"And I said what about Breakfast at Tiffany's..."

I was recently substituting a textiles class at the University of Wisconsin Green Bay and was really inspired by a project the intermediate students had completed. Professor Gates, who runs the textile program at UWGB, had her students read "Breakfast at Tiffany's" by Truman Capote and then had her students make a project that was inspired by the book. I love the book and most of all I really love the movie. And I happen to really love buying things from Tiffany and Co. So, I decided to make a little piece myself that was inspired by these things. The cupcakes are made from hand dyed fleece that was felted around two styrofoam balls. The one with the white ribbon has a cubic zirconia earing in it and the one with the pink polka dot has a little diamond earing in it. Who wouldn't love a little Tiffany cupcake?

Felting Workshop at the MWA!

Students are preparing their batting to start the felting process.

Here one of the students experiments with painting on her piece of felt with the kool aid dye. It turned out so pretty!

Here is an example of a student felting three dimensionally.

This is my sample piece, a little felted Valentine.

I had a great time teaching this felting workshop at The Museum of Wisconsin Art! It was so much fun meeting new people and felting for the afternoon! The students in the workshop created some really fun pieces, especially once they started dying their wool with kool aid.

I went to the Martha Stewart Show as an audience member and it was a good thing.

Martha's Kitchen. It is clean and it is perfect. I loved it.

A very happy Mindy Sue waiting for the Martha show to start!
The show was about exercise and we were asked to come in exercise gear.
I wore a flower in my hair... because that's what I wear when I exercise.

A very beautiful Martha Stewart answering an audience member's question.

No words could express my happiness... I got to be an audience member on the Martha Stewart show! Martha is one of my greatest inspirations. I admire her strive for perfectionism and I feel that she is a great role model for feminists today. I was seated really close to all the action and enjoyed being a part of the audience. Martha was so friendly and after the show was taped she took a couple of questions from the audience! I got to ask her a question! I asked Martha Stewart if she had any tricks for cleaning up glitter. She laughed and suggested to get a really strong vacuum. I got to talk to Martha and it made me so happy! Here are a couple of shots from the show (they let us take pictures when the camera wasn't rolling)!

Dear Martha, if you read this I really enjoy watching your show and using your products, especially the array of glitters you have come out with! I make artwork that I call Stitchalicious and it is reminiscent of cakes and candies and treats. I use your glues and pens and markers and glitter. You truly are one of my greatest inspirations. Love, Mindy Sue