tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66229436375714460622024-03-21T20:59:52.713-07:00The Burrow's Studio BlogIt Gets Better; A Comics Anthologyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02279966913099352754noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622943637571446062.post-68430782775450371792012-01-10T15:10:00.000-08:002012-01-10T15:17:02.106-08:00The Burrow Takes NYC: Burrow Reunion Tour!To celebrate Lucy's natal day, Nora Megabus'd down to New York (after attending a wedding in Boston) to spend 48 hours on a whirlwind Burrow adventure through Lucy's hometown. We were pretty excited about it. <br />
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<b>1.</b> Nora got in Sunday night and we had Chinese food at "Chelsea Chinese" (formerly "Grand Szechuan"), the best Chinese food in NYC (a bold claim, but Lucy stands by it). Soup dumpliiiings.<br />
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<b>2.</b> Then to drinks at "Little Branch" near Lucy's house-- a 1920's style underground bar with live jazz music and bartenders in suspenders.<br />
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<b>3.</b> After one delicious pricey cocktail, we headed home to do some intensely intellectual studies in the modern adaptations of Arthur Conan Doyle's classic literary triumph.</div>
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Then we were exhausted from how ridiculously beautiful that show is, so we had to sleep.</div>
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<b>1.</b> We started out with hot drinks and croissants at Joe's the Art of Coffee.<br />
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<b>2.</b> Nora needed a new winter coat, so we hit the space-port-style Uniqlo Flagship Store.<br />
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(This is not the coat she bought. But it <i>is</i> quite poofy.)<br />
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<b>3.</b> Lunch at "Pies & Thighs," a southern-food restaurant where we had fried-chicken biscuit sandwiches with honey butter and hot sauce, accompanied by hush puppies and brussel sprouts with bacon vinaigrette.<br />
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Then Pear-Ginger-Cherry pie. We left one bite, so as to remain <i>ladylike</i>.<br />
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<b>5.</b> Then we took a $8 tour of the Brooklyn Brewery! This was so much fun and beer for so little money! We had a great time.<br />
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We got to try 4 types of their beers, and tour their great facility in Williamsburg.<br />
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<b>6.</b> Then dinner at Nighthawk Cinema, where you can order FOOD at the MOVIES. Why aren't ALL movie theaters like this one!? WHY. It really alleviates the need to smuggle a ham and a bottle of wine into the theater in your jacket. Plus, it makes for a very time-saving evening!...<br />
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<b>7.</b> ...Which leaves us more time to devote to SHERLOCK. Episode 2.2. Swoonypants.<br />
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(Spoiler Alert) I'm so sorry I'm a crazy hallucinating bastard, John. I love you. So much. *makeouts*<br />
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<b>1.</b> Got some cheapo bagels nearby and went to eat them in Christopher Park. Nora had some processing time with some of the sapphic statues.<br />
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Look, I KNOW you're worried that her feelings are breaching your emotional membrane, but you need to keep in mind that the equilibrium of your mutual emotivity is limited by you're BEING A STATUE.<br />
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<b>2.</b> Don't let it be said that we don't know how to entertain ourselves for free. Watching puppies in store windows: like a movie for broke people who can't even play in NYC for 24 hours without being completely decimated financially. But don't these puppies make it all seem okay?<br />
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<b>3.</b> We went to Purl Soho to oggle... oogle?... Ogle? Ogle! the fancy yarns and fabric goods. Look! Drool.<br />
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<b>4.</b> Nora needed a dose of some New York pizza, so we went to John's for a pie with Lucy's cousin and uncle. Muah. Delish.<br />
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For some information on how SERIOUSLY INTENSE New York pizza is, please see this treatise:<br />
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<b>6.</b> Then, to balance out our little weekday-weekend, we finished up with a couple cupcakes from the new NYC Molly's Cupcakes! This place was our regular treat in Chicago. When their main source of revenue (Lucy) moved to NYC, they opened a place JUST FOR HER, a block from her new apartment. How's that for service?<br />
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<b>7</b>. Alas, after a reunion Burrow Blog, Nora was bound back to Chicago and away. Super fun New York Burrow adventures, out!<br />
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More photos of all of this nonsense <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/sets/72157628814152353/with/6675167077/">on Flickr! </a><br />
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<br /></div>It Gets Better; A Comics Anthologyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02279966913099352754noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622943637571446062.post-81695692715766280862011-07-17T19:41:00.000-07:002011-07-17T19:45:38.890-07:00Studio Log: Starweek Twenty-Nine!This entry marks almost one year of this blog! Sadly, The Burrow studio is parting locationally for the time being due to Lucy setting sail for her hometown of New York while Nora remains in beautiful Chicago. But our collaborations and adventures will continue, via long-distance art fun as well as frequent visits. The blog won't update as frequently, but keep us in your feed for our irregular posts of collaborative fun! Thanks so much for keeping up with our amazing year of art and nerdiness. We hope you've enjoyed our adventures and artwork, and thanks for all your support!<br /><br /><ul><li><strong>Studio Project of the Week: </strong>"The Double Tavern" screenprint! <a href="http://66.147.244.241/%7Ethedoub8/">This great bar</a> opened over the winter at the end of our block. We love it there, and are very fond of the bartender, Henry. We made this two-color screenprinted poster as an homage and thanks to Henry for all the great times and good drinks.</li></ul><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/5948453915/" title="The Double Screenprint by lucy lou, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6018/5948453915_a4a30ac0fd.jpg" alt="The Double Screenprint" height="500" width="375" /></a></center><br /><br /><ul><li><strong>Studio Event of the Week:</strong> The Defeat of the Dark Lord! As you may have guessed, we were pretty excited about the final Harry Potter release. We had a few friends over for costumed butterbeer and photoboothing before the movie. Here's a favorite Burrow Studio photobooth shot as "The Grey Lady" and "Ron."</li></ul><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/5940375517/" title="HPhotobooth by lucy lou, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6121/5940375517_144f81f312.jpg" alt="HPhotobooth" height="333" width="500" /></a></center><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">The Burrow has never been Potterier!<br /></div><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/5940295575/" title="Pumpkin juice and butterbeer by lucy lou, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6142/5940295575_4fd4ba60cc_m.jpg" alt="Pumpkin juice and butterbeer" height="160" width="240" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/5940296171/" title="Photobooth Props by lucy lou, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6013/5940296171_f7a64cc23b_m.jpg" alt="Photobooth Props" height="160" width="240" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/5940295899/" title="Voldemort Pinata is ANGRY. by lucy lou, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6023/5940295899_a61032e175_m.jpg" alt="Voldemort Pinata is ANGRY." height="160" width="240" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/5940295963/" title="Foodies! by lucy lou, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6130/5940295963_e7a7aa9abb_m.jpg" alt="Foodies!" height="160" width="240" /></a></center><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/">Lots more photobooth shots on flickr!</a><br /><br /></div><ul><li><strong>Studio Jam of the Week:</strong> "Lily," by Ministry of Magic</li></ul><br /><center><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/dxjwI5e_Uac" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="349" width="560"></iframe></center><br /><br /><ul><li><strong>Kitty Photo of the Week:</strong> Spot the kitty hiding in the messy closet!</li></ul><br /><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/5948453743/" title="Spot the kitty! by lucy lou, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6004/5948453743_d80bb315d5.jpg" alt="Spot the kitty!" height="500" width="375" /></a><br /></center>It Gets Better; A Comics Anthologyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02279966913099352754noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622943637571446062.post-49405813212174957232011-07-10T20:40:00.000-07:002011-07-10T21:18:54.500-07:00Studio Log: Starweek Twenty-Eight<div>Happy Sunday!</div><div>Love,</div><div>The Burrow</div><br /><ul><li><b>Studio Project of the Week:</b> The Black Family Tapestry! As seen in <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yTs2y8HJH4">this scene of Harry Potter</a>.</li></ul><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/53049605@N07/5924274127/" title="Finished by fiberistanora, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6139/5924274127_04dded545f.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="Finished" /></a></div><ul><li><center><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/26253060" width="500" height="375" frameborder="0"></iframe><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/26253060">The Burrow Studio Makes The Black Family Tapestry</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user5414416">Lucy Knisley</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.</p></center>The beginning sequence is our trial print of the negative image on an undyed piece of canvas. Then we use discharge paste on a piece of dyed fabric to print the image, which removes the dye where it's printed and then steamed with an iron. A cool, one-might-say MAGICAL process.<br /><br /><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/53049605@N07/sets/72157627041352447/with/5924274019/">More photos of the BFT here!</a></center><br /><br /><ul><li><b>Studio Outing of the Week:</b> Burrow Ink! </li></ul><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/5924423435/" title="Kit and Nora by lucy lou, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6136/5924423435_dd216a59a9.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Kit and Nora" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/53049605@N07/5924719752/" title="Burrow Tattoo Times! by fiberistanora, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6149/5924719752_7d837f47c6.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Burrow Tattoo Times!" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/5924552561/" title="Burrow Tats Closeup by lucy lou, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6024/5924552561_15130699f0.jpg" width="500" height="426" alt="Burrow Tats Closeup" /></a><br /></center><center>To commemorate our year of studio time and mutual affection for HP,</center><center>on the week of the last movie's release, and one of our last weekends together.</center><center>By our fabulous, speedy and amazing tattoo artist, <a href="http://www.kithalltattoo.com/">Kit Hall</a>.</center><br /><br /><ul><li><b>Studio Obsession of the Week:</b> <i>Kyle XY!</i> Continuing on in our quest to catch up on every cancelled TV show of the last decade, we're getting out ABC Family dramedy on. Thanks, instant-watch. To illustrate the genius of this show, here is an old illustration of Lucy's.</li></ul><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/3363408900/" title="The Cast of Kyle XY by lucy lou, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3571/3363408900_1e41ac093b.jpg" width="367" height="500" alt="The Cast of Kyle XY" /></a></center><br /><br /><ul><li><b>Studio Jam of the Week:</b> <em>The Winner Takes it All</em>, By Abba, as performed by Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon. Did you guys see "The Trip?" This scene was our favorite in the whole movie.</li></ul><center><iframe width="560" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/N7s31Wr85Nk" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></center><br /><br /><ul><li><b>Kitty Photos of the Week: </b></li></ul><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/53049605@N07/5924719414/" title="Smooshface Ripley by fiberistanora, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6124/5924719414_b5f103f1b1.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="Smooshface Ripley" /></a></center><center>Smooshface headscratches.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/5924470103/" title="Black Family Tree Flop by lucy lou, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6142/5924470103_ecff943787.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="Black Family Tree Flop" /></a><br /></center><center>Zzz, BFT.</center></li></ul>It Gets Better; A Comics Anthologyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02279966913099352754noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622943637571446062.post-91385820247641472762011-07-03T16:51:00.001-07:002011-07-03T19:38:11.918-07:00Studio Log: Starweek Twenty-Seven!We seem to be doing this in 2-week increments. We'll try to be better about that. And as the rockets red glare burns outside our apartment from our neighbors' (likely extremely dangerous and illegal) 4th of July fireworks, WE BLOG.<div><br /><ul><li><b>(Incomplete) Studio Project of the Week:</b> Just a little process shot, as they're not totally finished, but it should give you an idea of what we're making for ourselves. We stayed up all night in the print studio at Lillstreet Arts Center, using a complicated printing process that involved crazy chemicals, respirators, hair-dryers and (of course) sexy 4-AM print-table poses.</li></ul><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/53049605@N07/5899678060/" title=""Secret Project" by fiberistanora, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5238/5899678060_4a1d6a16ab.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt=""Secret Project"" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">We should be totally done next week, so we'll post more photos of it then.</div><br /><ul><li><b>Apocalyptic Weather of the Week:</b> HAIL YES. Chicago got ping-pong-ball-sized lightening hail last thursday. We were having dinner with friends, when we looked outside and saw this:</li></ul><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/25848160" width="500" height="281" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://vimeo.com/25848160">Chicago Hail Storm 06/30/11</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/jackwagner">Jack Wagner</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.</p><div style="text-align: center;">(Movie scavenged online. We were too busy stuffing our faces with pulled-pork sandwiches before the world ended to document it.)</div><div style="text-align: center;">But check out the damage to Nora's truck!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/53049605@N07/5898799417/" title="Golf Ball Sized Hail by fiberistanora, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5119/5898799417_b32b89dd50.