Candid Studios

Here's some pics of the front and back of the new (2010) banner for the Nye Beach Banner project. There are 40 artists going to donate their time and skills to making these banners which will be displayed in Nye Beach (in Newport, Oregon) through the summer on lamp posts. At the end of the summer - in November - they will be auctioned off in a silent auction and the proceeds (above initial costs) will be donated to support the arts in Newport! These are pics of the banner I did for this year....if you want to see pics of my 2009 banners, just ask! :o)en

I have been selected out of the (I don't know how many) loads of people who entered the "A Haunting We Will Go" contest for the ClothPaperScissors magazine! 14 finalists were selected, and the next thing to do is send in the actual item to the company and they'll decide from there! Scary. If this gets into the magazine, I might actually MAKE money on needlefelting....instead of just getting a couple dollars here and there! Now I just have to find a box to fit it into and safely ship it there! WAHOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

I did what I had planned. Uta and I had one last hurrah at the glass blowing shop. I had never made anything out of glass - not like this - so it was a BLAST!!! I'll be posting the video and pictures soon, but I think the glass float I made with Uta's ashes turned out excellent. Now, mom and louise want me to make a bunch of other floats using dead people. I don't think they understand how unhappy I am about Uta. Whatever. I still paint my nails black.

On Tuesday, February 2nd, my dog was put to sleep. She meant a lot to me, and I don't think it was her time. I don't know who reads this blog, if anyone, so I'm going to vent here. If I hurt your feelings, I'm sorry, but I'm pretty emotional about it. Uta just turned 15 in October 2009, and she was old, yes...but was it her time? Absolutely not. This video was taken just about 45 minutes before she was taken to the vet. Sure she was old, but she still liked to go out and wander around, walking with the cat, smelling all the things, etc. Boots used to go with us on our walks....no matter how short or long they were. I wasn't allowed to go with Uta to the vet. I had to say goodbye to my dog (technically my Moms dog, but Uta and I knew better) before they left. Mom said "I can't deal with YOU AND Uta AND me in the room!" What a load. I felt like I had let Uta down by not being there to let her know I wasn't abandoning her. Mom and Louise

I can't believe I've been so lax about keeping up with this! I've been really busy the last few months, so that's my excuse. I was making tons of new needlefelted things for a holiday craft fair, making Christmas presents, and I thought that I wasn't busy enough so I took it upon myself to take on a sign painting job and move to a new place, too. So, there. That's why I've been without words online lately. I feel terrible that I haven't kept up with my friends - and online is the only way that we have been communicating - and I don't know if any of them actually READ this, but if they do, I'm sorry I've been unreachable. I'll try to be better. :o)en