tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80633033793861221352024-03-14T01:01:26.316-07:00Rock n Roll CraftsElaine Elwick Barrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01518939621417554846noreply@blogger.comBlogger116125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8063303379386122135.post-21817300721352546732013-01-30T07:16:00.001-08:002013-01-30T07:16:24.222-08:00Feature Feature<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Visit Stencil 1's <a href="http://www.stencil1.com/blog/4472/quilting-time.html">blog</a> for an article I recently wrote about stenciling your own quilt! </div>
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Elaine Elwick Barrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01518939621417554846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8063303379386122135.post-36795743393115440502013-01-21T07:52:00.002-08:002013-01-21T07:52:28.213-08:00Regular Programming<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I had the chance last week to meet up with my dear friend Ed, from <a href="http://www.stencil1.com/">Stencil 1</a>. As is his norm, we went for mexican food and, with my sister, got caught up on the last year. Oh how time flies!</div>
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I first contacted Ed back in 2008, wanting to use his stencils for my demo, when I worked for a local inkpad company. Luckily enough, we both were headed to Chicago that July, and this picture is of the first time we met in person; </div>
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A lot for me has changed since then. This was the last time I had what many would call a regular..maybe day job? I hated the commute but I loved the creativity of the job. and so, I would like to start out this year of 2013 with a flashback to the purpose of this blog. DIY projects, how to's, and..look what I mades! So, stay tuned..projects are a coming! and thanks to everyone for holding my hand on this roller coaster. </div>
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As I sat trying to unwind this massive knot of baker's twine, I started to contemplate my life in string. Where once it was wound nicely and neatly on a beautiful golden spool, it has now become a mess of knots and tangles. No easy fix, no cutting away the messy parts without touching the good parts too. And as I work out these tangles, I start to feel slow in the process and question all of the work it will take..yet I know that progress is progress. and if I keep working at it, I may find myself with a full golden spool. or not. </div>
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I don't for one second think the world is coming to an end. Just for the record. I think there are a lot of people who would like the world to end, or at least the world as we know it. With it's heartbreak, sorrow, depression, hurt and anger, this world can be a hard and often devestating place to be. But I think that in a way, our world is coming to an end..and this is a good thing. We live in a world that values money over lives, profit over safety, selfishness over selflessness and excuses over action. If that all ended, would that be a bad thing? Maybe there is no blue comet or Planet X or nuclear war, but we can have our own apocolypse of behaviour. We can say goodbye to all of the negative and hurtful ways we treat and regard eachother.<br />
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Gabby and I made a 'zine! It's the Snow Angelzine and it's full of craft projects, song lyrics and more! Craft projects include a Snow Angel Mobile, a Paper Doll and a yummy apple crisp recipe from Mimi La La..</div>
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Now available and really hot off of the presses..you can order a copy on our etsy site; <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/GabbyLaLaHandmade">Gabby La La Official Handmade Merch</a> or come see us at a show! </div>
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The first one of these I made was for Gabby La La's baby shower! She opened it to many oohs and aahs and inspired me to make more. They make great overnight bags, diaper bags..you know. If you like big bags, like I do..you'll love these! The bigger the better..more room for smaller bags. :)</div>
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So the new venture is here! and I'm half excited and half nervous..like an emotional centaur. I have fallen in love with making clothes, especially from other clothes. It feels like every other thing that I have worked on in the past, is contributing to this project. The composition of paper collage, the I can make anything attitude..all just folds right in. I chose the name Unicyle Assembly for a couple of reasons. For me the Unicyle is a lot like a Unicorn. Impossible. Unbelievable. Out of Reach..and all of those things are also what I've been telling myself my whole life, regarding fashion and my style. Having been a big girl ever since puberty, I have had a tumultous relationship with my body. I've hated it more than I've loved it, to be completely honest. I used to play a lot of sports when I was younger, always working out and going, going, going..and I still had a spare tire. I had terrible eating habits, starving myself as if I were not worthy of a meal. And so growing up this way, I never thought I could be a poster child for high fashion. </div>
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Well, through time and love and understanding..I've become Popeye. I am what I am what I am. and I love me. and I love having on an outfit that nobody else would or could ever wear. I sometimes want to fade into the background, but I don't ever want to just be one of the crowd, either. I digress..so Unicycle Assembly says to me, it's unique, it's amazing and it's been put together quite deliberately. I'm currently loading up my <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/UnicycleAssembly">etsy shop</a> with my first 14 dresses...Let me know what you think!!!</div>
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Keeping the wheel of creativity rolling, I'm delving into a whole new project. Something very different for me, but something that I have been searching for, for a long time. I'm in the midst of rebranding, renaming, reshopping..and as soon as all of that is settled, I'll post! </div>