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Golf Ball Sized Hail " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><ul><li><b>Twinsie Project of the Week:</b> FRIENDSHIP JEWELRY! Lucy made these lightning bolt necklaces for us!</li></ul><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/5895312733/" title="FRIENDSHIP HARRY POTTER CHARMS OMG I'M 12. by lucy lou, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6055/5895312733_de44395b4e.jpg" width="230" height="500" alt="FRIENDSHIP HARRY POTTER CHARMS OMG I'M 12." /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center; ">Spoiler [alert] and [Speech] Bubble are our nicknames for one another.</div><div style="text-align: center; ">Three guesses who's who.</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/5899546140/" title="FRIENDSHIP NECKLACES. by lucy lou, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5159/5899546140_2f51be4d01.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="FRIENDSHIP NECKLACES." /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><ul><li><b>Studio Event of the Week:</b> Pride Weekend! We went to Dyke March Chicago on Saturday, and The Chicago Pride Parade on Sunday. It was a gay old time.</li></ul><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/5899004851/" title="Dyke March Chicago, winding down the block by lucy lou, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5275/5899004851_3a846b8d4b.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Dyke March Chicago, winding down the block" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The DMC, winding around the South Shore.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/5899541250/" title="At the Dyke March by lucy lou, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6025/5899541250_4d2baa9bb3.jpg" width="436" height="313" alt="At the Dyke March" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Noooo, of couuuurse we're not BLATANTLY CHECKING PEOPLE OUT. Not a chance.</div><div><br /></div><br /><ul><li><b>Studio Addition of the Week:</b> Annie Koyama sent us these awesome HP lego figures, and they went to live in our typeset drawer! They fit in perfectly.</li></ul><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/5899589658/" title="HP Typeset Thingie by lucy lou, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6028/5899589658_8a7c3e3340.jpg" width="500" height="327" alt="HP Typeset Thingie" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/5899030343/in/photostream">(More photos)</a></div><br /><ul><li><b>Studio Outing of the Week:</b> Jellies at the Shedd Aquarium! </li></ul><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/53049605@N07/5898773659/" title="Jellies! by fiberistanora, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5278/5898773659_5eaa08362e.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="Jellies!" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">If you live near Chicago, you should go see these!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/53049605@N07/5899339968/in/photostream">(More Photos)</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Except... I don't think you're ready for these jellies.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Which brings us to the...</div><br /><ul><li><b>Studio Jam of The Week:</b> <i>Bootylicious</i>, by Destiny's Child. The color thematics... THE COLOR THEMATICS. Anyway, ever since we decided to go to the Jellies exhibit, we've been singing this song around the house.</li></ul><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/IyYnnUcgeMc" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><div><br /></div><br /><ul><li><b>Studio Jam of LAST WEEK:</b> DARREN CRISS! <i>ARTIE! </i>REBECCA BLACK! Kenny G? <em>HANSON!???</em> Corey Feldman? Debbie Gibson!? WHAT IS GOING ON THIS VIDEO IS AMAZING.</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe width="560" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/KlyXNRrsk4A" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><div><br /></div><br /><ul><li><b>Studio Quotes of the Week:</b> Guess the context.</li></ul><em><blockquote>"That movie was Thorrible.<br />It made me want to Thor up.<br />What's worse, it was so Thoring!<br />At least Natalie Portman looked Thorgeous.<br />I'm so Thorry we had to see that movie.<br />We're still going to be doing this at Thor in the Thorning, aren't we?<br />THEY'VE ISSUED A THORNADO WARNING."</blockquote></em><br /><br /><ul><li><b>Cooking Adventures of the Week:</b> Tea sandwiches, to celebrate Nora's birthday.</li></ul><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/53049605@N07/5898796599/" title="Tea Sandwiches! by fiberistanora, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5071/5898796599_f300998ed9.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Tea Sandwiches!" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/53049605@N07/5899363074/" title="Tea Sandwiches! by fiberistanora, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5273/5899363074_a9ebe1fae3.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Tea Sandwiches!" /></a></div><br /><ul><li><b>Cat Photo of the Week:</b> SLEEPY FRIENDS!</li></ul><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/53049605@N07/5899363268/" title="Finally Friends! by fiberistanora, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6050/5899363268_19f7fc9b42.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="Finally Friends!" /></a></div><br /><ul><li><b>Cat <i>Video</i> of the Week:</b> Wild outdoor jungle cat! Linney went out into the backyard to go exploring. She didn't much care for it, as it turned out. Apologies for calling my cat an asshole.</li></ul><center><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="300" data="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=71377" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"><div style="text-align: center;"><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=71377" bgcolor="#000000" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="intl_lang=en-us&photo_secret=b77bc290c1&photo_id=5899585546" height="300" width="400"></embed></div> <param name="flashvars" value="intl_lang=en-us&photo_secret=b77bc290c1&photo_id=5899585546"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=71377"> <param name="bgcolor" value="#000000"> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></object></center></div>It Gets Better; A Comics Anthologyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02279966913099352754noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622943637571446062.post-50165747805510713282011-06-19T17:11:00.000-07:002011-06-19T18:51:07.938-07:00Studio Log: Starweek Twenty-Six!<div style="text-align: center;">We've been busy the last couple of Sundays, so this is a big one!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><ul><li><b>Studio Obsession of the Season:</b> XENA.</li></ul><br /><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/5851054880/" title="The Burrow by lucy lou, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3092/5851054880_122c562ec7_z.jpg" width="495" height="600" alt="The Burrow" /></a></center><center>We've been watching a lot of Xena... Warrior Princess.</center><center>Have you heard, she was forged in the heat of battle?</center><center><br /></center><center><br /></center><li><b>Studio Event of the Season:</b> GLEE LIVE. Nora's birthday presents from Lucy were two tickets to Glee Live (under the condition that one of the tickets would be for her). Of course, it was fantastic and ridiculous and we weren't even the oldest people there!* It was in a packed arena full of screaming nerds such as ourselves, being blown away by TV people and pyrotechnics and epic lighting and assorted types of home-made costumes.</li><center><br /><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5034/5839491699_7d08dafeee_z.jpg" width="640" height="480" alt="Confetti Canon." /><div>*There were definitely some parents who were older than us. We checked.</div><div><br /></div><div>We were right next to the teeny rear stage, where the actors would occasionally sneak-surprise us with a number about five feet from our heads. It was amazing. Look how close we were to Chris Colfer:</div><div><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/5822961743/" title="Glee Live. by lucy lou, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5031/5822961743_272756e480.jpg" width="500" height="398" alt="Glee Live." /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Our home-made T-shirts for the show, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Widfun4HjPY">referencing this scene</a>:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/5850544423/" title="Gleeference T-Shirts by lucy lou, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3182/5850544423_d372d8c14b_z.jpg" width="640" height="426" alt="Gleeference T-Shirts" /></a><br /></div><div>If you watch Glee, you'll know that the meaning behind these particular T-shirt phrases are coded for other actual attributes that fit us rather well. Hint: Nora's not actually Lebanese.</div></center><br /><center><div style="text-align: center; "><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/53049605@N07/sets/72157626852160861/">More Photos of the Fabulousness Here</a></div><div style="text-align: center; ">And <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/sets/72157626876653033/">More Photos of our Fabulous Gleeference T-Shirts Here</a></div></center></div><div><br /><br /></div><div><ul><li><b>Studio Update of the Week:</b> Here at Sowmoles! We have a "new" comic available for sale as a <a href="http://theburrowstudio.bigcartel.com/product/here-at-hogwarts-for-digital-download">digital download</a> and/or <a href="http://theburrowstudio.bigcartel.com/product/here-at-hogwarts">minicomic</a>. It might look familiar to some of you... With one crucial (legal) difference.</li></ul><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifsoSXghi09bvvMnPa6KOkgrVkPSNGoeEz60Jlkr405TB5S0oybxiV_XnNEsuOZsb6eDcRZzb7LW-6fztuAYQb_pAFZv8VK1UPtZhWnLopWw2Ku9h64xk5AkgAcBZpwox1NU6pm1AIAL8/s320/hahCOVER.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620098831306112466" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 209px; height: 320px; " /></span><div style="text-align: center;">We hope you and our good Brothers Warner like the change!</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><ul><li><b>Studio Project of the Week:</b> <a href="http://www.cartoonstudies.org/">Center for Cartoon Studies</a> Pencil Cases! Designed by Lucy and printed by Nora this week.</li></ul></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/53049605@N07/5850576719/" title="CCS Pencil Cases by fiberistanora, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2769/5850576719_658b8146d6.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="CCS Pencil Cases" /></a></center><br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><ul><li><b>Studio Outing of EVERY Week:</b> The Logan Square Farmer's Market! Every week we skip through the glorious hipster-filled morning market located in our neighborhood. Nora goes crazy buying plants for the garden and Lucy goes crazy buying food like this tiny ice-cream cone ("tea-and-cookies" flavored).</li></ul></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/53049605@N07/5851070228/" title="HMS Tiny Tub Sized by fiberistanora, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2447/5851070228_731caba368.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="HMS Tiny Tub Sized" /></a></center><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/53049605@N07/5851070228/" title="HMS Tiny Tub Sized by fiberistanora, on Flickr"></a>Last week we <s>saw</s> were trampled by Mayor Rahm Emanuel's camera crew, as Mr. Mayor wandered through the market shaking babies and kissing hands and preventing us from getting to the free samples of fancy jam. Somewhere there's probably a news feature where you can barely hear Rahm answering some constituent's question over Nora yelling "I JUST WANT SOME JAM, RAHM!" in the background. Please send a link if you find this video.<br /></center><center><br /></center><center><br /></center><div><ul><li><b>Studio Improvement of the Week:</b> Garden Overhaul! Nora has been toiling in the hot sun over our teeny backyard to transform it into a nice little garden space. Here's what she's done so far-- it's WORLDS away from the desert-cement of urban depression that it once was.</li></ul></div><div style="text-align: left;"><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/53049605@N07/5850485481/" title="Raised Bed and Trellises by fiberistanora, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3118/5850485481_2a523df6b4_z.jpg" width="640" height="480" alt="Raised Bed and Trellises" /></a></center><center style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/53049605@N07/5851035140/in/photostream/">Lucy and Linney helped.</a></center><br /><br /><center style="text-align: left;"><ul><li><b>Studio Drink of the Week:</b> MOREjitos! Nora took about a metric ton of mint out of the back garden in preparation for planting a wider assortment of herbs. And since we had all this mint, plus we were on our way to see the latest Pirates spectacle at the $4 movie theater (which = RUM), there was only one thing we could do.</li></ul><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/53049605@N07/5850486277/" title="More Mint = Morejitos by fiberistanora, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5144/5850486277_d734b0d3af.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="More Mint = Morejitos" /></a></center><center>Smuggle mojitos into the movie in our water bottles! </center><center><br /></center><center><u><i>Our recipe:</i></u></center><center>(over ice)</center><center>Muddled Mint</center><center>A Couple Muddled Strawberries</center><center>Coconut Rum</center><center>Club Soda</center><center>Two Limes</center><center>One half Lemon</center><center>Honey or Maple Syrup (to taste)</center><center><br /></center></center><center style="text-align: left;"><br /></center><center style="text-align: left;"><br /></center><center><b><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><b>Studio Jam of the Week:</b> Vegetables! (Beach Boys Cover by Kayla Willi)</span></li></ul></b><br /><center><iframe width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/XNc2Nrq430g" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></center></center><center style="text-align: left;"><br /><br /></center></div><div><ul><li><b>kitty photo of the Week: </b>Linney had to get some butthair shaved off because it was dreadlocking. Ripley HATES the new 'do. But when has Ripley really <i>needed</i> an excuse to chase Linney around the apartment?</li></ul></div><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/5830198872/" title="Bad Haircut by lucy lou, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2775/5830198872_25552fe334.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="Bad Haircut" /></a></center><center>The answer is NEVER.</center></div></div>It Gets Better; A Comics Anthologyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02279966913099352754noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622943637571446062.post-77055662204756164112011-05-22T19:06:00.000-07:002011-05-22T20:38:12.657-07:00Studio Log: Starweek Twenty-Five<div><br /></div><b><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><b>Studio Project of the Week:</b> Air Plant Adventures!</span></li></ul></b><div><br /><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/53049605@N07/5749359840/" title="Mounted Air Plants by fiberistanora, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2521/5749359840_7527e78001.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Mounted Air Plants" /></a></center><center>Spraypainted thrift-store frames with velcroed-to-the-wall air plants!</center><center><br /></center><div><ul><li><b>Studio Visitor of the Week:</b></li></ul></div><div><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/5748934037/" title="Aviator by lucy lou, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5187/5748934037_cdf521ddaf.jpg" width="354" height="500" alt="Aviator" /></a></center><center>Our pal <a href="http://www.lonniemann.com/">Lonnie Mann</a> flew in for a few days.