Only once in a very blue moon does true giftedness come along.

This post is about a young lady who I feel possesses skill and talent akin to that of the Great Masters, only in modern subject matter.  I know that to some that may seem a ridiculous statement to make, given that the pictures below are of Pokemon, but the Pokemon is merely an example of this girl's emerging skills.  She can draw with amazing precision the most delicate of fairies and the fiercest of dragons.  She crafted giant origami rabbits for our Easter breakfast.  (Mind you, the larger a piece of paper, the more difficult it is to control.)  She made a little fleece bunny and cat for my daughter when she was born, and managed to create adorable somethings that not only would pass government safety tests, they have SURVIVED the LOVE of a TODDLER.  In other words, the girl got SKILLS.


Somehow, the planets aligned, God heard a prayer, or SOMETHING happened to get me to attend University United Methodist Church.  (Besides marrying Tim.)  The teenagers at UUMC never cease to amaze me.  There are so very many old souls in that one little youth group that you can sense the powerful potential developing within each and every one of them.  And a pox upon those who dare to disagree.  Before church, Anna often shows me what she is working on, drawing, or otherwise creating. One morning, I spied her sewing what looked to me like rays of a sun.  Once she explained, I was even more curious.  One week later I saw it in its completion.  I am not up to date on the Pokemon population, nor can I pretend to care what happens to Ash or those annoying villains.  I can, however, recognize a well-crafted adorably ugly insect-like stuffed creature.  And this adorably ugly insect-like stuffed creature was amazingly well-crafted.  And huggable too.  And made WITHOUT A PATTERN.  No kidding.  Its name is Larvesta.  (The name kind of makes me say, "Ewww."  But her craftsmanship certainly does not.)  Check it out.

This is Anna's Larvesta.  Notice how she stitched the eyes to form a pupil.

Larvesta from an aeriel perspective.  So huggable, yet so buggy.

Side view. The "Bulbapedia" says that Larvesta is 63.5 pounds.
That's a LOT of Pokemon.

And it looks EXACTLY like the picture, slightly whorled horns and all. 

 Didn't I tell you the girl was gifted?

Guess what?

Pattercraft is going to be at the Chesterfield Earth Day event on April 16, 2011.  Here's the scoop:

We're making paper flowers out of discarded books, and perhaps some wool.  The activity will be offered at a small fee that is yet to be determined.  (I just have to pay for materials & that booth!)  I will also have my famous crayons, tags, and other lovelies for sale.  I am so psyched about this event I can hardly stand it.

Rain or shine, come play!

Check out the website for more info, including what Chesterfield is collecting for recycling.

http://www.chesterfield.mo.us/earthday.html

Cheers!

Anyone? Anyone?? Bueller? Bueller??

Ok, I LOVE.  Who's up for this?

http://ow.ly/3XcXm

Apparently, I am a Moron...

This is an email I sent to my Pattercrafters.  I feel I should make my humiliation even MORE public. 


On Jan 23, 2011, at 8:37 PM, "Pattercraft" <pattercraft@gmail.com> wrote:

> Oh my dear friends and fans...
> Just in case you didn't know, I am a little nuts.  I SOOO didn't intend on emailing stupid test emails actually TO you.  I intended on emailing myself so I could SEE whether or not all of the individual emails showed to everyone on earth, or if they just said "Pattercrafters" like I wanted.  Aaaaand I didn't THINK about, "Hey, these people will get these emails along with me.  Maybe I should try something else."
>
> It was Sunday morning.  I had three cups of coffee without food.  I have been getting like 4-6 hours of sleep because either my cat is evil or she thinks I need some much-deserved time ALONE.  (Really I think she is evil.  But I love her anyway.)  I was still in my pajamas.  The dog ate my homework.
>
> Want any more excuses?
>
> I am working on putting my crafty dreams into reality, and created a Pattercraft email address.  I put together a "Pattercrafters" group so I could better communicate my class offerings (not free), open houses (free), and workshops (free) with my fellow crafty humans and those I would like to make stuff with.
>
> So you're on it, 'kay?  (This is where you are supposed to feel all honored and loved, not secretly whispering, "Oh s#1+" to yourself.)
>
> Just don't laugh at me to my face.  I might craft up a voodoo doll of you.  (Just kidding...sort of...)
>
> Stay tuned...

I am sooo much better with paper and scissors.
 

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