Will i get the illustration job? What do you think?

Here is one of the pictures I sent off today for a possible illo job. The person is putting together an educational classroom set. We'll see what they think. What do you guys think? I was debating a background color, but obviously didn't do it. I sent off a bunch of black and whites too. I'm glad I sent it either way.  It was one of my goals for the year to get work out there, wherever out there may be.  Just a goal not to over think things.

Tag, I’m it.

hrsj tagged me a while back so here goes... Go check out her art work here. INSTRUCTIONS: Remove the blog in the top spot from the following list and bump everyone up one place. Then add your blog to the bottom slot, like so: 1. Blairs Boys 2. Harmonia’s Cuppa Tea 3. Vaguetarian Tea Room 4. drawing on the walls 5. temporal millionaire Next, select five people to tag: 1. ialwayswantedtobeatenenbaum.blogspot.com 2. frizzillustration.blogspot.com 3. williebaronet.blogspot.com 4. http://colesedwards.wordpress.com/ 5. http://noveltyknees.wordpress.com/ What were you doing 10 years ago? I was working on courses for my teaching certification in Illinois. What were you doing 1 year ago? I was teaching Special Education at a public school in Florida. Five snacks you enjoy: 1. Soda (Does that count? I really love it, and it's bad for me which seems to put it in the snack category.) 2. Snickers candy bars 3. Speghettios 4. Salt and Vinegar Chips 5. Flamin' Hots-Cheetos Five songs that you know all the lyrics to: 1. Jellyfish: Baby's Coming Back 2. Tom Petty: Two Room Apartment 3. Jack Johnson: Better Together 4. Indigo Girls: Closer to Fine 5. Grateful Dead: High Time Oh, so many to put on this list, but these are ones I like to play on my guitar. Five things you would do if you were a millionaire:

1. Restore my VW.
2. Work on my house. (an air conditioner for starters!)
3. Take my whole family traveling with me.
4. Start a charter school with my like-minded teacher/social worker friends.
5. Be an artist, who's not starving.

Five bad habits:

1. procrastinating
2. eating junk food
3. being a perfectionist
4. staying up late even though I know I have to get up early
5. not confronting people

Five things you like doing:

1. drawing
2. sewing
3. running
4. playing on a drumline
5. playing with my little guy Eli
Five things you would never wear again:
6. Tightly cuffed jeans
7. Shoulder pads
8. Acid washed jeans
9. Moon boots
10. Leg warmers
Five favorite toys:
11. shrinky dinks (I loved these! I don't even know if they still make them.)
12. legos
13. bike
14. wiffle bat/ball
15. Nintendo...how could I forget! I used to play Zelda with my dad.

Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Missing Sewing Machine

Finally, after days of searching through boxes at our new house, my sewing machine has been found!  It was in one of the many unlabeled boxes that were hastily packed on moving day (oh, to remember that crazy day...glad it's behind us!).

The project that was boxed before we left Florida is now out and ready to be worked on at my new pad. Get excited kids! The unveiling is now only a short time away. What?  You want a clue you say?  Time for another zine?  Nope, it's not paper and it's sewn by me with love.  I will tell you this, it satisfies all the things that make a toy good.  1. It is small enough to put in your pocket and take with you. 2. It's cute (what can I say, I like cute...maybe you don't) 3. It's fun to share with your friends.

More to come...

I'm back...finally!

Thanks to those of you have still been visiting my site even though I wasn't.  I've been busy moving.  Moving, as much as I planned for it still came up on me quickly and then the whirlwind of packing, closing, driving (FL to NY with two cats and one sweet boy), closing, unpacking, fixing, fixing, fixing and trying to live normally seemed to take up weeks without me even knowing what day it was...it's been crazy. But, I'm back, and I'm drawing and making cool things again and will be updating you all on the ongoing fun as it happens right here!