When I said that in a couple of days it's going to be snowing pink around here. This is the view out of my car window this morning...
A rain shower hit right when the cherry tree's flowers were about done - and poof - instant pink snowstorm!
If you enlarge this one, you can actually see it snowing.
Beautiful, isn't it?
I went over to Tracy's house this evening to set up for the show we're having there this weekend. It looks gorgeous there as usual. There are some really talented craftspeople set up there. I'll take photos when I stop by there tomorrow. I think I've got all my mother's day presents picked out now. Wish us luck! Toby
These are my neighbor's trees. It's so cool to go outside these days. In a couple of days it will be snowing pink!
Oh, I'm always so excited to get new goodies in the mail. Here's the latest. It's a custom metal stamp I had made to stamp my logo on the back of my pieces. It's teeny tiny - like 1/4". Poor Devera's not going to be able to sleep tonight - she'll keep hearing me "tink tink tink-ing" with my hammer playing with my new toy.
I think my next design will be a big sheet of metal with my logo all over it. Talk about self gratification!
Hi all, hope you had a great weekend.
For any of you local guys who are looking to do something fun next weekend, I just wanted to remind you about the show Dave and I are going to take part in. Here's where it's going down:
Moss Street Studio
1938 SW Moss Street
Portland Oregon 97219
(503) 327-4899
Here's a map>>
I've got to get crackin and finish up some pieces - yikes! You'll see lots of new lampwork pieces from Dave and I, and we're joining up with another talented glass artist, a furniture maker, a paper arts person, and a couple others. I remember the first time I joined these guys I was a little hesitant - you never know if you're joining a group who knit doilies and make toilet paper covers (remember the ones that had the little barbie dolls coming out the top? I think my great grandma had some of those) Anyway, I was pleasantly surprised - this is a REALLY TALENTED group of artist. I'm excited to be a part of them. Anyway, stop by and say hi.
Oh, and here's a Sunday Devera picture. We went to the tulip fields yesterday in Woodburn. Beautiful as always. As quickly as we could say, "No, no, Devera" she lops off the first flower she can get her grubby little hands on. And then she's like a shark tasting that first drop of blood. We pretty much had to drag her by her ankles to get her out of the flowers. Here she is holding up her contraband...
Portland is so funny when the sun first comes out in the spring. EVERYONE comes out of the woodwork to soak up any ounce of sunshine available. Devera and I went for a walk yesterday afternoon and we saw every one of our neighbors - most of whom we haven't seen since, say, October. And the same thing comes out of everyones mouth, "Isn't it beautiful?!?" It's kind of cool to see an entire neighborhood in a good mood. Here's to more sunny days!
It's an excuse to surf a bunch of fun sites. It's a way to win a cool box of goodies. Whatever excuse you want to use, the seek indie scavenger hunt has started. Look for one of these...
Hiding somewhere on my site and from 4 other sites from this list:
http://www.seekindie.com/participants.html and you could win a really cool gift box chock full of fun stuff.
HERE'S YOUR HINT: It's good for giving gifts (you know, Mother's Day is coming up!)
Happy hunting!
Nope, I'm here. Recovering from a flurry of bridal orders. I've got something cool to show you though...
It's my teeny tiny trifold that I just got back from the printers. They're really cute - they're a little under 2"x2" and they tell the "magical story of tobyDESIGN" (well, the photos are nice, I'm not much of a copywriter). Best thing is that they're printed on recycled paper. It's really surprising how hard it is to find printers who will do stuff on recycled paper - and it costs like twice as much. Oh well - the price you pay for being green. If you want one, send me an email and I'll send you one. I'll have to find a teeny tiny envelope to mail it in.
Sorry, skipped off to Detroit this weekend to visit some family. I was a little (ok very) leery of hauling that kid through all the airports and strapping her into an airplane seat for hours and hours. But we all did really well. Devera has developed a new found fascination for airplanes, so she thought the whole concept of them was pretty nifty. And all I can say is God Bless Elmo! The secret to happy kids on planes is a portable DVD player. We plugged that kid into Sesame Street as much as we could (she'd watch that for hours if she had the chance) and it made life just so much easier.
It just completely wacks me out for some reason. Between the time change, the extra daylight, the warmer weather, it completely freaks me out, and I just didn't sleep last night. I'm a zombie now, but the cats sure appreciated that there was someone who would scratch their chin at 3 in the morning. I'm going to crash now.
This kid is such a goof ball (yes yes, and I'm perfectly sane - I know you were saying that under your breath). Devera likes to drag out my yoga mat and dance around on it. A couple of weeks ago I wanted to see what she'd do if I started doing some poses - and she's a natural! Can't you tell? I've booked here a trip to India to study with Iyengar next week.
I was at Fred Meyer (Portlands grocery/everything store) and say this little goofy metal bin that was on sale for about 500% off. And impulse shopper me put it and 6 other bins into her cart.
Who knew how handy this thing would be? I'm always misplacing my tools on my bench. I can loose something faster than you can say, "now where did I put the....."
I bought a bunch of plain magnets and now I can stick anything I need to find onto my little green board. Fantastic!!! It was pretty fun walking through Home Depot buying those with Devera. She'd stick them to different parts of the shopping cart and just giggle her little heart out.
Now, where did I put my keys?