<br /><br /></center><br /></div><div><div><ul><li><b>Studio Jam of the Week: </b><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwnefUaKCbc">Tightrope, by Janelle Monae (f. Leftfoot)</a></li></ul></div><div><ul><li><b>Kitty Photos of the Week:</b></li></ul></div><div><br /><center> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/53049605@N07/5748820941/" title="Classy Dame by fiberistanora, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2676/5748820941_a2139af149.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="Classy Dame" /></a><br />Ripley's one classy dame.</center><br /></div><div><br /></div></div></div>It Gets Better; A Comics Anthologyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02279966913099352754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622943637571446062.post-4153846241896469922011-05-15T20:08:00.000-07:002011-05-15T21:33:58.463-07:00Studio Log: Starweek Twenty-Four!<div style="text-align: left;">Hey! We're in the midst of one seriously bipolar spring here in Chicago. It was 90 degrees... It was 35 degrees. And mostly there's just been wind. If The Burrow blows away, we'll be updating next week from a tree. We're all over the place. Now that Lucy's convention schedule is winding down, there should be more collabs and blog posts up in here.</div><div><br /></div><div><ul><li><b></b><blockquote><b>Studio Project of the Week:</b> Elephant planter! We've been going to thrift shops to find various items to hold all our plants. This is the first of many, converted from a small dog chew toy. (holds one wee eschevaria)</blockquote></li></ul></div><br /><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/5724666869/" title="Elephant Planter by lucy lou, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2469/5724666869_2f3a729cd9_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Elephant Planter" /></a></center><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/5724666869/" title="Elephant Planter by lucy lou, on Flickr"></a><br /><div></div><div><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/5724666869/" title="Elephant Planter by lucy lou, on Flickr"></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/5724666647/" title="Elephant Planter by lucy lou, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5092/5724666647_9a5fd0963b_m.jpg" width="180" height="240" alt="Elephant Planter" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><ul><li><b>Studio Visitors of the Week:</b> <a href="http://erikamoen.com/">Erika Moen</a> and <a href="http://www.dylanmeconis.com/">Dylan Meconis</a> stopped by to pick up Lucy on the way to the Toronto Comic Arts Festival! You can read about their visit and see Erika's lovely photos of The Burrow on <a href="http://erikamoen.com/2011/05/12/the-burrow/#more-477">Erika's Blog Entry.</a></li></ul><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/erikamoen/5711061079/" title="The Burrow by Erika Moen, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2109/5711061079_e56db4bb12.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="The Burrow" /></a></center><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><ul><li><b>Studio Outing of the Week</b>: We went to see <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/girlymanvideos#p/c/625166F4EFB6552C/8/E3d-9qrwkhw">Girlyman</a> in concert with <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/girlymanvideos#p/c/625166F4EFB6552C/8/E3d-9qrwkhw">Coyote Grace</a> up at <a href="http://www.evanstonspace.com/">Evanston Space</a> (this very cool small concert venue). Nora and Nelly have been Girlyman fans for, like, ever, so this was a big deal. </li></ul></div><div><br /><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/5724665843/" title="Girlyman/Coyote Grace (HONEYBADGER) by lucy lou, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5144/5724665843_b0558aed90.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Girlyman/Coyote Grace (HONEYBADGER)" /></a></center><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/5724665843/" title="Girlyman/Coyote Grace (HONEYBADGER) by lucy lou, on Flickr"></a>Our signed Coyote Grace CD:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/5724665997/" title="Our signed "Coyote Grace" CD by lucy lou, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5190/5724665997_e9e8830438.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Our signed "Coyote Grace" CD" /></a></center><br />Which leads us to...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><ul><li><b>Studio Jam of the Week:</b> "Do You Like Me" by Coyote Grace (Awesome and creepy and lovely, and check out Ingrid's amazing poppy dress!)</li></ul></div><div><center><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRXWdKfdslGITmXg5zHaKJ5U9JzuWxNxGDYsuRxihwutnhhLdHTb7ubxWEEvgVW1KTD9XIpk3gEmoYhXi9JZPqSQmAaa6Sg2hzG7XPHLEKYjI3tfnoduPwBgN9C4NNgiUTqJYyUo8F0dI/s1600/Photo.jpeg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRXWdKfdslGITmXg5zHaKJ5U9JzuWxNxGDYsuRxihwutnhhLdHTb7ubxWEEvgVW1KTD9XIpk3gEmoYhXi9JZPqSQmAaa6Sg2hzG7XPHLEKYjI3tfnoduPwBgN9C4NNgiUTqJYyUo8F0dI/s320/Photo.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607151140337574658" /></a><br /><iframe width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/SWm1xDbuU5g" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></center><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><ul><li><b>Kitty Photos of the Week:</b></li></ul></div></div><div><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/5724699207/" title="Snow puma by lucy lou, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3561/5724699207_8239076b5a.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="Snow puma" /></a></center><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/5724699207/" title="Snow puma by lucy lou, on Flickr"></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/5725262534/" title="Mondays. by lucy lou, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3354/5725262534_cbcaf016e2.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Mondays." /></a><br /></center><br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><ul><li><b>Studio Fanart of the Week: </b>By the delightful <a href="http://peterntrinh.tumblr.com/">Peter N. Trinh</a>, it's us as VAMPIRE SLAYERS!</li></ul></div><div><center><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/5725223492/" title="Peter Trinh Fanart! by lucy lou, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3525/5725223492_d59382e210.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Peter Trinh Fanart!" /></a></center><br /></div></div></center>It Gets Better; A Comics Anthologyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02279966913099352754noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622943637571446062.post-12100185463653177552011-05-01T18:21:00.000-07:002011-05-01T20:01:03.606-07:00Studio Log: Starweek Twenty-four<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/53049605@N07/5663570568/" title="Welcome Home by fiberistanora, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5228/5663570568_5c7d93861b.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="Welcome Home" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: left;">We're back from our miniature blog sabbatical! Lucy was traveling East for a New York comic convention, and is now returned to the bosom of The Burrow. And now that we're all here again, let's BLOG.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>(Above, Lucy's welcome-home banner that Nora made for her triumphant return.)</i></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: left;"><i></i></div><br /><ul><li><b>Studio Obsession of <s>the Week</s> Forever:</b></li></ul><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/5663607830/" title="Gleemic by lucy lou, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5265/5663607830_52868e2438_b.jpg" width="462" height="1024" alt="Gleemic" /></a></center><center style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/5663607830/" title="Gleemic by lucy lou, on Flickr"></a><blockquote>Guess which crazy studio duo are going to a GLEE LIVE SHOW? Guess which SAME duo will probably cry during the solos? You guessed it, the SAME duo who will be waiting outside the stage doors with a <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/53049605@N07/5444042914/in/set-72157626044543248">home-made Pigfarts T-Shirt</a> for <a href="http://www.darrencriss.com/">Darren Criss</a>. So. Excited. Countdown to June.</blockquote></center><center style="text-align: left;"><br /></center><div><ul><li><b>Sad Studio News of the Week:</b></li></ul></div><div><blockquote>Our good BFF Nelly headed off to grad school this week, departing Chicago for Austin, Texas. To see her off properly, we ate a metric ton of encased meat at local fancy-hot-dog venue, <a href="http://www.hotdougs.com/">Hot Doug's.</a> We'll miss her greatly, but at least she will be full of fancy meat to remember us by. (hee hee)</blockquote></div><br /><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/5678355116/" title="Nelly's Going-Away Lunch at Hot Doug's by lucy lou, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5224/5678355116_5a8fb2b188.jpg" width="374" height="500" alt="Nelly's Going-Away Lunch at Hot Doug's" /></a></center><div><br /></div><div></div><blockquote><div>Nelly has started (and we hope, <i>will continue</i>) a new blog to chronicle her adventures and creations at Costume Technology school and in her new Texas residence. Check out the first little photo post here (featuring The Burrow):</div></blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://texaswantsmeanyway.wordpress.com/">Texas Wants Me Anyway</a></div><div><br /></div><div><ul><li><b>Studio Jam of the Week: </b><i>Pretty Girl Rock</i> by Keri Hilson</li></ul></div><div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe width="560" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/HtXOVKNazYU" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">No question that this girl's a ten.</div><br /></div><br /><ul><li><b>Kitty Photos of the Week: </b><a href="http://www.etsy.com/transaction/42422685">Stump Pillow</a> Love!</li></ul><div><br /><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/53049605@N07/5663570736/" title="Spiral and Spiral by fiberistanora, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5184/5663570736_ff2bfa8de1.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="Spiral and Spiral" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/53049605@N07/5663003095/" title="Stump Biscuits by fiberistanora, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5069/5663003095_a2cfe8004c.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="Stump Biscuits" /></a></center><div><br /></div><br /><hr /><br /><blockquote>Again, we apologize for the pause in updating. You see, we were attending a VERY special event, and it was simply impossible for us to leave the side of the royal family at any time over the last month. They absolutely <i>NEED</i> us. Good thing no-one managed to <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEORFgov88Nz6FmC6KwxbKQjE7rQrqykUhrNScD2MaVkCbTwZ7pi_tUoK9DSjAXp9PM0nc8uU6qi3QCr5A7Us2TFy3l3FoWjd5Hu5DoYmx3s2T1Uy7beQFGyoEYr44IYg1kS7-UbLwtsAY/s400/Princess+Beatrice+hat.jpg">upstage us</a> at the wedding.</blockquote><br /><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/5678012373/" title="Royal Wedding Hats by lucy lou, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5105/5678012373_ceba965e88.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="Royal Wedding Hats" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/5678572066/" title="Royal Wedding Hats by lucy lou, on Flickr"></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/5678012817/" title="Royal Wedding Hats by lucy lou, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5182/5678012817_2ee573674b.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="Royal Wedding Hats" /></a><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5141/5678572066_93a43523cc.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="Royal Wedding Hats" /></center><center>More photos of our amazing Royal Wedding Hats <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/sets/72157626502101849/with/5678012373/">here.</a></center><div style="text-align: center;">Plus OTHER attendee's hats <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-royal-wedding-hats-pg,0,2890961.photogallery">here.</a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Happy Kate and Wills Day!</i></div>It Gets Better; A Comics Anthologyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02279966913099352754noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622943637571446062.post-50139627587324012192011-04-03T18:15:00.000-07:002011-04-03T23:17:44.454-07:00Studio Log: Starweek Twenty-Three<div>Yet another busy week here at The Burrow. Check it, yo.</div><br /><ul><li><b>Studio Outing of the Week: </b><a href="http://www.thehouseontherock.com/">HOUSE ON THE ROCK</a>; Ramp It Up.</li></ul><blockquote>We took an overnight to Wisconsin with our pal Nelly to visit the famous landmark, House on the Rock. This is an excellent trip to take if you EVER plan on moving, because it'll make you feel WAY better about how much strange and extraneous stuff you keep around. Alex Jordan, the architect and "curator" of the bizarre collection was way crazy and had a penchant for mechanized bands, creepy dolls, carousels, and ENORMOUS sea beasts. The whole rambling, eccentric place is only semi-lit, so photos are hard to take (not that a photo could ever do it justice), but here are a couple we managed to snap:</blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/53049605@N07/5569450681/" title="Seductive Asian War Room by fiberistanora, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5018/5569450681_5445fd5ac1.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="Seductive Asian War Room" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;">Nora seated at one of Mr. Jordan's many illuminated wartables, in but one of his <span style="font-style:italic;">many</span> lounges.</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/53049605@N07/5569450041/" title="Infinity Bridge by fiberistanora, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5101/5569450041_c41f604c17.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="Infinity Bridge" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><blockquote>Lucy braves the "<a href="http://www.thehouseontherock.com/p7hg_img_1/fullsize/Infinity_ext_fs.jpg">infinity bridge</a>," an unsupported architectural structure that appears to go on forever while simultaneously being unconnected to the ground. What fun.<br /><br />There are a lot of ramps at House on the Rock, so while hiking up the four-hundredth ramp of the day, we came up with this new slogan for them:</blockquote><blockquote><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/5588178916/" title="House on the Rock by lucy lou, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5139/5588178916_df2f86d88f.jpg" width="499" height="500" alt="House on the Rock" /></a><br /></blockquote></div><div style="text-align: center;">See more House on the Rock photos on <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/53049605@N07">Nora's Flickr!</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><ul><li><b>Studio Craft Project/Houseguest of the Week:</b></li></ul></div><div style="text-align: left;"><blockquote>Paper flowers and <a href="http://www.markthisse.com/">Mark</a>! Nora taught Lucy and Mark <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByQTm2zfFtY">how to make these fabulous enormous paper flowers</a> to usher in Spring!</blockquote></div><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/5586965667/" title="Paper Flower Mark by lucy lou, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5254/5586965667_7ae0726fd4.