pookieville

I LOVE summer vacation..

No I don't. I suck at it. If I am traveling- that's o.k. , but when left to my own devices, it is a slow downward spiral of drudge. I have this week off from work and I had grand plans to paint the bathroom. It is a tiny bathroom- honestly probably 4X4.  A little patching... a little paint, how hard can that be? I mean, come on I am a capable woman. Yeah. Well, the thing is, I am a paint disaster. I get it every where despite my very best efforts. Sometimes I even fall on walls I have just painted and slide to the floor. I have learned this week that I get into trouble when I start to paint with my opposite hand. That never leads to goodness. I really haven't had a lot of trouble with the paint so far, though it is everywhere... my bigger problem is the patching. My scraping uncovered a patch on the ceiling... hum...that I had to remove and replace. I love working on ceilings- don't you? It took 3 different hardware stores to find a stinking patch that never even worked anyway. But I am a capable woman. I will make my own. I say to myself- "Tyn, think of this as art." I need to work on my definition of art this week too.
My 2 day project is on day 3 and I think I have a final skim coat on my patch, but it will take all of today to dry... for some reason this tiny room has its very own climate, and it humid in there... well the good news is it is taking so long for stuff to dry I have plenty of time to lay on the couch and ice my back which has been in spasm for the last 2 days. 
But, I will look on the good side of this- in the end I will have painted the damn bathroom, AND so far I have not gotten any paint in my hair which is quite a triumph for me!! I'm gonna go sit in the yard now and appreciate that I don't have to paint it.

Transfer class results!

I taught at Zinnia today- man that place was busy ! We had a great group for the class and I wanted to show off some of the stuff they made....

Pretty cool eh?

Image Transfer Class!

Sunday August 26th I will be at Zinnia in South Pasadena teaching image transfers from 1-4:00. If you are interested please call to sign up!! (626) 441-2181
Here are some examples of transfers that I have done....

Stencil party....

It seemed like a good idea, until the paint cloud overtook me....
I invited some of most favorite crafty people over to play yesterday. The players were Tamara, Joe,Paul,Suki, Mike, Kari, Michelle,and myself.  The plan was that each was to bring at least one can of spray paint, and one stencil and we would all share. Lucky for me my friends don't follow directions well, and they brought loads of food and loads of paint and loads of stencils. It was a spray paint frenzy for a few hours, I think even my neighbors got high from it!!
I am only going to post a few pictures here, and then direct you to my flickr sight as there are something like 27 pics. from me, and then Michelle Caplan has posted a bunch on her flickr site as well. Lots of fun and inspiring stuff so I encourage you to check it out.

I also went to the first Barnsdall Art/craft sale held yesterday. It is too bad it was like a million degrees yesterday, but event planners kindly gave bottled water to visitors which was a nice touch. The lay out is great, a great space for an event like that- my only complaint was that it seemed sparse on vendors. They used the lower parking lot and had one vendor in each parking space, but the center section was empty and lent an air of loneliness to the whole thing. I hope they eventually fill the center section too, and maybe even add music. A plus was that they had an area for visitors with tables and umbrellas. For a first time of the event though I thought it looked good and would like to apply to be in the next one. I will keep you posted on that .

Chunky pages..

I have finally finished my chunky pages for a flickr swap I am in.
I am pretty happy with them- they aren't too chunky though...
Anyway, here is a sample-

Mail art!

I got the BEST mail yesterday.  M.A. from Dispatch from L.A. sent me a package. I can't even begin to tell you how excited I was. She is some kind of spary painting super hero- I am pretty sure she wears a cape while creating... I know she wears a mask!
Anyway- check this out!!!!

Can you stand it?!?  THANK YOU M. A. ! It is amazing and will be hung immediately :)

Pictures as Promised!!!

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Pages in order- Tamara, Shari,Joe,Tyn,Paul,Renee,Kari Denise.
For our next page, we decided that we each would bring a bag of stuff with enough cardboard, paper and goodies to make 8 pages and we would swap bags anonymously. The challenge is that we can only use the items in the bag. The last photo is the bag of stuff that I got. Can't wait to see what comes from it!!!

      
                                                                                    

As many of you know, I teach a few classes over at Zinnia in South Pasadena. I have a great time there. I have met some wonderful people who have become very dear friends. I am a lucky girl. Well, I wanted to share with you that Zinnia has begun a blog. It is still a baby blog... teeny tiny, but I think it is gonna grow into a big full blog with lots of fun stuff. Check it out!

In other news, I had my chunky book group tonight. We met at Ten women gallery in Venice. Man what a fun place! Very cool stuff there- that is where Shari Enge has her dolls.Anyway, we had a lovely evening outside with good friends, great pizza, and a wonderful pear tart provided by the cake savant ( yes you know who you are.... will this flattery still get me places??)  Best of all it was art filled - I think these might be some of the best pages that we have ever done. I will get some pics up soon to share with ya'll

Sour Girl

this girl.... is so dang creative... and she doesn't really know it.
this girl.... is my sister in law.
this girl has moved her web site to etsy full time.
go take a look at Sour Girl~

The amazing Paul Murray!!!

Resistances is futile!
I had sent an image to my friend Paul that was ready for cutting to make a stencil. He wanted me to cut it, but I figured eventually curiosity would get the best of him, especially because of the subject matter and he would cut it himself. Last I heard he quit his day job, and has begun to tag  cars along his street.