Cyber Monday Shop Update

 New Insta-Fuku Collars, Fairy Dust Potion Necklaces, and cosplay bows are up for sale in the shop. 

Click here to shop at Tiny Little Magic

Use the code CyberMonday2012 to get 15% off your entire purchase at check out.

Thanksgiving, Trees, and Old Memories

I prep my oh so sweet and should really be a dessert sweet potatoes the night before so I have one less thing to worry about.  I also grind my own cinnamon in a coffee grinder and cinnamon sticks I purchase from a local Korean market.

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone who celebrates it!

 We normally don't celebrate Thanksgiving on Thanksgiving day in our house really even though we go down to my father-in-law's house and eat in the early afternoon it just doesn't beat eating the meal in your own home with your Mom. My husband and I stared a second thanksgiving meal the day after to give both of our Mom's a thanksgiving with us, since neither are married and don't participate in the thanksgiving day meal we go to.

I usually set up my tree the week of thanksgiving and this year I had help from a little someone. That same little helper helped even more this morning by tearing off all of the ornaments from the bottom of the tree.

Another thing from over the break is this building. This was one of the busiest stores in my neighborhood before suburban sprawl killed it and the mall it was attached to over the course of less then 10 years.  It was the first to go when things started to go down hill but it has turned into blight after sitting empty for so long. Hopefully by tearing it down will attract someone new to the lot.

A Custom Fuku Collar

I had someone request my first custom fuku the other day and I have to say I am very proud of it. They wanted a navy on navy color scheme with the standard white stripe I use in most of my designs. I believe with this design I have come up with a good technique for making bows more and an even better idea of what to do with the scraps. (can we say mini fuku collars?)

It's like the Blue Dog

My husband has said to me tonight, and in the past, that my work based in nerdom/geekery will be my Blue Dog. The blue dog is a reference to George Rodrigue's famous Blue Dog paintings and how one simple thing has propelled him through out his life. Over the last few years I've slowly evolved a style that reflects my love of all things nerdy from cosplay self portraits to the unicorn horn I'm wearing in the picture above. This past weekend and the last few years have really proved to me the direction I need to take my work and the husband is really encouraging it after he saw the numbers I've pulled out of two shows in two weeks.

Maybe I can pull this off ....

the Holiday Bazaar 2012

Tonight starts the 2012 Holiday Bazaar at the Memphis College of Art. I've been doing this show since I first started at the college back in 2004, and every year has been different for me. I snapped pictures this morning of the show before everyone was set up and the hub-bub started later this afternoon with the 1 hour special preview party before it opened to the public in the evening.

The show runs at the Memphis College of Art tonight from 6 to 9 pm, and then again on Saturday from 10 am to 5 pm.

Memphis Comic and Fantasy Convention

Here are the few pics I captured last weekend at the Memphis Comic and Fantasy Convention at the Hilton Hotel and Convention Center. I had a pretty sweet spot right near the first door you come to when entering the dealer's room which meant I had lot of students visiting me, such as the lovely young girl who is modeling one of my unicorn headbands, during the school field trips.

 It was a unique experience compared to most standard comic book conventions (con/s). Normally a con doesn't start until much later in the afternoon on the first day but, this is the only one in the region that offers students a special field trip, started at 9 am. It made for a very long weekend with the early Friday start time but the entire event was success for me and the shop.

What's next? This weekend, 16th and 17th, the  is the Memphis College of Art's Holiday Bazaar. I've been doing this show since my undergraduate years at the college and I always have both my actual art work and a table set up for it but it's not like standard shows where you man your own table. The college runs the entire show and you pick up your art work at the end of it.

Hope to see you there!

Fat Cat Coffee Break

Fat Cat Coffee Break

I've just finished my first convention of the Fall/Winter Season and I'm using today as a coffee break the best I can with the kid home due to the holiday. I'm really surprised with how well I did at my first show of the season and even though it was a relatively small convention which included a field trip for school kids the first day of the con, it turned out to be a good experience. I know for sure I will be back next year with more key chains, unicorn horn headbands (I'll post a preview of these soon), and small zippered bags.

What's next?

The Memphis College of Art's Holiday Bazaar is this Friday and runs through 5pm on Saturday. This means I've got another show to prepare for in less then a week again and I need to fill out labels, create new inventory, and do a new inventory list. I've placed a large, okay more like a ridiculous, number of paintings in the art section and I've gotten a full table for my jewelry and cosplay items.

....and I really need to clean up the house today before it gets any later plus get a presentation ready for school.

Back to the grind...

I need new glasses

I was really trying to avoid having to get new glasses until the end of next year but it looks like that won't happen now. When I was getting my daughter out of the car this morning to teach at the Green Sunday lesson at the church I work at most of the year when my glasses fell off and hit the pavement. Normally when this happens they do not get scratched but, this time they hit the ground just right. A pretty good chunk of the special coating they put on glasses for people with astigmatism, like myself, was torn off and made worse by me thinking that it was a smudge and trying to clean my glasses. 

Now I need new glasses.

My husband's insurance will hopefully cover a good portion of the cost of my lenses but I know it won't cover everything I need. 

I'm offering up a coupon code for 15% off everything in my store Tiny Little Magic. 

At check out use the code: 

NEWGLASSES

 for 15% off your entire purchase at Tiny Little Magic. I'll also throw in an extra gift to every one who makes a purchase during this time.

I normally don't ask for help but the show season hasn't started yet and I need to be able to see clearly to drive, work, and go to school.