Cross Country, Day 3

Day 3 not so good... shitty rain, shitty driving, 9 hours straight. Nebraska and Iowa. The photos say it all! BUT the iPod was working and I made it to where I wanted to be tonight (Coralville, IA), so all is not lost! In fact the place I am staying at is the most hilarious hotel. It is a Best Western, however, it is 'medieval' themed. Yep. The room I am in is, well, like no other I've stayed in. Probably ever. I'm finding it rather funny, if not a little creepy... check photos.

Playlist today: Phoenix's "It's Never Been Like That" & "Alphabetical" and every Sade album in existence (I'm obsessed with her right now)!

Nebraska - it looked like this for 4 hours

Actually make that 9 hours. Iowa... notice a theme?!

Wind energy in Iowa

My 'medeival' room

the 'lair' (the ceiling is mirrored FYI... for reals.)

Even Stanley finds it a bit creepy

Cross Country, Day 2

Day 2 coming to you from Sterling, CO.. and though the day is over I must still give warm Mother's Day greetings to all the amazing moms out there, especially my own.

So today took me through Utah and most of Colorado, including the Rockies. This is always the most beautiful part of this drive, and I'm always amazed at... how the terrain changes so much mile after mile. A few mishaps along the way today, mis-charged iPod (suckage but thankfully I had CDs with me!), Stanley stepped in his water bowl in the car more than once, etc... but still so far so good.

Stan in Utah

Utah

 naturally

Stan makes a friend

Utah.. this reminds me of all the backgrounds in Roadrunner cartoons!

Utah - Devil's Canyon

Rocky Mountains, Colorado

Colorado

So, did they just run out of ideas?

I left a piece of me in Colorado...

Cross Country, Day 1

Day 1 of my cross country trek... LA to Akron (Ohio). Me, my dog and the Mini Cooper! Travelling back for the next month to help my family as my parents are moving house - as in moving out of my childhood home! It's a weird thing. They/we have lived there for 39 years so you can imagine the task at hand (physical and emotional.)

So today: California, Nevada, Arizona and Utah (where I am this eve.) Such a beautiful drive so far, I love the open road! Will do a little photo blog as long as I have internet access...

Mojave Desert, CA... and a very inventive street name.

I found U2's "Bullet The Blue Sky" to be a great song to drive through the California desert to (which actually is very apropos)

Hello Vegas... for a minute

Some crazy beautiful rock formations in Arizona

More beauty in Arizona

Er, nice shot Stanley

 

New Screen = New Tee

Coming in mid-June...

New T-shirt & Logo Colors!

Just in time for the summer, new colors in the PM shop! Limited sizes at the moment, but look for more to be added in mid-June...... also new logo designs coming later this summer...!!

Punk Masters at Unique LA, April 24 + 25

Wow, what a fun weekend, great vibe, met some nice people... and thanks to all who came out! Major thanks to my friend Kim who has been invaluable help in putting it all together! It was such a great design project just designing the booth space but then also so much fun interacting with customers directly and getting great feedback at the same time. I'm definitely looking forward to the Unique December show - and anything I can find in between! 

Here are some photos of the Punk Masters booth:

We custom screen printed our own 'wall paper':

Unique LA Show!

As mentioned I will be selling at the Unique LA show April 24 & 25 - this weekend! If you are in LA come downtown and check it out! This is my first show so I'm not sure what to expect, but I'm quite excited for it. My booth space is 10' x 10' and I can do what I like with it. I've been working with my friend Kim on making the best space possible that conveys the Punk Masters vibe. I'll be adding photos to this of the final space, but in the meantime here are some of the fun things we've done...

Spray painting various thrift store found props, ornate frames, silk roses... destroying porcelain plates!

  

Buttons!

Stickers!

The cutest dog in the world