Artomatic 2009

There's only four days left to visit Artomatic - the 10th Anniversary has been fabulous and you shouldn't miss it just 'cause it's hot out and your feeling lazy.

What? You don't live in the Washington, D.C. area? Well, you can click here to get artomatic gear or make a donation for next year's event.

New STUFF

New stuff is coming - new library totes and new quilts. hup hup, huzzah!

Of course, I need to finish them before I can post pictures, but bright colours are being assembled and I couldn't be more tickled!

not quite ready yet

I have a little work on this week. You know, actually paying the bills kind of work, so it will be a little longer before I have finished re-organizing my workspace and have anything new to show you.

The ideas, however, that have been swimming around my head are sure to delight. Although the first thing you'll probably see is the fabric for my new curtains!

time for a little something

Actually it's time for a break. I've been in a bit of a funk, highlighted by the Chromatose call for entries, for which I could only think of varying levels of black in a monochromatic spiral.

I'll be posting notes and links to someof my favourite shops and artists, but I won't be creating anything new until I have gutted The Pit and created a more conducive working environment.

hopefully, in a week or two, I'll have a whole new line of things to post about.

A new week, a new weekend

It's a new week, which means we have a new weekend to look forward to! This weekend, well, just Saturday, I will be deep in the Heart of Baltimore (okay, St. Paul Street) to participate in the Charm City Craft Mafia's Big Pile of Craft. tee hee.

I know that I'm not the most indie-looking member of the group, what with my fairly staid library bags and log cabin quilts, however I do have some fairly weird rag dolls and, of course, my BagBooks, which should show me up rather well.

For reasons I cannot fathom (and I don't care enough about to postpone bathing any longer) I can't get the image to load, so click the link above for more info.

Where am I?

Actually, 'where else am I' would be a better way to put that query. I really need to get organized like Dotty and have a list of links on the left hand column, but I don't have the attention span for that at the moment.

So here (and there) I am:

On Facebook:
www.artist.to/tarabu

Flickr:
www.flickr.com/photos/imatarabu

Twitter:
www.twitter.com/imatarabu

Etsy:
www.tarabu.etsy.com


I don't think there's anywhere else, but when it comes up, I'll let you know.

Call for Entries: Chromatose

Nudashank Gallery (Baltimore) has an open call for all paintings for a show titled 'Chromatose'

Submissions must be postmarked by July 10th; show to run 21 August through 19 September, 2009.

Click here for submission details.

Me, I am thinking an excess of something monochromatic that sends one into a visual coma. Of course, I won't get anything finished in time, so I am hoping some of you out there will produce something fabulous that I can come look at (and feel bad about my sloth, vow to do better next time, &c) when the show opens!

HammerTime

This isn't going to make me watch the A&E special, but it did kill several minutes of my afternoon, and for that I am grateful:

Schedule Updates

Thanks again to everyone who came out to the Reservoir Hill Home & Garden Tour. If you only came for the shopping and didn't make it through the tour, I highly suggest you go back for it next year.

This coming weekend I will be at the Uncork the Fun!/Great Grapes Wine Festival at Oregon Ridge Park. Another fabulous location, with great wines, music and (of course) artists and other crafts vendors. Buy discounted tickets here.

Reservoir Hill, see you there 'hon

Today and tomorrow I will be enjoying the unseasonably mild weather of downtown Baltimore at the Reservoir Hill Historic Homes event. This is the first time this annual event has included artisans and the best of BEST are there (if I may say so myself!)

Located off I-83, exit 6 - tickets are $10 at the event. See you there!

today, I covet:

You cannot tell from this image, but in two gorgeous hand-embroidered rows down the front of this quilt are all the signs of the zodiac. Click the link for some of the close-ups available.

And it's dirt, dirt cheap. If I didn't have such a scant show season coming up, I would totally buy this for me. I mean really, it needs to live on my futon with me and my cat. Just imagine the dreams you could have under this beauty!