Elephant shoes

I went to the mall the other day (a remarkable statement in itself) to find a new spring jacket. Of course that is too much to ask and the retail world is already selling bikinis and such. Booo! The whole trip was made worthwhile by a mega-score I found when I was in J.Crew. I'd been admiring their rain boots for ages but since they were over fifty dollars they were too much of a splurge since I already own a pair of (hideous) rain shoes. I stopped in again and to my utter delight they'd been marked down to sixteen dollars! Yes!

Big gray galoshes with tiny pink elephants scattered about are now mine! Just in time too because we had a big rainstorm today. I wore them out around town and felt quite giddy in with my bright blue umbrella and gray raincoat.

I was thinking about how a pair of fun rain boots can really take the gloom off a drizzly day. I imagined I'd like to be a rain boot designer since I'm always imagining crazy niche jobs that would be fun. I made a few quick rainboot designs for you to laugh at. I would probably wear all of them except number three. Number three is really obnoxious even if I found some spectacular fonts.

1. Scallop trim boot top is part of a cloud. There are lots of raindrops falling from the cloud. These should be lime green with ice blue droplets and a white cloud.

2. These are ridiculous and supposed to look like someone stuck their feet into a fishbowl. I fully embrace the tackiness.

3. Splish! Splash! I hate these boots and I'm mad that they came from my brain. They remind me of those terrible Jordache tees that have script handwriting on them and a rose on a piano and all the words are "love" in different languages. Bleugh!

4. Tiny red mushrooms releasing a cloud of spores. Kawaii!

5. Angry tiger faces shooting lightning bolts up the leg. I heard cats don't like to get wet.

6. Earthworms. I don't care if it's gross; rain begets big bloated earthworms. I think I'd like the worms to glow in the dark.

7. Rope and tassels. For those living the nautical lifestyle.

Bam! Bam!

I just put up two new Gocco prints for sale on Etsy. I'm trying to get lots of items up to make my shop look nice and plump and also so I can get going on new things. I have so many ideas! Today's new releases are "Dripping with Jewels" and "P U S S Y".

"P U S S Y" will probably get lots of attention but it may have to be a special rare someone who buys it to hang in their house. It is a little naughty. Perhaps I should give one to my mother for her birthday and make her blush. Pussy willows are my favorite plant. We had a huge pussy willow plant in our back yard when I was a kid and I would often fill my pockets with the fuzzy buds to enjoy them wherever I went. A few years ago, I found a tiny windbreaker jacket at my parents house that used to be mine. Every pocket (even the little chest one) was stuffed with pussy willow buds! I have always been into little textural joys. My mother says I was a very tactile child obsessed with softness. No wonder I love my bunnies so much!

"Dripping With Jewels" also depicts one of my favorite things from childhood. I loved chandeliers and I wanted to have one in my bedroom very badly. A big one! That was probably around the same time as I was obsessed with having a canopy bed and satin sheets. Sadly, I still have a taste for the finer things. Again, I quote my mother who says I've got, "champagne tastes on a beer budget". "Dripping with jewels" is just such a sumptuous phrase. I wish I could use it more often. I probably made this whole piece just for the title.