Japan Earthquake Aid

People on Etsy are all over quake relief and donations, items ranging $1.00 on up in price. Here's a link to the search page for Japan Relief:

Japan Relief on Etsy

You can modify the search in any way you like, of course.

Above photo of my Etsy Japan piece.

Cat and pitcher

Another item uploaded to my etsy store. 

In other news, I cleaned out my sewing box last night. Instant virtue! Easier to untangle than the financial markets, for sure. For those who have an entire sewing room to organize and boundless energy, there is a list of links with detailed recommendations (for instance, mounting your embroidery thread in "clear thread cases on a rolling cart") on the sew,mama,sew blog.

Lady MacBeth?

I did this awhile back, it's actually the "No Mind" part of "No matter, never mind" duo, of which my friend Katherine has the other piece. She does look like she's up to something (what's behind her back?), so it could be Lady MacBeth. Katherine has just done me the honor of including a piece of mine in an essay about her collage favorites on Etsy. You can see her beautiful work on Etsy here .

Elephant Plate

An elephant taking a bath in a china urn, recently placed in my etsy store.

Now on Etsy

ArtSpark Theatre is now on Etsy with decorative wall plates and reconfigured figurines. Illustration resumes tomorrow with a fall theme.