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Paper Flower Mark" /></a><br /><br /></div><br /><ul><li><b>Studio Event of the Week:</b></li></ul><blockquote>Remember our <a href="http://theburrowstudio.blogspot.com/2010/11/studio-log-starweek-nine-or-eleven.html">Halloween Photobooth</a>? </blockquote><blockquote>We did another one, this time PROM themed!<br /></blockquote><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/5585136325/" title="Spring Fling Photobooth by lucy lou, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5012/5585136325_cd1e2a1712.jpg" width="333" height="500" alt="Spring Fling Photobooth" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Thanks to Beck!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/5585744860/" title="Spring Fling Photobooth by lucy lou, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5016/5585744860_49b8a544c0.jpg" width="381" height="500" alt="Spring Fling Photobooth" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Thanks to Ed and Mark!</div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/5585141903/" title="Spring Fling Photobooth by lucy lou, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5016/5585141903_25526f8dc1.jpg" width="354" height="500" alt="Spring Fling Photobooth" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Thanks to Erika and Maggie!</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">You can make your own party photobooth! We simply hook up a remote shutter-release to a digital camera inside a painted cardboard box with a hole for the lense, allowing people to take photos of themselves in front of RIDICULOUSLY sparkly fabric. It's really fun, and you get great photos the next day.</div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">See the whole set of photobooth photos <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/sets/72157626294826677/with/5585735310/">on Lucy's Flickr!</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><ul><li><b>Studio Jam of the Week: </b><i>Born This Way</i> by Lady Gaga</li></ul><blockquote>We were skeptical of this song when we first heard it. Too Madonna-y? It took (a few viewings of) the ridiculously long Matthew Barneyesque-vagina-chin-eyeball-skullmakeup video to convince us of its genius, combined with the poppy dancy-dance beat and Gaga's love of being in her underwear. PLUS, we ALMOST get to see her SMILE in this one!</blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="560" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/wV1FrqwZyKw" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><ul><li><b>Kitty Photo of the Week:</b></li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/5585149053/" title="Spring Fling Photobooth by lucy lou, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5069/5585149053_d6a6a81c49.jpg" width="381" height="500" alt="Spring Fling Photobooth" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;">Prom kiss!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Happy Spring, Everybody!</div>It Gets Better; A Comics Anthologyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02279966913099352754noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622943637571446062.post-81891204248312519832011-03-27T07:40:00.000-07:002011-03-27T08:16:57.317-07:00Studio Log: Starweek Twenty-TwoSpring is BUSY! We've been rushing around working on theater shows, conventions, preparing for travel and enjoying the above-freezing Chicago weather. In fact, today we're headed up to Wisconsin to visit <a href="http://www.thehouseontherock.com/HOTR_AttractionMain.htm">House on the Rock!</a><br /><br />But we've been sending out lots of Here at Hogwarts orders. Look at this beautiful photo and review we got on NotMartha! (<a href="http://www.notmartha.org/archives/2011/03/14/daily-photo-mar-14th/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+notmartha+%28Not+Martha%29">NotMartha Covers our Here at Hogwarts project!</a>)<br /><br /><br />And we are LOVING some of the notes we're getting in response to the book. Here are a few of our favorite photo replies. Thanks so much to everyone who got the comic. We are MADJAZZED that the response has been so great!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://cdn2.dailybooth.com/13/pictures/large/660d80ca28988ca54731f9e9392e5f5c_14286198.jpg" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">@creativemachine</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitpic/photos/full/259545178.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAJF3XCCKACR3QDMOA&Expires=1301237313&Signature=iYafyjHu09LDrJG8KldeJ57pLMw%3D" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">@Verwho</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitpic/photos/large/258921800.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAJF3XCCKACR3QDMOA&Expires=1301237348&Signature=9ZvIEjUy5B3sCoIU7msgulZUhd4%3D" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">@Kneecoalie</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/8983/animation91719.gif" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">@Ally_Box</div><br /><br /><br />Wanna send us your own photos of you with your beloved H.A.H.? Please do! If you're cool with it, put them all up in this <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/hereathogwarts/">flickr pool, here!</a><br /><br /><center>Now <span style="font-style:italic;">EVERYBODY IN THE CAR</span>. 3.5 hours to House on the Rock!<br />Lucy already has to pee.</center>It Gets Better; A Comics Anthologyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02279966913099352754noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622943637571446062.post-20751096978953939812011-03-13T19:45:00.001-07:002011-03-13T20:40:59.091-07:00Studio Log: Starweek Twenty-One!Howdy y'all. How ya been? We's been busy. Reeeeal busy.<br /><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>Studio Project of the Week!</b></span></li></ul><div><br /><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/5507420987/" title="Here at Hogwarts Covers! by lucy lou, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5219/5507420987_f060beb725.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="Here at Hogwarts Covers!" /></a></center><div style="text-align: center;">We finished our comic about studio Kickstarter trip </div><div style="text-align: center;">to <i>The Wizarding World of Harry Potter!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Buy or download your own copy from <a href="http://theburrowstudio.bigcartel.com/">The Burrow Store</a>!</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>(you can also pick up a copy in person at <a href="http://c2e2.com/">C2E2</a> on Friday)</i></div><br /><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/5524540657/" title="Here At Hogwarts Mailing! by lucy lou, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5258/5524540657_9342ab1569.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="Here At Hogwarts Mailing!" /></a></center><div style="text-align: center;">Here are all 300 of the copies we mailed out for our lovely kickstarter donors. Phew!</div><br /><br /></div><div><ul><li><b>Kitty VIDEO of the week:</b></li></ul><center><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="300" data="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=71377" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"> <param name="flashvars" value="intl_lang=en-us&photo_secret=a59f7432b8&photo_id=5524540419"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=71377"> <param name="bgcolor" value="#000000"> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=71377" bgcolor="#000000" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="intl_lang=en-us&photo_secret=a59f7432b8&photo_id=5524540419" height="300" width="400"></embed></object></center><div style="text-align: center;">Ripley vs. THE WALL</div></div><div><br /></div><div><div><div><center style="text-align: left;"><ul><li><b>Studio News of the Week:</b></li></ul></center><center style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.moonbattery.com/Texas.jpg" /></center></div><div><blockquote>Our bosom pal Nellie got into University of Texas in Austin. She's going to get her MFA in costume technology! Fancy right? What even IS that??? Do you guys have anything fun for her to do in Austin? Restaurants? Parks? Music? Awesome Stuff? Country Music Lesbian Bars? Let us know! She made us this most awesome Texas mix, which is (of course) just the beginning of MANY Texas themed playlists. Here is our favorite song from the mix:</blockquote><blockquote><br /></blockquote></div><div><ul><li><b>Studio Jam of the Week:</b> <i>These Old Bones</i>, by Miss Dolly Parton</li></ul></div><div><center><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/V5gvNkOrsl4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></center><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Thanks fer readin' fellers.</div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;">Y'all come back now, y'hear?</div>It Gets Better; A Comics Anthologyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02279966913099352754noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622943637571446062.post-83237642484447054732011-02-27T16:47:00.000-08:002011-02-27T21:39:28.774-08:00Studio Log: Starweek Twenty!<div style="text-align: center;"><b>Happy twentieth post!</b></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Many more pop-culture art fun times to be had ahead!</b></div><b><br /></b><ul><li><b>Studio project of the week:</b></li></ul><blockquote>Nora screen-printed 300 covers for our Hogwarts comic! Tomorrow we'll start trimming them down and stapling them up to send it to YOU! </blockquote><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/53049605@N07/5484163664/" title="So Pleasing! by fiberistanora, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5060/5484163664_1e9f89fb5d.jpg" alt="So Pleasing!" height="375" width="500" /></a></center><div style="text-align: center;">Hufflepuff, Slytherin, Gryffindor and Ravenclaw!</div><br /><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/53049605@N07/5484139278/" title="HAH Printed Covers! by fiberistanora, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5218/5484139278_057b8b44e6.jpg" alt="HAH Printed Covers!" height="375" width="500" /></a></center><div style="text-align: center;">SO MANY PRINTS!</div><blockquote>We also did a little impromptu Ustream feed yesterday. Nora and Lucy answered questions about The Burrow while Lucy (sort of) worked on the 57 custom sketches for the superstar Kickstarter donors. We'll probably do more live streams, because it was supa fun. Would you guys be interested in watching? We could post the broadcast date/time here on the blog earlier than one-day-ahead-of-the-show next time...</blockquote><blockquote><br /></blockquote><ul><li><b>Studio Party of the Week:</b></li></ul><blockquote>It's very fortunate that we live together, because NO-ONE TAKES THE OSCARS AS SERIOUSLY AS THE BURROW. Not even the absence of a television set in the apartment could keep us from our glorious wintertime cinematic revelry... (we might have bought a TV for the sake of the Oscars...) (...today*). We were going to post pictures of ourselves in our Oscarwear (which we wore on our reddish carpet... alone... in our apartment), but our finery was eclipsed by this little number, courtesy of <a href="http://thegregorybrothers.com/">The Gregory Brothers</a>. Big luv:</blockquote><blockquote><div><i>*Lucy had gotten a TV for her Christmas/Xmas present from her folks, but it was on back-order for, like, EVER. So then we found the same TV at a local place and cancelled the online order to get it locally. Today.</i></div></blockquote><div></div><div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/qCFoyopIaFc" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;">TINY. BALL. OF LIGHT.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Not to be confused with our...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><ul><li><b>Studio Jam of the Week: </b><i>(THIS ONE!!! IS FOR ALL THE LADIES!!!)</i></li></ul><center><iframe title="YouTube video player" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/a81eP2E8MEQ" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="349" width="560"></iframe><br />Jay Sean - Do You Remember ft. Sean Paul, Lil Jon</center><center></center><blockquote><center style="text-align: left;">(You may recognize this little number from a moviefilm we like to call "<i>Wednesday Afternoon at the Burrow</i>." AKA "<i>The Karate Kid</i>." Starring Jayden Smith. We especially like the parts of the song where Lil Jon screams in a scary serial killer voice. All, "DO YOU REMEMBER!!!?")</center><center style="text-align: left;"><br /></center><center style="text-align: center;">Well? Do you?</center></blockquote><br /><ul><li><b>Studio Munch of the Week:</b></li></ul><div><blockquote>We're doing a big fancy farmer's market dinner every thursday night. This one was roasted sausages with sweet-potatoes, carrots, onions, garlic and dates with a side-salad of spinach, tomatoes and goat cheese. Rock on, Logan Square Farmer's Market.</blockquote><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/5474888083/" title="Look at this mfing awesome meal. by lucy lou, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5093/5474888083_84fea412c8.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="Look at this mfing awesome meal." /></a></div><div><br /></div><br /><ul><li><b>Cat Photo of the Week</b></li></ul><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/53049605@N07/5483557053/" title="photo-2 by fiberistanora, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5131/5483557053_db311a5d8c.jpg" alt="photo-2" height="500" width="375" /></a></center><div style="text-align: center;">It's cooooolllld.</div><br /></div></div></div></div>Fiberista Norahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09861525406785031141noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622943637571446062.post-15550392400581438212011-02-20T19:40:00.000-08:002011-02-20T21:15:50.160-08:00Studio Log: Starweek NineteenHaving finally gotten our suitcases unpacked... Today... Two weeks since we returned... The Burrow Studio life commences. On with the frivolities!<br /><br /><ul><li><b>Studio Project of the Week:</b></li></ul><div><blockquote>Look at this in-progress printing preview for the comic about our trip to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter! Nora is screenprinting the (house-colored) covers, and once those are done we'll mail off the orders and put them up for sale. Shown here: Gryffindor editions.</blockquote><div><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/5463489743/" title="Cover Preview! by lucy lou, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5176/5463489743_0125fab6bb.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="Cover Preview!" /></a></center><center><br /></center><blockquote>Speaking of HP...</blockquote><blockquote><br /></blockquote></div><div><ul><li><b>Studio Improvement of the Week:</b></li></ul></div><div><blockquote>We've conveniently wall-mounted our wands near our desks, for quick access when dark wizards attack our studio.</blockquote><br /><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/5464078424/" title="Accio Wand! by lucy lou, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5293/5464078424_098b0e01d6.jpg" width="350" height="263" alt="Accio Wand!" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/5464078348/" title="Accio Wand! by lucy lou, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5097/5464078348_74fd6ddaae.jpg" width="350" height="263" alt="Accio Wand!" /></a></center><center><br /></center><blockquote>STILL speaking of our Orlando trip...</blockquote><blockquote><br /></blockquote></div><div><ul><li><b>Friends-of-Burrow Art of the Week!