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This song has been my go to mantra when the money woes really get me down. Like today. My husband and I have this rotating fight that usually happens the day or two after he's gotten paid. Today's version was exquisitely painful. I haven't worked regularly , full time, in almost ten years. I've spent the majority of this time with part time jobs, freelance jobs, working craft fairs, trying to sell things I make..working in a hot dog stand. I really feel like I'm trying. I also feel like an idiot. and today's argument crossed the "well I make all the money, so I get all the say" lines. and I couldn't take it. I said, "Just because I'm not bringing money in doesn't mean I don't have an opinion". Crash boom bang, he leaves early for work and I get to stay home and wallow. </div>
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I'm not entirely opposed to getting a 'real' job..but what exactly am I quailified for? I spent nearly 12 years working in the craft industry, being the crazy creative person that I learned I am. How do I translate that into an office job? I don't get very many call backs. and yet I'm still told that I don't even try to get a job. I know my husband and I have very different philosophies on a lot of things..but we just can get to an even ground on this. It's driving us both nuts. </div>
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I had my sister take this photo last week, as an homage to two things that I love and that I have had in my life for a long time. It was my immediate reaction to the news that I had been fired. Or let go, laid off..my assistant 'dream like' job has come to an end. Still in shock, I needed a picture of my two old friends.<br />
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I am blind as a bat and have given up on contact lenses. Too much maintenance. I got this pair of glasses in 1998 at a Kaiser hospital. They've never fit perfectly, are a bit cracked on the right side and the lenses have seen better days. But I literally cannot live without them. I do get tempted every once in a while to replace them with something a little less trendy, but not having health insurance..that temptation fades quickly. and so I look to them as a friend, as a companion, as a part of me. They've been everywhere I've been. Everything I see, I see through them. Scratches and all.<br />
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One of the things I absolutely love about my new job is the fashion. For years and years, I've been wanting to make my own clothes. Growing up a large child, being a large teenager and carrying that largess into my adulthood, I've always had a love hate relationship with my clothes. I have always felt like I dressed in what fit me, not neccessarily what I liked. I lamented this to my mother in law once and she said, well they have a plus size section at nordstroms. Except that I don't shop at Nordstroms. and I've never spent crazy money on clothing. Just the neccessities..and lots of hand me overs from my mama. So, I got by. I tried to coordinate well. Adding a little funk here and there with colored socks, or a funny t shirt or two. and I tried making clothes with patterns, only that made me really dislike sewing. So much so, I hid my sewing machine. and then the question became, what would I make? What is comfortable? What would I want to fill my closet with?</div>
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So a little bit about Mori Girls; Mori is Japanese for forest. So imagine you've fallen asleep in the middle of the forest and while you were dreaming, the whole world as you know it fell apart. The stores, the factories, every little bit of convenience that we've becomed accustomed to has ceased to exist. What would you cover yourself with? What would you wear? The idea is that you would have to cobble together whatever you could find. And that's where Mori girl fashion comes in. A loose, second hand, layered look, taking advantage of all materials that are available to you and are still comforting and comfortable.</div>
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I take this to mean, that I will transform my wardrobe to reflect what I already own, what I scrounge and what I love. Everything is comfort first. Google mori girl fashion to find out more about it's japanese sub culture and origins. and check out my pinterest board; <a href="http://pinterest.com/eeebarr/mori-mori-girls/">Mori Mori. </a></div>
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A happy, smiling, giggly girl, that's the me I project. That's the me that I love. One part Pollyana, one part Laughing Sally. A silver lining, a bright side, a reminder that not all is doom and gloom. A big plus sign of positivity. But we all know you can't be all sunshine and bacon, there is always another side. My other side, the brooding girl who is never good enough, she hides in an ostrich hole, only coming out in the safety of my home. My home, my office, my prison, my life. This is where I retreat to when life seems too big to handle. I don't reach out. I don't make phone calls and lunch dates. In fact, I pretty much gave up on answering the phone and making any calls at all. I didn't have anything to share or to offer.<br />
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The last year has been a big hibernation year for me...and I thought all sorts of things. I'm too old to not know what I want to do with my life. Look at all of these great, together people I know on Facebook, the creative geniuses on Pinterest, the comic masters of Twitter..I'm none of those. and I started to be really mean to myself, shoulda-ing all over the place. I felt really lost, like I knew I wanted to do something new, something fun, something tangible and meaningful ..but I didn't know what. and that's a terrible, useless feeling. and then add to that, getting months behind in my rent, mooching off of my generous sister, not having even a clue as to how to make that cash. Feeling like I was disappointing my husband, burdening him with my mental masturbation. Betraying all of my friends, feeling like I'm not much of friend to have at all, grieving still for my grandma...I had moments of wanting to give up. I won't lie. I've been in those depths before, I've visited often in my 35+ years. I tried once when I was 20. I felt like there was no future and that I wasn't destined for this earth for long. It was such a terrible mistake and I am really thankful that I threw up and was able to grow up. I'm still here and I'm shaking off this death wish, but it's a hard one. I didn't realize until recently how much it had infested my whole life. I didn't really think I would be here long enough to do anything, achieve anything, learn anything..create anything. I'm flipping that on it's head and stabbing it through the heart.<br />
