I'm a guest blogger at nohoartsdistrict.com!

To read my blog "Steampunk Technical Institute: Professors Wanted," visit http://www.nohoartsdistrict.com/index.php/kenzies-art-blog/item/890-steampunk-technical-institute-professors-wanted. It's an honor for me to be a guest blogger for "Kenzie's Art" (hosted by Cella Gallery co-director Kenzie Alexander) on the NoHo Arts District Web site!

Shark and Diver

This new shirt, which actually features a prehistoric shark known as a megalodon, is doing REALLY well! It partners well with our Hungry T-Rex shirt, so that might be one reason for its success. Maybe the imaginary dangers of prehistoric creatures to humans will become a theme that we build on...

Bats Day Holiday Black Market Was a Blast, In Spite of the Rain!

It rained most of the day on Nov. 6...but rain apparently doesn't stop the die-hards of darkness from emerging from their lairs to see the handmade work of superb artists and craftspeople! Thus, Bats Day Holiday Black Market had some substantial traffic from feet in black granny boots. We had great conversations with hatmakers, corset builders, sellers of antique steampunk accessories, fellow artists, and fellow designers of creepy T-shirts. There was a bar on the premises too, so we took turns manning our booth AND shopping with cosmos in hand. (A bar is always a great tool for increasing sales! I don't regret any of the purchases I made, but I certainly was not watching my budget as closely as I do when I haven't had a cocktail or two.)
Here's a picture of our booth provided by Krisztianna, a wonderful artist with her own Web site and blog. I bought a gorgeous print of her work at DeviantArt yesterday. Visit her at krisztianna.com. Not only is the art on the site a pleasure to look at, but she also sets an example for all of us artists who should be more devoted to good blog writing and photography. On Sunday we also had very nice conversations with Eric Pigors, the creator of Toxic Toons. We've been fans of his for a long time, and it was great to meet him in person! His online store is at toxictoons.com. Talking with Juan of MTNT Mutante Leathers was also great. He sells his darkly intricate leather cuffs and jewelry at Fairfax and Melrose every Sunday (booth #122). Visit him on Facebook at facebook.com/JCmtntmutante.
Other awesome people/companies we met at Bats Day that everyone should check out:
enchanteddreamwear.com
killhouettes.com
kreepsville666.com
foulbitten.com
anatomology.com
monsterbuckles.com
pillboxdesigns.com
daisyviktoria.com
fliptribaldesigns.com
miyudecay.etsy.com
We're also planning to visit Bar Sinister this Saturday night! They're at barsinister.net. Hope we see some of our Bats Day fellows there!
And, of course, visit the Bats Day official site at batsday.com.
Sorry these URL links don't work! I tried to create links in Blogger, but they wouldn't appear in the post...gotta find out why...

New T-shirt design, coming out in November...

This glows in the dark! It will be available for women and men the first week of November--just in time for the Bats Day Holiday Market in Anaheim Nov. 6!

15% Discount: Get a Jump on Halloween!

Use the code HALLOWEENJUMP2011 during checkout at this Web store or our Etsy store (www.themightysquirm.etsy.com) and get 15% off your entire purchase! Happy Halloween!

Upcoming Gallery Show: "Grimm Tales"

For "Grimm Tales," a group show at Cella Gallery on Oct 8, I'm designing and painting a book cover for the story "The Bremen Town Musicians." For the back cover, I'm painting Bach as a donkey, Vivaldi as a cat, Mozart as a dog, and Beethoven as a rooster. It's working out beautifully; people who are familiar with the paintings of the composers on which I'm basing my own should be able to see how these composers really do resemble the animals! What fun this project is! Please come see it on Oct. 8 when it's done! Visit http://www.cellagallery.com for more info.

I take back what I said about SEO!

The SEO edits I made might actually be working. It seems that even more people are finding me and placing orders. But I still love the idea of people doing a search for "romance" and finding my hearse shirt, Skel-Belle, shirt, or Grim Reaper Kiss of Death shirt! Watch, now: for once I'm going to remember to "label" this blog post to increase the possibility that people will find it and read it. (And I'm going to include the word "romance.")