Mary Ostler

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There was a call out for bids on breakdown-able eric stands for the barony. I had played around with the idea, but have decided not to bid due to lack of information. I “HATE” commissions that leave all the decisions up to me. I am a student of Overkill, and left to my own devices [...]

This last weekend I got to go to Daffodil tourney in Seagirt. It was a last minute decision as I had originally had not planned to attend. <rant on> I find the whole going to Vancouver Island daunting. Build a bridge already! <rant off> Godfrey posted about the Short Bus to Daffodil, and I decided [...]

I got to go to Daffodil Tourney this year. I’ll be posting soon about the annual Seagirtian event, but I thought I do a quick post on my entry into the A&S tourney.
The contest was “items inspired in some way by the theme “daffodil”. Since I only decided to go to the event the weekend [...]

I was asked how the cartoon was coming. The answer… Slowly!
I will be starting a whole new cartoon soon, as this first one was just to work out some pattern issues. The first problem being the lack of a middle section in the original painting., Thanks to a suggestion from Mistress Agnes, I have decided [...]

In 2009 an unlikely NY Times bestseller hit the shelves. Somewhere between Stephen King, Dean Koonst, & V.C. Andrews sat and unlikely novel. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.

Well it’s a year later and Quirk Books, out of the goodness of their Quirky hearts, have released on the unsuspecting public a prequel to the original book. Enter….

Pride & Prejudice & Zombies awn of the Dreadfuls

While researching  the Turkish Carpet Project, I found an interesting sub section of the carpet weavers. Turkmen Tent bands are straps that go around the outside of Yurt like dwellings. They are partially knotted just like Turkish carpets but with backgrounds of plain weave. The majority are symmetrical knots but…heres the kicker… The knots happen on the open upper [...]