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Because even though I've been living in the dark, there have been those shining moments; getting to work with, getting to know and touring with Gabby, cash mobbing with Melissa, eating cake, raising kittens, hanging out with the family. Loving my husband. and I got a job. I applied for nearly everything under the sun. Not really wanting to get back into the system, the daily grind..but not able to make it any other way. Until one day I looked at Craigslist and there was a listing for an assisstant. and it read almost like my life itself. and I got it. In fact, I said to my sister; "I'm the best for something!" and I really felt that way. A year or two of no call backs, failed interviews, pointless information sharing had taken it's toll. But this new job, assisting Charissa at<a href="http://www.curlycuedesign.com/"> Curly-Cue Design</a> has breathed fresh air into my lungs. I'm unafraid of my sewing machine, making upcycled clothes like the world was on fire...helping to tighten the lug nuts on the tires of this business. We work in her home studio, in the beautiful northern california west coast..it's been great for a lot of things. and especially for my psyche.<br />
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So, as I digress, I felt like I needed to unload some of these truths, so as I move forward, I'm doing it with less baggage. Fewer chips on my shoulder. One less monkey on my back. I've not been a faithfull blogger, because like in the rest of my life, I have felt like there wasn't much to share. Not that I needed to brag all the time, but Pollyana only wants to blog about sunshine. But I'm here to say that I want more TRUTH and the truth is, there are moments of pea soup fog and heavy rains..and I'll be sharing those too. I will write instead of hibernate. I will reach out instead of hiding away.<br />
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A few weekends ago I was desperate for a project to work on. You know how sometimes you really want to make something you just don't quite know what? Yeah, I had that! So, I got to thinking about how much I love playing board games with my family..and it struck me that it can't be that hard to make! So I made a drinking game in honor of Cinco de Mayo. The fun part is I only just used one piece of mat board, a sampling of Sharpie markers and, of course, some beautiful stenciled images from <a href="http://www.stencil1.com/">Stencil 201</a>!<br />
I used an old scratched record and a mixing bowl to create the large circles and then just started filling them in! Let your imagination run wild!</div>Elaine Elwick Barrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01518939621417554846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8063303379386122135.post-77309883741187804032012-04-12T13:33:00.001-07:002012-04-12T13:33:59.350-07:00Pinteresting<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/279152876872270315/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="218" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bYZwXVGd4yc/T4c6T3brmOI/AAAAAAAACpY/hz-YUy36Dps/s320/gnomes+on+holiday.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Seven Simple Stencil Projects</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;">featuring stencils from Ed Roth's newest book, <a href="http://www.stencil1.com/">Stencil 201</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">1. Stenciled Gift Bags</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">2. Stenciled Stickers</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">3.Stenciled Journal</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">4. Stenciled Magnets</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">5.Stenciled Gift Cards</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">6. Stenciled Framed Art</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">7. Stenciled Door Sign</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.stencil1.com/">Stencil 201</a> includes 25 reusable laser cut, plastic stencils, which makes them very long lasting and versatile for use in many different projects. With a copy of this wicked inspiring book and the above supplies, the following Seven projects will turn you, like me, into a stenciling fooool! :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Slip a piece of cardboard inside the bag and trace image with ultra fine tip sharpie marker. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Fold top and add ribbon for extra festiveness!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Lay Phrases stencil onto white cardstock and trace each phrase onto sheet, using the black ultra fine point sharpie. Use a post it note to help hold the stencil down onto the cardstock. Remove stencil and color in each phrase according to picture. Use scissors to cut each phrase out and then apply double stick tape to the back. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Lay white cardstock sheet, 81/2 x 11, lengthwise and layer mushroom stencil across the front. Stencil with ultra fine point sharpie, remove and color in. Fold cardstock lengthwise to make a booklet. Fold copier pages in the same orientation. Use a hole punch to bind, by punching two holes along the spine of all of the pages. Feed a thin rope or string through and tie off. I also stenciled a few of the inside pages, just for fun!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On a piece of cardboard, I used a piece from a shipping box, stencil Bear and Tree using black Sharpie ultra fine point. Use the white color pencil to add highlights to the design. Cut out with scissors along the lines of the design and adhere magnet to back. