Chanteuse: She's a girl but no one could tell...

I had to make a body so she'd look more like a female! She's going to go live with my friend Anne.

Pittsburgh Zoo: Afternoon with the Animals

Rob and I stopped at E2 on Bryant Street for breakfast. I had a DEELISH frisee salad topped with fried egg and bacon. There was goat cheese and pecans hiding under the egg. I feel like going back again today!

Even though it was one of the hottest days, the animals at the Pittsburgh Zoo

were fairly cooperative for the camera (plus a little Photoshop cropping and contrast work!)

...and the most dangerous creature in the sea!

I Made It! Market: I'll be selling June 27!

Everyone should stop by! The I Made It! Market is full of a wide variety of crafts and it's always an interesting all-ages crowd...dreadlocks to walking canes, you see it all!
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I Made It! Market, Pittsburgh’s nomadic indie crafts marketplace is celebrating our third birthday party on Sunday, June 27 from 12 – 5 pm in partnership with the American Jewish Museum and My Baby and Me, both located at the Jewish Community Center in Squirrel Hill.

The festivities include 50 local artisans selling handmade wares, hands-on activities for kids including pirate and princess hat decorating, collage making, and cake and balloons! For more information, visit www.imadeitmarket.com or www.jccpgh.org.

Art: BeeBoo Beads

I loved these little pink, periwinkle, and misty gold beads when I saw them on flickr so I hopped right over to Beth Mellor's etsy shop , BeeBoo, to buy them. (She has more like them if you want your own set.)  And it was fate that I find them because my childhood nickame was BeeBoo!
I stayed up way too late last night to finish my new necklace because I wanted to wear it today with my new shirt. And it just so happens they look perfect together! I tried to channel a bit of Lorelei's asymmetrical genius to make my necklace interesting.

Faces: Forest and City Dwellers

The Manager

The Exotic Chanteuse

The Lamenting Lumberjack

The Old Crone

Fabi: Beautiful Mosaic Mirror

Fabi of Madrid, Spain, made a lively and colorful polymer mosaic mirror. I love it! Now I have to think of some way I can use a similar technique. While I'm thinking of what that could be, look at the pretty mirror close up!

 She is multi-talented too. Take a look at her drawings, decoupage on interesting boxes , crazy coils that look like some sort of fat insect(!), fabric arts and more!