all kinds of fun news!

i am chock full of art news today!

yesterday i found out that my art school savannah college of art and design was looking for people that went there to contribute paintings for an upcoming project. so i email the gent, and send him to the paintings section of my etsy shop. he wrote back telling me that my flipping bird painting would be perfect and could i get it out to new york by next tuesday?



um, yes please thank you! even more so when i asked for more details about the project. apparently, scad's working on revamping studio 54 and will be styling a dressing room for an upcoming carrie fisher 1 woman show. and my painting will be in her dressing room.

my painting.

will be in her dressing room.

carrie fisher.

there's talk that hgtv will be covering this project and that us weekly, usa today and other press outlets have made inquiries, and that is awesome. but i'm completely bowled over by it being for CARRIE EFFING FISHER!!!

want a little piece of hearts and laserbeams history? prints of this painting are available!



in other exciting news, my candy corn party fabric design is part of this week's spoonflower halloween contest - i am currently getting my butt kicked by another cute design so please PLEASE consider a vote for hearts and laserbeams! if i win there'll be a great big sale to celebrate!

makin rosettes and say, what kind of tree is that?

ok so today i was planning on making ice cream for the first time ever! got all my supplies together to make a delicious cherry garcia style ice cream, spent a good long while cutting and pitting cherries, cooked em up in the sugar water, went to read next steps and the instructions on the ice cream maker and whaaaaaaaaaaaaa?



you have to freeze part of if first?



denied!!!



so i decided to make rosettes with josh instead! if you click on the picture, you'll go to the entire photo set on flickr...







and if you click on the below picture you can watch a video of how the batter flowers once it hits the hot oil!







once the rosettes are done you just sprinkle em with a little powdered sugar and enjoy! they're an old-timey scandinavian dessert, a little funnelcakey, a little donutty, a lot deliciousy!



also, for you sleuths and plant experts out there - we have this tree in our backyard and have no idea what it is. any thoughts? it's got serrated leaves and a pit in the middle of the small fruit.

dear sees candy...

dear sees candies,

i heart your candy like no one's business, and have all my candy-eating life! my awesome mom-in-law sent us one of your fancypants candyfilled easter baskets for easter, and i just have the tiniest of bones to pick with you.

sees candies, i think one of your chocolate egg decorators is a drunk. i present to you, exhibit a:



look how that little sugar flower is practically falling off the side of the egg. and it's not even a whole flower! this dude isn't even trying to hide his illness anymore, he's just having his buddy jose cuervo phone it in while he stumbles around the flower-making machine in a stupor.

i'm not saying the egg wasn't delicious, i'm just saying maybe this dude needs help. and maybe you should send me more choco eggs to make up for it. i think like 50 should do it.

thanks so much, you're a peach!

steph

they eat candy!

they eat candy!
11" x 14" artwork in 2" black frame
acrylic on canvas
$175

available through january 31 at siren
2240 east 4th street
long beach, ca 90814