Star Crafty

These are my projects, in semi-order of priority:
01) Edit Cecilia and Lincoln's 500-ish wedding pictures (shot this past weekend)
02) The Yearbook... yeap, as in MY high school yearbook. It's been 7 years since graduation. I think it's time this wretched thing gets finalized.
03) My Winter coat...which I am sewing. The cold has reached Vegas, finally. (Must also buy proper shoes...flip flops aren't so awesome during 30 degree winters).
04) Create and add products to Star Magnolia's Etsy shop. Not open for business yet. I'd like to have a mini sale by Xmas time. We'll see how that works, I remember saying the same thing back in July.
05) Learn about textile design. You might say this is trivial, but I digress. This just might get me far far away from Vegas, which is actually my Number 1 priority (yeap, I hate this town).
06) Update my website/portfolio. Important for the reason stated above.

So as you can see, I'm a busy busy busy busy bee. I have not socialized at all in Vegas because of all these projects. If they weren't important, I'd be out there. Possibly releasing charming pheromones to catch me a tall, handsome guy who cherishes Star Wars and Airplane alike. Oh well, that will be postponed till next year (it's not like I have time for a relationship, anyways!).

I am trying to devise a scheduling system of sorts. This may turn out to be a flop, but I need to give it a try, otherwise frustration over not accomplishing anything will set in... and, well, I'm sure we all know how that feels.

I gathered two articles about the festivities that appeared on Connect Magazine and Savannah Morning News, respectively here and here.

From Connect:

Shannon and fellow crafter Amy Nieto threw together the first Mutation fair in spring 2005 after meeting through a Savannah thread on crafster.org, which caters to independent crafters. Held at the now-defunct StarCCA space on Bull Street, Shannon and Nieto deemed their first fair a success after two months of planning, recruiting fifteen vendors and “200 to 300 attendees. Especially since we had no idea what we were doing.”

And that's exactly how it all went in Spring 2005. Two months of planning and absolutely no idea of what we were doing. But it happened and it's been one of the best experiences of my life. Never did I imagine I'd meet so many wonderful people.

Really. I mean it. To all of you who attended the craft fair this weekend (and past events)...THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

Not enough words to express my gratitude.

As was I, on Wednesday (had to work on Thursday). I am happy to report that I successfully cooked my very first turkey, Puerto Rican style, with the neurotic guide of my mother on the phone (wow, phone bill this month will be astronomical). It was DELICIOUS! Like, I'm not kidding you! MMMMMMMMMM

While that fantastic 13 pound was cooking its glorious self, I was baking sweet little cupcakes. This is the second time I've attempted to make them. First time... well, it wasn't quite the success I was hoping. They improved the second time around, and I will not rest until they are as delicious (or close to) as Back in the Day Bakery's out-of-this-world cupcakes. There's just one challenging obstacle in my way...

I suck at baking. I am the ultimate suck. Evidence can be seen in the images below.

I made pina colada!!!!!!! For the first time EVER. I am very proud of myself. VERY. The very dangerous part of this whole ordeal is that a full bottle of Bacardi Rum lies in my kitchen silently calling out to me in the middle of the night. But that's okay.

I'd like to illustrate how big my pina colada glass is. It's very huge.

That's me twirling abouts the giant glass. And that's a deSert rabbit. They're everywhere around here and every time I see one I yell, OH BUNNY WABBIT!!!11one!!! in a VERY high pitched voice.

Yes.

I am tipsy.

I love it.

I am drinking by myself.

I'd give anything to be sipping this pina colada with great friends and the promise of more alcohol.

*sigh*

YAY! Ladies and gentlemen I am proud to announce our next Mutation Craft Fair FUNtastic event to be held this November 17 through the 18th with a radical art show to kick off the weekend events on the 16th! It will all take place at Desoto Row/Starland Arts District in Savannah, Georgia. Meghan and I took a year long hiatus from Mutation (we both really needed it) to make sure this Mutation is better than ever!

Make sure you also stop by the Art Show at the Bamboo Garden in Desoto Row (Bull Street and 40th). Artist, animator, illustrator and fantastic person, Adam Levine will be raffling two of his whimsy Adimals plushies with proceeds going to the Big Brother Big Sister Organization.

Couple it with a simple yet effective song as Look After You by Colorado band The Fray and you have a bridge connecting all those past memories of your youth to... this, whatever it is now.

What's your memory of Wonderwall?

I spent two awesome days in San Diego with my brother, auntie and uncle and a quick visit to my darling friend Heather (from Savannah!). We were all enamored with this town. One of those places where you feel a certain vibe. I think I will research the job market over there. Oh yes.

And of course, I paid my visits to my Ocean, whom I hadn't felt in six months. How I love you.

Now that I am back in this wretched desert, I have to get back to my usual life of waiting tables, editing pictures, creating pretty things, planning Plan Bs to sail out of Vegas and draining him out my system forever.