Two Stuffs

So, have I bugged you enough about the mother effing puppet show? So, we install it on Sunday, but the "event" is Friday the 17th. That's when the people in the show will do a performance with their puppets, and you totally want to be there! I just peeked at Kelson's theater that he just built for his show, and it is FABULOUS! I have no idea what Paul is doing, but I have a bet it will be disturbing and inappropriate. I am customizing a vintage dummy to use for my performance, and the dummy will HAVE HIS OWN SOCK PUPPET! I am not clear what our act will be like, but I've gone through it in my head, and to be honest, I am somewhat frightened at what might come out of my dummy's (Ambrose) mouth. He truly DOES have a mind of his own!

THEEEEENNNNNNNNN!!! As soon as that is installed, I am finishing up plush pieces to send to Seattle THEN making sketches for the Pabst Blue Rendezvous. I was so happy to be invited to do this again because I get to work next to adopted sibling Dan Gerdeman for a whole day once more!

Oops, forgot about the Exquisite Corpse show at ARTillery. That's also coming up soon. CRAP! I need to get busy. But first, some coffee...

New Obsession and SALE!

OMG! So we all had to do some raku stuff for the last show, and I was all like, "Um, none of us are ceramicists. Why is this a good idea?" THEN, after making some clay pieces and glazing them, and best yet, FIRING THEM, I'm like, "HOLY SHIT! I NEED TO MAKE MORE!!!" So my co-worker, Allison Buenger is gonna sell me a broken regular kiln to make a DIY raku kiln. And this isn't one of those things where the thrill wears off in a week like the dozens of other "great ideas" (I thought you were insane for making lampwork doll eyes a month ago, Sharon...) (Shut up! I still might make glass doll eyes. You don't know. You don't know me.)

So there's that. ANNNNNNND I just put some new junk in the new store (some old junk too). Actually, it's all old junk left over from shows, but that just means everything is SALE PRICED! That's right, SALE PRICED! And there's a bunch of other shows coming up too, so check back around holiday shopping time for some other REJECTS!!!

While you were sleeping...

I go to bed pretty early. My kids stay up super late. I never know what they've been up to until I check the web history in the morning or go downstairs to see if anything's been set on fire.

This morning I awoke to find Siamese twins on my bedroom floor.

Greeen!

Dave is almost finished painting the bathroom. It's greeen! I can't wait to get new towels and other shit to go with the new walls and the new sink. There's sooooo much to do with this crazy house. The front yard is a JUNGLE! We're gonna level that, oh yeah, oh yeah. Guess what I hate to do? Garden. We lived with many people over the years with good gardening intentions, but now that I am queen of this house, it all GOES! If anyone wants to stop by and try to salvage any of the dying flowers or veggies, feel free. Guess what else is green besides my bathroom? Sod. Green is good.

Oh, yeah, guess what ELSE is green besides my bathroom and sod? Money. I'm gonna actually put the old store stuff in the new store and add a couple of things like the little heart devil that Daniel and I made and this cute bunny made out of matchboxes that I had in this show in Seattle called "Lit".

Oh yeah, oh yeah.

Breathe...

ACK! So many shows coming up in such a short time!!! I get sooooo excited when there's a whirlwind of art-making that needs to happen. I wish I had a thing to fold space and time so's that I can squeeze a day that doesn't exist to anyone else here-and-there in between the real-life days. Two shows that I don't have up on the side yet are the next awesome installment of Por Vida (click on link for info!) and this cool fundraiser show organized by Columbus Artmobile called Exquisite Corpse. These are going to be awesome!

Just had an organizational meeting for the puppet show today, and we came up with a title. It's "Alternative Socks and String Theories". I think this is going to be soooo fun! Kelson is planning quite an elaborate four-act show. I have not written my script yet, but in my head it is cool. I think the shows will start around 8:30 that night. Don't know what Paul has planned yet. SQUEEEEEE!!!

Almost finished with the bodies for the pieces for the Plush You! show. I think me and the boyfriend are actually going to fly out for the show! I can't remember the last time I went on a trip. Magic.

I am loooooooving the new job. It is so hard, but sooooo rewarding. It's been difficult initially to "figure it all out", but I think it's all starting to click, and in another month it will all be off the hook! My co-workers are so awesome and amazing. I am blessed.

O.k., that's it for now. Must do a bunch of stuff then try to get to bed before midnight. SO MUCH TO DOOOOOOOOO!!!

NEW!!!

OMG! So much new in The Shaz's life! One of the biggies is a NEW JOB!!! I can't even believe it's a job! I get to work with an awesome group of people at Open Door Art Studio (the picture in this post is a portrait of me made by the AMAZING Wallace Peck!). I used to sell plush creatures there a couple of years ago (when I had time to make "extra" things), and I remember thinking, "MAN, this would be a DREAM job!", and secretly wishing something would happen to Ashley so that I could try to work there (just kidding, Ashley!). And then at the PERFECT TIME, a job opened up there! It's sooooooooo crazy!!!
I need to update the side bar and stuff and change the headings to match the NEW BANNER (which will double as business cards!), but one show that's not up there yet is the Plush You! show in Seattle in October. I just found out that I got in, and I know this is a pretty big deal, so I am truly humbled. I've already started on two pieces (out of three), and I hope they will stack up against the amazing folks that will be a part of this show.
I'm also still in the process of designing the puppet theater skirt for the puppet show at Wholly Craft. We have a meeting about that show coming up, and I am stooooooooked!
GARRRRRHHHHH!!! Everything is going unimaginably well right now. It's almost like living in a fairy tale. Everybody is super awesome. I love you!

Update

So again, I have real live work deadlines and whatnot, so inevitably, I blog instead. It's like a little thing goes off in my head that says, "Sharon, why don't you wait until like MINUTES before your projects are due to actually start, THEN make everyone in your house miserable just to be in proximity to you. By all means PLEASE take some time to blog and maybe shop around on iTunes or make a playlist or Google hairstyles..."
You get the idea...


O.k., so are you going to OAL's One Night event, "Absolutely Absurd" this weekend? I LOOOOOVE the One Night events. They are always magical. AAAAAAAnd it's Alissa's birthday, so you HAVE to come and buy her some sort of drink. O.k.? So see ya there!