Organize your art

When I came across the work of Swiss artist and comedian Ursus Wehrli I got instant happy. His 'tidy up art' is funny and clever and it reminds me a bit of I myself try to organise things sometimes...

For those who know me a bit better, they know that I'm very color sensitive. V.E.R.Y.
And even though I can be very messy, I love everything organised, lined up or piled up neatly.
You can call me freaky but I tend to organise by color: white, yellow, orange, red, pink, purple, blue, green, black. And it always makes me happy to see a lovely rainbow of color whenever I finish. Even when there are only 3 or 4 colors, they will always be put in the same color order.
I think it makes life happier. I actually applied Ursus technique to my happy field. :)

Don't you get instantly happy from that? I do!

Talk about organised, my partner and I sometimes discuss how much easier it would be to shop by alphabet. Since I don't do the shopping around here, I make lists. I try to make the list in that way that my partner can go into the shop and grab everything as he goes. But it would be supercool if we could just make our list in a spreadsheet, sort it by alphabet and go to the Alphabet-shop. :)

Details matter

Cupcakes

The other day, I decided to try out my cookie stamps for cupcakes. Can you believe I never made cupcakes before? The sugar fondant is completely new to me and I can see why people love to make & decorate cupcakes now. How much fun!
I just pressed my cookie stamps into the fondant and applied it to the cupcake. I can see this work perfectly if you have to make a lot of cupcakes for a special occasion as you can get maximum effect with minimum effort. Although I would prefer to add a bit more color to them as well. Must try some more of that cupcake playing soon - so much fun.

Sewing

Made a new skirt yesterday. I was meant to clean but they cut off the water in our street and the skirt was on my list of things to do so I didn't hesitate to start sewing. Ha! What a burden! :)
And zippers are such a piece of cake now. What was I ever afraid off?
I already bought panty's to go with them. Fabric is from IKEA and panty's are from Veritas.

Flickr Favorites

1. ., 2. ., 3. porcelain spoons, 4. Crabeater Teeth

Just some random favorites today. I've been superbusy in my studio and can do with some cooling down. But still lots to be done I'm afraid but the end is in sight.
On thursday evening I'll pick up Anna from the airport - very exciting. And since I don't want Anna to spend her time with dustbunnies, the house will need a massive clean. Yikes! I hope the house will be like a fresh breeze when I'm done! :)

The missing cloud...

Last week I posted a picture of my new cloud brooches. When I was editing the pictures, I realised that I forgot to photograph one. That's why I thought to ask you if you could guess which one it was. And oh my dear, I got so many lovely suggstions that I instantly started to make some more.
You guys are awesome! Thanks so much! After Stiel & Stijl I'll add 'em to my Etsy shop.

No one guessed it right but it doesn't matter as I did randomly pick a winner out of all the answers. The winner gets to tell me which word he/she would like on the cloud brooch & then I'll make it especially.
The randomizer picked number 1 from all the comments.
Congrats Saskia! Please let me know your address and choice of brooch you would like to have. :)

The missing cloud was this one:

I loved the following so I made 'em too.*** oops, gloomy picture again ***

Thanks again & keep your head in the clouds this week! Have a happy one! :)

Fabrics

Anna told me she is bringing fabrics to Stiel & Stijl next week.
Oh no, poor wallet... ;)