That little chandelier issue I mentioned last week involves this. What can I say? Love is love, whether it's a chandelier or bacon.
Today, I got a sitter for 5 hours and took this "alternative" acrylics class. At home tonight while watching Design Star Washington Week I experimented with some printmaking. I decided to haul out some plywood and although my tulips look like blobs I actually sort of like my mistake. Why can't I get the vibrant colors to show up on the blog?!
Not much is going to happen in Casapinka this week since I'm working non-stop. HODAD/Placido has gotten insanely active all of a sudden. I was talking to a friend on the phone tonight, and since he's just learned to scream to see the cat jump, I put him in the bathroom for 5 minutes and stayed on the other side of the door while talking (he's 9 months - what's he going to do, take a bath?) Well, sure enough I heard a splash and he he was dragging his hands through the toilet bowl and of course putting them in his mouth. This clearly leaves me with MUCH less free time than I previously had. I do, however, hope you'll stick with me as I commit myself figure out this new territory. My first child, you see, basically sat and smoked cigarettes for her first years of life so these are unchartered waters. Oh, I did manage to paint this Syroco clock for the dining room and will post it soon. It's covered with tape so I can paint it.
that's a clock? where are the hands? :P
Posted by: drey | July 22, 2007 at 11:40 PM
Go back to the child's roots. Irish? OK if the family had money it was gin, if not then poteen. Alcohol or cigarettes, drugs are the best. Now if you had drunk copious amounts while pregnant then foetal alcohol syndrome would have meant he wasn't interested in the toilet bowl but he would probably cry incessantly. I suggest alcohol for yourself and a guard/guide dog for the kid. Sorry the question was about the chandelier?
Posted by: m | July 23, 2007 at 03:22 AM
Sorry I take that all back. Totally inappropriate. Children should be encouraged to explore and to resist temptation.
Posted by: midcenturyjo | July 23, 2007 at 03:24 AM
Drey, I made a correction in the post - the face of the clock is covered to prepare for painting it. MCJ, there's no precedent for toilet water, is there? : )
Posted by: casapinka | July 23, 2007 at 05:43 AM
Yes, I always wondered why many people say girls are harder than boys. My experience is that little girls will sit and play quietly, and that little boys will jump from the ceiling, climb on the refrigerator, grab knives and pretty much get into everything, even if it is locked. They are fun, but very, very active. You have a normal healthy boy. Good luck!
Posted by: Peggy | July 23, 2007 at 06:30 AM
Alternative acrylics ?!?! That's sounds like a fun class, was it just the one? Love the print you made :)
~Kate
Posted by: girlmeetsglamour | July 23, 2007 at 08:56 AM
i know, fill the toidy with a toddy. that'll teach 'em.
Posted by: scrappy girl | July 23, 2007 at 11:31 AM
My 2 year old enjoys her toilet water as well. Weird kids.
Posted by: Tara | July 23, 2007 at 11:36 AM
Love the DIY acrylic tulips. Seriously. They'd look great in my entryway. : )
Posted by: tgm | July 23, 2007 at 12:55 PM
I found a chandelier this weekend at my local building materials resale place. Ugly, brassy metal, shaped into long thing leaves. Loved the shape, hated the finish. Painted the whole thing chocolate brown and thought of you the whole time. I will be posting about it later this week. BTW, I love your asian-inspired chandeliers.
Posted by: Amy | July 23, 2007 at 02:07 PM
What's wrong with toilet water?... I drink it all the time. Seriously, I love your tulip art and the clock. Can't wait to see it painted.
Posted by: kiminottawa | July 23, 2007 at 06:33 PM
My mother (who had three sedate girls and one on-the-go boy) has always said that she came to an understanding of how little boys' activity levels were inherently different than little girls' when she was in nursing school and was shown movies of squiggly, wriggly sperm making their way upstream to their destination. This was boy's nature, she realized. It bolstered her in trying times to remember that they couldn't help it... it was in their very most basic makeup, from the inception, er, conception.
Posted by: Marianna | July 23, 2007 at 07:18 PM
He probably thinks it's Holy Water and wants to wash away his sins. See it's the Irish coming out in him.
Posted by: midcenturyjo | July 23, 2007 at 10:15 PM
LOL, he reminds me of my first who is still challenging and you don't want to know how old he is.k
Posted by: kstyle | July 24, 2007 at 12:37 AM
Hey, thanks guys. I've never done art that anyone liked before. Was sort of embarassed to even show it.
Posted by: casapinka | July 24, 2007 at 01:49 AM
Your son seems to be thriving on his diet of cat food and toilet water.
Posted by: Di Overton | July 24, 2007 at 03:57 AM
Hang in there! Love the Syroco.
Posted by: Abbey Nova | July 24, 2007 at 05:16 AM
those tulips look great. continue, continue
Posted by: designdna | July 24, 2007 at 05:56 AM
A cup a day. It'll boost the immune system.
So I am liking this new fixture lots! They scale is better I think!
Posted by: katiedid | July 24, 2007 at 08:07 PM
You wanted that chandelier, didn't you...! I was on it, but I had to let go.
Btw, a toilet lock was the best $10 I've spent in a while. But don't toss the directions--I was stumped for a while.
Posted by: rok | July 25, 2007 at 05:54 PM