Winter Contest

It's been a while since I have done a good ole fashioned promo / contest / giveaway on this here blog. 

I am pretty excited about this one because it involves pillows!!!

& not just any pillows, but super soft and squishy wool felt pillows. 

The winner of this drawing will win a Felt Up Pillow 

{ choose from:  Moby Stitch the Whale, Felt Up Flowers, or Geo-met-Tricks }

wool/rayon felt pillows :: Moby Stitch

So how do you enter this awesome contest? 

Every item purchased from my Etsy shop for the entire month of December counts as one entry into the drawing.  It's really very simple... 

buy 1 item, get 1 entry. 

buy 6 items, get 6 entries.

And the beauty is that you don't need to do anything else. 

Just make your purchases and you will automatically be entered. Multiple items may be purchased on one invoice and will still be counted for each individual item. I will draw a winner the second week of January & contact you for your choice of pillow style. 

new line of wool/rayon felt pillows :: Felt Up Flowers 

new line of wool/rayon felt pillows :: Geo-met-Tricks

No matter what you are celebrating, may you enjoy the very best of this holiday season.  & best of luck in the contest! 
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Holiday Cards

Wonky Winterland Trees... 

Available in 4 vintage inspired color palettes are now in My Etsy shop!  

It's a Christmas tree. It's a festive Winter Solstice bush. It's a Pick-a-Holiday Shrub. 

No matter how you celebrate it... It's fun, colorful, and wonderfully wonky. 

I machine stitch threads of garland onto colorful handcut paper trees and top them with a tin foil star! 

Each Wonky Winterland Tree card is a one of a kind, handmade with ❤ by me. No two are alike. Please allow me to compose a set for you based on the color palette you have chosen.

Four festively vintage inspired color palettes to choose from:: 

Mid Century Martini {reds, blacks, greys, icy blues, & olive greens
• Candy Shop {golden mustard, turquoise blues, bubble gum pinks, & tangy orange}
• Vintage Fancy Forest {navy & turquoise blues, bubble gum pinks, apple greens, & mauves}
• Chocolate Blues {teal & turquoise blues, chocolate & kraft browns}

Single card • $6

Set of 3 cards • $16
Set of 6 cards • $30

& Convo me for larger quantities 

Have you started your holiday gift shopping yet?  

Or are you still shopping for your Thanksgiving turkey? 

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-t

San Francisco Holiday Design Bazaar

If you are in the San Francisco Bay Area this Saturday & are looking to get a jump start on your 

holiday shopping.... Come by and see me along with 35 other super talented artisans::  

Holiday Design Bazaar at the Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy 

 Local artists and designers sell their wares and donate 25% of their sales for the day. The proceeds of the bazaar will go towards developing visual and performing arts program. This event was created last year to provide Arts Education in every classroom. 

PLUS :: a booth on the value of arts education, DJs throughout the day, silent art auction, live drawing/sketch artists, activities for the kids (face painting, art projects, etc.), childcare, and yummy food!

& remember this Holiday season to support your communities and...  

Shop Local! Shop Indie! 

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It's Knot Your Fault...

When I saw the ever awesome Ashley of After Nine to Five tweet about a bloggy photo contest... my eyes got super big, and my heart was all a flutter.  Thank you Ashley and Misty for hosting such a fabulous contest!

I spent a couple of hours on Sunday at the long ago closed Alameda Point Naval Base. It is a dreamland of decrepit buildings, shipyards, debris, tumbleweeds, and pure abandoned wonder. I snapped tons photos of battle ships, air control towers, even the sun shinning down on the San Francisco Bay, and my favorite shot of the day was this rope. Pure texture heaven.

It's Knot Your Fault...

I shoot photos all day, every day. All of my photography {or iPhoneography} is taken and edited entirely on my iPhone.  If you would like to see more of my photos, you can check out my Instagram account. I also post a few to Flickr.

Have a snap happy day! 

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-t

1300 Things: Week 29

Week 29... Yup, I am picking up just wehere I left off. The last 1300 post that I published was on July 18th. Rest assured that I have continued to have immense gratitude every minute of every day since then. 
I want to thank those of you who have emailed me to check on me... concerned about my absence, or just to tell me how much you have missed my blog posts... each and every one of those emails have filled my heart and given me heaps more to be grateful for. 
I treasure you all. 

