Wow.
It’s been a while, hasn’t it?

There has been SO MUCH going on in the past month, I’ve had zero time to tell you about it… but now I can!

First of all, to all those awesome traditional and Offbeat Brides who have been asking about calla lillies I have good news – THEY’RE HERE!

These ivory calla lillies were created for Lika and Joe’s November wedding. The bridesmaids will be wearing a beautiful jewel-tone blue and will have pops of brilliant orange and stately silver.

I plan on featuring the full details of their wedding after the big day, so if you want to see how the whole lovely affair comes together, stay tuned! (Also, I can’t resist giving a shout-out to my alma mater right now – Go Gators!)

Another piece of big news is the grand opening of my sister shop on Etsy – The Bionic Buttercup!

The Bionic Buttercup is your #1 source for whimsy and frivolity since 2042!

I created the shop as a side project for myself (because I’m apparently not busy???) because I like arts and crafts of ALL kinds – not just posh paper florals.

The Bionic Buttercup is a place of whimsy, ridiculousness, and goof-ballery of all kinds! Each visit to the shop is an adventure where you never know what you’re going to find… Don’t forget to “like” The Bionic Buttercup on Facebook here.

Currently the shop has necklaces appropriate for the Daily Show‘s quickly arriving Rally to Restore Sanity on October 30, 3010 on the National Mall in Washington DC.

30% of your purchase of these necklaces will be donated to the rally’s official charity – The Trust for The National Mall

I actually have lots more exciting stuff to announce, but I think I’ll give you a break right now…

Until next time, my dears!

Filed under: announcements, bionic buttercup, bluebonnets, bouquets, calla lillies, daily show, etsy, gators, ivory, jewel-tone, jewelry, lillies, orange, rally for sanity, silver, uf, wedding, whimsical by Sandy
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Just a quick announcement today…

You’ve asked for them and they’re here!

Robot In Bloom t-shirts (and mugs and clocks and other stuff) are now available at my Cafe Press Shop.

Get ‘em while they’re hot!

Filed under: announcements, cafe press, logo, merchandise, t-shirt by Sandy
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I recently completed a rather fun paper flower project for charity:

Bra art!

Charity Chicks Houston is a local organization of gals (and a few dudes) that come together to raise money and do other charitable work for needy non-profits! It’s highly altruistic – no one gets paid and no one is affiliated with any specific organization. It’s just a group that helps others for the fun of it!

Last year, the Chicks helped the Save The Tatas Foundation by asking creative folks to create a piece of art out of a bra. The BRAtober event raised over $11,000 for the foundation!

This year, BRAtober proceeds are going to help Bright Pink, a group that enlightens and empowers women about their breast AND ovarian health!

The title of my piece is “Paper Petals, Steel Will”.
Obviously, I was inspired by my first official Offbeat Bride Pam’s wedding flowers. I also wanted to incorporate pink for obvious reasons. I wanted to use my paper flowers to show the juxtaposition of ornamental beauty vs the beauty of the determination to live.

I hope mine gets chosen to be one of the 50 that goes on display and goes up for auction at the main event on October 1st! It would be quite the honor, especially given the stiff competition that showed up at the BRAtober event last year…

*fingers crossed*

Filed under: auction, boobs, bra art, bras, BRAtober, breat cancer, bright pink, charity, charity chicks, grey, houston, offbeat bride, oriental poppy, ovarian cancer, pink, rose, save the tatas by Sandy
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I’m very pleased to announce that I have completed my first wedding order for an official Offbeat Bride!

A number of people have contacted me since the Robot In Bloom ad came out on Offbeat Bride, but Pam’s is the first complete order! Whee!

The bridesmaids will be wearing grey and the whole feel is classic minimalism, so Pam asked for 80 individual Oriental Poppies in black and white. I usually use tissue for the poppies, but I opted for parchment to make them a tad more substantial – and I liked how natural light passes through them in person.

Filed under: advertising, announcements, black, bouquets, chic, Classic Party Rentals, fall, flower, grey, offbeat bride, oriental poppy, paper flowers, parchment, poppy, wedding, white by Sandy
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In case you haven’t seen on Facebook, I’ve been stricken with an infection in my arm that makes it incredibly painful to move it. So, if you have contacted me by email in the last few days and I haven’t gotten back to you, that’s why. I am returning emails as fast as possible, so yours should come soon!

In the meantime, here are some more pictures of paper flower pieces I will be showing off at The Dallas Flea this Saturday!

These are daisies and abstract flowers made from my Ikea catalogue!

These can be worn in the hair or as a brooch.

See you at the Flea!

Filed under: autumn, craft show, dallas flea, facebook, fall, flower, gifts, halloween, home decor, hristmas, paper flowers, victorian, wreaths by Sandy
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This arrangement was planned and purchased by my friend as a surprise for his wife.

