Poe Tribute (or The Pit and the Tentacles)

I, much like the errant Poe Toaster, should have delivered this entry back on Tuesday, January 19. Alas, I have only now to try and make up for my mistake.



Inspired by an episode of 'Gilmore Girls', I decided to embellish my two couch pillows.



I burned a quick stencil and went to work with my fabric paint.

The second pillow was naked, so I stenciled an octopus.



Tentacular!



Also, I'm quite excited to announce that fun things are brewing in the Robot In Bloom album design universe... As soon as everything is finalized, there will be a cool development coming in the next few weeks.

Hope you're as excited as I am!

Signs Of The Times? (or H1N1 and Omega 3's!)

As previously promised, here's a stenciling job I did on a clock a while back:





At first glance, plague doctors seem rather ghoulish and scary, but I've always found them oddly comforting... They were the ones who stuck around, still trying to heal the sick even in the darkest days of the Black Plague.

I think he looks quite fetching in my favorite color combo of the day: grey and yellow.



And, on a lighter note, here is my first foray into the polymer clay world.



Is it time for lunch yet??