greenpepperpressblog

Michelle Ward/GreenPepperPress Blog

Day One: Dirty

November 6, 2007

No school for a whole week! That means a break for Mom too. Spent the morning in my jammies. Did a little shopping on ETSY (will share soon). Got to the post office just before closing. Had an impromptu pizza party. Can you smell my garlic breath from there? Got dirty in my studio with some spray paint. Couldn’t find my gloves so my hands almost look like this.. I’m avoiding cleaning. If you’re going to procrastinate you should at least be having fun making stuff, right? Blackletter is still my fave new font. Spray is still my fave old medium. And I haven’t evolved in my color selection – who says you have to?
Day One: Dirty

November 6, 2007

No school for a whole week! That means a break for Mom too. Spent the morning in my jammies. Did a little shopping on ETSY (will share soon). Got to the post office just before closing. Had an impromptu pizza party. Can you smell my garlic breath from there? Got dirty in my studio with some spray paint. Couldn’t find my gloves so my hands almost look like this.. I’m avoiding cleaning. If you’re going to procrastinate you should at least be having fun making stuff, right? Blackletter is still my fave new font. Spray is still my fave old medium. And I haven’t evolved in my color selection – who says you have to?
B.E.L.I.E.V.E

November 4, 2007

This story just came in from the Autism Today newsletter. Enlightening for parents of all children, teachers too. I love the message to BELIEVE in your child, whether they have a diagnosis or not.

Jene Aviram develops communication tools for families @ Natural Learning Concepts.

YOUR CHILD IS FASCINATING. MY CHILD IS FASCINATING. ALL MY CHILDREN ARE FASCINATING.

ENCOURAGE….TEACH….INSPIRE….SUPPORT….WITNESS….DELIGHT….BELIEVE!
B.E.L.I.E.V.E

November 4, 2007

This story just came in from the Autism Today newsletter. Enlightening for parents of all children, teachers too. I love the message to BELIEVE in your child, whether they have a diagnosis or not.

Jene Aviram develops communication tools for families @ Natural Learning Concepts.

YOUR CHILD IS FASCINATING. MY CHILD IS FASCINATING. ALL MY CHILDREN ARE FASCINATING.

ENCOURAGE….TEACH….INSPIRE….SUPPORT….WITNESS….DELIGHT….BELIEVE!
Swoooooooon!

November 2, 2007

So this week Belinda posted her clever icicle dolls (her second entry of the Goth Crusade) and I swooned over them. In particular this one below, THAT ARRIVED IN MY MAILBOX about thirty seconds after I commented on her blog. You know what that means? She mailed it before I even saw it and SHE KNEW I would flip out over it. It was wrapped in this lovely parcel with very handsome postage stamps and some yummy MOO cards too. Does she ROCK?

Also in this week was another unexpected surprise from Mary Ann. Yep, swooned at the envelope and all the goodness inside.

I know you wish you could see the

detail of the devilish message on

the package.

Isn’t she a scream?

Little did she know….

on the very same mail day that her

package arrived…..

the one below came from Tally.

Grave dirt from Israel!

And one of the cards from her

new business, check her out!

Thanks girls!

I’d seen MOO cards talked about on blogs but I’d never seen a real one until I got the ones from Belinda, and then these lovelies from Johanna. I can see why everyone is swooning over them. These in particular are swoon-worthy, don’t you think? Thanks Johanna – my friend met through The Crusades. Speaking of which……

Congrats to Pilar! How sweet is she? This Halloween card arrived – a clever eye sees it can double as a stencil. In fact I got this card from both Pilar Pollock and Anne Bagby AND I sent a few of the very same one. It’s so cool when people GET you.

Chris made me smile today when she alerted me that Johnny Depp is on the cover of EW this week. (We get it delivered as a special something-or-other from Best Buy.) Little did she know the magazine arrived today and I thought the same thing she did, the he reminds us of a certain someone. I’m looking forward to ~~Swooney~~, oops, Sweeney Todd, the Burton film, aren’t you?

To end this swoonfest post – we have the whole next week off from school! Maybe I’ll get my studio cleaned, or finish the rubber designs I meant to get done over the summer….or maybe I’ll just sleep in every morning, and catch a few films (the list is long!) Maybe I’ll paint Sam’s room. Maybe I’ll wrap up some unfinished projects. I’ve been wanting to visit Tarrytown – home of Sleepy Hollow, so maybe we’ll take a drive up there. I am such a space I didn’t realize we had the week off until YESTERDAY so I haven’t planned a thing. What an expected treat – no schedules, no early mornings, no homework! SWOON!

EDIT: a few comments and private emails about MOO cards means I should post this…..I haven’t done them yet but I can tell you from the ones Belinda and Johanna sent me that they are really cool, and very inexpensive to have made. The ones they sent are 1" x 2ish". Go here for more info: www.moo.com
Swoooooooon!

November 2, 2007

So this week Belinda posted her clever icicle dolls (her second entry of the Goth Crusade) and I swooned over them. In particular this one below, THAT ARRIVED IN MY MAILBOX about thirty seconds after I commented on her blog. You know what that means? She mailed it before I even saw it and SHE KNEW I would flip out over it. It was wrapped in this lovely parcel with very handsome postage stamps and some yummy MOO cards too. Does she ROCK?

