Tuesday, March 19, 2013

'Tis the Feast of St. Joseph

And apparently in Italy, it is traditional to wear red. Otherwise, you get an ice cube down your back! So, always being in the mood for starting new traditions, my family has dressed in red! (Also, who really wants an ice cube down their back? We are *that* kind of family.)

So all of us are wearing some kind of red garment. Me, I'm sporting a red shirt, black skirt, and some wee red flowers in my hair. Very pretty, I think. :)

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It is a new, beautiful week, and I have new items in my shop! I was feeling un-enthusiastic about molding yet another Phantom mask, so instead, I made a couple things I've been wanting to make.

Namely, THESE Captain America Shield Earrings:




And THIS Iron Man Arc Reactor:



 (I use my sisters as models. Aren't they kind?)


The Arc Reactor photographs really well. I love how the "lights" on the edge seem to shine a little bit. That's because of how I made the cane clay for those. Aren't I clever?

The Arc Reactor was originally going to be THIS:

(These photographs were taken with my phone)

 But I decided, every good artist needs a prototype! (Or rather, I fell in love with it and was reluctant to sell it, so my sisters convinced me to keep it as a prototype... just like Iron Man!) So, I kept the little box Arc Reactor, and instead made one that you can wear. Which I think is pretty cool.

So, that's what's new in my neck of the woods.
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Hope the rest of you have a lovely St. Joseph's Feast Day! God bless. :)

Cat

P.S. I don't know WHY that one Arc Reactor picture refuses to stay centered. I apologize for the distracting lack of symmetry it gives the overall page. :)


18 comments:

  1. Kat, I think flowers in the hair are so pretty! Love the jewellery you've made.

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    1. I think so too, Claudine. I actually have to retrieve my flowers from my mom. When we were playing on the playground I took them out so I wouldn't lose them. I have yet to get them back. :)

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  2. Kat,

    You are so clever! I love the jewelry.

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  3. Ugh, why do you need to be so good with clay?!

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  4. I LOVE the arc reactor! SO MUCH. It looks really awesome, Cat. :D

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    1. Thanks! It photographs really well. I love how "luminescent" it looks. :)

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  5. Oh, and I nominated you for an award. *Smirk* come and get it! It's an easy one.

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    1. Okay. Where do I find it? Just, somewhere on your blog?

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  6. You make Etsy Items now. Etsy Items are COOL

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    1. Yes. They are. Quite cool. Almost bow tie cool. And Fez cool.

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  7. I'm glad you're having so much fun with the Etsy shop. My daughter just opened a new shop and is enjoying it as well.

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    1. Oh yay, Ruth! What's the name of the shop? I'll go hunt her down. :)

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    2. Her shop is Celebrity Snail Mail. I passed along the name of your shop to her as well =)

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    3. Thanks! I have now added her to my favourite shops. :)

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  8. My family is the "ice cube down the back" kind of family too. They are also the "steal spark plugs out of cars" kind of family. I think our families would get along well. *Grin*

    Ooooooo!!!!!!! *Drolls over the rector and the earrings* The rector necklace is such a cool idea!!!! Well made! I know what I'm saving up for!!

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    1. Wow! Stealing spark plugs. I've never done that, though I have toyed with the idea of a potato in the exhaust pipe. Only in the cars of those who have seriously annoyed me, mind.

      Yay! Glad you like the Arc Reactor. It really does photograph well. I love it. And now I haz my "prototype" (winky winky) it actually doesn't take me too long to make. Crazy, hey?

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