yes, i have a real website, too

Putting together ALL kinds of stuff for the show tomorrow, and of course that means having a website. So a few HTML codes later, and tah-dahh! tex’s real website. simple and to the point. http://www.members.shaw.ca/textrix/

I’ll post pictures and fun stuff formthe show in the next few days

Sudden Unexpected Art Exhibition

After what has been the longest game of phone tag I have participated in (a complete stranger actually yelled “oh my god, it’s a real person!!” when Stinky answered the phone), I will be showing my tapestries at The Spirit of Edmonds Show & Shine car show this Sunday 10:30 - 4 PM! Yippee! It’s super last minute, but I’m very stoked to be a part of it.

I’ve lots to prepare, since it’s the first time I’ve set up a booth-type situation all by myself. Somehow I now have to figure out how to hang my framed pieces in the parking lot of OK Tire on Edmonds, in Burnaby. Yup, girl can’t step away from a challenge. Oh did I mention that this has all just come about 4 days before the event?!?

I’ll post pictures of the show and the ensuing cacophony of strange suburban escapades next week.

Bonus!

Bonus!
Originally uploaded by textrix.

Bear with me as I learn the ins and outs of blogging and the whole flickr experience. I haven’t figured out yet how to post multiple images through flickr to my blog, all within the same posting. So… you get a bunch of entries!! I will learn when I’m not QUITE so exhausted…
Off to decipher more Portuguese!

Great table runner with cutwork!

Great table runner with cutwork!
Originally uploaded by textrix.

Magazines from Portugal

Magazines from Portugal
Originally uploaded by textrix.

Magazines from Portugal

Magazines from Portugal
Originally uploaded by textrix.

Here are the pictures of the great magazines from Portugal. Thanks again Tania!!

Magazine Swap mags have arrived!!

I came home yesterday to a lovely package waiting for me - the magazines from Tania in Portugal for the Magazine Swap!! yippee!! A magazine on embroidery and needle-crafts, AND a magazine on how to make purses & bags. So great! I love getting mail (that aren’t bills, of course), but this was especially fab. This was the first swap I’ve participated in, and it is such a treat to look through magazines from other countries. How did she know that the very day the magazines were waiting for me at home I would be sitting on the bus ride home, thinking about planning an embroidery project!! perfect. :) THANK YOU TANIA!

I will post pictures once I’m home tonight.

tweaks and fiddling

Playing with the code on this page… adding some colour links, and fiddling with the font size (too small?), making this template a little more my own.

I found a great old natural leather jacket for $2 at an alley/yard sale this morning. I’ve always wanted to play with leather, do some distressing and dyeing to see what happens. Maybe I’ll start to play and make a real leather corset [a girl must dream big] Here’s a pic of me last Hallowe’en in my cotton muslin corset I made all by myself!

Of course, the insane girl that I am, I hadn’t sewn anything in years, and the first project I actually jump into is a full on corset! But it worked (yay! and Stinky likes it too…lol), and I now have a pattern that fits me.

The pickings were somewhat slim at the yard sale, but Stinky found a great big glass jar (the kind used in making home-brew wine)… I sense a giant “think in jar” [EDIT should read "thing in jar" - funny typo!] coming soon… :D

A wee quick little blog break during my super-hectic-deadline-driven Friday. (soon I will go home and there will be beer. yes, beer. amen!)

the Mag Swap Flickr Group is buzzing with all the neat-o goodies being delivered! I can hardly wait to see what is en route to me from Portugal! My package was delivered from Vancouver to Lisboa in 7 days!! YAY super speedy posties! It was expected to take two weeks. I forgot to take pictures of what I sent, but my swap buddy will post some shots when her camera gets all charged up!

Thanks again Cotton Strudel for the wicked organamalization! You rock!