In My Head Studios

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Altered Domino Christmas Ornaments by Vickie Porter of In My Head Studios. She has tons of cool art on her Flickr site.

Vickie emailed me weeks ago asking for show contact information. We follow each other on Twitter. She also participated in the recent Casa Larga show so she introduced herself to me. We immediately hit it off. I love her work and her booth looked outstanding, especially since it was only her 2nd craft show ever. Very professional.

Her parents were there with her, who were very nice too. I mention her parents as part of my defense as to why I thought she was 17 years old. She looks very young, 2nd craft show, there with her parents. At one point she mentioned her husband so I mentally bumped her age up to early 20s.

I was talking with the organizer of the show, singing Vickie's praises. We were both amazed at her talent for someone so young. A short while later Sharon came back to my booth, "You are not going to believe Vickie's age! She's 33!"

Later in the day, Vickie brought her husband over to meet me. "You are so outted! You're 33!" She gets that a lot she says. Heck, I've been mistaken for being 10 years younger than I am, but for me to be off by 16 years! That's clearly a reflection on me, rather than Vickie.

We had a good laugh over it. (At least I think "we" did.) :-)



Like most crafters, Vickie makes lots of different things, like this felted bead necklace. I was just reading her blog how she and her mom had an old fashioned girls only sleepover with her sister and nieces. She and her mom stayed up all night making felted beads.

Mom and Gretchen and I had a sleepover a number of years ago. We watched "To Kill a Mockingbird" together, one of our favorite movies - and the reason we call everyone "Boo". I wanted to make prank phone calls and Gretchen wanted to sneak out and visit boys but Mom wouldn't let us.

Enough about me.

I think I admire Vickie's talent so much because as I've often said, my brain is just not wired to make collage. I even took a class once at the old Stamps to 'Di' For where we collaged a journal. My images were all evenly lined up! The teacher was aghast, I'm sure. I didn't even really see the error of my ways until later when it sunk in.

People at craft shows often say to me, "Your work is so perfect!" Well, duh. Of course, it's nice and neat and even and symmetrical. How else would you expect me to do it??

Vickie's blog is: here.

Her Etsy shop is: here.

Her Flickr site is: here.

Her Twitterness is here.

Edited to add: Vickie is also featured on Ohana Mama today!

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Speaking of Twitter, my sister Gretchen has joined the cult. I could not be prouder.

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