10 on the 10th: Xmas Edition

Answering 10 questions! This is a fun monthly thing instigated by Marsha In the Middle.
For December, Marsha poses many questions on the subject of Christmas.

1. Would you rather give up Christmas trees or Christmas cookies?

I'm Team Cookie - there's no way you can pry the cookies out of my grasp!

I don't think I've ever had a tree since I moved in with Severo (23 years). I do desultory decorating in the entryway.

2. Would you rather get one amazing holiday gift or 10 OK holiday gifts?

One amazing pair of Fluevogs, please!

The Fluevog Derby Swirl in Plaid. On my Wish List!

3. Would you rather wash your hair with pumpkin pie innards or with Christmas cookie icing?

Pass on both!

4. Would you rather surprise your people with their gifts or let them pick out their own gifts and then buy them for them?

I would be much happier with a wish list. I don't like to shop.

5. Would you rather eat only desserts the entire holiday you celebrate or only the main course?

I want to eat it all!

spoonflower link

6. Would you rather watch “A Christmas Story” or “Elf” all day long…day of your choosing?

No thanks. Give me the Yule Log!

 

7. Would you rather have a nose like Rudolph’s or ears like an elf?

Elf ears. A light-up nose would be very distracting.

8. Would you rather listen to “All I Want for Christmas” or “I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas” for an entire week?

This question reminds me of the time I worked at Strawberry, a boutique fast fashion chain in NYC. My branch was in the financial district. The year, 1977. An 8-track provided the store music and between Thanksgiving and Christmas we had to listen to Disco renditions of Holiday favorites. On repeat. Ad nauseam.

What is the Hippopotamus song? I don't think I want to know.

9. Would you rather have a “Ho, Ho, Ho” Santa laugh or an evil Grinch cackle?

I'm a crone. I'll opt for Cackle.

10. Would you rather wear red and green or silver and gold for the entire holiday season?

Since the metallics are usually synthetics and itchy, Red and Green I will tolerate. But I'm forever Team All the Colors!

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Be sure to check out Marsha’s post and her link party for more responses!

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Marsha's 10 on the 10th
Shelbee's On the Edge

Art Fair Outfits

The Superfine Art Fair in Seattle was a good excuse for a road trip!
Here, however, I'll review what I wore...

It seems I relied on the kindness of strangers for my outfit shots.
I guess I forgot that sometimes I'm a fashion blogger. 

in @gottfried_megan's IG story

The Opening night I wore my favorite tunic. I always feel great in this.
In 2019, I stitched this together in transit for my brother's wedding! So glad I did! 

Paired with green space-dyed Fabletics leggings.

photo by Katie's daughter

Day 2, Katie stopped by. Katie lives in Birmingham, Alabama. I've been in Feng Shui cohorts with her for the past couple of years. This was our first meeting IRL.

I wore my vintage 90's shirt that I found on Poshmark and leopard leggings from Fabletics.
The gap in the art grid was a fake sale. I thought maybe viewers were intimidated by the full grid, and I removed a piece.

in @superfineartfair's IG story

Day 3, the Noon - 9pm marathon day.
I wore the antique kimono fabric tunic, which is another favorite.
I added sleeves to this a few years after first sewing it. Best move ever.
I don't remember which leggings I wore (because I'm actually writing this post in November).

I don't remember who took this... maybe my art booth neighbor?

Day 4: the African wax cloth tunic, purchased in Providence, RI way back in the '80s.

The cotton fabric is super soft now. Same leggings as Day 1.

And the art?

This was the only instance the Scrappy Squares were seen as a complete set the way they were intended to be hung.

I made a sale! The grid was broken for real this time.

Which one sold?

Shelbee!

art blog post about making this

Shelbee had the honor of being featured in a Style Imitating Art challenge by Shelbee herself!

For the fair, I dressed in all my favorite colorful tunics/tops to help me feel good in my skin and radiate confidence.

And then I managed to leave them all hanging in the closet where I was staying! Idiot test failure! (Idiot tests are what musicians do after a gig to make sure they don't leave any gear behind).

It took me 46 miles to realize my error.

Fortunately, my Seattle friends quickly sent them back to me. Favorite garment crisis averted.

Linking up with...

Shelbee's On the Edge

May I? 10 on the 10th

Answering 10 questions! This is a fun monthly thing instigated by Marsha In the Middle.
Link to Marsha's answers for this month.

1. Can you whistle?

Yes! One of those ear-piercing NYC Taxi hailing whistles!
My pal Shawn (a native of NYC) taught me in 9th grade.

2. Can you touch your toes flat to the ground?

Yes, I just tried. I had to bend my knees a teeny tiny bit.

[Ha! can't post the video because Blogger thinks it's obscene!]

3. Can you remember all of your teachers from Kindergarten to graduation?

No. 1st through 4th grade are lost to the mists of time.
I only remember my Kindergarten teacher because there's a photo:

4. Can you ride a motorcycle?

Conceivably yes, as a passenger, but I'd rather not.
My cousins were very much into motorbikes as young teens. I only rode with them a couple of times.

5. Can you groom a dog?

Maybe, again, I'd rather not. I can groom a cat!

6. Can you remember the first vacation you ever went on?

Do family trips to summer lodgings count? The first house I remember (I was five?) I later randomly revisited when I was fourteen with friends that lived on the farm. It was an eerie experience!

7. Can you create things from scratch (knit, paint, weld, etc.)?

Oh, yes! Perhaps my most ambitious thing is the shoes I made!

8. Can you wire an outlet?

Maybe? There's a YouTube for that!

9. Can you remember your first job?

Unforgettable! I delivered pizza for Skip Perry's Pizza in Goleta, CA. I got to know the greater Santa Barbara area really well. Delivering to UCSB students was the worst.

"Ham, Pepperoni, Bell Pepper Pizza" Lithograph, 1975

10. Can you upholster a chair?
I upholstered a chair and an ottoman once with canvas that I silkscreened.
[Can't find photos]

Lately, I've been visibly mending the couch. Some parts are surviving Mr Lou the Antimender better than others
(that is carpeting on arm on left which Lou has turned into a yeti).

Linking up with...

Marsha's 10 by 10

Shelbee's On the Edge
Rena's Fine Whatever