This is a picture of me with the real James Dean in the background--just in case you need a frame of reference to compare contestants. 
These are the 2008 James Dean Festival Contestants
50's clothing and rockabilly wear--my favorite part of the festival! I love this shirt that is made by a guy named Lenny who used to make them in the basement in Fairmount. I heard he works out of New York or somewhere now, but I'm not really sure. The one thing I do know for sure is he had some he had made using old bedsheets with Waldo (from Wear's Waldo) on them. It was hilarious! I love a guy who comes up with those ideas and I love a guy who would feel comfortable wearing them around!!!!
You might see a great rockabilly band like this one: Mandy Marie and the Cool Hand Lukes! They were great! They are a rockabilly band from Indianapolis, Indiana and if you get the chance to see them definitely do it! Mandy Marie has a great voice, plus I love that's not a size two! She's so beautiful!!! And those Cool Hand Luke's are pretty cute if I do say so myself!
You might also see something like this: smiling faces! These two girls were definitely enjoying the day! 12 hours in small town America at the most fun festival of the season! Hooray!
This is the detail from the front cover--it's kind of blurry, but I love that comic!
This is the comic I put in the middle to use as a divider for the duplicate checks. (Crappy picture again! Sorry! Originally it was full sized and showed the checkbook too, but then I realized you could see my check numbers and I had to crop it!)
So, what do you think? It's kind of fun and funky and fits me and my personality well I think!
Peach Melba cupcakes!
Isn't the color of that raspberry buttercream frosting just beautiful!!!
Sadly though they looked better than they tasted. But they aren't bad! 
Also, I have a great cheesecake-it's a peach melba cheesecake--no bake--the best kind in my mind! It has a great topping of peaches and raspberries! 
Oh, and I have a bunch of these too--DIRTY DISHES!!!
These are the new ATCs that I created for the Swap-bot Eyes Have it Swap. I really did not enjoy making them this time! I had such a hard time doing something with eyes on it. It's funny because I think I was focusing so much on it being about the eyes that I wouldn't do anything that just had some eyes on it. They aren't the best cards that I've done. But they turned out okay. This is one of the few swaps that I've been in that I didn't end up making a couple of extras for myself either. That's not really cool. That's part of the fun is making some for other people and challenging myself to come up with a few extras that I can keep. Oh well, I guess maybe the next time it will work out better. Actually I'm really excited about my next swap--it's a swap where you send someone a pack of 7 ATCs--one for every day of the week--to encourage them. I think this is definitely more my style! I'll put up pictures when I get them done. 
That might be why he looks as if though he's muttering under his breath about how stinky he is now that he smells like fresh apples and wet dog! 
This shows you the basketweave pattern up close. It really was so easy! I love this scarf! The only problem is that I used cheap yarn so it's not too soft! I think I'm going to handwash it though with some fabric softener and see if that makes a difference. 
This picture shows how the edges are scalloped--it's totally natural based on the pattern! Great! It takes shape itself! 
Umm... this is how it looks on.... a dog! Who doesn't want a scarf on... he just wants to be left alone to sleep in front of the fan without having a photoshoot! Silly Dog! Just pose and then I'll take the scarf off! :o)
My friend Lydia went with me and we decided to hit the Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Artlink, the African American Historical Museum, and The Lincoln Tower. It was great! We had a lot of fun even though we realized after we got there that the African-American History Museum had been hit by lightning a few months before and part of it was closed, plus the Museum of Art didn't have anything on display because they were between exhibits, and that Artlink really is free all the time..... but alas... there is one place you can't just stop by anytime that you like: LINCOLN TOWER!
These were the cards that I did for the swap....
My favorite card of all! I love this one! I think I'm still dealing with 
Kenny and Pat play their instruments like pros! 
The best part of the Latch String other than music and Pete and Cathy (the staff) would be the cheap and yet delectable fries and the 50 cent tacos! On this particular night Mellissa and I broke the piggy bank to eat some food! 
Gotta love those fries!
Ladies, ladies, ladies.... keep your hands to yourself! 
P.S. If you really want to know the best part of the trip then ask me about the orgasm inducing bread created at the Artisan Bread Place at the North Side Farmers Market--I think I might still be interested in marrying the man who makes that focaccia--oooooooooooo... I need a moment... Plus the most hilarious part of the day was getting a little bit of a discount on my second GIANT slice of focaccia because I made the guy laugh--I want to go back, I want to live in the market! It's the closest thing to Pike Place Market here in the midwest... and let me just reiterate... THE FOCACCIA IS WORTH IT!!!!!
This was a community embroidery project, anyone could sew on it, it was awesome, although none of us participated in this particular one!
This was a three paneled piece of art made from paper pulp and dedicated to a friend of the artist. It was really interesting because it had so much texture. 
Art on the walls in North Shorts Art District
A piece of art that spoke to my heart since I've been looking into purchasing a house lately. 
This was done in chalk and pastels. It was pretty cool. 
