Oktoberfest, Delaware-style

This weekend Delaware had their very own "Oktoberfest". Yes. I'm aware it's September. Tell that to Delaware.
Any-whoo...a group of us went to the festival Friday after work. We drank beers, ate bratwursts and played games. Oh, and we bought comically large mugs from which to drink. For $20 we each got a mug, plus a complimentary LITER of beer. It was heavy, but lots of fun lugging it around while we perused the souvenirs and arcade games.





At some point in the evening our group managed to make friends with one of the owners of a brewery, Twin Lakes, that was there selling his beer. Somehow Yesenia kept getting free beer from him. And everyone was swarming around him trying to snag a job. I'm sure he won't remember any of us, as he was drinking his own beer heavily as well. But it was fun times.

The rest of the weekend I've been spending working on some illustrations and a logo for my parent's flooring business.



I'm hoping one day I could have a nice collection of all the Katamari cousins. Or at the least, a handful of my favorite ones.

All I ever think about is food and crafting.

It's true. If I'm not thinking about what the next figurine is I'm going to be painting, I'm thinking about when and what my next dish of food will be. I love cooking and baking and I love making tasty meals. Ok yes, and I love eating.
The other day my friend Yesenia picked me up some bulgogi, kimchi and fish cakes from the asian foodstore which I made for dinner last night. Well, not the fish cakes, as those are for tonight! Lou said "I wish I was Neil [Yesenia's husband] so I could eat this everyday". I thought that was funny.



I think the thing I like best about bulgogi is it cooks up really fast. Plus the taste. MMM. Wrap it in a lettuce leaf with some rice and kimchi and it's out of this world.

etsy updates!

First and foremost...

magicbeanbuyer.etsy.com

I have a variety of cupcake Plini sizes available this time!

I just finished up a custom wedding cake topper set [in record time if I do say so myself!] which included a bride, groom and two kitties. This was the first time I painted pinstripes on a groom's suit. Let me tell you...very time consuming! Plus, I'm such a perfectionist, so if just one millimeter of one of the lines was a little too thin or too thick, I had to try try try again until it was as uniform in width as I could possibly get it. I was driving myself CRAZY!

A Converse Wedding

Two weeks ago [yes, I'm slow at posting events] friends of Lou and mine got married. He was in the wedding party and I was left to fend for myself in a sea of people I didn't know...at least until the reception started. The point of my story is...I made the happy couple a wedding set as a gift. The unique part of it was the fact that all of the groomsmen wore black Converse shoes and I made sure to include that tidbit in the groom figure. I think it came out really well. And our friends were amazed that I was able to get such detail into something so incredibly small! I'm really happy that they were able to appreciate the work I put into it. You just don't know if someone is going to treasure something handmade the same way as the person who made it.







Also, at some point during the night when we were all up dancing, someone bumped into me and spilled RED WINE all down the front of my dress. It was dripping off my legs that's how much there was. As I stood there stunned, the jerk slinked away and I never saw who it was. But the funny part was literally seconds after it happened everyone around turned to me and saw me covered in red wine and then saw Lou standing there holding a reddish colored drink. The real culprit nowhere to be found, Lou was framed! And everyone yelled at him.



Almost immediately after it happened, someone ran over to me with a Tide-To-Go pen insisting it would help. I had already accepted the fact that I never again would be able to wear my favorite dress of all time. But miraculously it came out! And this was after it had been set in the dress for a good day or so [since we hadn't headed home until the following day].

Green Girl.

Lou texted me at work today to let me know our "outside cat" is gone. Our next door neighbor's daughter's dog (or cat? I'm not entirely sure. Some pet of some sort..) died and he took the outside cat to give to her. She was really happy. This outside cat is the epitome of loving friendly lapcat. So I'm glad he could find a good home. But I'm also a little sad because I didn't get to say goodbye! Either way, I'm incredibly relieved that I don't have to drive an hour to the only shelter in Delaware that was actually accepting strays still. I really wish people would be more educated about their animals. Cats (and dogs, and every other pet) aren't toys. You have to educate yourself about their care. And when you're bored with them, you can't just dump them outside.

On the brightside, the flea situation in the apartment is subsiding and now with the "outside cat" gone, things will really start to clear up. The cats aren't acting like the rug is hot lava anymore. But the bad part is with the two of them continuously scratching and licking themselves, they've been throwing up hairballs all over the place. The most terrible one being this morning. The back of my bed has a little ledge where the cats like to walk and we usually put cups of water. Lou woke himself up abruptly this morning by reaching back for the water but instead landing his hand in a nice squishy pile. He claims it was on his pillow too. I think it's kind of funny. But I'm going to assume that's just because it didn't happen to me.

I'm trying my hardest to draw everyday. Usually I'll do it on my break at work because I'm not doing anything else really. Once I gather up the energy (and CA$H!)to buy some more art paper, now that I've decided out of the many samples I tried out, which one I like the best...then hopefully I can get some prints made! I also have to find a good, affordable place to buy some mailers for when they actually sell. Oh, and more business cards (I'm running low...I'll probably print my own now that I have a good printer). And of course an assortment of more promotional buttons and stickers. Okay, there's a lot of steps involved, but I'll get to everything eventually.

But now the question is which is better?

With black outlines...?



Or without...?



I like both. I'm so indecisive.