Boy Toy's Failed Attempt at Design

Well, I am happy to say that another one of my designs have been accepted by a yarn company!

I've just mailed off the completed garments from the other yarn company and working on swatches for a few more submission deadlines coming up.

It feels good to have some work to do and get paid for doing it. Like my Theatre teacher often told me- "The only real difference between a professional and an amature is a paycheck".

The interesting part about all this is trying to get my Boy Toy to  understand the whole process of me being paid to play with yarn.

Boy Toy: So, let me get this straight. You draw some shit on paper, turn it in to some company and they pay you for it?

Liver Chick: Well, that's part of it.

Boy Toy: So, I could get paid for drawing shit?

Liver Chick: It's not shit. I draw pretty pictures.

Boy Toy: Okay, so lets say I draw some pretty shit on paper and send it in,....

Liver Chick: Stop calling it shit! Call it 'stuff' or something.

Boy Toy: Alright. So I draw some pretty shitty stuff on paper and turn it in. Then they pay me for it?

Liver Chick: Say that five times fast.

Boy Toy: Pretty shitty stuff, pretty shitty stuff, pretty shitty....

Liver Chick: No. You actually have to 'make' what you draw and give instructions on how you made it so other people can make it too.

Boy Toy: Well, that's easy. I'll just give it to you to make.

Liver Chick: Oh, how nice of you, honey. Make me do all the work while you get all the money? I don't think so. If I do the work, then I get the money.

Boy Toy: No, that's not how it works. Remember, we're married. What's mine is mine and what's yours is mine.

Liver Chick: Um, I think that's my line, honey.

Boy Toy: No, I remember specifically in our vows that you are to honor and obey me and give me all your money.

Liver Chick: Maybe those were the vows you heard when you got drunk and married that hooker in Vegas, but that is not how it goes in this house. If you get a design accepted by a yarn company then you're gonna have to pick up your knitting loom and knit it yourself.

Boy Toy: But honey, you love me. And you suppose to do nice things for the people you love. So, if I get a design accepted, you'll do it for me, right?

Liver Chick: Only if you agree to clean the toilets for a month.

Boy Toy: Never mind.

What Hainse Saw Today

I love it when I stumble upon a cool blog that inspires me. Art and fashion blogs seem to do that I lot. So it is no surprise that I am currently in love with the blog What I Saw Today, by famous fashion illustrator Richard Haines.

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Has illustrations are a wonderful look into the life of an artist as well as how he sees fashion. Each sketch tells a story of where he has been and what person, color or event inspired him to open his sketch pad and draw that day.

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I warn you now, once you click on one of the pictures or the link above, expect to be sucked into hs world as each sketch leaves you wanting yo explore even more of his work.

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