Eight Years & Counting

Vintage Letterpress Number 8 at Wretched Shekels

Eight years ago I stumbled across a fledgling website named Etsy and decided to pitch a tent under the moniker Sushipot. Little did I know that small action would turn into a full time venture (job!) for me. As Patrick has pointed out so sweetly, I've never held any other job down for that length of time. haha! Working for myself, working from home and working with my hands everyday is a dream come true. And to celebrate these eight years (....and counting!) I'm having a BIG sale on my most popular product:

Sushipot's Art Block Sale

1/2 OFF All Art Blocks

Sale ends Sept 21 at 11pm cst  

To each and every Sushipot patron around the world....a big THANK YOU for making this my reality.

Work In Progress

She's one wacky lady....trying to get her limbs to cooperate has been a test of my patience. The past couple of nights I've been working on her and listening to Pride and Prejudice.

Work In Progress

So much work in progress around here! This is what my studio looked like for most of the week and that's just a tiny portion of it. I started to feel kinda crrrazzzzzzzzy last night and cleaned it up a bit. And now its time to do it all over again....you see that coffee cup don't you?!

Our Post Office

Thank you everyone for making my art block BOGO sale a big success! All the sale packages have been shipped so if you're expecting one it should arrive very soon. Lizzie is such a little helper on our post office excursions several times a week. Chances are your package was personally deposited in the package drop by her! After the thousands of packages we've shipped via the USPS since opening our Etsy shop 5 years ago it's hard to believe that the post office is facing such financial straits. I for one wouldn't know what to do without them. Saw this article with some off-the-wall ideas to save the post office. And...not that I'd personally hurt from a 5 day delivery...I'd really feel for Jim, our postal carrier, every Monday with all that extra mail to sort 'n deliver.

Body Parts & Crisco

Here's a peek at some scavenged body parts and a can of Crisco that will be making their way into new pieces this weekend. If all goes according to plan I'll have some fun assemblage to share with you on Monday (or maybe even Sunday night). We shall see. What are you doing this weekend? Does it happen to involve lard?

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.

Wanted: A Long Winter's Nap

Too many 2 am nights (errr...mornings) these last few weeks have been taking their toll on me and I'm dreaming of hibernating in January once this holiday rush is said and done. Jenny Mitchell's (aka frecklewonder) post last week resonated with me and I marched over (virtually of course) to her shop and purchased the above plaque. A nervous breakdown might be a bit extreme but you get the point. Like I said a long winter's nap would do the trick!

Apple and Pears

I've been terribly preoccupied (in a good way) this week with my new iPhone 4. It's my first time to own one and the decision to get one was mainly based on the idea of maintaining productivity without being tethered to my computer all the time. Anyhow, most of the week has been spent playing around with fun photo apps such as Hipstamatic. I've been snapping away at everything and Lizzie is positively sick of having her picture taken! I won't bombard you with photos today--just this one of yummy pears (thank you Mark!) ripening by a window. Have a beautiful weekend!