</b></li></ul></div><div><br /><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/5463505521/" title="Manatee Portrait by Rachel Dukes! by lucy lou, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5093/5463505521_3d88d4dac0.jpg" width="329" height="500" alt="Manatee Portrait by Rachel Dukes!" /></a></center><blockquote>This is by the amazing <a href="http://poseurink.com/journalcomic/">Rachel Dukes</a> of <a href="http://poseurink.com/">Poseur Ink</a>. What a sweetie! This is PHOTO-DOCUMENTATION of the event depicted. We've ordered away for personalized wetsuits and prescription goggles for all the snorkeling we plan to do in Chicago.</blockquote></div><div><br /></div><div><ul><li><b>Studio Outing of the Week:</b></li></ul></div><div></div><blockquote><div>In honor of Valentine's Day, we bought ourselves a pile of cupcakes (from <a href="http://www.thebleedingheartbakery.com/">Bleeding Heart Bakery</a>) and took them as our dates to see a WEDNESDAY NOON SHOWING of the critically acclaimed, social-justice documentary:<i> JUSTIN BIEBER; NEVER SAY NEVER. </i></div><div><br /></div><div>We went into it with expectations of mildly single-bitter amusing cupcake tongue-in-cheek hilarity, but found ourselves experiencing a range of emotion heretofore never experienced by any human being on earth (except for 5 million 13-year-old girls). We laughed, we cried, we cheered, we danced, and we screamed high-pitched shrills of fervent delight. Thank god the theater was COMPLETELY EMPTY EXCEPT FOR US.</div><div><br /></div><div>Turns out that kid is kind-of a savant. Too bad he might be <a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/justin-bieber-talks-sex-politics-music-and-puberty-in-new-rolling-stone-cover-story-20110216">dumb as a post.</a> Don't worry, Justin, we still love you, you adorable 16-year-old rich-white-male-privileged-Canadian cutie-pie.</div><div><br /></div><div>In honor of this year's St. Beiber's Day (we changed it), here is our...</div><div><br /></div></blockquote><div><ul><li><b>Studio Jam of the Week:</b></li></ul></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="560" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/SOI4OF7iIr4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><br /></div><blockquote><div>Goal for next week: Learn. This. Dance. (but we will never be as good as the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dj-QqdJXYKE&feature=related">high-school girls who will probably win the JBeibz dance contest</a>. Curse them!)</div><div><br /></div><div>Have you ever fallen to the whims of the mighty roar of fan culture populated by preteen ladies? TELL US YOUR STORIES SO WE FEEL LESS ALONE.</div><div><br /></div><div>Moving along...</div><div><br /></div></blockquote><div><ul><li><b>Kitty Photos of the Week:</b></li></ul></div><div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/5463545991/" title="Spiral Jetty (Kitty) by lucy lou, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5134/5463545991_bf1eaa086f.jpg" width="263" height="350" alt="Spiral Jetty (Kitty)" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;">Spiral Ripley.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/5463545991/" title="Spiral Jetty (Kitty) by lucy lou, on Flickr"></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/5463546149/" title="Oh, were you folding this laundry? Too bad. by lucy lou, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5056/5463546149_dcbd4eb151.jpg" width="350" height="263" alt="Oh, were you folding this laundry? Too bad." /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/5463546149/" title="Oh, were you folding this laundry? Too bad. by lucy lou, on Flickr"></a>Oh, were you folding this laundry? That's too bad, because now it's my bed.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Please don't hate us just because we are full of BiebLove. And cupcakes. We might have been coming down with a fever...... You know what we're gonna say now.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">See you Beibians next week.<br /><br /></div></div>It Gets Better; A Comics Anthologyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02279966913099352754noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622943637571446062.post-10523959286854088772011-02-13T19:47:00.000-08:002011-02-13T20:27:23.502-08:00Studio Log: Starweek Eighteen<center><span style="font-weight:bold;">STUDIO OUTING OF THE CENTURY!</span></center><br /><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/5444056596/" title="The Burrow at the Hogwarts Express by lucy lou, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5140/5444056596_02a4a6b37a.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="The Burrow at the Hogwarts Express" /></a></center><br /><br />We just returned from a week in Orlando Florida, checking out <a href="http://www.universalorlando.com/harrypotter/">The Wizarding World of Harry Potter</a>. It was quite an experience, and you can read all about it in detail in the comic that Lucy is drawing all about the trip (which will be available for purchase as soon as it's complete). Those of you who donated to our kickstarter for our Horribly Heartbroken at Hogwarts project, you'll be receiving your copies of the comic within the next few weeks. <div>Thanks so much for your support! It was amazing.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/53049605@N07/5443410953/" title="Hogwarts Crowd by fiberistanora, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5260/5443410953_fce750348b.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="Hogwarts Crowd" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">TONS more photos on:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/53049605@N07/">Nora's Flickr</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">and <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/sets/72157626044483864/with/5443421737/">Lucy's Flickr</a></div><br /><br /><center><b>Studio Sub-Outing of the Century!</b></center><center><b><br /></b></center>Manatee Swim! We had a couple extra days to digest all the Harry Potter candy we were eating for all our meals, so we drove up to a manatee refuge on the Crystal River, where we got to swim with manatees.<br /><br /><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/5429142531/" title="Nora's feet, manatee by lucy lou, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5180/5429142531_4341ebc4e9.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Nora's feet, manatee" /></a><br /></center><center>Those are Nora's feet... NEXT TO THAT MANATEE.</center></div><br /><br /><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">Studio T-Shirt of the Week:</span></li></ul><blockquote>You can now buy our Star Wahhhrz Krew T-Shirt! Check it out on our... </blockquote><blockquote><a href="http://theburrowstudio.bigcartel.com/product/swkrew">Burrow Studio Store!</a></blockquote><a href="http://theburrowstudio.bigcartel.com/product/swkrew"></a><br /><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/5444211416/" title="Stahh Wahhhz T-Shirt by lucy lou, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4154/5444211416_223a08be7c.jpg" width="353" height="500" alt="Stahh Wahhhz T-Shirt" /></a></center><br /><b><br /></b><div><ul><li><b>Studio Jam of the Week:</b></li></ul></div><div><blockquote><i>Glee</i> is back, yo. Therefore, so is Darren Criss. (But more focus on Kurt, please. Nobody puts baby in a corner!)</blockquote></div><div><br /><center><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="560" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/X_kWC4_aOdI" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></center><br /></div><div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Here's a picture of us time traveling into Atlantis.</div><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/5443448531/" title="The Burrow takes Florida by lucy lou, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4093/5443448531_2f60886eed.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="The Burrow takes Florida" /></a></center><center>See you next week, Atlantians.</center></div>It Gets Better; A Comics Anthologyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02279966913099352754noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622943637571446062.post-39106963418926626262011-01-26T08:13:00.000-08:002011-01-26T08:48:24.197-08:00Studio Log: Starweek Seventeen (T-Minus 24 Hours)We decided to forego the usual Sunday update in favor of doing a Wednesday one, as our DEPARTURE IS <i>IMMINENT</i>.<div><br />It's 24 hours until we leave for The Wizarding World of Harry Potter. The preparations were mighty, but we're all ready to set out on our voyage! See below:<br /><br /><center><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/19189082" width="500" height="331" frameborder="0"></iframe></center><div style="text-align: center;"><br />(Alright, so in all actuality we haven't packed at all. There's still 24 hours to pack!)</div><div><br /><br />If you live in or around Orlando and wanna hang out while we're in town, we'll be arranging at least one meetup during the week. Wanna be pals with us and participate in this adventure? More info about the hangouts here:<br /><br /><center><a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=185149818172125">Orlando Meetup</a></center><br /><br /><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/5390067061/" title="Crookshanks by lucy lou, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5251/5390067061_605ee7c789_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Crookshanks" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/5390066915/" title="Mrs. Norris by lucy lou, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5099/5390066915_e27423e336_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Mrs. Norris" /></a></center><center>The movie stars rest up in costume after a long day of shooting.</center><center><br /></center></div></div>It Gets Better; A Comics Anthologyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02279966913099352754noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622943637571446062.post-26874069161913694062011-01-16T19:28:00.000-08:002011-01-16T20:13:03.270-08:00Studio Log: Starweek Sixteen<ul><li><b>Studio Projects of the Week:</b></li><blockquote><b>1. Kick-Ass Annies for Koyama Press: </b>Annie Koyama of <a href="http://koyamapress.com/">Koyama Press</a> has been doing the "<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/koyamapress/">Kick-Ass Annie Project</a>," which is a collection of artist interpretations of her Koyama Press logo. Here are The Burrow's additions to the project.</blockquote><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/5362049997/" title="Koyama Press bag by lucy lou, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5204/5362049997_fd950f1dcb.jpg" width="500" height="250" alt="Koyama Press bag" /></a></center><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/5362049997/" title="Koyama Press bag by lucy lou, on Flickr"></a>Nora's fabulous printed, appliqued and hand-sewn kick-ass tote bag.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/5362693270/" title="Kick-Ass Annie by lucy lou, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5284/5362693270_e5f2029df0.jpg" width="363" height="500" alt="Kick-Ass Annie" /></a></center><center>And Lucy's spikey-haired book-stomping rendition.</center><br /></ul><blockquote><b>2. T-Shirts: </b>Keeping with our tradition of enabling one-another's total nerd adoration in the form of T-Shirt Creation Worship, here are another two Burrow Studio T-Shirts. Drawn by Lucy and hand-printed by Nora. The <i>Buffy Shirts</i> are available on <a href="http://theburrowstudio.bigcartel.com/"><b>our Burrow Store</b></a>, and the <i>Star Wars Shirt</i> is (for now) only available at <a href="http://lasmanosgallery.com/">Las Manos Gallery</a> in Andersonville. (Online soon!)</blockquote><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/5362049989/" title="Nerd T-Shirts of the Week by lucy lou, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5124/5362049989_7277677543.jpg" width="500" height="340" alt="Nerd T-Shirts of the Week" /></a></center><center>Dayum! Look how hot Sarah Michelle Gellar and Mark Hammil look in our sexy T-Shirts!</center><center>Don't you wanna be like them?</center><br /><ul><li><b>Studio Outing of the Week: </b>The Static Creep Show at <a href="http://lasmanosgallery.com/">Las Manos Gallery</a> had its opening last friday, and The Burrow was in attendance along with a TON of awesome people. We saw some great art, including original pages by Lucy and our pals <a href="http://www.sarahbecan.com/">Sarah Becan</a>, <a href="http://maidenhousefly.com/">Corinne Mucha</a>, and the fabulous <a href="http://www.nicolehollander.com/">Nicole Hollander</a>. We drooled over some gorgeous (and unattainably expensive) art by our new friend-crush, <a href="http://www.jennyfrison.com/">Jenny Frison</a>. We chatted with pals, and sold Star Wars T-Shirts and drank wine. Fun times-- thanks to those of you who came out to hang with us! The show will be up through Feb 6th, so check it out if you can.</li></ul><center><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWZXgi_Mu0zVGRsBaNcGJDOdYYWMQmKElZV343St2wE45qe5AwssM6mJ6q5E8XcNzeT_JBoV5vcYtB3lxx6VlrtUrPWhnDoWUGSB_z2qUwmDWhUvYYRz9eYYZQqenzVCuVcgAmJKNXptM/s1600/Becansmall.jpg" /></center><br /><ul><li><b>Studio Jam of the Week: </b>Just in case any of you follow us on twitter, we absolutely (do not) apologize for the recent spate of Buffy-obsessed tweets, especially our total breakdown about the musical episode. Our Buffyquest has brought us into the sixth season, where this glorious pinnacle of television programming has completely taken over all studio airspace. Keeping in mind that, until recently, Lucy was uninterested in this "Joss Whedon" nonsense, we find it pretty impressive that this show has now TAKEN OVER HER LIFE. Please enjoy this musical number. ENJOY IT NOW.</li></ul><center><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/4wFjWGnYsJY?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0&hd=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/4wFjWGnYsJY?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0&hd=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></center><center>Every moment spent not watching Buffy is a moment spent IN HELL.</center><center>#insidejokeforBuffywatchers</center><center>#orBuffy'sWATCHER!!!</center><br /><ul><li><b>Kitty Photos of the Week: </b>Ripley's dewey-decimal # is 666. No-one was surprised by this. (Linney's DD# is BLORP).</li></ul><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/5362102081/" title="Shelved Ripley by lucy lou, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5122/5362102081_f679251a13.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Shelved Ripley" /></a></center><center><br /></center><center>Blorp.</center><center><br /></center><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/5362713106/" title="Streeeehhtch that flarb! by lucy lou, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5206/5362713106_f7cbd52292.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="Streeeehhtch that flarb!" /></a></center>It Gets Better; A Comics Anthologyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02279966913099352754noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622943637571446062.post-84590261399154785742011-01-09T19:10:00.001-08:002011-01-09T20:03:01.483-08:00Studio Log: Starweek Fifteen<div style="text-align: center;"><b>YAYAYYY MAGICAL KICKSTARTER WOOOOO!</b></div>Well folk, thanks to your generous support, we'll be embarking on our journey to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, to make comics and drink butterbeer and think hard about American consumerism while we balm our broken hearts with manatees. For this adventure, we have you to thank, so LETS<b> HIGH FIVE ALL OF YOU!</b><br /><center><a target='_blank' title='ImageShack - Image And Video Hosting' href='http://img51.imageshack.us/i/highfivin3.gif/'><img src='http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/6046/highfivin3.gif' border='0'/></a><br />HIGH FIVES TO ALL OUR GENEROUS BACKERS!<br />We won't letcha down.