Plus Plush Gocco Print
Originally uploaded by Peskimo // Jodie & David

Good morning! I hope everybody has a wonderful Friday to start off a great weekend with good weather.

Unfortunatly I have to go to the doctor in a couple of hours to have a cat bite looked at. It is really looking like it may be infected even though I cleaned it off right away with soap and water and then with peroxide later. Kitty has been following me around looking for love but honestly I am so ticked that I don't want anything to do with him for awhile. It really seriously hurt. I was crying so he bit my arm. I was supposed to be heading to NYC today but instead I will be at the doctors. I don't even think I will be able to go next weekend for the Etsy second annivsary party. If I can find a place to stay maybe but I just don't know how up for travel I am at this point in the pregnancy. Especially if I have to take the bus.

Back to what inspired this post. That would be this piece pictured above that I found while wandering around on Flickr last night makes me want to pick up my Gocco and give it a shot. While I see many wonderful Gocco images they have a certain designerly style that really doesn't mesh well with my own style. I'm intimidated by the Gocco to be quite honest. Silkscreening was the only print method in college that I didn't take to. But when I found a used Gocco for a ridiculously low price around my birthday I just couldn't resist.

After I get a few important things done if I have the energy I may just give Gocco another go. My stuff will never be this cute but I like this piece and am inspired by it. Funny how a piece that has so little in common with my work can find a way to inspire me to find my own way to make a certain technique work.

It isn't very likely but since she mailed them on Wednesday there is a possibility that I may get my goodies from Kate in the mail today. Sometimes things from NY come pretty fast. But it is more likely that I will get them tomorrow or Monday.

Square Magnets
Originally uploaded by m.Lee

These are coming and so many more goodies made by Kate Black with her button machines of many sizes. All of them are made using real artwork that either didn't work out or work that I made especially for this purpose on scraps of paper that were too small for anything else. Go upcyling!I would have loved to make them myself but I trusted her artistic eye and she didn't let me down. Not only do they look great but she took great photographs of them as well! Expect all sorts of goodies to be coming into my Etsy shop starting next week. If only I had asked for more square magnets. I guess I will have to make some more oopsie prints so I can get more of them! I can't wait for these puppies to arrive! I may have to squeal when I open the box.

I feel a bit better after sleeping many hours last night. There was a jackhammer going outside the bedroom this morning but that didn't keep me from sleeping. It woke me up and annoyed me but I was able to tune it out and go back to sleep. Little blee woke up kicking and that didn't stop me from sleeping either. I'm going to eat something and then finish cleaning off my desk while I still have the energy to do so.

While I still don't know what is going to happen this weekend I haven't given up hope that I will be able to go to New York. I just have to see how I feel today and decide at the end of the day.

Summer in the City - NFS
Originally uploaded by m.Lee

Summer in the City

I'll never sell the original but I now have a quality reproduction of it up on Etsy. Being able to share it while keeping this for myself makes me happy. I know I have probably done plenty of pieces just as good as this one but I just have such an emotional attachment to this piece I can't part with it. I love the shapes, the shade of orange with the hints of purple peeking out in key areas. Orange and purple is my favorite color combo after all and I think I pulled it off flawlessly here. I'm happy to be able to share it with people a year and a half after I originally made it.

I sold my first two reproduction prints to a fellow artist. She made a note in the sale that she hoped to be able to afford an original soon. She was a longtime favorite of mine so we worked out a trade. It was fun for both of us. I'm looking for art for the babies room and I try to trade art instead of paying with money whenever possible.

Do I go to NYC next weekend? I want to but it sounds so exhausting at the same time.