Also in this week was another unexpected surprise from Mary Ann. Yep, swooned at the envelope and all the goodness inside.

I know you wish you could see the

detail of the devilish message on

the package.

Isn’t she a scream?

Little did she know….

on the very same mail day that her

package arrived…..

the one below came from Tally.

Grave dirt from Israel!

And one of the cards from her

new business, check her out!

Thanks girls!

I’d seen MOO cards talked about on blogs but I’d never seen a real one until I got the ones from Belinda, and then these lovelies from Johanna. I can see why everyone is swooning over them. These in particular are swoon-worthy, don’t you think? Thanks Johanna – my friend met through The Crusades. Speaking of which……

Congrats to Pilar! How sweet is she? This Halloween card arrived – a clever eye sees it can double as a stencil. In fact I got this card from both Pilar Pollock and Anne Bagby AND I sent a few of the very same one. It’s so cool when people GET you.

Chris made me smile today when she alerted me that Johnny Depp is on the cover of EW this week. (We get it delivered as a special something-or-other from Best Buy.) Little did she know the magazine arrived today and I thought the same thing she did, the he reminds us of a certain someone. I’m looking forward to ~~Swooney~~, oops, Sweeney Todd, the Burton film, aren’t you?

To end this swoonfest post – we have the whole next week off from school! Maybe I’ll get my studio cleaned, or finish the rubber designs I meant to get done over the summer….or maybe I’ll just sleep in every morning, and catch a few films (the list is long!) Maybe I’ll paint Sam’s room. Maybe I’ll wrap up some unfinished projects. I’ve been wanting to visit Tarrytown – home of Sleepy Hollow, so maybe we’ll take a drive up there. I am such a space I didn’t realize we had the week off until YESTERDAY so I haven’t planned a thing. What an expected treat – no schedules, no early mornings, no homework! SWOON!

EDIT: a few comments and private emails about MOO cards means I should post this…..I haven’t done them yet but I can tell you from the ones Belinda and Johanna sent me that they are really cool, and very inexpensive to have made. The ones they sent are 1" x 2ish". Go here for more info: www.moo.com
BOO!

October 31, 2007

Party report: It was fantastic! Fallon and her friends were all in their goth carb, and spent the night eating, laughing, singing, and of course DANCING! They ended up in our basement pub, decked out with nightclub lighting. It was a rainy morning that turned into a perfect evening, just the right temp to head out to the deck to cool off in between tracks on Fallon’s playlist.

Fallon’s favorite band: My Chemical Romance. If you know the band, you KNOW why she had to have the jacket, and joined The Black Parade for Halloween. And my favorite band….had to include them too. Hey, the colors worked!

One of my favorite finds for this year – got them at Target. Stock up on them….you’ll be impressed, really!

I remember Halloween as a kid in Minnesota. It was so cold you had to have a costume that would fit OVER your snowmobile suit. I’m sure it snowed more than once….just as it did when the kids were little and we lived in northern Michigan.

Be sure to hop over to the Street Team blog and see all the ghouly goodness being shared for the Get Goth Crusade!! See link list for Crusade No. 13.

Did you see this? I wonder if they give out good candy at this house?

And did you see THIS? Ullabenulla shares some terrific images for Halloween…..be sure to check out the Ossuary she posts about on October 29. And THIS, from the History Channel.

Be safe. Carry a flashlight, and brush your teeth before bed.
BOO!

October 31, 2007

Party report: It was fantastic! Fallon and her friends were all in their goth carb, and spent the night eating, laughing, singing, and of course DANCING! They ended up in our basement pub, decked out with nightclub lighting. It was a rainy morning that turned into a perfect evening, just the right temp to head out to the deck to cool off in between tracks on Fallon’s playlist.

Fallon’s favorite band: My Chemical Romance. If you know the band, you KNOW why she had to have the jacket, and joined The Black Parade for Halloween. And my favorite band….had to include them too. Hey, the colors worked!

One of my favorite finds for this year – got them at Target. Stock up on them….you’ll be impressed, really!

I remember Halloween as a kid in Minnesota. It was so cold you had to have a costume that would fit OVER your snowmobile suit. I’m sure it snowed more than once….just as it did when the kids were little and we lived in northern Michigan.

Be sure to hop over to the Street Team blog and see all the ghouly goodness being shared for the Get Goth Crusade!! See link list for Crusade No. 13.

Did you see this? I wonder if they give out good candy at this house?

And did you see THIS? Ullabenulla shares some terrific images for Halloween…..be sure to check out the Ossuary she posts about on October 29. And THIS, from the History Channel.

Be safe. Carry a flashlight, and brush your teeth before bed.
Cutting Teeth

October 25, 2007

How’s this for scary clever? Mom made us this ceramic pumpkin in a class a few years ago.

EDIT: finally took a few more photos…they are up on the Street Team blog. Are you gothing out for Halloween? Making cool cards or costumes or are you a master carver? Show us!
Cutting Teeth

October 25, 2007

How’s this for scary clever? Mom made us this ceramic pumpkin in a class a few years ago.

EDIT: finally took a few more photos…they are up on the Street Team blog. Are you gothing out for Halloween? Making cool cards or costumes or are you a master carver? Show us!