</center><blockquote>Departing to Orlando January 27th, where we'll stay before hustling back to the frigid wastelands of Chicago on February 4th. If anyone down in Orlando or thereabouts would like to hang out or meet up, please let us know via email or comment. We're especially curious about people who have worked in or live near the parks-- what's it like? Wanna be in a comic?</blockquote><br /><ul><li><b>Studio Jam of the Week:</b> <span style="font-style:italic;">Like it's Quidditch</span>, by Nice Peter</li></ul><br /><center><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/wXIgNnB_oq4?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0&hd=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/wXIgNnB_oq4?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0&hd=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object></center><div style="text-align: center;">Thanks to our pal, <a href="http://duckacomic.blogspot.com/">Tana Ford</a>, for the tip off about this song!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Though... We have listened to it an unhealthy amount this week... so...</div><div style="text-align: center;">Tana, you will be getting our doctor bills.</div><div><br /></div><br /><ul><li><b>Studio Projects of the Week:</b></li></ul><blockquote><b>1. Burrow Studio Ukulele cover of JBieb'z "Baby."</b></blockquote><center><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/18566473" width="600" height="398" frameborder="0"></iframe><br />(Has... has nobody noticed that one of the posters is not Justin Bieber? Seriously?<br />BONUS POINTS if you can name that face in the comments!)</center><br /><br /><blockquote><b>2. BtheVS Shirt!</b> Drawn by Lucy and printed by Nora:</blockquote><br /><center><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdH80xARW6NWkWCDooP9_aeM3K-ziujP2MRfqPP7rPqbbNRWCzR2OB08Y42UI4HC2jJR0gYAYykoHEEbSxk1Xas_qROJvgH0O9vyKgCIq_78ePKd48ebfPfyiBxKFMYJVDuiP0eqZAEAU/s1600/buffyt2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 303px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdH80xARW6NWkWCDooP9_aeM3K-ziujP2MRfqPP7rPqbbNRWCzR2OB08Y42UI4HC2jJR0gYAYykoHEEbSxk1Xas_qROJvgH0O9vyKgCIq_78ePKd48ebfPfyiBxKFMYJVDuiP0eqZAEAU/s320/buffyt2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560390059262117042" /></a><br />Buy your own <a href="http://theburrowstudio.bigcartel.com/product/b-the-vs-shirt">on our store!</a></center><br /><blockquote><b>3. Tree Towels:</b> We made these for holiday presents for friends and family, and we liked them so much we made more! Drawn by Lucy, and hand dyed/screenprinted by Nora.</blockquote><br /><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/53049605@N07/5341071727/" title="Tree Towel Forest! by fiberistanora, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5164/5341071727_a059bc33b3.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Tree Towel Forest!" /></a><br />You can pick up these beauties on <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/fiberistaNora">Nora's Etsy Page.</a></center><br /><br /><ul><li><b>Studio Appearance of NEXT week:</b> <a href="http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/the-static-creep/Event?oid=3028423">Static Creep Sequential Art show</a> at <a href="http://lasmanosgallery.com/">Las Manos Gallery </a>in Chicago.</li></ul><blockquote>Lucy will be showing and selling original artwork and comics pages with a group of local Chicago comic artists. The Burrow will be selling some Nora-Printed T-Shirts featuring <i>STAR WARS ART BY LUCY</i>. If you live in or around Chicago, you should check out this show! The opening is next friday. It's gonna be great, and features art by some of our pals who are awesome (<a href="http://www.sauceome.com/">Sarah Becan</a> and <a href="http://maidenhousefly.com/">Corinne Mucha</a>, among others).<br /></blockquote><center><img src="http://lasmanosgallerycom.fatcow.com/Las%20Manos%20Gallery%20Website/Images/Front%20Page%20Images/January%20Show/Upcoming%20postcard.jpg" /></center><center><blockquote>And if we have any T-Shirts left over when the show closes, or a high demand, we'll have them available online for purchase.</blockquote></center><center><br /></center><b><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><b>Kitty Photos of the Week:</b></span></li></ul></b><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/53049605@N07/5341683946/" title="Why. Are. You. Not. Feeding. Me. by fiberistanora, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5204/5341683946_6511a2945e.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="Why. Are. You. Not. Feeding. Me. " /></a></center><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/53049605@N07/5341683946/" title="Why. Are. You. Not. Feeding. Me. by fiberistanora, on Flickr"></a>Ripley, are you <a href="http://www.stomptokyo.com/guests/img/mononoke-shishigami.jpg">ShiShi-Gami?</a></center><center><a href="http://www.stomptokyo.com/guests/img/mononoke-shishigami.jpg"></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/5341817738/" title="Oh hai. by lucy lou, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5084/5341817738_f321e5bd44.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="Oh hai." /></a></center><div style="text-align: center;">If we're going to be making <a href="http://babyholbert.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/catbus2.jpg">Miyazaki comparisons...</a></div><br /><ul><li><b>Studio Munch of the Week: </b>Hot foamed milk with cinnamon and vanilla and honey, with a stroopwafel warming on top.</li></ul><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/5341205077/" title="Stroopsnack by lucy lou, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5163/5341205077_41eb6f8d56.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="Stroopsnack" /></a></center><center><br /></center><center>Wishing you all blankets!</center><center>Stay warm 'till next week.</center>It Gets Better; A Comics Anthologyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02279966913099352754noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622943637571446062.post-60754261405421172732011-01-02T18:15:00.000-08:002011-01-02T19:12:28.336-08:00Studio Log: Starweek Fourteen<ul><li><b>Studio Projects of the Week:</b></li></ul><b></b><blockquote><b>1. Kickstarter!</b> This is the last week for our <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1036343520/nora-and-lucy-horribly-heartbroken-at-hogwarts/">Horrible Heartbroken at Hogwarts project</a> fundraiser! We are THRILLED with your support for this adventure, and looking forward to the trip and comic. And the butterbeer. There's only a week left to donate, so if you'd still like a copy of the comic, or one of the other incentives, there's still time.<br /><br /><b>2. CLANKET! </b>A couple of months ago while joking in front of the TV Lucy mentioned that what she really REALLY wanted for Christmas was a snuggie: a snuggie that was ALSO a costume of her cat. DONE AND DONE. Merry Christmas!</blockquote><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/53049605@N07/5303732457/" title="Clanket Couple by fiberistanora, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5169/5303732457_3e5246bdc3.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="Clanket Couple" /></a><br />Best. Christmas present. Ever.</center><br /><ul><li><b>Kitty Photo of the Week:</b></li></ul><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/5318588460/" title="GOOOAAAAL by lucy lou, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5288/5318588460_981cfd0c9a.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="GOOOAAAAL" /></a><br />Linney gives her new Clanket two big high-fives!<br /></center><br /><br /><ul><li><b>Studio Munch of the Week:</b></li></ul><blockquote>We've been compiling a collection of interesting snacks we invent to eat while watching our various shows. Every snack is then named after some aspect of our current TV obsessions. As we are nearing the end of Buffy Season 4 (at which time a certain stuttering Willow-fancier joins the cast) we decided to call these jam/peanutbutter/chocolate-filled pastries we've been making lately:<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i>TARABALLS</i></div></blockquote><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/5318588820/" title="TaraBall prep by lucy lou, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5089/5318588820_df2358f410.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="TaraBall prep" /></a><br />In honor of our new favorite character.<br /></center><br /><br /><ul><li><b>Studio Quote of the Week:</b></li></ul><blockquote><i>Lucy:</i> "What's a good synonym for 'Lesbian' here?"<br /><i>Nora:</i> "I was gonna go with... '<span style="font-style:italic;">Les</span>bian.'"</blockquote><br /><ul><li><b>Studio Headline of the Week</b>:</li></ul><blockquote>Being the serious followers of world news that we are, we thought we should share with you this important headline you might have missed:</blockquote><div><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/5318589304/" title="WHO INDEED. by lucy lou, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5205/5318589304_9aa75be7f7.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="WHO INDEED." /></a><br />(Sung to the tune of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ON-w2WNxeqE&feature=related">this ditty</a>)</center><center>Ironically, <a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/gossip/2010/12/neil-patrick-harris-david-burtka-twins.html">this story</a> of much adorableness was missed in that particular periodical.</center><br /><br /><ul><li><b>Studio Jam of the Week:</b> "<i>Eeeeevil</i>" by They Might Be Giants. Brought to you by<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/5318116789/"> this photo of Ripley</a>, because this is her theme song... Or so we sing.</li></ul><center><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/8Hbffa5SM_k?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/8Hbffa5SM_k?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object></center></div><br /><br /><ul><li><b>Studio Outing of the Week:</b></li></ul><blockquote>We went out to ring in the New Year, and managed to see in 2011 in a joyous fashion. Below is the (slightly off) countdown to the new year captured in an old-fashioned photobooth shoot.</blockquote><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/5318101907/" title="Midnight NYE Photobooth! by lucy lou, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5045/5318101907_0d81cb3fb5.jpg" width="102" height="500" alt="Midnight NYE Photobooth!" /></a></center><center><br /></center><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Happy New Year, everybody!</b></div><br /><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/5318588558/" title="NYE Glitterguts portrait of sparkliness by lucy lou, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5009/5318588558_31b8d2f373.jpg" width="500" height="334" alt="NYE Glitterguts portrait of sparkliness" /></a></center><center>xoxo 4evuh, </center><center>The Burrow</center>It Gets Better; A Comics Anthologyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02279966913099352754noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622943637571446062.post-65273183144319297722010-12-19T20:01:00.000-08:002010-12-19T21:08:25.628-08:00Studio Log: Starweek Thirteen<ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">Studio Disaster of the Week: </span>Winter.</li></ul><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/53049605@N07/5251398887/" title="Winter view from my studio! by fiberistanora, on Flickr"></a></center><blockquote><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/53049605@N07/5251398887/" title="Winter view from my studio! by fiberistanora, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5121/5251398887_96fc02594d.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Winter view from my studio!" /></a></center><br /><br />It's not really Chicago winter until your gate freezes and locks you out of your apartment where your pipes are frozen and bursting and leaking icy water through your kitchen down through three floors so you have to turn the water and heat off and use your cats as earmuffs in order to survive the 48 hour period during which your landlord is too busy Christmas shopping to call a plumber.<br /><br />So it's officially Chicago winter.<br /><br /><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/5275812283/" title="CHICAGO WINTER by lucy lou, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5130/5275812283_0d8efbd07d.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="CHICAGO WINTER" /></a></center><br />As soon as you plastic your window, an icicle forms from your faucet... But if we didn't have horrendous winters then everyone would move here and then the rent would be too expensive. It's not a frozen tundra-- the frozen tundra is merely the BOUNCER keeping this city EXCLUSIVE. #crazyfromthecold<br /><br /><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/53049605@N07/5251399107/" title="Movie night? Every night. by fiberistanora, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5045/5251399107_cf031a991b.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="Movie night? Every night." /></a></center></blockquote><br /><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">Studio Outing of the Week </span>(Because we were LOCKED OUT OF OUR HOUSE... <i>DURING A BLIZZARD</i>)<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">:</span></li></ul><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/5275812145/" title="Bean Trip! by lucy lou, on Flickr"></a></center><blockquote><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/5275812145/" title="Bean Trip! by lucy lou, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5167/5275812145_eac56471db.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Bean Trip!" /></a></center>We went downtown to show our poor North Carolinian native houseguest around town, for lack of access to a warmer haven. Unfortunately, there was a blizzard that day. We had fun anyway. Here is Nelly, Nora and Amanda seeking temporary shelter from the gale beneath Anish Kapoor's Cloud Gate (known colloquially as "The Bean").</blockquote><br /><ul><li><b>Studio Jam of the Week:</b> Darren Chris(s) Colfer doing "Baby It's Cold Outside"</li></ul><br /><center><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/BgdLdl60EMA?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/BgdLdl60EMA?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object></center><br /><br /><br /><ul><li><b>Studio Projects of the Week:</b></li></ul><b></b><blockquote><b>1.</b> Holiday Decorations!</blockquote><blockquote><br /><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/5275812955/" title="Burrow Holiday Decorations by lucy lou, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5290/5275812955_0668428427.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Burrow Holiday Decorations" /></a><br />Nora made us both Christmas stockings and snowflakes for the studio!<br /></center><br /><br /><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/5275813329/" title="Festive House Elf by lucy lou, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5126/5275813329_5397e5280a.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="Festive House Elf" /></a><br />She also made one of our house elves a holiday scarf.<br /></center><br /><br /><b>2.</b> Plants: We repotted all our houseplants this week. They're much happier now.</blockquote><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/53049605@N07/5252004956/" title="Ripley Hates Gardening by fiberistanora, on Flickr"></a></center><blockquote><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/53049605@N07/5252004956/" title="Ripley Hates Gardening by fiberistanora, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5206/5252004956_384b737b2f.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="Ripley Hates Gardening" /></a></center><br /><center>Ripley HATES gardening.</center><br /><br /><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/53049605@N07/5252004956/" title="Ripley Hates Gardening by fiberistanora, on Flickr"></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/53049605@N07/5252005288/" title="Recycled Container Gardening by fiberistanora, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5050/5252005288_3fd368b1d0.