so many things have been happening...

...a lovely card that Lou designed, featuring the birdhouse she and I made together for the Athens Montessori auction...








...new versions of Lou's chrysanthemum project...
she has been painting these for years, you can find them in the most wonderful places around Athens!...


...both the 24" and 16" diameter chrysanthemums are also available as tables!...




































...our booth at the spring Craftstravaganzaa!... I love the banner, and thanks again to Serra for putting on such a great show!...

...our show at the GRIT came down (after sweeeet sales!) , but we already have 3 more shows set up!...

Screenprinting

"wings" design reprint for 283 Bar.
...part of what I did today.

PROTOTYPE BIRDHOUSE

Here's the primed prototype birdhouse, that Lou and I are donating to an auction for Athens Montessori...

This will probably be a one of a kind!

Celebrating the 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF
ATHENS MONTESSORI SCHOOL

GRIT SHOW FLYER!

If you haven't visited the clipart blog, here's the (linked) flyer for our current show.

We just set up the Big Clip Art Show #2 at 5 Star Day for the month of June! New designs are already in the works!
snail, rockets, small bunnies, shooting star... YAY!

GRIT SHOW UP!

hey y'all!
it's been a while.
been busy...

http://bigclipart.blogspot.com/
Lou and I have a new project!

This link is excellent! It's a post about the disaster of the CPSIA.

And yes, as Holly points out, many of us did not see the insanely broad impact of this legislation until it was too late.
http://hollyjahangiri.blogspot.com/2009/01/open-letter-to-artisans-and-authors.html

This "preliminarily determines" amendment list is directly from the CPSA.
http://www.cpsc.gov/ABOUT/Cpsia/leadlimitsfr.pdf

Hi folks. Maybe you've heard about the new legislation that passed recently, maybe not.

It's the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA.)

Please check out this site to see that not only might my toys become illegal on February 10th, but thousands of small businesses could be forced to shut down due to unreasonable testing certification requirements!
All businesses that provide products for anyone 12 yrs and younger will be affected! Thrift stores will no longer be able to offer resale items intended for this age group!

Here are some other links that can better describe what is happening right now.

http://www.change.org/ideas/view/save_handmade_toys_from_the_cpsia

http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB123137430044662809-lMyQjAxMDI5MzAxODMwNzg0Wj.html

http://www.care2.com/greenliving/toy-story.html#comment-98030

http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/263549

http://coolmompicks.com/savehandmade/