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Lay Bird On Branch stencil onto white cardstock, in the landscape orientation. This design will go across the whole page, creating two cards at once. Stencil with black Sharpie ultra fine point, remove and color in with navy blue Sharpie fine point. Cut cardstock in half along the 11" side, creating two panels. Fold this panel in half to create an A2 sized gift card. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">{This is a fun example of how you don't always have to use the whole stencil. }</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Use the Stencil 1 spray on the solid part of the Bear stencil on the white cardstock, which is cut to the size of the frame. Add the detail with Sharpie markers.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Supplies; Phrases Stencil, Star Background Stencil, Waves Backround Stencil, Cardboard, Black Sharpie ultra fine point, Navy Blue Sharpie fine point, White color pencil, hole punch, rope, scissors</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yYvalNQtQ28/T3t389011lI/AAAAAAAACmI/K-6pxwlyplo/s1600/7SS10a.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="318" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yYvalNQtQ28/T3t389011lI/AAAAAAAACmI/K-6pxwlyplo/s320/7SS10a.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Cut a rectangle piece of cardboard, like a panel from a shipping box, and stencil Make Something phrase with the black Sharpie ultra fine point. Remove stencil and color in with Navy Blue Sharpie fine point markers, add highlights with white colored pencil. Use the white colored pencil to stencil stars and wave background. Punch holes in each of the top two corners and tie rope to hand from your craft room door!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-11RY2PoAkCQ/T3t4CsAHPkI/AAAAAAAACmg/kmi7EM58Uxk/s1600/7SS10d.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-11RY2PoAkCQ/T3t4CsAHPkI/AAAAAAAACmg/kmi7EM58Uxk/s320/7SS10d.JPG" width="320" /></a></div></div>Elaine Elwick Barrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01518939621417554846noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8063303379386122135.post-63779121282532214452012-04-02T14:07:00.000-07:002012-04-02T14:07:27.285-07:00No Angel Like Snow Angel<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ResqNfi67M0/T3oT0HQjvDI/AAAAAAAAClQ/1ez-6bS88V8/s1600/SnowAngel1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="221" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ResqNfi67M0/T3oT0HQjvDI/AAAAAAAAClQ/1ez-6bS88V8/s320/SnowAngel1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">While I have a working camera, thought I'd catch up on the things I've been making/doing laterly. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Including these hand stamped/stenciled posters for Snow Angel, Gabby La La's newest incarnation.</div><br />
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Yes! I stamped and embossed..with neon powders! I did, of course, manage to burn myself with my heat tool, but that is to be expected. So out of practice I am.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I had fun with this version, done with Stencil 1 sprays..it's what I thought was a faux 3-D, but thanks to Gabby super fan, Joe!, we discovered they really are 3d! You need the red/blue 3d glasses..and it makes you feel Drunk! Weeeeeeeee!! I've done this one on t-shirts as well..more coming soon!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and for a Snow Angel music fix, check out their cover of Lykke Li's Love Out of Lust..it's beautiful!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Elaine Elwick Barrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01518939621417554846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8063303379386122135.post-3810800995247317472012-03-30T11:51:00.000-07:002012-03-30T11:51:53.321-07:00I'm In Stencil 201!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;">Hello blog, how are you? </div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Lonely and bored and it's your fault.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"> I know, I'm sorry. But I'm back and with goodies!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>They better be good. It's been a while.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">What could be better than a feature on Ed Roth's Stencil 201 and a shrink plastic project?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Well, don't keep me waiting...any longer. </i></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Stencil 201! It's been here for a while and while I've been in the dirges, this wonderful book has also been waiting for me to get to it. The format is just like Stencil 101, except this time the stencils are laser cut plastic and there are projects featured from artists all over the crafting scene. Including Jenny Hart, Erica Domesek, Author and guru Ed Roth and Me!</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here's my two page spread extolling the virtues of stencils and shrink plastic. say cheeese!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I love this project of stencils on old plates! </div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and I would sooooo totally do this to my hair. Ok. Yes, I tried and it ended up looking like this;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I digress..so I was very inspired to do a new shrink plastic project by one of the new stencils, this great looking Day of the Dead skull. </div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Shrink plastic, Sharpie marker, colored pencils and stencil. Ready to go. <span style="text-align: left;"> </span></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is everything after the shrinking. I was going to make a pin, but that came out horribly..so I switched over to some fancy clips...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">{yes, I make a lot of really ugly looking stuff, that I usually hide or take apart. It </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">isn't always all roses.}</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Fancy Clips! Thank you Ed!! You are an inspiration!! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">For more information about Stencil 1 visit; <a href="http://www.stencil1.com/" style="text-align: left;">http://www.stencil1.com/</a></div><br />
