go to sleep you little baby

i made two of these quilts and sent them off to my friends with "babies on board." i love making little quilts, they don't take so dang long. it was fun, i'm glad for new babies... i'm glad for old babies.

the end is near.

the end of summer, that is!

A sad farewell

chelsea and i said our last goodbyes to rhett a few days ago. my friend and bandmate has moved on to the big city. he moved to southern california for a new start. we are sad to see him go. schmaltzy is sad because schmaltzy doesn't exist anymore. rhett and i had a beautiful relationship, he wrote great songs and i sang them. i have been listening to our music for the past two days, mourning the loss. i know he hasn't died, but he doesn't live around the corner from me anymore. he makes great steak and mashed potatoes, also a really mean breakfast burrito. he makes great soundtrack music (see my miss emily video) he does a great angel voice (see the goddess barbie video) he is really funny and witty, and has a way of making everyone like him. i miss him already...at least we still have facebook, whaaa.i will close my rhett tribute with the last lyrics he wrote:

i try to say these things to you
but they never end up coming true
what a lost cause
what a long pause

but the public has a different view
so i'll try to hold on to something new
and have my own way
it will be ok

chorus:
i've been longing for some time
to clear the past out of my mind
if only i wasn't so lonely

i'd recognize what's going on
and i'd stop staying up til dawn
if only i wasn't so lonely

2nd verse:
if all these things you say are true
then what am i supposed to do?
sit alone, waiting by the phone

i won't get broken up inside
not even if you decide to go your own way
it will be ok

2nd chorus:
i've been longing for some time
to clear the past out of my mind
if only i wasn't so lonely

i'd recognize what's going on
and i'd stop staying up til dawn
if only i wasn't long gone

so lonely

rhett wrote a new song, i helped out on the vocals. what do you think? it's our first duet. EVER! (the mix is yet a little rough, excuse us)

Y

i hiked the y this morning. here, have a nostalgic moment, all you ex-provo people. below is a sneak peek at what is going on in my studio.

and the beat goes on

it's not that this is so interesting, but i haven't posted in a while, so here. Here. this is what i've been doing now that school is in "ramming speed ahead." ben hur.
chocolate cake with sprinkle stripes, sorry for the flash that makes it look gross. click here and scroll down to see the finished wedding cake i made last month.

new etchings of "fashion plates." remember those barbie plastic plates where you rub a crayon over the plate to create different outfits? this is my own wonky version. prints forthcoming.

this is for sarah. see, i painted my bookshelf white. it used to be brown. the brown shelf on brown dresser wasn't looking too good, now i just need to organize the various bits: lipsticks, nail polish and lotions mixed in the same basket as bicycle tubes and patch kits, not good.
lastly, this is the television i bought at "milly's thrift store." it is a tiny sparsely filled thriftstore around the corner from where i used to live. i walked in there and found a friend. "milly" is really "emilia." we hit it off with a shared name and love of e-spanish. the tv is newer looking than what i had hoped for (it's for the art installation i'm making) but i think i can antique it a bit, and change the black fabric on the speakers with a brown or more decorative one. what do you think? how else could i antiquate this television?

also, i don't have pictures- but i've been playing "gigs" every weekend. it is just fun to say.

New Song

Rhett and I recorded a new song this week, check out "the friend ship." Here we are last week at the State Capitol Discovery Day (minus our usual bassist and drummer; we managed.) If you're in the area check us out 9-11-09 at Muse Music, 9:15pm. or not.