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="Recycled Container Gardening" /></a><br />Some of our plants were overdue for real pots, as you can see.<br /></center><br /><br /><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/5275812435/" title="Paperwhites by lucy lou, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5169/5275812435_8d565a3027.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="Paperwhites" /></a><br />The whole studio smells like Christmas tree and paperwhites!</center><center><br /></center></blockquote><ul><li><span style="font-weight:bold;">Confusing Discovery of the Week:</span> Cheap <span style="font-style:italic;">AND</span> tacky? Sign us up!</li></ul><br /><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/5276419464/" title="What. by lucy lou, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5125/5276419464_338ccf78fe.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="What." /></a></center><br /><br /><ul><li><span style="font-weight:bold;">Movie of the week:</span> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aS4hoOSlzo">The King's Speech</a> (All of your favorite british actors in the 1920s anglophone equivalent of a modern day bromance! Lovely. And we at The Burrow love a good stuffy British king crying frustrated tears).</li></ul><br /><ul><li><b>Studio Munch of the Week:</b></li></ul><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/5276418618/" title="HI I AM BRUNCH by lucy lou, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5130/5276418618_5c7b70259b.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="HI I AM BRUNCH" /></a></center><br /><ul><li><b>Kitty Photo of the Week:</b></li></ul><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/5275811567/" title="PAWWWW by lucy lou, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5281/5275811567_58e54700e7.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="PAWWWW" /></a></center><div style="text-align: center;">Pawwwwww.</div>It Gets Better; A Comics Anthologyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02279966913099352754noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622943637571446062.post-80037917845805922922010-12-07T19:14:00.000-08:002010-12-07T21:10:36.301-08:00Studio Log: Starweek Twelve<ul><li><b>Studio Projects of the Week:</b></li></ul><blockquote><b>1. Eff You. The Ukulele Cover.</b> We just happened to have the camera rolling while we were just, you know, hanging out as usual.<br />(just kidding. We did like 14 takes).<br /><br /><center><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/17545924" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0"></iframe><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/17545924">Eff You (Ukulele Cover)</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user5414416">Lucy Knisley</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a></p></center><blockquote><br /></blockquote><b>2. We made a new T-Shirt!</b> It's got a ZEBRA on it. <a href="http://theburrowstudio.bigcartel.com/product/zebra-t-shirt">Buy yours here!</a></blockquote><blockquote><a href="http://theburrowstudio.bigcartel.com/product/zebra-t-shirt"></a><br /><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/5243195746/" title="New Zebra Shirt! by lucy lou, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5090/5243195746_33484fd505.jpg" width="333" height="500" alt="New Zebra Shirt!" /></a></center></blockquote><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/5243195746/" title="New Zebra Shirt! by lucy lou, on Flickr"></a></center><div><br /></div><br /><br /><ul><li><b>Kitty Photo/Studio Mail of the Week:</b></li></ul><blockquote>This week we got some lovely mail containing two BRILLIANT cat portraits from our new favorite person, Amy C! She totally NAILED them! Thank you, Amy!</blockquote><blockquote><br /><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/5242626199/" title="Kitty Portraits by Amy C! by lucy lou, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5002/5242626199_8c34d9545f.jpg" width="500" height="300" alt="Kitty Portraits by Amy C!" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/5242626309/" title="Ripley with Portrait by Amy C. by lucy lou, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5009/5242626309_5300982086.jpg" width="500" height="428" alt="Ripley with Portrait by Amy C." /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/5242626409/" title="Linney with Portrait by Amy C. by lucy lou, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5201/5242626409_06d3b4fecf.jpg" width="500" height="357" alt="Linney with Portrait by Amy C." /></a></center><center>PS: If anyone would like to send us more amazing mail, we are HAPPY TO HEAR THAT. Email us. LIKE RIGHT NOW.</center></blockquote><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/5242626409/" title="Linney with Portrait by Amy C. by lucy lou, on Flickr"></a></center><br /><br /><ul><li><b>Studio Munch of the Week:</b></li></ul><blockquote>VICTORY PIE! Nora made a lovely buck off the <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/63099557/stump-slice-throw-pillow">Stump Pillows</a> at the Lillstreet Arts Holiday Sale/Party, so she went downstairs to the Lillstreet pie cafe and bought us a WHOLE PIE. We'd have taken a photo of it <span style="font-style:italic;">before</span> we ate half of it, but there was no time in that nanosecond to get the camera.</blockquote><blockquote><br /><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/5242601001/" title="PIEEE by lucy lou, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5129/5242601001_c3488d3904.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="PIEEE" /></a></center><center>(Sour-Cherry Cinnamon! Holycrap good.)</center><center><br /></center><center><br /></center><center><br /></center></blockquote><ul><li><b>Studio Obsession of the <s>Week</s> MONTH:</b></li></ul><div></div><blockquote><div>MORE BUFFY. With season 3 completed, we move onto college and the continued awesomeness.</div><div><br /></div><div>Let the FANART COMMENCE. </div><div>Click the image below for the ENORMOUS computer background version.</div><div><br /></div><div><center><div align="center"><a href="http://pics.livejournal.com/lucylou/pic/0011826g"><img src="http://pics.livejournal.com/lucylou/pic/00119z03" alt="" title="" width="500" height="373" /></a></div><div align="center">T-Shirts to follow... Next week?</div></center></div></blockquote><div><center><div align="center"></div></center></div>It Gets Better; A Comics Anthologyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02279966913099352754noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622943637571446062.post-86992056976159011372010-11-28T20:12:00.000-08:002010-11-28T20:50:17.481-08:00Studio Log: Starweek Eleven- Flying Solo Mini Post!Hi, you guys: it's Nora! This week has been a little quiet around the studio. Lucy has been in New York for the Thanksgiving holiday so I have had the Burrow all to myself! I've been getting a lot of "work" done (and by "work" I mean "Netflix watching, hot chocolate drinking and sock knitting"). But don't worry: there are still cats here to take photos of.<br /><ul><li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Studio Project of the Week:</span></li></ul><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggNebLG6SrNy-mw8NJ7dxTUmCd1NRjvIxf01PLcLSZ2AqZYmXTtdbvYkmxaNejbEhYZY9fv1eOGpA-3mTqXRzQj7lVCV51HBxYKf6xtU3ryXmvFlyuSzvSPbgcyabUkh0OqpLQvh_7s6s/s1600/StumpPillowWedges1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggNebLG6SrNy-mw8NJ7dxTUmCd1NRjvIxf01PLcLSZ2AqZYmXTtdbvYkmxaNejbEhYZY9fv1eOGpA-3mTqXRzQj7lVCV51HBxYKf6xtU3ryXmvFlyuSzvSPbgcyabUkh0OqpLQvh_7s6s/s400/StumpPillowWedges1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544821983425387442" border="0" /></a><blockquote>By popular demand, the stump pillows debuted in last week's post are now available on <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/63099557/stump-slice-throw-pillow">my etsy</a>! Buy one for your house! Drawn by Lucy and Hand dyed! Hand printed! and Hand sewn by yours truly! Chicagoans can also buy pillows (as well as other sewn items) in person at the <a href="http://www.lillstreet.com/">Lill Street</a> Textiles Holiday Party and Sale next week! December 3rd, from 6-10pm. Stop by and say hello!</blockquote><ul><li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Studio jam of the week:</span></li></ul> <blockquote>Lykke Li's "Little Bit"<br /><br /><center><object height="385" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/upnTg2GPgTM?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/upnTg2GPgTM?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="385" width="480"></embed></object></center><br />No seriously- I have been listening to this song non-stop for, like, four days now. It's a little bit, a little bit, a little bit catchy. Love!</blockquote><blockquote> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Cat photos of the week:</span></blockquote><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgumiIwOJs27FUDlcVrW4LJRbHRPy9k5S8ehI5a3XUV7_qeZYFq2AuN6dchoMy2d8lrR086jVBHX3JT_H_3fk6okMPbV7p1iU0meOos3yWzqewZZIUtI7CZJy2pOfHittqEBS9cqnb8Pag/s1600/1126101234.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgumiIwOJs27FUDlcVrW4LJRbHRPy9k5S8ehI5a3XUV7_qeZYFq2AuN6dchoMy2d8lrR086jVBHX3JT_H_3fk6okMPbV7p1iU0meOos3yWzqewZZIUtI7CZJy2pOfHittqEBS9cqnb8Pag/s400/1126101234.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544825117009881186" border="0" /></a></span><span></span><blockquote><span>Sun Bunny! </span></blockquote><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE78BhlUsa5uAPg4xUf48ldPjASwf52Fv0wbDXQmGO9TptCvATkC8dIy7CLMhBsXOw00-VQx3F18mH0_nJrTWneISlSYOhxaa4C6eBcY0G1VEd6aJ1sTZlL1fdexaC1acCpbA3cmuyniY/s1600/1128101517.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE78BhlUsa5uAPg4xUf48ldPjASwf52Fv0wbDXQmGO9TptCvATkC8dIy7CLMhBsXOw00-VQx3F18mH0_nJrTWneISlSYOhxaa4C6eBcY0G1VEd6aJ1sTZlL1fdexaC1acCpbA3cmuyniY/s400/1128101517.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544826123873967666" border="0" /></a><blockquote>Perched and clearly thinking: "I miss my real mom and need much consoling."</blockquote><br /><br />Hope you all had great Thanksgivings! Catch ya' next week!Fiberista Norahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09861525406785031141noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622943637571446062.post-70595893601766263852010-11-21T13:23:00.000-08:002010-11-21T14:27:30.227-08:00Studio Log: Starweek TenWe've had a hard work week here at the studio. Punctuated by the usual nerdy outbursts and midnight movies. How are YOU?<br /><br /><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">Studio Projects of the Week:</span></li></ul><blockquote>1. <span style="font-weight:bold;">Stump Pillows!</span> Hand-drawn, hand-printed, hand-dyed and hand-sewn (BY HAND!), these pretty little pillows will be available to buy from Nora at the <a href="http://lillstreet.com/">Lill Street</a> Holiday party/art-sale (December 3rd, 6-10pm).<br /><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/53049605@N07/5196415214/" title="Stump Pillows by fiberistanora, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4052/5196415214_7769b1f936.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="Stump Pillows" /></a></center><br /><br />2. <span style="font-weight:bold;">Marsupial Cloth Stickers and Applique Patches!</span> Drawn by Lucy and printed/prepped by Nora! These will also be sold at the <a href="http://lillstreet.com/">Lill Street</a> Holiday party/art-sale.<br /><center> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/53049605@N07/5196375114/" title="After! by fiberistanora, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4151/5196375114_cf62ff89f2.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="After!" /></a><br />Nora will also have bags and other items for sale at Lill Street </center><center>(which is an awesome arts center in Chicago).<br /></center></blockquote><br /><ul><li><b>Studio Happening of the Week:</b></li></ul><blockquote>We hosted a little Pre-Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Pt 1 screening get-together. We made tiny sexy pies, cockroach clusters, butterbeer and pumpkin juice!<br /><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/5196396502/" title="Tiny Sexy Mince Pies for HP7 Party by lucy lou, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4144/5196396502_b330504067.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="Tiny Sexy Mince Pies for HP7 Party" /></a></center><br /><u><span style="font-style:italic;">Our Butterbeer Recipe:</span></u><br />Cream soda<br />A few drops of artificial butter flavoring (from the baking section)<br />Coconut rum<br />(Mixed to taste)<br /><br /><u><span style="font-style:italic;">Our Pumpkin Juice Recipe:</span></u><br />Apple cider<br />Canned pumpkin<br />Cinnamon<br />Nutmeg<br />(Mixed WELL)</blockquote><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/5196396876/" title="Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Pt 1 Party CAKE! by lucy lou, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4111/5196396876_847c26a4ef.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Pt 1 Party CAKE!" /></a><br />We hope you had a great HPWeekend, everybody!<br /></center><br /><br /><ul><li><b>Studio Jam of the Week:</b> "Mean," by Taylor Swift</li></ul><center><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/1CPrzNr1b14?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0xe1600f&color2=0xfebd01"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/1CPrzNr1b14?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0xe1600f&color2=0xfebd01" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object><br />(Our apologies; there are NO better videos of this song...)<br /></center><br /><br /><ul><li><b>Studio Munch of the Week:</b> EGGS <a href="http://bc-online.co.uk/">BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH</a>!</li></ul><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/53049605@N07/5196374004/" title="Eggs Benedict Cumberbatch! by fiberistanora, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4144/5196374004_05c8bec563.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="Eggs Benedict Cumberbatch!" /></a></center><br /><br /><ul><li><b>Studio Obsession of the Week:</b></li></ul><blockquote>Because Lucy was too devoted to The X-Files as an adolescent to stray to other television, she sadly missed the Buffy Boat. So now Nora has been giving her a long-overdue education in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. It's coming along quite well. We're up to the third season, and should graduate to Angel by New Years.</blockquote><div><br /><center><img src="http://magickalgraphics.com/Graphics/TVandMovies/Buffy/buffy6.jpg" /><br />(Sub-obsession: ALL OF WILLOW'S CLOTHES)<br /></center><br /><br /><ul><li><b>Kitty Photo of the Week:</b></li></ul><br /><center><a href="http://magickalgraphics.com/Graphics/TVandMovies/Buffy/buffy6.jpg"></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/53049605@N07/5196373144/" title="Koala Face Cat by fiberistanora, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4147/5196373144_30c737c664.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Koala Face Cat" /></a><br />Have a smooshface week!<br /></center><br /></div>It Gets Better; A Comics Anthologyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02279966913099352754noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622943637571446062.post-83878377316757359552010-11-14T18:07:00.000-08:002010-11-14T20:15:28.731-08:00Studio Log: Starweek Nine (or Eleven... Depending)So we missed a couple weeks there. Sorry! Holidays and illness and travel prevented us from sticking to our regular update schedule, so we'll try to make this post EXTRA GREAT to make up for the missed weeks.<br /><br /><ul><li><b>The Burrow hosted a Halloween studiowarming shindig!