</div>Elaine Elwick Barrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01518939621417554846noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8063303379386122135.post-27881138202184528692012-03-01T08:35:00.000-08:002012-03-01T08:35:15.578-08:00Goo Goo for Goyte<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8GwC4dcihns/T0-j1wSGqQI/AAAAAAAACkI/JQJhi-Hh9o0/s1600/196215-gotye.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8GwC4dcihns/T0-j1wSGqQI/AAAAAAAACkI/JQJhi-Hh9o0/s320/196215-gotye.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Oh, what does one blog when one has not blogged in so very, very long? How about a current obsession. I mean <b>obsession</b>. I saw comments posted here and there about 'Somebody I Used to Know' by Goyte. Once the fervor calmed down a bit, I checked it out and now can't stop listening/singing it. The melody is beautiful, the lyrics are haunting and the video brings it all together. I've seen most versions and remakes of this song, but the original is truly the original.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I liked this cover too..for a while. But I went back to Goyte, I missed him.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Goyte and Kimbra live..I also love her.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and then I started listening to his other songs...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Elaine Elwick Barrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01518939621417554846noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8063303379386122135.post-58969516676575827492011-11-15T11:00:00.000-08:002011-11-15T11:00:51.699-08:00We ARE the 99%<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">I've been watching, cheering and supporting all of the Occupy movements..so happy to see so much participation, awareness and need for change. It's inspired me beyond words and into pictures..I've drawn these so far..with a few more in the works. Power is the People.<br />
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</div>Elaine Elwick Barrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01518939621417554846noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8063303379386122135.post-24176345142280995022011-11-03T14:52:00.000-07:002011-11-03T14:52:23.045-07:00Snow Angels Go North<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">I recently went on tour with Snow Angel, as their Tour Manager, to the great northwest! We rocked into Portland, hit up Eugene and ended with a fabulous Halloween party in Healdsburg, ca. What a trip!! Here's a video of our first day...<br />
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</div></div>Elaine Elwick Barrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01518939621417554846noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8063303379386122135.post-73312274382183760122011-10-20T08:23:00.000-07:002011-10-20T08:23:36.330-07:00Oliver's Jacket<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Most of the designers seem to be a lot better at talking about how great they are, without really showing it. My early on favorite was Oliver, just because he seemed kind of weird. I loved his fauxopean accent and asymetric haircut. Then came all the fat bashing. Maybe it was just because he's so young and inexperienced, but he seemed to go into panic anytime he had to design for something other than the mannequin. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So, one night the hubs and I came up with this little ditty..just for Oliver. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's called Oliver's Jacket.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>"There are other people in Designer Clothes</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Like Oliver's Jacket</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>I don't know what is a double d</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Won't somebody explain to me</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br />
</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>I cannot make you designer clothes</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Like Oliver's Jacket</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br />
</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>You hurt my eyes</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>With your plus size</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>and your thunder thighs </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>oh I so despise</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br />
</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Oh why must I design</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>with my desperate cries</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>a double wide</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Oliver's Jacket?"</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br />
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</div>Elaine Elwick Barrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01518939621417554846noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8063303379386122135.post-15209705912025017582011-10-06T08:17:00.001-07:002011-10-06T08:17:01.330-07:00Occupy<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
