So typical of me...I started sweating this project, too. I was beginning to over-plan things and not just DO it. I ended up getting up early this morning and putting the face on the goaty...the shower was today, btw.
This is how he looked when Suzanne left that night (August 1) -- she pinned his horns on him where I thought I wanted them and the rest was up to me to complete.
This really was a collaborative effort...Suzanne brought the books of examples by, I chose a general idea, picked out the socks from Suzanne's stash, she sewed all the hard parts (it would've taken me at least a couple of weeks to do it) -- I chose the various colors for the appendages and decided how long I wanted the arms to be and where I wanted the ears.
I fussed with this guy for three full days and nights using photos I took of his face and then printing them...I drew on the face in different colors, I cut out horns and placed them all over his head...sheesh...fret, fret, fret.
And here he is -- I didn't stop to take photos once I got started.
This shot shows his little deep pink tail.
I took a bunch of photos and then realized I forgot to add the horns! Duh!
I like him a lot.
We thought the black on the end of the orange arm kind looked like a hoof.
And while I was changing the art in my two Art-o-mat machines I realized I had enough of the Penciled In youngsters to make a little collection. These are the ones that Juana and I collaborated on.
Then it was time to hit the road and go to the baby shower. I can't believe I have managed to make it through fifty-eight years without ever attending a baby shower. I might not have gone, but how could I say "no" when I was invited by Melissa Schultz and Erika Probst?
I first met Erika when I started volunteering for Detroit Derby Girls. Erika was D-Funk Allstars skater Barberika. Melissa is her sister and I met Melissa through my niece who was managing a horse farm at the time. Melissa is a veterinarian with a mobile practice and she has made a couple of visits to my house. We kept saying we'd like to get together sometime when it wasn't vet-related.
The baby shower was held at Edgewood Country Club. There were between 35-40 people there. It was really lovely -- the setting, all of the friends and family and friends of family and family friends.
When you arrived you found your name card and chose where you wanted to sit. I arrived on the early side and was able to talk with Erika and Melissa for a little while. I chose the table I liked and then Melissa suggested that could be the friends table. I only knew one other person who was coming and Melissa said she'd be sure to show her where I was sitting.
Here are Melissa (in green) and Erika (in blue).
The salad arrives. The decorations and party favors were really great. The food was excellent.
I knew there would be games, but I didn't know there would be great prizes, too!
At one point Melissa was having people pull a name from a bowl -- oh, maybe that was the diaper lottery -- and she had me pull a name -- squeeeeeeee, I pulled MY name!
Incredible -- I won this digital video camera!
I had just been saying that I wanted to get a video camera because I can't get Twink and Tull in the same photo together because they move so fast (and my point and shoot is too slow).
I had just been saying that I wanted to get a video camera because I can't get Twink and Tull in the same photo together because they move so fast (and my point and shoot is too slow).
Wow!
This is Jen "Seoul Slayer" Lenardon who I know through (again) Detroit Derby Girls. She skates for D-Funk Allstars, too.
I didn't realize that Jen and Erika knew each other from school.
Jen won a prize, too!
Wow -- it was an e-reader and Jen had been saying she needed to get one!
We both really lucked out on our prizes!
There was a game where you got a "necklace" with a diaper pin. Any time somebody said the word "baby" you could take their pin -- or if you said it, they could take yours -- the person with the most pins at the end of the game time would win a prize.
You KNOW I was waiting for people to say the b-word!
I even heard someone from across the room say it and Jen went over and collected their pin for me...hysterical.
This was my prize for that game -- a really heavy really faceted glass lotus candle holder for a pillar candle. This is going to make a sparkly light show -- cool!
Erika and Jen...man, it is hard to get used to saying that -- I am so used to saying Babs and Seoul.
We brought the goaty and Penciled In pieces over to the table I was sitting at so I could get a shot of Erika and the goaty.
It was cool because it also gave us a little time to talk before it was time to go.
Awwwww...she likes him!
And Melissa's husband Lucas and baby Lucas posed for a last minute photo.
Big yawn from a little guy!
