Check it ooooout!
A little handmade, a little recycled, a little too cute.
The first set of earthly creatures, that not only are made from super eco-friendly materials, but also smell so sweet!
Aqui esta la Mushpa, sewing on a kosher pig ear…with a flower pattern of course.
Soon to arrive at the Etsy store!
Stay warm,
-Mensa
Hey Mushpa,
I must admit…This not having a job and dedicating my time to making something out of nothing is a lot of work, and like you said yesterday, it is easy to not see how each small step we take ends up rewarding us in some way. Yesterday, after many Photoshop questions later, we finally settled on some logos!…Which I think it is pretty huge in order to get our little faces and our amazing crafts out into the world. The crazy thing is, that I had no idea how much I would end up learning about Photoshop! Who needs a class when you got a nerd like Mushpa aka. the IT Phenomena (more on the tech-y nerd stuff in a future post) in the house, and a few hours of yelling and screaming at a program in order to teach you how to draw a circle!? Its official. I am hooked on the art of Photoshop. My hate talk of how these programs are taking over the Fine Arts world has been turned into an appreciation of fine art editing, which I must say is pretty addicting. Who would have thought that I could spend over three hours making a single line perfect?
Don’t get me wrong. I still do believe that it is a bit discouraging for artists who work with their hands to only see “Excellent Photoshop skills are a MUST” on ever other job description, where the actual requisite is excellence in creativity, but now that I have the basics down I have to say… To ALL Photoshop impaired souls out there, do not give up! Once you get the hang of it, this intimidating tool ends up being quite useful, and you can learn it yourself with the help of many you tube videos. Trust me, the best feeling is figuring out how to do something you’ve been trying to work through for hours.
So back to my main point….We have a logo! From our heads, to paper, to Photoshop! Here is a sneak peak. 🙂
-Mensa
Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our lives. – C.S. Lewis
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– Mushpa
Going through a big suitcase of shirts, and doing some inventory. Prep time until we get our screen printing materials!
I was looking through all the stuff and found some pretty cool shirts, like short sleeve sweatshirts, and pretty V-necks, and of course the original T!
We are in the process of sketching out our new designs and we will be screen printing in the next couple of weeks, so keep an eye out world!
With much excitement,
-Mensa
This is the first of the original! Handmade clay beads and simple tools make this the first of many pretty necklaces! All soon to come…
Here we go!
-Mensa
The dynamic duo has struck again! This time in the form of our new twitter account, https://twitter.com/mushpamensa. You know you love it. Follow us to find out what is going on in the Mushpa y Mensa stratosphere.
– Mushpa y Mensa
Hey, so we started our Etsy store today!!! What, what? It’s called Muspha y Mensa, obviously… Come check it out here, http://www.etsy.com/shop/MushpaYMensa. Thus far we are selling this gorgeous terracotta clay handmade bead necklace designed and made by Maria Emilia (Mensa).
Each necklace is as unique as it is beautiful. I said it!
– Mushpa
