Made a BBC’s Sherlock cross stitch sampler for my friend Carolyn for her birthday. In exchange for my birthday, she gave me some of her homemade sugar scrub which she also sells!
If you’re interested in trying out this sampler, here is the pattern that I made. I made it in 8-Bit style and guestimated on the colors. Have fun!
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I attended the C2E2 (Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo) convention this past weekend and it was awesome!
The whole thing kicked off when my pal Toby Greenwalt from Skokie Public Library graciously invited me to talk on his panel concerning the relationship between Libraries and Comic Book Stores. The panel was titled “Wonder Twin Powers, Activate: The Library-Retailer Partnership” and it was a lot of fun! I talked about how my library at the AANM works with Green Brain Comics down the road from us. Lots of great information from the other panelist, Jim Mortensen who owns Comix Revolution in the Chicago area. The slides from that panel are below:
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