T-shirt Art

In 2005, Mike and some diver friends decided that this was the year they would go to that week-long descent into hell called the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. So I thought it would be neat for us to all have unique t-shirts that I, of course, would design. As you can see from the sketch above, my graphic artist didn't have much to work with.

The final result turned out MUCH better.

Since I had the artwork far in advance of leaving for the event, I decided to get some stamps made up of the design at Stamps.com -- and they turned me down! Apparently even cartoon boobies are verboten. I put a black t-shirt on her and got the stamps made.

What It Is

Of course you know that "what it is" is the Louisiana version of "what's this?" So in answer to "what it is" above, it's one of my art cards, which will eventually find its way to my niece, Corinne (hence the initials "C" and "A" on the card). I've made several of the cards, first using playing cards and then graduating to balsa wood I cut to about 3"x3", sand, wrap in stained glass window foil tape, and then start embellishing as the whimsy hits me. This card was made to congratulate Corinne on getting her first real job (after graduating this past May from UAB Birmingham)--she works at a tv station and is the person who collects the news for the on-air talent. Blogs are too cool, aren't they? It's journaling for all the world to see. And what's with this "Kate Spike" stuff? Mike's friend JD started calling me Kate after he saw me dressed up like a cowgirl, and Mike's friend BEN CARR always refers to him as Spike (and of course, I'm Mrs. Spike). One of these days I'm actually going to start a little company and will call it K Spike Ltd or something.