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happy birthday

Friday, December 12th, 2008

to me!
My sister gave me this beautiful package this morning. I love it when the wrapping is as wonderful as the gift inside. (She does have an advantage, working at a store that sells such lovely paper products!)
Inside, I found this wonderful letterpress calendar

This beautiful calendar is made by Linda & Harriett out of Brooklyn, [...]

What does this remind you of?

Sunday, November 2nd, 2008

I said a raspberry lime rickey, but no one seems to know what that is. Morgan’s vote is for black raspberry sorbet, and I think we’ve settled on ‘black raspberry sorbet with a hint of lime’. Long, and not really that catchy…
I started this quilt to use up this fabric — I had ordered a [...]

Fun with the Holga

Wednesday, October 8th, 2008

Morgan gave this camera to me for Christmas last year. I hadn’t seen one before, so I had no idea why he thought I might want this plastic GI Joe-type camera (turns out it was the perfect gift, by the way!). I won’t take the time to list all the attributes of this camera, but [...]

How to give small art a bigger presence

Friday, October 3rd, 2008

Several months ago I bought a number of ACEOs (or ATCs - artist trading cards) on Etsy. This is a great way to get affordable art. Often you can find originals, and due to the small size, they also have a smaller price tag. (ATC’s are only 2.5″ x 3.5″). However, due to the small [...]

the bedroom gets a makeover

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

It was supposed to rain here last weekend, so we figured it would be a good painting weekend (the weathermen were wrong, by the way…). Our bedroom was the only room we didn’t paint when we bought this place. It was painted a gold color, and while it wouldn’t have been my top pick for [...]

Etsuko Furuya wall hangings - instant art!

Monday, September 22nd, 2008

I’ve had this project in mind for some time now, but only just got around to completing it. I don’t know why I waited so long though - I could have had art on the walls long ago!
For the past couple months I’ve been buying pieces of Etsuko Furuya fabric as I find patterns I [...]

A Marimekko wall hanging (part 2)

Monday, September 8th, 2008

I showed this Marimekko fabric last week in this post, and this weekend Morgan built me a custom frame for it (isn’t he handy?!).
It really is the perfect fabric for a wall hanging - nice and large, and I do love that green color of the pear! Since the white of the fabric was a [...]

Chairs on the wall - fabric wall hangings (part 1)

Monday, September 8th, 2008

I don’t know what it is about this fabric, but I just love looking at it!

So much so that as much as I’d like to make something out of it, I can’t bear to cut into it. I decided to frame it and make it into a wall hanging instead. This solves the dilemma of [...]