B and F

B and F prints are now up in the shop! F is one of my favorites because while designing it I realized I was going to have to get creative with robot anatomy if I was going to design 26 distinct robots.

H and W

H and W have just been added to the shop. Hooray for letters!

Happy New Year!

For those loyal enough to be checking up on my long-neglected blog, I'd like to share some new additions to the Etsy shop: Robot Alphabet prints! This is a project I began last July and finished up around October, taking breaks here and there for freelance work. I hope you all like them as much as I do. Happy 2011!

What I've been up to...

I'm between freelance assignments. Our taxes are filed. Penny's birthday party is done. For once I can focus on nothing but myself and the family. I've been cooking a lot, hitting the playground with Penny, playing accordion, doing lots and lots of shopping, having some fun nights out with my mom friends, going to yoga, and basically doing whatever feels good.

One Year

Penny turned one year old yesterday. I threw a robot-themed party for her and 15 of her closest baby buddies (and their moms). Making a robot cake was really hard! I have newfound respect for the bakers on Ace of Cakes. I used to think that seemed like a fun job, but now I don't want to look at another cake till Penny's second birthday. Still, it felt good to be creative in a new medium. I need to find more time for my artwork...

How to make homemade flashcards

Here's a cool idea I stole from my nephew's nanny: I printed out some images (some off the internet, some of my own), had them laminated at the local copy shop, cut them out into squares (with rounded corners no they're not pointy!), punched a hole in each one, and put them all on a binder ring (I think that's what they're called. You can get them at office supply stores). So easy and cheap! And the best part is you can put pictures of family, friends, and pets along with other words you want to teach your baby. As you can see, Penny is obsessed with her cards and carries them all over the apartment.

Rad

Someone out there needs to buy this rad terrarium footstool I spotted on Etsy. I can't quite justify buying it myself, but it is so fantastic. Photo by Hindsvik.