Merry Calliope

I’ll be reworking this website into my ‘pro’ site very soon. Maybe later today depending how my painting projects pan out.

You can still keep up with me on Flickr, Tumblr and LiveJournal–I go by ‘merrycalliope’ on all those places.

Thanks for watching!

Irony Wine

Originally uploaded by Merry Calliope

Sometimes our wine choices don’t quite match our meals.

Btw, the wine is really quite lovely!

Couch Monster

Originally uploaded by Merry Calliope

Most Ikea couches have a couch monster, it’s just a matter of luring him out.

Bald Eagle

Originally uploaded by Merry Calliope

Who needs a telephoto lens? I need a telephoto lens.

There are so many bald eagles, osprey and hawks around here because we are located close to Marymoor Park (Redmond, WA). I wish I had a good lens to photograph them. This is right off the deck of my townhouse.

Spiderbunny Games

Originally uploaded by Merry Calliope

People like me, we carry little game studios around in our heads. Mine is called Spiderbunny Games and we make little browser games you all can secretly waste time on whilst at work. ~_^

Mostly done in Illustrator with texture and text and other things starting with ‘T’ added in Photoshop.

Hallo, I am twelve…

Originally uploaded by Merry Calliope

…just ignore all that gray hair. ^o^

Toe Smiles

Originally uploaded by Merry Calliope

My husband kept sticking his foot up near my head so I got a pen and made the view a little more cute.

Embroidered Deer

Originally uploaded by Merry Calliope

4.5″x6″ DMC floss on tea-dyed cotton

I have a thing about people-faced deer. I lurves them.

More experimenting with embroidery. This is very simple. Just backstitch and sort of sashiko style for the spots on the body.

I got too into making the tiniest stitches possible before I realized it actually didn’t look that good and made the lines look really wobbly. Oops! Oh well. ^o^

Little Woodsie Girl

Originally uploaded by Merry Calliope

I think she turned out so cute. Now she just needs an outfit. (Posing nude on Flickr, how risqué!)

Mohair, tibetan lambskin, polyfil, glass eyes and needle felted nose. Button-jointed at the hips and shoulders.

Halloween 2008

Originally uploaded by Merry Calliope

For our 1st anniversary my mom gave us ‘paper’….these cute Halloween plates and napkins (also cups and cocktail napkins, not shown).

There’s even more food in the kitchen…the cheese is present because I set it out to warm a little before guests arrive.

Pardon the messy background. I dream of the day the dining room isn’t also my computer/art/sewing.craft room. ^o^

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