Thursday, November 17, 2011

snoopy, feist, and portland

feist show was great! i wish i could have taken good pics to post! most specially when my friend mattie was on stage with feist, doing some air guitar! pretty hilarious! so many fun things happened the last 3 days, good times with mattie and auntie pamm! :) :) :)

i am glad i was able to finished this for mattie before i catch my train to portland on tuesday morning! i was not very pleased how the red house turned out but he loved it! he is a charlie brown fan, btw! whenever i see snoopy just anywhere, it makes me think of him! i hope he does NOT think of me whenever he sees hello kitty! LOL! i dont hate hello kitty, just not my favorite! i am more of chococat and keroppi girl, fyi since grade school! >o.O<






he took me to powells booktore and fabric depot  (both huge stores!) and i could not resist to buy these good stuff! good thing they are on sale! wooo hooo! fabric depot has a huge selection of fabrics even vintage ones! it was huge that we did not have enough time to roam around and browse for more stuff! will definitely come back!







Sunday, November 13, 2011

three reasons three days for PDXing

i am very excited to go to portland on tuesday for three days! so many reasons to go but these are on the must list!
1. to visit my friend mattie ( missed him much much!)
2. see feist for the first time (yes, finally!)
3. handmade craft hunting (but of course!)

i am hoping to go to these arts and crafts galleries and stores!
tilde this lovely gift shop is overstuffed with local artists and uniqueness! might be pricey but it does not hurt to stop by and take a look!
land gallery tons of fun, whimsical, artistic knick knacks... just the way me likes it! not too mention they have cool stickers! i love stickers!!!
museum of contemporary craft i like museums. nuff said.
redbird studio little shop of handmade silk screened tshirts, cards and stationary and... stickers!! bam!

speaking of portland... i went to short run small press fest yesterday and discovered a new favorite artist/ illustrator apak from portland!
so many awesome stuff but walked away (i paid of course!) with this!

an art zine, living things vol. 5 artwork by apak published by little otsu






Wednesday, November 9, 2011

shonen knife happy hour

i missed shonen knife's 30th anniversary tour last night! :( :( :(  and yes, the vocalist naoko is now 51!
i did not bury my face in my pillow and cry but instead listened to my favorite HAPPY HOUR album and reminisced how happy hour was the last time i saw them!

the album cover( and music vids) features art by yoshitomo nara, another fave of mine!







more artwork by nara, (not from happy hour album)





Tuesday, November 8, 2011

felt on moleskine 1

about a month ago, i got these 3 moleskine notebooks from elliott bay books! it was in a last chance bin for 1.99 USD for 3, i could not resist but to buy without knowing what to do with it... nope, it cant be another secret crushes notebook! hahaha! but how about put a felt on it!!!

so here is the first of three... for auntie loren (who loves hello kitty! meow) sshhhh... it is a very late birthday present!







Monday, November 7, 2011

one job... finally! i felt a bit sad, it is hard to say 'goodbye' when they say 'i will miss you'! but who knows i might go back when i get broke! lol!  my 'work mother' marina said congrats instead of goodbye and it made me feel good! she gave me a beautiful brooch from her homeland kazakhstan! 


Sunday, November 6, 2011

shrooms (not that kind!) for my xmas tree

i have these left-over wool roving from octo momma i made last july and decided to start making my own xmas ornaments this year! i am lovin mushrooms lately and of course, owls... forevers! who knows these might not make it to my xmas tree but to yours! ;)