caroline laughs and it's raining all day. she loves to be one of the girls...

pretty in pink. isn't she? ahh it's that time of year again. dirty and pink no 5 occurred yesterday, june 5th. dirty and pink is one of the most impressive lady races around. taking place in boise and brainchild of the original team no hyphen! for more read up here.. http://dirtyandpinkalleycat.blogspot.com/   

i was feeling fortunate to donate to the prize table. having known about this race for the past 4 years and actually being in boise last year for it, i knew i wanted to participate somehow again this year. i got an idea to do a toilet seat. but a pink one, of course! i mean what other color could it be?  i wanted it to be PINK and girlie... i got the pink part down for sure. as the theme this year was idaho, i got more ideas. 

i tried to keep it simple because i've found with resin, simple is better. 

sometimes it's weird to spend time working on a project and then just hand it off. typically i like to see where or who items will end up with. in addition, to the toilet seat i decided to make 5 cards. they all had a different vintage cycling poster image. at the time i gave them to megan, she was still trying to figure out how to use them. would they all go to one person. would they go to five different people. would it be on the prize table for anyone to pick or specifically designated for something...like the toilet seat is historically the 'dfl' prize, meaning dead f*cking last. you did the race, but you just didn't have enough points to place high up however, you should be rewarded for your efforts. you don't get dfl if you drink in the bar all day! anywho, i digress, i look forward to hearing how they were distributed. now don'tcha wanna see those cards..

here are all five together. they aren't finished here. 
overall this series of images was a lot of fun to work on and probably will be a favorite for a long time. though it's hard to say, which specific one i like best. they each have something special to them. 

this gladiator shot is not the best, it's a little out of focus. for some reason this one and the liberator card i only took detail shots with my macro lens i.e. the bellows, which is attached to my old pentax k1000. those will be updated later. 

what's next? are there other projects? i also completed a birthday card for my long time gal pal, kbomb. in all the time i've been sewing cards for friends, i hadn't made one for her. this was intended to be for her 40th however, it never made it on time. rather than mail it late, i saved it for this this year.. either way she was very happy to receive it and that made me happy.

also, i've got a birthday card in the works for this guy http://pilderwasser.com/cgi-bin/blog.     if you know him give him good wishes on the 12th. in the meantime, that's a taste of what he's got coming... and me, i'm done with this post. frustrated by how things layout and sick of trying to fix it. oy...back to sewing!