Wednesday, May 21, 2008

good.to.know


Where do your missing socks go? I found this article explaining where to find them.

another great pic from wadiefong!


Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!, originally uploaded by wadiefong.

~stolen from the Timmie Tadpole pool on Flickr!

All of the Timmies from my recent shop update have left the building and are on their way to their new homes!

Thursday, May 15, 2008

THANK YOU!!



A big thanks to all of you that made my first big shop update a success! I really appreciate your support! Hopefully I will be able to do a similar type update next month as well for all those who missed out this time.

((big hug))

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Timmie Update Plan


actionplan, originally uploaded by m patrizio.

I just want to give a heads up to anyone waiting for the update on Thursday. I will start adding the Timmies to my shop around 12 noon Eastern time. I've never tried to upload over a dozen items at the same time so hopefully my computer and/or camera won't explode. *fingers crossed*

Here is an idea of what I will be adding-

6 Timmies with hats
1 Timmie with an outfit
5 Regular Timmies
6 -8 different hats sans Timmie.

poor brunette barbie



Here is the CSI video

I suspect foul play. There are a lot of shady characters around my neighborhood.

Thursday, May 08, 2008

Super adorable pic by Wadiefong!


Anticipation!, originally uploaded by wadiefong.

I love the matchy eyeballs :D

Wednesday, May 07, 2008


Saw these here. I love them!

Tuesday, May 06, 2008

tadpole tailoring


tadpole tailoring, originally uploaded by m patrizio.

Monday, May 05, 2008

Timmie update planned


, originally uploaded by m patrizio.

If you happen to be waiting for a Timmie with a hat or just a Timmie hat or just a plain ol' Timmie, I will be updating my shop on the 15th with some new Timmies and head gear.

Saturday, May 03, 2008

Illustration Friday topic "seed"

Illustration Friday  topic "seed"

vector and some photoshop scribbles.

btw- My favorite is sesame seed bagels with olive cream cheese ~ Yum!

Thursday, May 01, 2008

May sale!



I am having a sale in my Etsy shop for the month of May. Check out my SALE section. Almost all my paper goods are 50% off!

Wednesday, April 30, 2008

I heart bunnies tote



bunny bag back

Have I mentioned that I like bunnies? :D

I just added this bag that I designed with funtote to my Etsy shop.

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Tuesday, April 29, 2008

bunny head wallet



just added to the shop - www.mpatrizio.etsy.com

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Wednesday, April 23, 2008

I hereby declare XXX as the best flavor of Vitamin Water

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paranoid pc





Tongue sticking out version-

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Happy Earth Day!

happy earth day!

Happy Earth Day everyone! I wanted to do a new illustration for today but I didn't get a chance. But then the CFL bulb went on over my head - the project I am currently working on is PERFECT for celebrating earth day! Please check out my latest project - a site for
The Lorax by Dr. Seuss.

Here is a quick description of The Lorax from B&N- "In this classic story, the Once-ler describes how his greedy actions destroyed a beautiful and thriving environment. Children will enjoy the colorful characters and rhyming verse and adults will appreciate the subtle messages about the negative effects of deforestation, habitat destruction, and air and water pollution."

I am still working on creating more interactive activities for the site so check back for more fun in a couple of weeks. Also after I am finished up with this project I will finally get a chance to work on some new softies and do some more research on finding eco-friendly materials for items for my shop like organic t-shirts and recycled or tree-free stationery. Hopefully my organic cotton tote will be the first item in a new line of low-impact, high-style green products.

Saturday, April 19, 2008

Thanks Ryoko!!!!


thanks Ryoko!!!!, originally uploaded by m patrizio.

I purchased a smile tumbler from Ryoko and she sent along this awesome felted Timmie!!! It is so charming I am going to explode! The sticker reads "I'm "toy of Timmie". Ryoko made it. I'm gifts from Ryoko to Marilyn".

SOOO SWEET!!!

I will take a picture of Ryoko's tumbler soon and post it.

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A++


I love this movie!! Rent it (or put it up high on your Netflix queue) if you haven't seen it already. Great story, great acting, great editing and great soundtrack! I just downloaded the soundtrack last night from itunes and have been listening to it obsessively.

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Thursday, April 17, 2008

yay, rocks!



I finally found some rocks to hold up my bamboo! Hopefully I won't kill my new bam-babies.




Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Fuzzy Bunny modeling his tote


Fuzzy Bunny modeling his tote, originally uploaded by m patrizio.

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

*new*



Organic cotton grocery totes! Jumbo tote bag for your groceries and other goodies added to the shop!

Friday, April 11, 2008

DIY hair salon


diy hair salon, originally uploaded by m patrizio.

before ---------------> after

Thursday, April 10, 2008

2 good things



1. Cherry Crumb Pie from Fairway Supermarket (Red Hook).
Please note: if you see me coming for it - move out of my way beetches ;)

2. Memo plates. Are you a stationery junkie like me? Do you like plates? Check out this awesome new line from Fishs Eddy. I purchased the graph paper along with the composition paper version. Maybe I can work on my math skills while I eat cheese off of it. Also~ I was thinking if you don't want to eat off them you can use them as reusable "paper" with a dry erase marker.


Tuesday, April 08, 2008

Recycled tank top tote bag

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I got this idea from The Green Rabbit's blog

I used an old tank top that didn't fit me anymore, left over scraps from other projects and some screen printing ink.

First I used my scissors to make the neck hole bigger. Then I turned over the raw edges and sewed those suckers down along with the bottom of the tank top. I squared off the bottom of the "bag" by sewing diagonals on the corners Then I busted out my "buttons" screen with some baby blue ink and printed the image. After it dried I looked through my scrap pile to see what I could use to make a pocket and a key tab. 

Sunday, April 06, 2008

booties, slippers and feetsies

Friday, April 04, 2008

Just added to the shop!


Just added to the shop!, originally uploaded by m patrizio.

Limited-run parachuting owl t-shirt.

Available in these sizes:

Womens S,M,L,XL,2XL

Kids 4,6

Wednesday, April 02, 2008

Owl parachute shirt in da house!


I will be adding my latest T-shirt design to my shop some time this week.

 owl parachute tee

I'm excited to announce that I have some kid sizes in stock as well (4 & 6)!

Tuesday, April 01, 2008

Thanks thegreenrabbit!

Thanks to thegreenrabbit for showing me the carrot song which led me to all these cutie Korean songs!

My fav, the egg song - crack, crack, crack

check these out too-

Number Song

Cold Song

I love the graphics in this one.

Monday, March 31, 2008

Maple Weekend

On Saturday I went upstate to check out Maple Weekend. I decided on a farm that was about 2 hours away from NYC.
remsburger maple farm & apiary
Maple Weekend
maple weekend - honey section
honey section

maple syrup evaporator
sap evaporator

maple tap
maple taps

bees please
some bee action

thirsty bunny
some thirsty bunny action

pancake breakfast at the maple farm
some pancake breakfast action

I stocked up on some maple syrup, some honey and a deee-licious maple cream spread. It felt great to help support a farm directly! I look forward to some more upstate NY outings this Spring and Summer. If anyone has any inside tips/ suggestions of places to visit I'd love to hear them!

Monday, March 24, 2008

ahem, can I get some privacy please.


Sal spotted these 2 peepin' doves and took a picture. These mourning doves hang out in front of my window all the time. They are thinkin', "Damn, she needs to clean these windows we can't see what's going on in there!"

Sunday, March 23, 2008

La Lune


, originally uploaded by m patrizio.

The moon was giving out a large cross-shaped glow and I was trying to capture it. Not very successful.

Friday, March 21, 2008

morning routine - 4



Sal and I went to a cafe in Carroll Gardens where I experienced the worst coffee (tasted like rat poison, or windex or maybe both together) I had in a long time and a not-so-tasty shiny bagel.

We headed over to our favorite bake shop in Bay Ridge to get some red velvet cupcakes to make up for the horrible breakfast. The cupcakes we got were so fresh, so fluffy and soo delicious! Highly recommended!

Timmies 136 & 137


Battle of the pom pom hat begins!


Thursday, March 20, 2008

8% Sac


I've discovered what has been missing in my life... grape juice with actual peeled grapes inside! The grapes taste exactly like the grapes from the vines in my grandma's backyard. I'm sure all your teeth would fall out if you drank this everyday because it is uber-sweet but once in a while I'm sure it is A-OK.

Thanks to Seung for showing us the way to the grape sac :)

Next on the beverage agenda- crushed pear juice.

morning routine - 3


Korean cookies and some coffee

chocolate filled cookie love
chocolate-filled cookie love

Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Timmie #136


Timmie #136, originally uploaded by m patrizio.

