them to cancel their flights, we also did not plan for it to effect other airlines.... Whatevs. I'm over it.
We (Mallori and I) ended up spending an unexpected weekend in Orem/Provo Utah, waiting for a flight. It was one of the best things I have done in a long time. We stayed with one of my very best friends and old roommate, Courtney and her husband Kurt. We got to catch up with some dear friends that we haven't seen in over a year including my dearest John W., Curtis and James. We went shopping... we ate really good food, and we decided that just because we were held up there, and not in NYC that we were still going to treat it like a vacation. Good thing too. I learned so many things in the 2.5 days that we were there... that and Saturday was one of the very best, happiest days I have had in a really long time.
Plus now I know for sure where I will not be applying for grad school. That's sort of a cool thing to know.
Mal and I went back to the airport Sunday night. We were so close to making a flight that we were actually on the plane, and then... they pulled us off the plane. It was at that point that we knew we were supposed to go back. We still had to sleep in the airport though. We tried a couple flights in the morning. The real bummer about all of this was that I wouldn't get to see my Mom. I couldn't even get to Houston to go home. We were really stuck. That's an awful feeling. So what do you do when you are trapped? You go up, back to Rexburg.
So I have been here all week, and I haven't painted, made any books, done any prints, or made new designs. I have slept all week. The way I see it, is if I could sleep for that long everyday, not feel tired when I did happen to wake up, that I did in fact need it. Also, I start every semester exhausted... and this one I just won't be...immediately?
The things that I learned on this little escapade affirmed that I am where I am supposed to be, doing what I am supposed to be doing. It is interesting that it takes a trip to almost NY, but actually Orem to point these things out. It was good, and I'm not so tired anymore.
I hope everyone has a good summer. We'll see how it goes. 
ok really quick, I sat down to watch a minute of the American Idol, Idols Give Back, and Annie Lennox sang, and I just cried my little eyes out. Wow, I really love her a lot. Her music helped my mom, my siblings and myself get through some really hard times when we were little. That and the whole cause always makes me cry...
it has finally gotten a little warmer.. well today it had anyhow, but it will probably snow tonight. At least the snow is melted!
This was the day that I needed to get to, and here I am, nearly done. Sorry I haven't been sending any emails, it feels as if finals have never been this stressful, but maybe I feel like this at the end of every term. Who knows? I can't remember. I'm off to New York on Friday to see my fabric peeps, and to visit some friends, and because of some successful art sales, a bit of shopping will ensue. Have a great rest of the week everyone!
this is my Watercolor Final. It's Link from the Legend of Zelda, and all his stuff. Nerd Alert. Too bad i'm obsessed. Whatever. Enjoy
I used Prisma Colors over the watercolor
talk to you soon!
for my first attempt at making a marlin... I would say it was a good college try.
I'll explain later; I promise.
real quick. This was such a great weekend. My best friend Jessica came up from home to visit for a couple of days. There is nothing like someone who really knows and loves you to ground you again. We talked, and made really good food. That's really all you need I think... that and listened to nearly every version of the aria of the Queen of the Night from Magic flute on youtube. I say again, what more do you need? Also, two of my dear friends got married on Saturday. They had a reception on Friday night, and we had so much fun dancing. Everyone was sweaty. Not just me.
art wise: i've been painting a lot lately in the last little bit. Well, i've been painting, and printing, but the painting is in a more presentable state right now.
this was a fun piece. We were supposed to do something with "brilliant whites," and I just said... what is whiter than a sheet of paper? I always get a little nervous when I interpret the assignment to fit my smart alec ways, but it actually went over really well... whew!
this piece was influenced by my dream of dreams Edward Gorey. It is a commissioned piece for the band Canoe, for their upcoming tour.
more later. This is going to be a crazy week, and next week just as bad, but THEN I get to go to New York for a couple of days, and then home to see my mum. I can make it for two more weeks.