1300 Things To Be Grateful For:: Week 29

700.  You. My continued readers. & You, my new readers.   

701.  Rose water cookies. 

702.  Truly amazing sunsets.

703.  Truly amazing sunrises.    

704.  Recycling an entire file cabinet's worth of old useless papers.     

705.  New neighbors who aren't a group of 21 year old guys.

706.  My cutest customer (best customer appreciation photo ever!)::

the boo boo face was from the wrestling she had to endure to claim the pillow from her older brother. 

707.  New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc from Marlborough region... yum! 

708.  Eating fresh raspberries off of my fingertips. They taste the same, but it's more fun. 

709.  Madmen on Instant Netflix. 

710.  When your hair grows past that awkward stage. 

711.  Birthdays. Mine... and Yours.  

712.  Freshly painted toenails. 

713.  The cold spot at the very bottom corner of the bed.  

714.  Stumbling onto sweet street art around town::

My Feet. Oakland Sidewalk. Sweet street art. 

715.  iPhone updates going super smooth & all of my data & apps intact exactly where i left them. 

716.  Cranky cats... they are just as cute as non-cranky cats. 

717.  Little Star pizza... cornmeal crust sent directly from heaven. 

718.  Salted caramel ice cream and a walk in the park on a hot day. 

719.  A friendly smile from an old man on a park bench. 

720. Candy Corn. Yup...I am the one person who actually loves the stuff::

721.  Completing Year One of 365 Days :: Self Portraits. 

722.  Starting Year Two of 365 Days :: Self Portraits. 

723.  Soy chorizo.... it really is as yummy as the real thing. 

724.  Discovering the hilarity that is Little Britain. 

What are you grateful for on this spooky Halloween day?

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-t

Snaps

I snap a lot of photographs these days. 

They are all shot and edited with my 3GS iPhone. I post some to Instagram, and I post some to Flickr... I thought I'd share a few of my favorites from the past week with you here now:: 

☞All photos are the sole property of Punk Rawk Purl &

are not to be reposted or reproduced under any circumstance without my permission. Thank you.☜

Happy Monday!
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-t

Spooky Cute!

Now available.... 

Spooky Cute Skully Journals  

I have stitched it up again... this time with dem dry bones.  

All of the boney pieces and parts are meticulously cut out by hand and machine stitched onto a morbidly cute colorful background. I then stich the artwork onto the cover of a Moleskine Journal.

There are 5 colors and 2 page styles to choose from::

Cauldron Black •  Putrid Pink •  Blood Red •  Nightshade Navy •  Menacing Mustard 

Grid or Lined pages

Available now in My Etsy Shop... 

Go get 'em before they get YOU first! 

I am curious to know.... Trick-or-Treat, Old-Timey Poison Bottles, or Yo Ho Ho Ho....
For You, is the skull & crossbones motif more associated with Pirate or Halloween themes? Leave me a comment below, telling me where your mind travels to when you see this skully-boney icon.

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-t

The August Break::Day 18

All photos taken and edited on my iPhone 3GS

☞All photos are the sole property of Punk Rawk Purl &

are not to be posted or reproduced under any circumstance without my permission.☜

Day 359:: The Countdown Begins... 365 Days of Self Portraits

Do you have any long term projects winding up? Or perhaps just beginning? 


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The August Break::Day 15 - 17

Catching up on a couple of days...

All photos taken and edited on my iPhone 3GS

☞All photos are the sole property of Punk Rawk Purl &

are not to be posted or reproduced under any circumstance without my permission.☜

Day 15:: A Day in The Park

Day 16:: Crane Edit

Day 17:: Attack of The 50ft Punk Rawk Purl

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The August Break::Day 14

All photos taken and edited on my iPhone 3GS

☞All photos are the sole property of Punk Rawk Purl &

are not to be posted or reproduced under any circumstance without my permission.☜

Day 354:: 365 Days Self Portrait Project

It's super hard for me to believe that it has been nearly a year since I began this project. Many people ask me how I can stand to take & post self portraits every single day. And to that I ask, "Am I that ugly?!" *insert hearty laughter*
But for reals...  It's been a learning process, both about how I see myself physically/emotionally and how I approach photography.  I am looking forward to year number two.

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-t