I’ve been adding some things to my Etsy shop, including these paper wrapped spiral pendants. They were kind of a hit in my shop before, so I’ve made a bunch more. I also do custom pieces, so if there is a specific color scheme you would like, let me know and I will create it for you, no extra charge.
I also have all the new reproduction pieces ready to add to my shop. I’ve already added the one above, but keep an eye out for more through the rest of the week.
I have just a few more quick links I’d like to share of things I’ve gathered from the internet lately.
I have been waiting for this pattern from my friends Kelly and Jenny. Together they designed the most comfy sweater ever. And with the temp.s dropping lately we all could use a little coziness. Check it out!
I’ve been listening to artist Haley Bonar. I think she came up on my pandora and I was drawn to the adorable picture on her album so I just had to find out more about her and her music. I read her genre was Alt Country (which I love) but I would say she sounds an awful lot like Tegan and Sarah, so if you like them, you might dig her music.
Speaking of Tegan and Sara, Sheasy blipped this video a week or so ago and I’ve been listening to it tons.
I found this flickr group pool devoted to etsy packaging! Gotta love great packaging. I know I’ve kept some beautiful envelopes that I’ve received over the years. How about you?
A couple of weeks ago my altered art shoes were featured in an article on AOL about creative uses for chalkboard paint, on ShelterPop. Check out the article here, I was so excited about the last feature which had an entire car covered in chalkboard paint. I want that car!
Today I discovered a post that used my artwork to illustrate a challenge. I thought that it was kind of cool so I thought I’d share it you. It is a creative challenge to create a piece of artwork and leave it somewhere anonymously. They also mention Found Art Tuesday as well.
Yesterday I realized that my show goes up THIS WEEKEND! Yes, people, just a few days away. It is major cram time. I was freaking out when I realized this, but now I think I am just getting excited. Excited for the show…um, not so much. I’m still nervous about the show, but excited to do all the things that I have felt too guilty to do for the last couple months. You know the saying “you always want what you can’t have”, well, that saying can sum me up since I’ve announced that I would be having a show. Instead of working on artwork and all my BIG PLANS for the show, all I’ve been wanting to do is knit, and spin, and even cook. Yes, you read that right. Cook. “But, Robyn,” you say, “You hate cooking!”Other things I’ve wanted to do: geocache, redesign my entire website (long overdue), and buy one of those kids’ kits to make dozens of woven potholders.
One last thing – Watch or just listen to this youtube video for Ben Folds’ music video You Don’t Know Me (featuring Regina Spektor). After I discovered it last week It’s been getting some heavy play. It might be a little scary for some, as it’s directed by Tim and Eric, of the Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! on Adult Swim. Matt loves this show and makes me watch it occassionally. It can be very funny, but also very disturbing. There are just some things on there that are so weird, disturbing or gross that I have to look away. Anyway, the song is great, and very catchy, so just check it out.
A while ago one of my chums and I were emailing back and forth about the phenomenon of rediscovering a song. I’m not talking about when you just recently heard that NKOTB song and unbeknown to you and mortifying-ly, you still held all the lyrics in that great melon on top of your shoulders. What I am talking about is when you’ve heard a song a bajillion times, you probably even know the lyrics, but you’ve never REALLY LISTENED to them. Or maybe you understood to the best of your knowledge, but then life happens and your life experiences broaden and now the song you’ve heard dozens of times all of a sudden makes SO MUCH SENSE to you and your life. Well, my friend, recently had this happen to her and blogged about it. And now, here I am blogging about it as well… and now here I am blogging about blogging. Okay, wait, back on track.
So, I was listening to my ipod at work, probably on shuffle and this Ben Folds song came on. The first track on the above tape. It has a sad feeling to it, as does a lot of music I really love. All of a sudden I hear the lyrics “Elliott, man you played a fine guitar and some dirty basketball” and like that I got chills. Now, I’ve had this album since it first came out and it’s only now that I have realized the song was about Elliott Smith, another sad singer/songwriter that I love. I had the fortune/misfortune of seeing him live before he died. I say fortune/misfortune because I got invited to a private show for a different artist and then discovered Elliott was opening. Beyond thrilled, just slightly. Now comes the misfortune. He never made it through his songs. He attempted over a dozen of his songs, but would have to stop. He apologized to the audience and explained it was because he had fallen asleep on the plane in a weird position and had no feeling in his hand. Each song was like a little heartbreak when he just couldn’t finish it. At this point I had already heard about his substance abuse issues and worried it might have more to do with that then the poor circulation and nerves. I found an article here by a critic who mentions the performance. It was probably within a year I was sitting in my mom’s classroom. I was working at the middle school myself at the time and I was on her computer when I read that he had died. No more new music, no more chances to see him live and be redeemed. After hearing the Ben Folds song I checked out Elliott’s wikipedia page to discover there have been several other artists who have written song for or about him after he passed. Rilo Kiley’s “It just is” and “Ripchord” and Rhett Miller’s “The Believer” to name a few.
So, as I’m composing this post I’m listening to a Ryan Adams station I’ve created on Pandora and guess what. The Ben Folds song above just came on. More chills.
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Hello, my name is Robyn and I hatched from a Kinder Surprise Egg. Print Designer by day, Inspiration Junkie by night.