</b> </li></ul><blockquote>It was a really fun time. As we'd been planning for a while, we constructed a photobooth and backdrop in our Room of Requirement (our tiny back room where we make art/take photos/grow plants/do interpretive dances). It involved lots of shiny fabric, spray paint and twinkly lights!<br /><br /><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/5176620563/" title="Deep Sea Kitty by lucy lou, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4154/5176620563_7579cd0a6f.jpg" width="500" height="363" alt="Deep Sea Kitty" /></a><br />The cats really loved their new "underwater" fortress.<br /></center><br /><br />Here's what we did for the actual photobooth mechanism:<div><br /><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/5177228890/" title="Photobooth Mechanism by lucy lou, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4083/5177228890_204d8cf73d.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="Photobooth Mechanism" /></a><br />A spray-painted cardboard box with a hole to fit a camera on a tripod, </center><center>which was connected to a remote shutter release button.<br /></center><br /><br />We spent a good deal of time figuring out how to light the damn thing (neither of us are photographers), but in the end it looked pretty great, and people seemed to have fun taking <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/5129333646/in/set-72157625274114874/">lots of awesome pictures</a>.<div><br /><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/5129333646/" title="Mustache Ghost by lucy lou, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1407/5129333646_47f651d270.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="Mustache Ghost" /></a><br />This is our friend, Katy, as Mustache Ghost.<br /></center></div><br /><br />Later that weekend, we ventured out of the The Burrow to parade our costumes around the city of Chicago.<br /><br /><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/5177289270/" title="Sharky and Squiddy go to the bar by lucy lou, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1151/5177289270_384d24328d.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Sharky and Squiddy go to the bar" /></a><br />Team Burrow on location!</center><br /><br />Despite the FREEZING COLD, we took the scooter around town. </div><div>It looked something like this:<br /><br /><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/5177390942/" title="halloween by lucy lou, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1039/5177390942_226c576ea9.jpg" width="500" height="366" alt="halloween" /></a><br />(but with helmets)<br /></center><br /><br /></div></blockquote><br /><br /><ul><li><b>Only a few days after Halloween madness, The Burrow took a field trip out to Easthampton, MA for <a href="http://webcomicsweekend.com/">New England Webcomics Weekend</a></b>, where Lucy was exhibiting work (and Nora was assisting).</li></ul><br /><br /><center><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/magnusapollo/5160796990/" title="IMG_3819 by MagnusApollo, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1389/5160796990_64bbd0772a.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="IMG_3819" /></a></div>Photo by Magnus Champlin</center><br /><br /><blockquote>The show was great-- lots of awesome comics people and fun times. <br /><br />New England is the capital of diner dining, a food form that we (as good North-Eastern girls) love and revere. So first on our list in jolly old New England was a trip to a for-realz boxcar diner, complete with table-juke (of which Lucy was very fond).<br /><br /><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/53049605@N07/5177171118/" title="True Love by fiberistanora, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4103/5177171118_08700660b3.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="True Love" /></a></center><br />Nora is from the area, so we bunked with her parents and regressed into 14-year-old cable-tv-loving basement dwellers for the parts of the weekend where we weren't at the comics event. Which leads us to...</blockquote><blockquote><br /></blockquote><ul><li><b>Studio Obsession of the Week/s: </b><i style="font-weight: bold; ">BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH</i><br /><br /><center style="font-weight: bold; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUcJHm6NZVzSCJNl9rShtd0XdO7lp6qJxN1kRri7Z0sRj_xM4oJkC8y67N8e-y6DgFFov6C7Ayq36NUNxPFOgo5iwcif_M9WwUDlYKIPwQRF_Wic8FJQo424EvRu8v5GE6AQ2GFzVxeW0/s1600/Benedict+Cumberbatch+as+Sherlock.jpg" /></center><br />With Martin Freeman as Watson, Mr. Cumberbath plays the new Sherlock Holmes in the BBC Masterpiece Mystery!'s Conan Doyle adaptation. </li></ul><blockquote></blockquote><blockquote>We stumbled upon the first episode of this three-episode series on our first (of three, conveniently) nights in Massachusetts (where Nora's folks have actual TV, whereas we have only internet TV). WE PROCEEDED TO FALL. IN. LOVE.</blockquote><blockquote><a href="http://video.pbs.org/video/1619685888/">GO and watch this amazing series</a>-- it's available free online for a limited time on PBS.org! THEN GO ON AND TELL US THAT YOU DON'T LOVE IT.<br /><br />And to read more about our new favorite person on the earth, we particularly like this blog's profile: <a href="http://geekygirlslovescifi.blogspot.com/2010/09/your-august-man-of-month-benedict.html">Geeky Girls Love Sci Fi</a><br /><br /></blockquote><blockquote><br /></blockquote><ul><li style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><b>Studio Jam of the Week</b>: <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2023050/">Darren Chriss</a> singing Teenage Dream</span></li></ul><div><br /><center><object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/E46BhMIRujI?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/E46BhMIRujI?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object></center><br /><blockquote>As if all that wasn't enough heartthrobby excitement for two weeks, we were DELIGHTED to discover that one studio obsession, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmwM_AKeMCk">The Very Potter Musical</a>, was crossing over with another studio obsession, <a href="http://www.fox.com/glee/">Glee</a>. (Darren Chriss played Harry in the VPM). So in our minds, this is just Harry Potter singing a love song to Kurt; our favorite character on Glee.</blockquote><blockquote><br /></blockquote></div><div><ul><li><b>In <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1036343520/nora-and-lucy-horribly-heartbroken-at-hogwarts?ref=city">Horribly Heartbroken at Hogwarts Kickstarter</a> news:</b></li></ul></div><div><blockquote>We've reached our secondary Manatee goal for the fundraiser. To celebrate, we bought our plane tickets to Orlando! EEEE! You can still reserve your copy of the comic and donate to the studio <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1036343520/nora-and-lucy-horribly-heartbroken-at-hogwarts?ref=city">on the kickstarter site</a> until January 8th.</blockquote><blockquote><br /><center><img src="http://pics.livejournal.com/lucylou/pic/00116edk" /></center><center>We're very excited.</center><blockquote><br /></blockquote></blockquote></div>It Gets Better; A Comics Anthologyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02279966913099352754noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622943637571446062.post-68883845981105026072010-10-24T18:10:00.000-07:002010-10-24T19:56:24.239-07:00Studio Log: Starweek Eight<ul><li><b>Studio Project of the Week:</b></li></ul><div></div><blockquote><div>As you might expect from two such compulsively crafty individuals as ourselves, Halloween has always been kind-of a big deal for us. This week we spent some time glorying in our past halloween triumphs (or our moms') while we worked on this year's couture creations.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7fwpQw7kfW64SVvtFb4MZKevppWbiytcdFlviVG-mSb10Rd-BsoSXK9daGAQ2XajDaFD8M8iyyMj3vJungbKTcae-M1A-5X-x4BvWl-_9w1WhX3m1mNzdZWziZxMlu3pJfQAjAKCpG3w/s1600/costumes.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 389px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7fwpQw7kfW64SVvtFb4MZKevppWbiytcdFlviVG-mSb10Rd-BsoSXK9daGAQ2XajDaFD8M8iyyMj3vJungbKTcae-M1A-5X-x4BvWl-_9w1WhX3m1mNzdZWziZxMlu3pJfQAjAKCpG3w/s400/costumes.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531797369302486066" /></a>Clearly.... Just... Well, I think it's obvious that we haven't changed much.</div><div><br /></div><div>It's a serious and grave undertaking to decide on what to be for halloween. It only gets SERIOUSER as we get older. </div><div><br /></div><div>A good halloween costume is warm, comfortable, flattering, funny and a little scary. We took all of these elements into consideration as we pondered the very important choice of this year's costumes. With our powers of BRILLIANCE combined, we had the ultimate revelation that we should be... A SQUID AND SHARK (hammerhead).</div><br /><br /><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/5110774804/" title="Thumbs up for underwater predators! by lucy lou, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4036/5110774804_48253b58ac.jpg" width="371" height="500" alt="Thumbs up for underwater predators!" /></a></center><br />See a butt(fin)load more photos of these, <i>the only outfits we will ever wear again, </i>on our flickr pages:<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/"> Lucy's </a>and <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/53049605@N07/">Nora's.</a></blockquote><blockquote><br /></blockquote><div><ul><li><b>Studio Obsession of the Week:</b></li></ul><div><blockquote>We recently tracked down and rented entirely undervalued and out-of-print movie, "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Legend_of_Billie_Jean">The Legend of Billie Jean</a>." If you have a crazy indie movie store near you, GET YOU THERE and rent that mofo. </blockquote><blockquote>It's the story of a girl and her brother (Helen and Christian Slater) in the eighties who ride a scooter and get into trouble so they run away and have crazy fun scary awesome haircutty times. Then they get comeuppance from mean grownups and move to Vermont (spoiler alert!). </blockquote><blockquote>We were so empowered by this brand of eighties rebellion (it involves ONE long dangly earring! ONE!) that we decided to make T-Shirts to memorialize our Billie Jean Love.</blockquote></div><div><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/5112608473/" title="Billie Jean Davy 4Evr by lucy lou, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1069/5112608473_637ac81037.jpg" width="500" height="281" alt="Billie Jean Davy 4Evr" /></a></center><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><ul><li><b>Studio Jam of the Week:</b></li></ul><blockquote>From the Legend of Billie Jean soundtrack, and featuring the aforementioned one-dangly-earringed haircutty awesomeness, it's Pat Benetar's "Invincible!"</blockquote><br /><center><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/drSCtseoNxQ?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/drSCtseoNxQ?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object></center><br /><br /><ul><li><b>Studio Happening of the Week:</b></li></ul><blockquote>We were tipped off from Nelly that the Steppenwolf Theater was liquidating their costume and props shop, selling off a bundle of crazy items for one dollar each! So we grabbed our intern and hustled down there, where we braved the crowd of crazy theater people to get our hands on some weird and awesome stuff.</blockquote></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhla5VwLGTHWE1L3fMaTDuRkDrs4tjsVIO5uMLQe6OVcxO7bTpDb6sZN6PrK7cuM_MqD5Id_3paag18FipMQoJcA7Yp2y8-pSqxlRAoMAZEfmVSUuX8cg5d-H_eJxvEkC7uLHVw5KIzDvg/s1600/items.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 371px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhla5VwLGTHWE1L3fMaTDuRkDrs4tjsVIO5uMLQe6OVcxO7bTpDb6sZN6PrK7cuM_MqD5Id_3paag18FipMQoJcA7Yp2y8-pSqxlRAoMAZEfmVSUuX8cg5d-H_eJxvEkC7uLHVw5KIzDvg/s400/items.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531784903806099298" /></a></div></div><blockquote><div><div>You can see a selection of these items <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/5113103162/">on display in our murder credenza!</a></div></div><div></div></blockquote><div><br /></div><div><div><ul><li><b>Kitty Photo of the Week:</b></li></ul></div></div><br /><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/5110174349/" title="Munchmunchmunch by lucy lou, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1343/5110174349_af3157cb6a.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="Munchmunchmunch" /></a></center><br /><br /><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Are you guys excited for Halloween? </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>BECAUSE WE ARE SO EXCITED FOR HALLOWEEN!</b></div><br /><br /><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/5113129452/" title="Burrow Pumpkin! by lucy lou, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1081/5113129452_99c1dff7ee.jpg" width="432" height="500" alt="Burrow Pumpkin!" /></a></center><br /><div><br /></div></div>It Gets Better; A Comics Anthologyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02279966913099352754noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622943637571446062.post-25299972651507366482010-10-17T16:19:00.000-07:002010-10-17T16:47:24.076-07:00Studio Log: Starweek Seven<ul><li><b>Studio Projects of the Week:</b></li></ul><blockquote><b>1.</b> Thanks to lovely generous people, we've reached our goal for our <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1036343520/nora-and-lucy-horribly-heartbroken-at-hogwarts">Heartbroken at Hogwarts</a> project! You can still get the comic and donate to the project, though-- The more we make at this fundraiser, the better the comic and the trip will be!</blockquote><center><img src="http://pics.livejournal.com/lucylou/pic/0010f3as"/></center><br /><blockquote><br /><b>2.</b> Nora just finished printing a whole batch of <a href="http://theburrowstudio.bigcartel.com/product/the-burrow-t-shirt">Burrow T-Shirts</a>! So if you've already ordered yours, expect it in the mail soon! And if you haven't yet, <i>look how pleasing they are!</i></blockquote><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/53049605@N07/5087955675/" title="Pile o' Burrow Shirts! by fiberistanora, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4086/5087955675_60621cdfd9.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="Pile o' Burrow Shirts!" /></a></center><br /><br /><ul><li><b>Strange Studio Impulse of the Week:</b></li></ul><blockquote>It was on sale. Now we have a bathroom valet. Tips accepted.</blockquote><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/53049605@N07/5087954839/" title="Yup. by fiberistanora, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4145/5087954839_ca072d174d.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="Yup." /></a></center><br /><br /><div><ul><li><b>Public Defacement of the Week:</b></li></ul></div><div><br /><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47443904@N00/5091547522/" title="Concrete by lucy lou, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4092/5091547522_f099bf4701.jpg" width="500" height="349" alt="Concrete" /></a></center><div><br /></div><br /><ul><li><b>Kitty VIDEO of the Week:</b></li></ul><br /><center><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="300" data="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=71377" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"> <param name="flashvars" value="intl_lang=en-us&photo_secret=fe3272220a&photo_id=5090887531"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=71377"> <param name="bgcolor" value="#000000"> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=71377" bgcolor="#000000" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="intl_lang=en-us&photo_secret=fe3272220a&photo_id=5090887531" height="300" width="400"></embed></object></center><br /></div>It Gets Better; A Comics Anthologyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02279966913099352754noreply@blogger.com4