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We write so that all people </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">who feel wronged by the corporate forces of the world can know that we </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">are your allies. As one people, united, we acknowledge the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">reality: that the future of the human race requires the cooperation of </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">its members; that our system must protect our rights, and upon </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">corruption of that system, it is up to the individuals to protect their </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">own rights, and those of their neighbors; that a democratic government </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">derives its just power from the people, but corporations do not seek </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">consent to extract wealth from the people and the Earth; and that no </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">true democracy is attainable when the process is determined by economic </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">power. We come to you at a time when corporations, which place profit </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">over people, self-interest over justice, and oppression over equality, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">run our governments. We have peaceably assembled here, as is our right, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">to let these facts be known. They have taken our houses through an illegal foreclosure process, despite not having the original mortgage. They have taken bailouts from taxpayers with impunity, and continue to give Executives exorbitant bonuses. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">They have perpetuated inequality and discrimination in the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">workplace based on age, the color of one’s skin, sex, gender identity </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">and sexual orientation. They have poisoned the food supply through negligence, and undermined the farming system through monopolization. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">They have profited off of the torture, confinement, and cruel </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">treatment of countless nonhuman animals, and actively hide these </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">practices. They have continuously sought to strip employees of the right to negotiate for better pay and safer working conditions. They have held students hostage with tens of thousands of dollars of debt on education, which is itself a human right. They have consistently outsourced labor and used that outsourcing as leverage to cut workers’ healthcare and pay. They have influenced the courts to achieve the same rights as people, with none of the culpability or responsibility. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">They have spent millions of dollars on legal teams that look for </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">ways to get them out of contracts in regards to health insurance. They have sold our privacy as a commodity. They have used the military and police force to prevent freedom of the press. They have deliberately declined to recall faulty products endangering lives in pursuit of profit. They determine economic policy, despite the catastrophic failures their policies have produced and continue to produce. They have donated large sums of money to politicians supposed to be regulating them. They continue to block alternate forms of energy to keep us dependent on oil. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">They continue to block generic forms of medicine that could save </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">people’s lives in order to protect investments that have already turned a</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">substantive profit. They have purposely covered up oil spills, accidents, faulty bookkeeping, and inactive ingredients in pursuit of profit. They purposefully keep people misinformed and fearful through their control of the media. They have accepted private contracts to murder prisoners even when presented with serious doubts about their guilt. They have perpetuated colonialism at home and abroad. They have participated in the torture and murder of innocent civilians overseas. They continue to create weapons of mass destruction in order to receive government contracts.* To the people of the world, We, the New York City General Assembly occupying Wall Street in Liberty Square, urge you to assert your power. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">Exercise your right to peaceably assemble; occupy public space; </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">create a process to address the problems we face, and generate solutions</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">accessible to everyone. To all communities that take </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">action and form groups in the spirit of direct democracy, we offer </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">support, documentation, and all of the resources at our disposal. Join us and make your voices heard!"</span></div></div>Elaine Elwick Barrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01518939621417554846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8063303379386122135.post-47178442459187137432011-09-29T10:38:00.000-07:002011-09-29T10:38:29.084-07:00Organize<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bW5sE17zfeY/ToSs7-zvOlI/AAAAAAAAChI/eXSx3vd-F7w/s1600/capitalism+isnt+working.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bW5sE17zfeY/ToSs7-zvOlI/AAAAAAAAChI/eXSx3vd-F7w/s320/capitalism+isnt+working.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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My brother Dave surprised me with one of the Best Belated Birthday presents I've ever laid my eyes on. I should have known something was up when he asked me a couple of weeks ago who my favorite Muppet is. Hands down, no hesitation, it's always been Gonzo. I still have a papier mache version of him that I made in first grade. So imagine my surprise when my brother Dave hands me this autographed photo of Gonzo by his maker himself, <a href="http://www.muppetcentral.com/articles/interviews/goelz1.shtml">Dave Goelz.</a> I hate to admit that I hadn't ever really delved into 'behind the scenes' for Gonzo, let's just say I stopped at the feet. Anyhow, okay..this man is amazing. He's not only behind, or under Gonzo, but also Boober from Fraggle Rock! All my favs..Thanks Dave and Dave!!!<br />
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