Author Archives: Lisa

Robot painting for a Syfy friend

Posted on December 30, 2012 by Lisa

My friend works at the Syfy channel (and yes, it pains me to spell sci-fi that way).  She contributed to my fundraising campaign this fall, so I made her a robot painting.  One of the only things I know about … Continue reading →

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Paper Snowflake – The Girly Version

Posted on December 12, 2012 by Lisa

I was playing around with paper snowflakes the other day (if you haven’t made them in a while, here’s a basic tutorial), because I wanted to make a special version for the Geniuspills holiday show, “A Very Bitchy Christmas.”  The … Continue reading →

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Craft project: Girl’s Space Hat

Posted on November 30, 2012 by Lisa

If you’re anything like me, you’d like to look “futuristically demure,” but your space hat budget is virtually non-existent.  Our only option is to make space hats from things we have at home.  Here’s one project idea, borrowed from a … Continue reading →

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I’m making little robot paintings for charity.

Posted on October 19, 2012 by Lisa

I’m participating in a fundraiser for the Busted Foundation, which raises money to give directly to women with breast cancer who can’t afford their bills.  I think that’s a wonderful cause, so I’m making little robot paintings for people who … Continue reading →

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I traded with the Trading Tortoise!

Posted on August 5, 2012 by Lisa

In the spring, I contributed to this Kickstarter for a traveling art project called The Trading Tortoise, created by Souther Salazar and Monica Choy. They were raising money to make a trading post shaped like a tortoise and travel around … Continue reading →

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Please don’t eat my meat.

Posted on May 15, 2012 by Lisa

My friend Emily Richmond buys fancy meat at the farmers’ market, because she needs more iron in her blood. She looooves donating blood, but the blood donation people sometimes turn her away for having low iron levels.  A while back, … Continue reading →

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I am glad you exist.

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Lisa

Remember that stampy thing I bought at a thrift store?  A while back, I used it to make a custom stamp that says “I am glad you exist.” It’s something I say to people on a fairly regular basis (I … Continue reading →

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A thrift store haiku

Posted on April 19, 2012 by Lisa

I went to a thrift store today to donate a few bags of clothing and random household junk, and then thought “Maybe I’ll peek inside and see if they have anything good.” Here’s what I found: It was $7, and … Continue reading →

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Cooperation, defined by an 8-year-old girl

Posted on April 19, 2012 by Lisa

The other day, I heard a girl explain what the word “cooperation” means, and I liked her definition so I made a little painting of it.

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Robot painting: I can feel the love.

Posted on April 6, 2012 by Lisa

I made this little painting for my friend Yaoska: Maybe we’re all surrounded by invisible clouds of love all the time. I hope so.

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