Prickly Plaques

Another transplant from this French volume on anatomy and dissection. I finished up six prickly plaques this week and have the numb fingers to show for it. Those cut tacks 'round the edge are not gentle folks! Soon as I finish editing photos the plaques will be in the shop.

Doll House no 380

Doll House no 380 (with anatomical heart), mixed media assemblage

Ahhhh....August....they say time flies when you're having fun ;) Thank you to all who came by the vintage shop during its closing week. I've been reorganizing 'round the studio as I won't be needing the space for all that inventory. And....first up for this month is an anatomical Doll House.

Prickly Heart Plaque

This prickly plaque depicting the circulation of blood throughout the human body was posted in the shop this afternoon along with a couple of other anatomical heart plaques. Yep...still time to get one of 'em for Valentines Day next week (within the USA)....just place your order by Friday morning, February 8th.

Doll House no 377

Doll House no 377 (with heart), mixed media assemblage

 And here she is...the sister I mentioned last night. This time 'round I added a little touch of hand stitching. What do you think?

1920's Valentine Scraps

First off I just wanna know where the heck the month of January went?! Did it completely pass you by too? I was still recovering from the holidays and then realized the month was over. Guess I'd better get it in gear (mentally speaking) at least. It's been kinda hard with the weirdly warm winter 'round these parts. The bank sign on the way to the post office today stated it was 66 degrees!

I did have grand plans to make up a whole bunch of Valentine-y ornaments and such for the shops but with 2 weeks 'till that special day I'm behind on those plans. I did manage to purchase these charming Valentine scraps to use in the pieces, but I think they will be added to the ephemera files for next year. These particular scraps were manufactured by the Carrington Company of Chicago, Illinois circa 1920's. Super sweet paper bits aren't they?

Happy February all!

Doll House no 373 & 374

Doll House no 373 (with heart)


Doll House no 374 (with heart)

I've been gleaning my collection of old physiology textbooks for anatomical hearts. A couple of new doll houses (with hearts of course!) are in the shop. Valentine's Day is 'round the corner folks!

Los Angeles Love

Los Angeles, City Heart Map by Kevin Lucias

We're flying out to Los Angeles tomorrow for a very important occasion. My big brother Andy is getting married on Saturday to a super nice lady (hi Mindy!!). The wedding is taking place on a boat (how cool is that?!) and Lizzie is beside herself with excitement as she gets to participate as a flower girl. Needless to say, things will be a bit quiet around here 'till we return but you can always follow along via my Instagram feed. Can you feel the love?!

Doll House no 370

Doll House no 370, original mixed media assemblage

Eat Your Heart Out no 3

Eat Your Heart Out no 3

1920's Handmade Valentines

From my collection of circa 1920's handmade Valentines. Wishing you & those people you love a special Valentines day together.

xoxo,
Sushipot

Valentine Vignettes

Don't you just love these old-school Valentine vignettes? This set of lovelies are from a booklet published by Doubl-Glo circa 1950's. We've sure had Valentines on our minds here at home. I've been receiving daily love notes from Lizzie and so has her daddy. All of her Valentines have been mailed off to their recipients and she's busy planning the special day and trying to guess what the "surprise" is that I told her we bought for her last night (big mistake 'cuz I'll be grilled for the next 72 hours I'm sure).

Hearts And A Vagina

A few more Prickly Plaques (3 hearts and a vagina) were posted in the shop last night. I'll do my very best to have more collage blocks ready over the weekend as I know many of you have been inquiring and waiting patiently. For some reason, even though we were snowed in all week, it's been hard to get everything done--possibly a slight case of cabin fever gaining ground on my homebody self? I sure hope not! Anyhow, I'll be in the studio for the weekend and see you back here on Monday. Have a beautiful weekend (snowed in or not)!

Eat Your Heart Out no 2

Finished it up and here 'tis...Eat Your Heart Out no 2. Enjoy!

Work In Progress

Another version of my "eat your heart out" assemblage is coming together in the studio. It will be in the shop this weekend so "keep an eye out" for it!

Prickly Plaques

Three new prickly plaques were posted in the shop last night. I'm trying to put all of that heart imagery I gleaned to good use and even have another "Eat Your Heart Out" place setting coming together in the studio. Hope you had a good weekend too. Happy Monday!

Eat Your Heart Out

Eat Your Heart Out

As promised earlier this week, a not-very-traditional Valentine themed Sushipot assemblage. Enjoy!

Doll House no 361

Doll House no 361 (with heart)

The first Doll House of the year folks! This heart was transplanted from an 1892 French volume on human anatomy and dissection.

Harvesting Hearts

A view of my workspace last night. I've been receiving a few patient inquiries as to whether or not I'll be posting new Doll House's with anatomical hearts for the upcoming season of love. So, last night I "harvested" a few hearts and began laying out some new pieces. Stay tuned for these new assemblages--there will be more than just your run-of-the-mill Doll House coming to the shop in the next week.

Doll House Giveaway

This coming Saturday, September 18th, is my 4th Etsyversary and I'm giving away Doll House no 333 (with heart) to celebrate! So...just leave a comment below, spread the word around to your friends and within the next week I'll draw a name out of a virtual hat and ship this gal off to her new home. Good luck and check back in tomorrow for another Sushipot Etsyversary special!

Doll House no 348, 349 & 350

Doll House no 348 (with heart)


Doll House no 349 (with teeth)


Doll House no 350 (with insect)