Silkscreening

I spent a morning silkscreening the other day. I had a few shirts that could use a 'lil sumthin', so I screened these.

Experimental carrots on the back of an old shirt... I like how they turned out.

Giveaway!

I'm doing a giveaway! It was inspired by Sew, Mama, Sew!, but I missed the deadline for signing up! So I'm just doing it anyway for the heck of it, even though I'm not on the official list of fun giveaways. The giveaways will be open until December 6th.

SO: what I am giving away, you ask? A set of three prints. The giveaway is supposed to be things that are handmade or can be used to make handmade things. My family is doing our second homemade/local Christmas, so I am all about the craftiness right now. These three prints are from original silkscreens I made, with frames made outta some old wood. They are primitive, but they work. All three are printed on cotton from old tee shirts. So they are reusing materials, are handmade, and can be used to make other handmade things. They are each about 12''x12''... give or take a little. They are fully washable.

The peace sign is black ink on red fabric, the robot is mostly blue (with some detailing done after printing) on lime green fabric, and the carrot is blue ink on light blue extra-stretchy fabric.

How to enter: leave a comment with your first name, last initial. I'll write all the names down and draw a name randomly when the giveaway closes. The next day I'll post the name of the winner and we can figure out how to get in contact. I suppose I'm willing to ship internationally, if people that far away are reading this, great!

Good luck to all, and give the list a look!

Care Packages

You know you're a lucky kiddo when your mom sends you fresh Vermont produce in the mail. Would she send me a pair of shoes or a shirt if I'd forgotten them? Probably not. But freshly pulled carrots from the garden in Vermont and my favorite variety of apples (honeycrisp)? Absolutely.

I awaited this package impatiently. I knew it must have arrived Friday afternoon, but alas, I can't pick up packages on the weekend! So when Monday rolled around, I went directly to the mail room. And some beautiful little carrots and two giant apples said hello when I opened the box. A few hours in my mini fridge and they were good to go. Biting into that apple tasted like New England autumn.

Sending them priority probably wasn't the greenest option, but technically it was local produce. LOCAL TO MY HEART! Plus, those apples and carrots came less distance than from Chile or New Zealand...