polkadotmittens

My name is Tammy, and I'm an artist from Athens, GA. I have a greeting card business, and I like making crafty things. I live in a very fifties-looking house with two dogs and a small herd of cats. I love retro stuff, gardening, cat art, quilting and embroidery. I'm a coffee and tea fiend, and I loved knitted things because I can't knit.

Poppy fun stuff. 80's. International. Old jazz. Anything happy makes my toes wiggle. Some of the bands I like are They Might Be Giants, The B-52s, Big Audio, G. Love, The Pogues, Dressy Bessy, Go Sailor, Luscious Jackson. I also really like torch songs and singers like Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughn, Jimmy Durante, Bing Crosby and Sinatra.

Amelie, Real Genius, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Stand By Me, anything with Cary Grant, Wallace & Gromit or any Nick Park animations.

Heroes, Lost, House, My Name is Earl, The Office (both versions), Are You Being Served?, documentaries on the History Channel, The Vicar of Dibley.

Digital illustration, sewing... I'm a budding fabric junkie, embroidery, felt art, found object reconstruction (like turning silverware into wind chimes and wine bottles into night lights.. things like that) and painting animals.