Eve's Mad Unbirthday Tea Party: Part 1

It was a lot of fun! I'm waiting on a bunch of pictures from my friend because my camera decided to die (well the batteries) after taking two pics! Ugh...but I got some pics with my camera phone. So here's a little bit of pics of the decor. :)

Tomorrow is my long awaited...

...MAD TEA PARTY!!! I'm excited. Pics will come soon. But honestly, I will probably post more on FaceBook. Sorry my non-Facebook friends. But yes, I will post some here too! Wish me luck! ;)

Sticky & Sweet Art Show @ 323 East Gallery

Several weeks back I went to an art show at 323 East Gallery in Royal Oak.
It was called the STICKY & SWEET show featuring works by Audrey Pongracz and Kill Taupe. I enjoy both artists work but honestly really really enjoy Audrey's work quite a lot. And was hoping to get to chat with her for a second. And yay, luckily I was able to. Mainly because I got there pretty early...for once, believe it or not!

She was SUPER cool and she let me take pics of her pieces on the walls and some of her, as you will see below. Recently, she was named BEST LOCAL ARTIST by local Detroit magazine, REAL DETROIT, which is a BIG DEAL if you ask me.

We chatted about many things and found out we had many similar interests in the art/artists we like-yay Ryden & Tara McPherson! As well as our BIG love for music and...skeleton keys! Yes, skeletons keys rule. She even had one around her neck on a necklace that I thought was pretty sweet! (She even told me a good place to find 'em-how cool!)

Had a really great time, despite the HUMIDITY-was terrible that day...and 323 didn't have any air. So that's why you won't see any pics of me...was sweating like a PIG. Ugh, gross...but anyways...if you'd like to check out Audrey's work, please click here. And for her BLOG, please click here.

Enjoy the pics and have a good Sunday friends!!!

Audrey posing in front of one of her great pieces at the show.

Any ART SHOW with candy & cookies is my type of place!!!

You wanna drink, any drink, it was there!!!
I had a Strawberry Daciquiri (spelling!?...)
{can you tell I really don't drink this kinda stuff}...
but was honestly SOOOO SWEEEEEET,
that I had to put in tons of ICE to un-sweeten it a bit.

What a SWEET tattoo of Audrey's!
Heck yes, for 1979...
hm I know someone else born & copyrighted this year...
do you know who it is???

Audrey's work...

Kill Taupe's work...

Unsure of this artist's name...
but really liked his/her work...
like the one below...
which I wanted to purchase but didn't have THAT much $$ on me...
it was $100, which isn't bad...
maybe it'll be there when I go back in the future....
it's....

my fave ALICE character...
THE CHESHIRE CAT!!!
And just look at how awesome & happy he looks!!!

Kill Taupe again...
HIS work is quite awesome too!!!

E is for EVE...but of course!!!

I overheard Audrey say this was her FAVE piece of the Sticky & Sweet pieces...
so I got a shot...
it's called MATINEE...
very very awesome!

Had a really great time & it was so nice to finally meet you, Audrey!
Hope to see you at other shows soon! You are a really cool & sweet lady!

(Oh and don't forget peeps to click on the image to see it FULL SIZE...
and you really want to do that (for your benefit)...
on these pics...
since they are much bigger & sweeter...
in PERSON, than these tiny thumbnail pics!!!)

Take care my friends~

Carnival Pics: Part 2 of 2

The pics below will conclude my visit to the carnival in my local mall's parking lot. Strange, they didn't have a Ferris Wheel...the pic below is the Ring of Fire actually. I don't think I would've went on the Wheel anyways...BUT I wanted to play a game or two (but it ended at 10pm & I got there right before 10, sad!).

Ok, the game is where the money/tokens fall down & you push 'em with your tokens to get 'em to fall....(whatever that game is called...though you NEVER win!) But then again, what carnival games do you ever win? You end up spending 40 bucks on like a 5 dollar (or less) stuffed animal, right?....but it's fun to do every once in a while.

But I wanted to say this: The funniest thing I saw near the Carnival happened a day or two before the Carnival started. I was driving through the mall parking lot & saw about five 16-20 something 'alternative' looking girls gathered around a tree. And the girl in the middle had pink hair and was playing an acoustic guitar.

It was an interesting thing to see...kinda funny to see 'em out in the parking lot in one of those spaces that has a lil' bit of grass with a tree. I was tempted to stop and take a listen...but I had bargains to find (ha ha...well, in the end I thought it'd be kinda odd for me to get out of my car & chat with 'em)!!! OK, I'll let ya look at the pics now. I think these ones are my BETTER shots...didn't plan it that way either. ;} Enjoy.~

Oh & as usual, please click on any image below to see it larger. ^_^

There they are ROXY-funnel cakes! I must not have been to a carnival in forever cuz I don't ever remember seeing 'em...unless I was so into getting my Elephant Ear. Which I didn't get....I had to get a corn dog. For some reason they taste VERY good at the carnival...anywhere else, I doubt they be as good. ;}

OK, this is the very creepy department store that is out of business (and has been for a while) at my mall. The Carnival took place in front of it. It used to be a Value City & before that a Crowleys. And it always looks creepy if you ask me. I remember one day during the dead of winter seeing snow fall off the top of that building and it was very VERY cool but creepy looking. I wanted to take a pic but I don't think my cellphone could've captured it very well. I always remember that...it was quite an interesting sight to see!

Good thing about this Carnival was that since it was in front of that out of business department store, there was LOTS of parking. Where at some Carnivals you gotta park a million miles away. I think I took this shot as I was about to get in my car.
Bye Carnival...they were just packing up the rest of the stuff today. I hope you come back to Macomb Mall next year...and bring the Ferris Wheel so I can get some shots of it!!!
Take care friends.~

Carnival Pics: Part 1 of 2

Hey there. So I went to the carnival that was taking place at Macomb Mall over the weekend and here are some of the shots I wanted to show you. Hope you'll like 'em and more will probably come tomorrow. {BTW: Always remember you can click on the picture to see the image much bigger.}

Last Show at C-Pop: Part 3 of 3

By Detroit artist, Tom Thewes.
This piece was used for fliers for the first...
Detroit Electronic Music Festival (DEMF),
which was the best one they ever had!

I love this artist for several reasons...
the main one because he uses different mediums.
I think this painting is on metal,
but you wouldn't even know it just by glancing...

...and this is a detail pic of it at the bottom...
these go all around the edges-
Very cool!

Mike.
We were in the basement.
It was nice & cool down there...
(not HOT like the rest of the gallery).
Sorry you can't see the girl's head too well.
I think she had dark hair...
I know that much!

Brute...
aka: Aidan Hughes,
a British artist.
He has made almost every single album cover for...
KMFDM.

Isn't this beautiful?
I think it was the most expensive piece of art at the show...
$36,000.00!!! Yikes.
I'm sure it took the artist a lot of...
blood, sweat, and tears to make this but God...
I could do a lot with $36,000 dollars if I had it right now. :}

This lady was saying Good-bye to us when we left.
See the things on the wall?...

C-Pop
has won several "best" awards over the years.
One was for 'best place to buy affordable art.'
Hm, that skull piece must not apply...
cuz I don't know about you but...
40,000 dollars isn't affordable to me!

Me by the infamous door,
that really isn't a way in or out.
It's in front of C-Pop.
How curious...

Farewell C-Pop,
sorry you had to go.
If you'd like to see their MySpace,
(which has TONS of ART),
please click HERE.

Hm, I wonder if the door will still remain...