This Timmie has been adopted but more Timmies with hats are in the works.

Timmie #134 finds love in the UK!

Check out the cute pic!

Morning Routine

I just joined a new group on Flickr called Morning Routine. Here are my pics from yesterday morning and today.

Tuesday morning: Giant mug of skin-color-coordinating-coffee and the internet
morning routine -2

Wednesday morning: coffee and (watery) blueberry oatmeal

Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Don't spit on the floor



Here are some signs from my dad's cousin's shop in San Benedetto in Perillis, Abruzzo (Italy). I want them so bad! The signs on the right basically say, don't spit on the floor, don't touch anything and something about refusing food and beverages that have been involved with mosquitoes. I love these.

stray dogs


stray dogs, originally uploaded by m patrizio.

Here is a pic from my Italy trip back in October. Do you find the rust colored doggy creepy? For some reason the way he was staring at me gave me the heebie jeebies.

Friday, March 14, 2008

!!!!! WARNING !!!!!

Please tell your friends who sell their art online! My friend just got scammed big time and he wants to send out a big warning to everyone else. Many of you are familiar with the "overpayment" e-mail scams : The "buyer" sends you a check or money order for MORE than the price of the item, but soon "realizes" the mistake, and asks for a refund of the overpayment. Once you send the refund, however, you discover that the buyer's check has bounced.

Here is another form of this scam but a bit more personal.

Here is Mu's e-mail:

"
Dear friends of mine,

something really bad happened to me recently, I got scammed.. yes, I got scammed.
few weeks ago some person from England e-mailed me and pretending to buy my paintings, and then he sent me a bad check, which i was not experienced enough to ask people around before deposit it, after that he canceled the deal and asked me to send his money back through western union. He lied with very convincing story so it end up I lost $5800 dollars. It is a very complicate situation, so i can not go through all the details with you with E-mail now.
I was just too inexperienced and too stupid and naive which allowed me gave him a chance to trick our money. The worst part is neither my bank and the police would do any thing for me, but at least I still have my paintings...

I contacted FBI today and they told me to send them all the information I have, I hope they will do something about this, I am not asking them to get that guy for me, I just want them to know that there is one more victim now, and I wish we can be protected in the future.

Now, I know you all are much smarter than me and you will never drag yourself to shit like this, but I still want to let you all to know that this had already happened to someone around us, so please be really careful when people try to approach you about your work on line, especially do not trust any body from outside of United States. "


As if artists don't have a hard enough time trying to make a living! I am so disgusted.


Message to the scammers:

Don't take advantage of my foreign friends.

Thanks a bunch,

M.P.


Update:
Here is a link to an art forum that discusses other art scams that are going on!

Illustration Friday - "heavy"

Illustration Friday- "HEAVY"

My first IF of '08!

Disclaimer:
This illo is not fictional and does depict an actual person or event (me every morning). But do you think I learn from my consumption mistakes? No. In fact, I am holding a frozen fudgy bar in my left hand as I post this. Fo' realz.

Thursday, March 13, 2008

What do you think??


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For the summer. This shirt would be for adult women with the taste of 5 yr old girls. Please let me know what you think.

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

my new buddies


I purchased some new flash usb drives. Aren't they sweet? Perfect for storing pics of my softies and other silliness.

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Thanks kid!

I want to publicly thank the child who wrote all over the deposit slips at the bank-

NAME: "mr. fartsalot" with account number "farta farta"

NAME: "mrs. poop y head" with account number "big ol butt"

You made my banking experience much more enjoyable! I was considering taking a pic with my camera phone, but ya know, I didn't want to look immature :)

-mp

Saturday, March 08, 2008

Salvation Army Sign


It reads, " WANT TO MAKE GOD LAUGH? TELL HIM YOUR PLANS"

Thanks Salvation Army for making me feel hopeless.

I prefer this message from my tea bag much more:

Thursday, March 06, 2008

Ugh


I hereby declare I will get this mess under control this month. Goodbye dust bunnies - go find somewhere else to live.

Wednesday, March 05, 2008

painted sketch from my new sketchbook

from last month.

Friday, February 29, 2008

HAPPY LEAP DAY!



I hope you're enjoying your extra day!

happy leap day!

Thursday, February 28, 2008

Mushroom offerings


Timmie #132 is pictured offering the latest So Softies member, Kyle Carrot, a mushroom.