Papi's Mami

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Wednesday, June 20, 2007

RENEGADE # 3

Well, Another Renegade Craft Fair has come and gone. It was a fabulous weekend, and even though it was hotter than hades, so many great people came out to support. Some of my favorite crafters were there, including Heidi Kenney of My Paper Crane fame, Marilyn Patrizio, Maggie and David from Bang, and some new friends. I finally bought a poster from one of my faves, Strawberryluna, Gorgeous!! The guys next to us from Daydream Silkscreen really added to the fun. Please enjoy some photos of Papi's Mami and Cowboy Vs Petunia's Renegade booth...





Saturday, April 07, 2007

Little Confections! OR, RENEGADE, Here we come!!!!!

Here are some super cute new coin purses I whipped up for Renegade!!! Put it on your calendars, June 17th & 18th 2007 at the McCarren Pool this year! If you have never been to or heard about the McCarren Pool, aside from their website you can also listen to an amazing radio documentary about it, where else? On This American Life.




Sunday, March 11, 2007

GRILLZ, GRILLZ, GRILLZ!

I don't think there's much to say here...





Monday, March 05, 2007

Doggie-DO!

Saturday evening was our monthly Chihuahua meetup. Myself and Petey's mom are the organizers - we meet once a month so that our little loved ones can mingle, play, fight, hump, dominate, pee, poop, eat, drink, growl, and cuddle together. The last few months we have been meeting at Kikis in Clinton Hill Brooklyn. The folks are cool and the pups are fabu. We put this group together with the help of Meetup.com - if you have never visited, it is really interesting. Want to find other people who play chess? French Horn? Knit? You can find others to do it with! Some of the groups are a little scary, obviously, but hey - freaky weirdos need friends too!

SNIFF ME AND I'LL SNIFF YOU BACK...

MIDNIGHT AINT HAVIN THAT...

PAPS THE DOMINATOR...

PETES N PAPS

DOGS GONE WILD!

CUTEST NEWCOMER IN TOWN, IGGY!

PEOPLES N PUPPLES

"KING" OF THE ROOM

NEWCOMER PEEPS N PUPS, WELCOME!!!

Sunday, March 04, 2007

CULTURAL SATURDAYS!

The Doctor and I made a pact to go and do new things in this great city of ours each and every Saturday. We got the idea from our friends Mike and Jen who had their own UNIQUE THURSDAYS. We don't have a theme song yet like they do, but maybe they will write one for us.

On Sat Feb 17th, we went to the The Transit Museum I had always wanted to go there and it was quite fascinating. My favorite part was the old subway cars with all of the old ads in them. The seats on the old cars were even hand-caned rattan! There were people whose job it was to just restore the worn rattan. Unreal. Check out this cool photo of the great men who built our incredible transportation system.



Then, on Sat Feb 24th we went to see our friend Fran Pena (wife of Broad Noodle Jesse Pena) perform in a Latin ballroom dance competition. It was a little complicated keeping up with how the competition was run, but it was great to see little tan Fran shaking her bon-bons out there in her delightful slinky dress plus mile long fake eyelashes! I myself have started to look into Swing Dance lessons... more to come on that later! I finally figured out where to go the next time I need a rhinestone encrusted bra or super glittery pair of panties. The competition was held at The Roseland Ballroom and once inside, I realized the last time I had been in there was in around 1982 when I went to see Adam Ant in concert. Damn I'm old!!



On March 3rd we went to The Cloisters If you have never been up there - it is hard to imagine this exists in the city of Manhattan. Basically it was created in the 20s to be a showplace for rescued Medieval artifacts, architecture, and art. It is quite a sight to see although not cheap to get in ($20 a head) but incredible and beautiful. Some of my favorite things were the Spanish buriel wood carvings, and the French wooden gate/stairway that was rescued from a torn down house...



Since we were up in that hood (INWOOD) I wanted to check out the
The Dyckman House. I had always wanted to go inside and it is once again open to the public. At more than 200 years old, it is the only remaining Dutch Colonial farmhouse in Manhattan. It is such an amazing contradiction - this old house standing right up on Broadway and 204th. Really cool.

FRONT OF HOUSE


LOW CEILINGS BRING THE BEAST OUT!


BACK OF HOUSE WITH BUSTLING INWOOD IN BACKGROUND


THE DR AND A HESSIAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR CABIN IN THE BACKYARD OF THE DYCKMAN HOUSE

Thursday, March 01, 2007

We Heart Freebird!






Check it... Freebird has posted my craft classes starting next Sunday March 11th. Come and join in the decoupagy fun!!!

Wednesday, February 07, 2007

Up Your Nose with a Rubber Hose!

I know, I don't really know what to do with myself either. I can't believe I own this! Any suggestions on what I should make with it? It is VERY thin, I was thinking sofa pillows?





She's Crafty, & She's Just My Type...

Oh Yeah!!!

My annual 'anti superbowl' party was a huge success! See pics of the cute ladies making decoupage picture frames up in the Treehouse on Sunday. We had loverly Siri from Treehouse, adorable Amy S from the fabulous 31 Corn Lane, and another friend, Abby T who came all the way from Manhattan in the freezing cold just to craft n kibbitz with us.

Amy working her decoupage magic...


Decoupage fixin's


Siri seriously working on finding fabu imagery


The beautiful and hot (pink) finished product!


Doll Head and Butterfly madness!


Abby's juicy Pomegranite Goodness...