Calamity Kim

Picking Posies--McCall's Magazine-1914

Picking Posies--McCall's Magazine-1914, originally uploaded by finsbry.

If I were a poet I would sit down and write a verse about flying time and where does it all go? So suddenly another week is over and I haven't stopped to share the latest craft endeavor. I have stacks of lists of projects to finish, get mailed, take photographs and time doesn't wait.
Not a pause.
If anything, it speeds up until it seems after waking, I am just getting back into bed.
Another day spent.
I get to do what I love, I'm not complaining.
I just can't seem to do it all in the time that I have allotted!
I can't believe June is on the doorstep.
6 months until another Atomic Holiday Bazaar- I have plans for jewelry, notebooks and paperdolls and boats- mermaids and pirates and before I know it, Dec will be here!
I better nose to the grindstone and get some stuff done.
But, oh, the fleece calls my name...begging to be spun...to be dyed...to be transformed from bits of fluff into something to write home about...
time to make & do.
time to think and dream
wish and plan
to look back and never forget M
sadly bittersweet memories
using art to work through the pain, the joy in bringing forth something for someone to fall in love with.
a single tear
shed again.
back to my work. my lovely work.
calamity forever

oh, my heart...I'm not sure if I can take much more!

oh, my heart...I'm not sure if I can take much more!, originally uploaded by calamity kim.

I got #9 in the mail today.
Remember the Row 10 Group I'm involved in?
Short version-
10 chicks who quilt-
Each chick gets a month that they pick a theme and color scheme and then all 10 chicks make a row and send it to that chick before the end of the month.

My month was Feb and I chose red & aqua and gnomes and mushrooms for my theme.

I am thinking about quilting each row and then sewing them together. I think it would be easier and travel better as I ride in the car or am sitting around waiting somewhere to quilt a row instead of wrestling with this whole big thing.

I don't have a large quilt rack and I don't want to machine quilt all of it- we'll see. I have some other things to do before I can even think about this- like mermaids for that wedding....
later, gnomies!
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Cut Out & Keep Chiffon Flowers of Calamity

how to fabric flowers, originally uploaded by calamity kim.

Hey!
Wake up!
It's Monday, I know and that sucks, but still- good things do happen on Mondays!
In keeping with my full time job as Craftswoman Extraordinaire I shared the chiffon flower tutorial over at Cut Out & Keep. Man, they make tutorials look good! Go check it out and make it a fav.
xo,
calamity kim

Bee's Knee's

Bee's Knee's, originally uploaded by Anahata Katkin.

I love Anahata Katkin's work.
You can find a selection of her bags and products at Elysian Fields here in Sarasota.
Go get yourself some!
Happy Saturday!
calamity kim

Batts in the Bellfry

if ya wanna come and read about some dreams and obsessive wheel watching and find out what's in this bag.

click here

have you ever been...

The Sketchbook Project

Do you dream about art?

Do you find a pencil or your favorite pen and start doodling or drawing on every scrap of paper or margin in magazines when you are talking on the phone?

Do you wake up and write down your dreams or after lying sleepless, get up to sketch the ideas swimming in your mind?

Do you communicate through your collage? Work out emotions with scissors and paint? Do you own at least one moleskin? Or are you addicted to them and have a shelf full bearing your journaled experiences and adventures?

Well, if you said yes to any of those questions, I have a challenge for you. As I was reading the current issue of Fiberarts Magazine I came across a call for participants for a Sketchbook Project that sounded interesting. The Art House Co Op has an incredible website (view here) and they are hosting a very cool opportunity to be one of the founding contributors to the Sketchbook Library. (read all about it here) For $25 you may choose the cover color and theme of your sketchbook and have until Oct 31, 2010 to sign up to receive your 5.5 x 8.5" moleskin book and have until January 11, 2011 to mail your book to them to be installed in the Sketchbook Library after it has toured at select galleries in LA, Brooklyn, Chicago, Atlanta and St Louis. Each sketchbook will be bar-coded and cataloged, allowing visitors to choose what they want to look at via theme, medium, geographic location, name of the artist, etc. Interested? Click on the links above to go find out more and make sure you check out the Art House Flickr Group.

I love books and think that this is a wonderful opportunity to put your stuff out there for other people to admire and appreciate. I have a full plate right now but just as soon as I get a little more time I am adding this to my list of things to do this year and will keep you posted. I started a journal with my friend Sara and we mail it back and forth and she does a little something and when I get it, then I do a little something and it has been going back and forth through the mail for at least a year. I wait until the mood strikes or inspiration hits and grab it and start doodling. I am working on the book cover right now- well, it's sitting on the cutting table in the sewing room. I just need to make the time.

If only I had a way to actually have more time without losing sleep or taking away from anything else...anyway...

happy creating,

xo, calamity kim

calamity kim national apron day may 10 giveaway on my blog

calamity kim national apron day may 10 giveaway on my blog, originally uploaded by calamity kim.

In honor of National Apron Day I would like to give away an apron!
It will be made in your size- from this wonderful gnome and red and white polka dot fabric. All you have to do is share the "Calamity Kim Gnome Apron Giveaway" info on your website, Blog, Twitter or Facebook with a link back to me and then leave a comment (here on this post ) with your post link listed and you will be entered into the drawing which will be held next Monday.
Please make sure that when you leave your comment that I have your email address to be able to contact you.
You may also share the button if you like.

Thank you all for playing along and I wish you luck!
xo,
Calamity Kim

so.... a few days later.....

Ok! Yeehaw! I have drawn a lucky winner and it is Jennifer Conway!!! I have closed comments for this post and will soon have smock aprons like this in S*M*L*XL in my etsy shop. Just as soon as that bolt of fabric gets here, that is!

Now, let's see your apron!

Thanks to everyone who shared this giveaway on your Blogs, Tweets and Facebooks- I really appreciate you playing along! I wish you a lovely day being creative and content!

xo, calamity kim