I'll be reading Growing Up with Tamales for story time at Blue Willow Bookshop, in Houston, on Thursday morning, May 15. Tell everyone you know with kids in the Houston area. How do you find and support local indie book stores like Blue Willow? By going to Booksense.
On Saturday, May 17, I'll be in Dallas, reading and signing at the J. Erik Jonsson Central Library, for the 13th Dallas Children’s Book Fair & Literary Festival.
On June 22, here in Houston, I'm going to do a poetry workshop. It's free and open to the public, y'all, and they're having one every Sunday in June, taught by local poets I love and respect. So come on down.
Sunday, April 06, 2008
I love it when a plan comes together.We spent the weekend being inspired, then searching for supplies, then crafting up some art. That is to say, we custom illustrated shoes for my kid.
If you'd asked me on Friday what my weekend plans were, I wouldn't have said "doing art." But I'm glad we did. It was fun, and I feel like it helped me with my writing, too. Because, of course, I wrote. I have a deadline, did I mention?
Rory's is the pair you're seeing on Flickr. Josh is working on his own pair, and I want to do a pair of my own, but haven't got past the idea-deciding-on stage yet.
I got good news.
Recently found out that I won a Houston Arts Alliance fellowship. Yays! I love Houston Arts Alliance (formerly CACHH) for existing. I've worked with those people and, as shocking as it sounds, they actually believe that artists deserve to get rewarded for doing art.
More later. Good people, y'all send me good vibes for tomorrow and the rest of this week, okay? Hopefully, I'll have more good news to report soon. 8:05 PM #
Comments:
Those are the most kick-ass shoes!! I'm really impressed.# posted by
Ms Molly : 9:09 PM
OH MY GOD those are so cool! My son just bought white vans but the lace ups, I wonder if he'd let me loose on them. May I steel your idea? Not the art, just the idea of painting on the shoes?!! That is fantastically clever.
PS I think the hair cut rocks! I just saw your flicker photo of your new hair cut and it certainly flatters your new slender profile. I loved it long but short is fresh and cute.
# posted by
Pixielyn : 8:31 AM
Ms Molly: Thanks. :)
Pixie: Feel free to steal the idea, which isn't even a new one. After we thought of it, I did a search and saw many examples of the same method, plus a lot of black canvas shoes decorated with paint markers. Now I'm wondering if paint markers work better, in fact.
Thanks for liking my hair. :)
# posted by
Gwen : 8:42 AM
Congratulations on your fellowship!
Also, cute shoes.
# posted by
Katherine : 9:44 AM
Congratulations on the fellowship!
(Cute haircut... I'm cutting mine off tomorrow.)
# posted by
jam : 10:52 AM
Those are cool. I see a project with The Girl in the near future.
# posted by
JL : 11:32 AM
The shoes! THE SHOES!! They're the best ever! Now I want to do that - like I need more shoes...
And congratulations on the fellowship!
# posted by
pudding-monkey : 3:00 PM
I leave for a few days and you spring all this news on us. OK, not a lot of news, but YAY!! for the Fellowships! Yay and more yay! Congratulations!!!!
# posted by
ShoeGirl : 11:24 PM
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