Harlot

 I've been thinking about getting another tattoo. Might go visit the studio tomorrow and add my name to the waiting list. I can't decide between ribs, or thigh.
I don't think I would ever want a person tattooed on me. But girls sure are fun to draw. I heard the word Harlot on a television show last night.
Okay, back to some real work now.

Girl

Ugh to all this rain. I am confused. I wore an outfit, similar to the above, last night to a letterpress art fundraiser called Queenslake. I wished I had $50 to buy a print but I don't spend that much on anything these days. The whole outfit above cost me $7 from a yard sale. Note to self: attend more yard sales.

I Found Out Where Unicorns Come From

My dreams make more sense than my real life does.
If you've never had a dream about Unicorns, you should. This is my second ever dream about unicorns and both have been set in my parents' paddock. I can therefore only deduce that there must be unicorns that live in their paddock.
I sleep more when I'm stressed out. Maybe I'll dream about unicorns. Or maybe I'll dream I'm a woman/bear/alligator making out with a cat, which is what I dreamt LAST night >_>

Cupcakes

I baked cupcakes last night and traded them for the second volume of Batman Black and White.

Procrasticat

After stumbling on some neat artist's blogs, Emily Carrol, Vera B, Kate Craig etc it eventually led me to Steve Wolfhard's Portrait-Dex. A place where cartoonists create Pokemon self portraits. It's entertaining and definitely worth a look if, like me, you just can't get enough of Pokemon related anything. It doesn't look like it is updated anymore but it kept me up half the night wondering what I might look like if I were a Pokemon...

Meet Procrasticat. It has a very stubborn nature and is easily distracted by things that are soft. If it's two heads cannot agree on an action it will not do anything at all. Special abilities include sensing when cake is within a 4 meter radius. It can often be found grocery shopping for things it doesn't need.

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While on the subject of Pokemon I feel it necessary to mention this article that was recently brought to my attention.
493 Pokemon Drawn as Sexy Anime Girls Because the Internet that's Why.

You're wondering what you might look like as a Pokemon now, aren't you.

Sparkletramp

I posted a while ago about my friend's fashion label and thought it deserved an update!

Hayley is still a fashion student but is already working hard with her label Sparkletramp.

Visit her blog here.
Become facebook friends with Sparkletramp here.

We did another photo shoot before Christmas, Hayley wielding the camera, me posing like an idiot and then editing the pics in photoshop.

Huge amounts of fun be I struggled to get my hair big enough! I wore this ruffle one last week for Hayley at Brisbane Threaded. A kind of young designer's night

A before and after photoshopping. Even half-decent lighting at the actual shoot makes it so much easier to photoshop.

This is the bath sponge that is actually inside my hair. I've got a clip-in white streak in my hair but I like it so much I'm considering getting a real one.

Sewing a Rainy Day Tote Bag

I made another tote bag with a simple little design on it. It's been raining a lot lately so the cloud is sad. I love humidity and sunshine! So poor summer weather makes me very sad.
Sad.
Sad.
Sad.
Sad cloud.
Happy jellyfish.


There is something so satisfying about turning this....

Materials!

Into this.....

Sad Cloud Happy Jellyfish

I used natural coloured Cotton Drill fabric for the bag, grey felt for the shapes, black cotton for the rain and legs and embroidery cotton for the faces.
Here is a basic pattern I made using measurements from a bag I bought years ago.

Bag Pattern

 Captions for everything!
I filmed myself making this one, not sure how the footage will turn out yet....

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