It wasn’t her birthday, it wasn’t their anniversary, he didn’t screw up… Take note, couples of all types – he did it for her just because! Can you believe it?? I LOVE happy surprises – especially when I get to help surprise the surpriseee.

Apparently they were a huge hit. What a guy, eh?
Tomorrow, though, I’m sure it’s back to him belching and scratching as usual…

Happy Friday, kids!

Filed under: carnation, gifts, handpainted, julep, orange, paper flowers, rose, surprise by Sandy
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Hey, Dallas!

Gimmie three good reasons that you’re not going to come to The Dallas Flea!

See? Exactly! You can’t!
It’s impossible not to come to this totally awesome, totally interesting, totally rad craft fair extravaganza!

The Dallas Flea has become a huge event in a very short time in the DFW megaplex. It’s an upscale craft fair for those who love buying handmade.

Check out this KADF video interview with Brittany Edwards, curator of The Dallas Flea. The video is from a prior iteration, but she does a great job explaining what you can find there:

Filed under: brittany edwards, craft show, crafts, dallas flea, home decor, interview, paper flowers, swagger, texas, wedding by Sandy
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Here are two arrangements from my irreverent “booze series” I’ve created to sell at The Dalla Flea on Saturday, September 11.

A pandering ode to Texas:

This one is perfect for a college kid going back to school…

Especially if he’s Axl Rose.

Filed under: axl rose, beer, bluebonnets, booze, craft show, dallas flea, diversions, funky, handmade, jack daniels, liquor, rock and roll, rose, shiner, texas by Sandy
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Whew! Today was a long and awesome day!

For those who prefer their chases to be cut to, here’s the video from today’s Great Day Houston on KHOU, channel 11 (in the 4th largest city in America!)

Love that freeze frame!

My segment starts at -4:35, but I urge you to watch all of it because Roxy and Lora are awesome!

Soooo, backstory: In case you’ve missed all my crowing for the past 2 days, you might be interested to know that I was a guest on today’s Great Day Houston episode featuring “designing women” in the Houston community.

Ahhh, the hustle and bustle of live tv!

In 3… 2… and *point*

I kind of have a million things to say about it, but also I think the video speaks for itself. I was nervous, but not as much as I thought I’d be… It was really really fun and Deborah Duncan is possibly the easiest person to talk to on the whole freaking planet! I gave her one of Roxy’s pins and a small bouquet of daisys after the show, and she said she’d be interested in having us back before Christmas!

Me and the wonderful Ms. Deborah Duncan

Also, go Etsy Houston! Represeeeeent!

[I have a picture to put here of me, Lora, and Roxy, but it's right before the show and we look terrified!]

So, I guess keep it tuned to channel 11 for further updates!

Filed under: announcements, b bags, business, butterflies, carnation, deborah duncan, designing women, diversions, etsy, etsy houston, feisty fabrik, Great Day Houston, handmade, talk show, television, tv by Sandy
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My my… This is going to be an incredibly exciting week for me and my robot troops!

First of all, my new online friend, Tina Jett of Scatterbox fame, has recently interviewed me for her (totally rad and funny and interesting) blog. The post is hitting the blogosphere (Could there be a more icky term?) on Wednesday! Please please read it when it comes out, and keep reading Tina’s stuff. She’s really groovy. And I’ll soon be returning her interview favor with a bloggerview (Ha! I just made a worse word than “blogosphere”) on this blog right here!

Then, on Friday, I’ve got my super-exciting advertorial dropping on Offbeat Bride on Friday! OBB’s avertorials are a stroke of genius… Instead of just buying a boring, static ad, the unique and talented tour de force, Ariel Meadow Stallings and her team review your business for OBB’s funky readers. Instead of a simple banner ad, Ariel creates an informational blog post for her offbeat readers (of which there are 200,000 unique readers each month!!)

Then….. The really surprising news!
Okay, so on Friday, I submitted my press kit to be considered for a local talk show. KHOU’s Great Day Houston was looking for crafty businesswomen to appear on a show about “designing women”. Well, my badass divas over at Etsy Houston let the group know about the announcement, and I applied! The producer called me back but my phone is crummy, so I didn’t get to talk to him. After pacing around all weekend, I got the call and they confirmed!

I’m gonna be on tha tee vee!!! Wooooo!

My mind is swimming….. What do I wear? It’s LIVE and I just know I’m gonna swear! Can I do my hair and makeup well enough? What if my business doesn’t take off from this? What if it does??

Out of the pantheon of problems, I’d say this is a good one to have.

Oh, you probably want a picture, don’t you?
Well, here’s a new piece that will be for sale at The Dallas Flea:

Filed under: advertising, announcements, bouquets, business, butterflies, Great Day Houston, houston, interview, offbeat bride, scatterbox, swagger, television by Sandy
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