I felt a creative outburst coming on this evening, so I bought a pair of Chuck Taylor knockoffs and painted them to match the mural on my office wall:
They’re not perfect, but they turned out OK, and it will be fun to wear them and see how many Maurice Sendak fans notice them.
Emily
"Be as a page that aches for a word which speaks on a theme that is timeless...."
I thought of you this weekend when we went to Barnes and Noble. They have little Max dolls. He would be a nice mascot for your office.
I am in awe of your painting skills. I can’t draw for anything. I think when I have kids, I want a monster theme ala the Wild Things.
Mom: I am still kicking myself for passing up my one chance to buy a stuffed Wild Thing at a bookstore a few years ago. For one brief, golden, shining moment, they were making stuffed animals of my favorite Wild Thing (the one I painted on my shoe, with the head like a bull and the feet like a human), and I really considered buying it, but it was $35 or something, and I was pretty much living off my credit cards at the time, so I decided to save the money. I’m not sure why I picked that moment to exercise an oh-so-rare modicum of fiscal responsibility — especially when I am sure that I blew more than that on dinner out as soon as the feeling passed — but there it is. *Sigh*
Brigid: Have you seen the luggage on Craftster that the girl lined with monster fur a couple of years ago? Way cute.
P.S.: When you have kids, I will come right over and paint monsters all over the nursery.
these are the coolest shoes ever.
I think you should wear these to school with the BBQ tee. Yessirree-bob.
And I am so going to sheep these and make pair for my self. : )
“Wild thing, you make my heart sing.”
Did you see this?
Where the Wild Things Are Bernard Plush Toy, 7"
Since the movie’s supposed to be out soon, they’ll probably have a lot of collateral stuff.
jma