Today is my birthday...

Well it's been about a year and half since I posted here and just as I start to wonder where the time went my 18 month old daughter runs buy leaving a wake of delightful destruction behind her. There have been many odd little projects, lots of thrifting and of course Lydia herself and all the things she has taught me would have been worth sharing with you. Despite all that, this has been the hardest couple of years of my life this last year being the worst. I have had many things to post about but somewhere in the struggle I seem to have lost my voice. I would say that months before I stopped posting here I had begun to struggle with what to share, how to speak to you and even more so how to segregate all the different pieces of my life, my feelings about my work, starting a new family, my changing business and how to be personal and professional at the same time became such a struggle that I had nothing left to say....at least not that I felt comfortable sharing.

My birthday to me has always been like New Years in the sense that this is the time that I look back at the year, this is the time for making resolutions and plans, this is the time to look forward. This time last year I wasn't feeling strong enough to do much looking ahead, I was in survival mode so no grand plans were devised. I just put my head down and planned to survive. Don't get me wrong it has been an honor and a joy to be a mother to a little girl that I will say with all my motherly bias is the worlds most perfect, smartest, funniest, most talented child in all the world. Her laugh alone could I'm sure save whole war torn countries. But...I'm still a woman, a partner, a friend, an artist and a handful of other things that have begun to seem so very far away.

I have spent this last year and a half devoted to the health and happiness of Miss Lydia Katie and despite the lack of sleep, social interaction and hygiene it was worth it! In saying that, it has become pretty obvious lately that to continue to serve my daughter I will need to begin to live again in some sort of reasonable manner. I have not yet completely laid out what might be considered a reasonable plan of action but the idea of applying some mascara and wearing something other than track pants has crossed my mind.

So if all goes well you will see me again soon! Maybe even in real life!! I can't imagine!!! But first I need to rewrite what may as well be a completely defunct blog bio (thats going to take some time), change a diaper and if I'm really lucky Ill get to have a shower. Keep your fingers crossed for me.

Take A Dip With The Headline Honeys

Photo by Sandra Elford

So my girls and I decided to spend an hour in the bath together for the promotional shots for the show. Not your typical Monday night but certainly a worthwhile endeavor. We don't get to relax together or have a laugh very often because when we see each other we are always working. This way we were able to kill both the working bird and the chilling bird with one stone.

Come check us out in the Current!

Its all about the ladies!

Headline Honeys celebrate their one year anniversary with a charity show for Marguerite's Place, a joint project of the St. John's Women's Center and St. John's Status of Women Council.

The Headline Honeys know that friendship is like a good brassiere - it's all about proper support. That’s why their anniversary show will be a celebratory shimmy in support of their friends at Marguerite's Place. Give the ladies at Marguerite’s Place a little lift by coming to the show - November 15th at The Majestic Theatre. Doors open at 8, the glitz and glamour starts at 8:30. Ticket are $18 in advance, $20 at the door. Available for purchase at Fred's Records, Twisted Sister, The Travel Bug, Our Pleasure, St. John's Women's Center and Around the World Restaurant.

Performers at this show include comedy by Krista Hann, musicians Adam Carter and Jason Howard, Burlesque by the Headline Honeys, Burly-Q Babies, the Purity Girls and Erika Wilansky's Class, Flamenco dancing by Christina Penney, magic by James Hawksley, and many, many more entertainers of all sorts!

Marguerite’s Place is a joint initiative of the St. John's Status of Women Council (SJSWC) and the St. John's Women’s Centre (the Women's Centre) and it will be the new home for the Women's Centre, and will house all services, programs and the offices of SJSWC and the Women's Centre. In addition to existing programs, Marguerite’s Place will provide safe, affordable housing for single women over the age of 30, within an independent living philosophy and in a manner that respects the diverse experiences and needs of individual women.

Happy New Year!

It looks like I missed wishing you a Merry Christmas and Yule or even Happy Holidays as I'm sure those are winding down for most of you too. I guess I just needed a little break from the real world for awhile so I went into a little holiday coma to get myself ready for the new year. Thank goodness I managed to get my trees up before that happened or it wouldn't have felt either bit special here at all.

I'm vowing to spend more time in the studio over the next few months. It really is a must even though I don't see things being any less busy then they have been these last few months. I'm starting to be resentful of all kinds of good things going on in my life because they are taking away from my crafting and painting. I'm expending so much creative energy in other places that I don't have any left for my art work. So as much as I love dancing and I really really do I have to find some way to balance the two over the next little while. So I guess if I have a goal or resolution for the New Year it's to find balance.

Burlesque Workshop!

Ever dream of being a BurlyQ Baby? Learn the art of the tease with the Headline Honeys in our Introduction to Burlesque Workshop! Fun, laughs, good times on Sunday December 9th. The workshop is approximately 2 hours and cost $25/person. We supply boas and gloves and ask that you dress comfortably and bring heels. We'll be teaching the basics of burlesque and you will leave with a fully choreographed dance which makes a lovely surprise Christmas gift! We are booking up fast and it is first come first serve. You must preregister by paying the cost upfront for which you will receive a receipt. This is the only workshop we have at present but we will be offering more in the new year! If you would like to preregister please contact us through MySpace or email us at headlinehoneys@gmail.com

Scarlett Brandy, Frankly Scarlett and Trixie Biggins will also be performing in "An Evening of Burlesque for The Neighbourhood Danceworks Friday November 23rd at the Majestic Theatre! Come down and enjoy an intimate evening of dance. Doors open at 8pm and tickets are $15

Hope to see you there xoxo

Swept up in the bump n grind

I know I know I'm not around as much as I used to be. I'm trying. I really am! It seems the more work I feel like I'm doing the less I have to post pictures of here. I can say for sure that there are many goodies being worked on here for craft sales and the like. I will be sure to post about them all. Of course there is always another dance to plan for. A Christmas show will be sneaking up on us in no time at all. In my blogging absence I have managed to get a few lovely things done. The best of which was that The Vaudeville for Daffodil show was a great success on all counts and a wonderful start to The Headline Honeys production career. Buttercream Babies was also represented at the show with not one crumb of cake left after intermission. One time that it's good to have nothing to show for all your hard work.

So I'm promising right now to slow down the burlesque train....just a little. Enough anyway to get some good crafting done and come back here to share it with you. I miss posting here all the time and I miss the crafting even more. I'll be back!!!

Press Release

Vaudeville for Daffodil! A fundraising Extravaganza for Daffodil Place!
The Headline Honeys production company launches first show
For Immediate Release
Oct.1, 2007 (St John's, NL) The Headline Honeys are taking St John's by storm! This new production trio promises to organize an event of theatrical variety standards or public workshop every two months. This first show will be helping to raise money and awareness about an amazing local cause. Vaudeville for Daffodil is a collection of local talent lighting up the stage of the Majestic Theatre for Daffodil Place, a home away from home for cancer patients who live outside the St John's area (www.daffodilplace.ca)
The Headline Honeys present: Vaudeville for Daffodil! Hosted by Beni Malone, ring master of the international Wonderbolt Circus, this show will feature comedy sketches by local actors Krista Hann and Phillip Goodridge, contemporary music by Oddly Enough, performances by the Purity Girls, fire eating/contortion/magic by Peter Duchemin (Abracadabra Theater/ Wonderbolt Circus), juggling and acrobatics by the Gentlemen Jugglers (Wonderbolt Circus), choreographed hula hooping with the Woop Woop Hoop Troupe and burlesque by Frankly Scarlet, Trixie Biggins and Scarlett Brandy. We have received a tremendous response of support from the community praising VAUDEVILLE FOR DAFFODIL already.
The event will take place on Saturday, October 13 at the Majestic Theatre at 10 pm. Tickets are available in advance for $12 or $15 at the door. Tickets are on sale now at Spirit of Newfoundland Box Office (Prescott Street), Rapid Shoe Repair (Village Mall), Fred's Records (Duckworth Street), Twisted Sisters Boutique (Water Street) and Around the World Restaurant (Commonwealth Ave, Mt Pearl)
Come one, Come all and help us raise money to build Daffodil Place while enjoying a smorgasbord of local talent at the Majestic Theatre, Saturday October 13. Doors open at 10pm and the show will begin at 10:30pm.

So much has happened!

Hello my friends it's been much too long. So much has been happening. Since my last post I have finished my costume and performed as a striping monkey with the Purity Girl's at the Where the Wild Things Are show and it was a great success. I would recommend not wearing fur head to toe while dancing in the future as I had to walk home in my underwear to get my body temperature back down. Don't worry my mom was with me....really! I have also started a production company with two of my burlesque comrades. The Headline Honeys will be producing a charity fundraiser Oct.13 called Vaudeville for Daffodil (more info to come very soon). In the mix of all this I also got the chance to sneak away and go on a camping/road trip across Newfoundland. Wow I'm pooped! I've got tons of projects in the works right now and will update very soon on art, up coming shows, costumes and the soon to be open Gypsy Witch online shop.