March Tiki show at Clash Consignments - Dayton

 

Sheet of matchbook covers I'm producing for the tiki show, March 2013, at Clash Consignments here in Dayton. (the FRAGILE stickers where to use up the extra space on the sticker sheet. I can use those for shipping!)

I thought matchbooks are a cool throw back to the original "Tiki movement" when people smoked like in the Mad Men show. (Speaking of Mad Men, there are a few scenes where the characters are sipping cocktails in tiki mugs!) I figure, I burn a lot of candles...and I'm sure people still smoke. They'd be a nifty little keepsake, trinket-y doodad! :)

I was going to have the matchbooks printed and buy them in bulk. (which would have been cheaper)
But I really didn't think I needed a thousand for 140 bucks...so I bought 200 plain white one on Amazon.com for less than 20 bucks. I'll print a sticker sheet off my laser printer and attach it to the outside of the matchbook. That way I can have many different styles.

Just an FYI I'm going to be posting photos and info pretty soon for my tiki show in March, at Clash consignments, in Dayton.
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In the shadows

A ghost I had made for Halloween at work.
A little dirty drapery material, paper mache and spray paint.

Ah the good ole days when I'd come in early and decorate for a Halloween party. Until we hired some folks who kinda hate Halloween, and bitch at me for decorating. Maybe this year, with some new hires, we'll out number the grouch bags and get back to having some fun! :)

Why do this for work you ask?
(...I'm sure you asked...)
It's a sad tale of being an only kid on my side of the busy street, where there were never Trick or Treaters! (Then compound that by not easily making friends cause...I'm shy damn it!) And the house I now live in is in the middle of nowhere. (Which is great 364 days of the year! Except on Beggars night!) And our yard has a virtual "wall-o-shrubs" so no one would see anything I put up!

Hence, my employer putting up with my fanatical need to decorate for Halloween. He was kinda "mad" (or you could say, pissed off...) that one year I forgot an left the cobwebs up in the conference room, and it was time for the Monday morning meeting. Other than that, he seems to generally dig it. And, I get along well with a few co-workers who dig Halloween, so that makes it worth sticking it in the eye of those who are bitchy about the holiday!

Around the house

Witch Cauldron wax melt I made with figurines
Greg's friends gave us at our wedding.

Small skull I got in Texas and a crystal skull from Greg.

Angry and furry

Lampshade cover I made for Halloween.

Horror Hound weekend photos

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New Work

It's almost Fall! Well, it feels like it anyway.
Can't wait! Then I wish it would linger...

Anyway, I may have mentioned to some folks, I will not be at street fair in the fall.
I wish I could, but having a day job there is only so much I can create. :)
And I'm testing a new stomping ground... Horror Hound Indianapolis Sept 7-9.

Here are some photos of what I've been working on.


http://www.flickr.com/photos/63355696@N04/

The brotherhood

 I'll be listing items on Etsy soon from Call of the Tropics.
Which for me was like calling out...hello, is anyone out there?!
Ok, I'll stop being a jerk! ;)

Some more photos of tiki work here.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/63355696@N04/