Sugar and Spice and Everything Kickass

My sister RAchel is the sweetest girl... she has a cooking business and she's very good to her customers... they think she's gentle and meek and a doll... but then... VROOOM VROOM!! After work she puts on motorcycle leathers and goes tooling around the countryside on her big fat BMW cycle! So there! She must be a tough chick, right? Well, I contend that we all have depths, and many of us are sugar and spice in one aspect of our lives, and everything kickass in another. I have a friend who is the NICEST person in car pool, and she also runs marathons. You tell me she's not kickass!

How 'bout you? Does this saying fit anyone you know?

Happy Happy Wednesday

Here's another new birdie..."I will" is her name... oh, maybe her name is Wilma? Yay - Wilma! I think the saying on the back of the pendant will be "She Will". Will what? Will think before she opens her big mouth, will hug first, will smile more, will bring more joy to the world. She will.

Oh, and another thing about Wilma. See the little white heart on her wing? That, dear reader, is from the place where a little bit of tape got stuck on there and when I pulled it off a heart was left behind and now I love Wilma to the moon and back!

On another note, I am looking for someone to work with me on soldering...how in the world do I do that...do I put a help wanted ad in the paper?

On another 'nother note - a fun quiz! Which celebrity death affected you the most, and why? I saw this post on Etsy, and it interested me...

Here's my answer:

John Lennon, without a doubt. I too was in college (UMass) and I'll NEVER EVER forget the roommate coming in to tell me Lennon died. At first I thought she said that Lenin was dead, and I didn't get it. I'm still not over it!

Fancy Museum Art and Unfancy Folk Art!

Ooh I had the COOLEST thing happen today! Eliz and I and our five assorted little artists went to the High Museum in ATlanta. WE saw Annie Liebovitz, Howard Finster, Mose Tolliver and a buncha stuff from some museum in France. Called the Loov, maybe? (har)... Then on the way home we stopped in the most intriguing gallery, Outsider Inside Art, or Inside Outsider Art.So we're looking around, and there's all kinds of really cool art there, and I see one of my favorite ebay artists from Canada displayed. THAT was cool. Her name is Helene Lacelle and I love her art!

But wait, there's more! After about five minutes of wandering around the store, I bumped into the store owner (almost literally), and we both looked at each other for the first time and shrieked, "I know you!" Then we had to figure out HOW we knew each other. Turns out, long ago in my previous life as a video tape editor (do they even make video tape anymore?) she was my client, with the ad agency Ogilvy and Mather. Oooh... now I want to try to remember what we worked on... not car spots, not Macy's, not jelly... Anyhoo, Kathy S. has left television and become the owner of the COOLEST gallery in Virginia Highlands! And now we're friends again!

What is her Name?

I tried something new with this Ladybird...she's outlined with white instead of black. I like it much better! The little face in the middle of her tummy is a Teesha Moore clip art from about five years ago... I can't believe that I've kept that sheet of paper for so long! I can't figure out what she's saying... I have a couple of not uplifting ones in mind that are kinda funny, but I like to be positive. There's "Sometimes She Misses Her Mind" and "She's a Bit of a Bird Brain" ...someone suggested "She traded her couch for a cute pair of sneakers"! What do you think?