Evil or Pie . . .

Characters from Paul Friedrich’s Onion Head Monster comic have decorated the walls of various restaurants and coffee shops in downtown Raleigh for quite some time now. I remember first seeing some of Friedrich’s art at the Vertigo Diner back in the late 1990’s. If my memory serves me correctly, I believe that I had even gone to an Onion Head Monster art gallery opening the summer after I graduated from college. More recently I remember seeing some of his art upstairs at The Morning Times Café a few months ago.

Last week, when walking past Holly Aiken’s store, Stitch, I saw that she had a purse with Dr. Strangegutt, contemplating evil or pie, dangling in her front window. Apparently she had collaborated with several local artists and created a limited edition line, cleverly named CAHOOTS.

Seeing the bag there in the window put a smile on my face. Not only does it bring me back to when I first saw this particular illustration, it reminds me to ask myself: "what am I in the mood for?"

Baby Games

My sister is going to have a baby and I am looking forward to throwing her a baby shower. Even though it is early in the game I thought I should start brainstorming now.

I was looking online about baby shower ideas and came across two really neat ideas. (Can you tell I am excited about throwing a baby shower?) One is for an activity and one is for the shower gift.

Instead of silly games at the shower I think I want to have a craft. While blog surfing I found a number of ideas for decorating burp cloths and onsies. Since we probably won’t be doing any sewing I plan to find some stencils and fabric markers and maybe some stamps that people can use to decorate with.

As far as shower favors go I want to give something nice that is also useful. In my search for a nice shower gift I came across this: A bar of glycerin soap with an attached rhyme “We showered (mom’s name) in pink and blue. Now this ‘shower’ gift is especially for you!”