my awesome and amazingly talented friend Graham Kahler decided to do an illustration swap a while back. and months later, i'm finally finishing up my end of the swap! i drew out this little bunny a while back, but i just couldn't settle on what medium to finish him in. then i thought, duh, sarah, he would look great embroidered!

i'm really happy with how it came out. i'd only done embroidery on paper so this is the first time i've done it on fabric and the first time i've filled any areas in.

seriously though, check out Graham's work! and what i'm getting in return.


and in unrelated news: i really miss bailey island, maine today. i don't know why, i just do. i just wish that i could be driving down that windy road to work at the inn. maybe it's because this is the time of year i'd be starting work down there. i miss sue and aimee and laura and matt and alicia and the pups and the guests. boooooo.

stay focused, sarah

i made this mix on mixwit the other day. i usually listen to much faster music, but when i was doing design work the other day it was distracting me and causing me to design things that i knew wouldn't work out for the people i'm doing work for. that's how much what i'm listening to effects me. so i looked up some songs i haven't heard in a while and made this mix.

i feel like a slug right now. slow and lazy. it's going to be a busy, busy week full of cleaning and making and designing. BUT, it will end with my birthday and my adam and my brother and two friends from back home. i think i'm going to switch up the colors on my blog.

oh right! hey craft blog!

i guess the easiest way to sum up what i've been up to is to just say: look at my flickr!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sjanelomba/

oooh, i know that i have stuff to write, but i'm just too lazy right now. it's finally nice and cool in the house after being hot and sticky for the past few days. it's so nice. i'm kind of even looking forward to the fact that it might rain tomorrow.

here is a list of stuff i need to still do:

- illustration for swap graham
- necklaces for bobbi
- catch up on some etsy convos regarding custom/design work
- get together images and content for my website (what up, exporting and cropping images!)
- go to bed/wake up earlier
- finish finger puppets and sew new plush things
- lots
- of
- other
- stuff

may is the month of company! my oldest friend from maine visited for 2 weeks and it was so awesome! she left last week and then on the 30th two more maine friends arrive for a visit and my birthday (may 31st!!!) as well as my brother who will be coming down from seattle. i love having company so much! especially now that we have a super cozy guest room: