sugar skull necklace

I can hardly wear jewelry since I'm allergic to all metals, so I usually have to make my own or have my BFF Heidi make me something~
 etsy.com/shop/dancingbuffalo12
She's amazing, check out her stuff!
 So I ordered this sugar skull charm off Etsy from the UK and raided my ribbon box. ta-da!

Valentine Card

Because Hallmark doesn't have my sense of humor, I attacked my Nylon magazine stash and this is what I came up with.

Ezra's new hat

Sat down an hour ago and look what I made... the hat! The kid I made 7.5 years ago.

Contemporary

A little blurry but just some Improv and Contemporary I taught at the end of class today. Song is "Near to You" by A Fine Frenzy.

Elvie Doll

Started drawing again. I used to all the time and I used to love it. What once was lost is now found, meet my doll Elvie.

Nathan memorial tattoo

A year ago today January 18th, 2012 I lost my younger brother Nathan Castor. So in his memory I had two Angel Fish tattooed on my upper back. Nate loved Fish! He had wall to wall aquariums with all kinds of rare tropical fish. He was definitely a Pisces sign and was always happier under water than above. I think they even look like us :D Miss you Nate. Every damn day.

*special thanks to the talented Joshua Surprenant for drawing this up and Lance Bowen at Atomic Tattoo for making it pop*

Pointe shoe bags

Pointe shoes need to breath after use or the canvas and glue break down too fast and they die. About 15 years ago I created this pattern and idea to give all my new pointe students handmade bags as a token of all their hard work. At this point I've made hundreds! Here's the latest.