maryfranwiley.com » Adventures http://maryfranwiley.com/b Thu, 13 May 2010 22:10:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Phoebe & Philbert http://maryfranwiley.com/b/adventures/phoebe-philbert/ http://maryfranwiley.com/b/adventures/phoebe-philbert/#comments Fri, 19 Mar 2010 01:07:06 +0000 maryfran http://maryfranwiley.com/b/?p=288 I wrote and illustrated a children’s book this past winter, and I have finally gotten it published! (Ok, so I published it on Lulu, but it counts).

Phoebe & Philbert

It is a story of 2 siblings, they happen to be from Venus, who are very, very different, yet still love each other.

venus

It was written for Henry and Jane Escamilla, two of my youngest cousins (they are 3).


]]> http://maryfranwiley.com/b/adventures/phoebe-philbert/feed/ 1 YarnCon 2009, Robots and photos! http://maryfranwiley.com/b/my-adventures-in-the-second-city/yarncon-2009-robots-and-photos/ http://maryfranwiley.com/b/my-adventures-in-the-second-city/yarncon-2009-robots-and-photos/#comments Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:01:47 +0000 maryfran http://maryfranwiley.com/b/?p=258 Oh, has it been a year since YarnCon? I’, afraid it had been.  This year was a little sad. There was no cousin Christine. There was no knitting fiend cousin Beth (I am sorry I created that monster) Here is a preview of the yarn I got :) (I can’t post the rest because of Christmas suprises)
Yarn!
In addition to some super fun knitting and crafting nerdery, I am excited about my next client! (Well, technically, it is my company’s next client, but I am waaaaay excited about it!) It is a toy store all about robots!

I got some pretty cool pictures while I was there making the pitch:Robot City MascotRobot City WorkshopRobot City WorkshopRobot City Workshot Chicago
I was in nerd heaven. I might just be buying a kit to buy a robot there for myself one of these days because it would be fun.

And, those pictures are from my phone, and not retouched in photoshop or any of the apps.  It really is that colorful and vibrant in there.

]]> http://maryfranwiley.com/b/my-adventures-in-the-second-city/yarncon-2009-robots-and-photos/feed/ 2 The New York Adventure begins! http://maryfranwiley.com/b/life-or-something-like-it/the-new-york-adventure-begins/ http://maryfranwiley.com/b/life-or-something-like-it/the-new-york-adventure-begins/#comments Mon, 24 Aug 2009 03:45:49 +0000 maryfran http://maryfranwiley.com/b/?p=213 New York, here comes Mary Fran

New York, here comes Mary Fran

I leave for my first vacation in quite a few years tomorrow.  I haven’t been on a plane since an interview with Google in Ann Arbor, MI (yes, I had the poor taste to accept such a ridiculous interveiw).  And, I have to admit that I am a wee bit nervous.  I was going to try to pack in a carry-on sized bag.  Ha!  My camera equipment doesn’t fit in my laptop bag.  And, I swear I am only bringing one lens, one DSLR and one little point & shoot digital. And only one moderately sized laptop so that I can work while on “vacation”. If I do enough work, does the travel become a work expense?  I guess we will see on that one – and I will have to re-think my packing.

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