i haven't had loads of things to say, so i'm just going to stay kinda hush over here. hope all is well in your land.
xxx.
I LOVE LISTS
2 days ago
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
being quiet.
Friday, June 13, 2008
renegade craft brooklyn - tomorrow!!
tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow!! (& sunday!) we are hoping & knowing those crazy thunderstorms are going to bypass williamsburg, brooklyn allllll together :)
it's very strange to have all my goodies out there without me, but go by and say hi to my bff kimmie!
Thursday, June 12, 2008
creature comforts giveaway
check out ez's bday extravaganza giveaway: right here she has some amazing artist lovelies to go along with her celebrations!
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
done with the school race...
...and here are my latest inspirationals. love me some flickr quilt. i'll be making a din din of pasta with pumpkin sage sauce & enjoying a wee glass of white wine this evening. spent all day with my 2 sprout interns - and tell me again why i haven't employed interns before?? (oh right, because they go to school during the school year too!) but how awesome is this...come by at 10am, stamp, sticker, cut, paste sprout studio madness for a few hours while chatting high school girlie talk and eating homemade pumpkin bread & tea (courtesy of sprout mistress herself). then, off for a very european 2+ hour lunch at outside italian restaurant piccino in the neighborhood with amazing blue bottle mocha's to send us on our way. back to sprout headquarters for more stamping, stuffing, boxing, stickering madness...send interns off with trade sprout jewelry of their choice. successful day yes? oh yes! :) i'll be having them over again soon i'm sure!
Monday, June 02, 2008
self portrait day
just saying a quickie hello...i want to be nappy napping like said dog-dog dixie loo below...i still think it kinda quizzical that it remains in the 60's in SF during the summer sometimes. i don't like heat & humidity like back in southeastern virginia, lord knows i wilt, but sometimes a little bit more warmy sun would be nice...
friday is the last day of school for me - hoorah! i'm busy busy busy with closing down everything for the summer, plus gearing up for renegade craft in brooklyn (i'm mailing everything to brooklyn - my bff is running my booth!) and for RCF SF too...and then some leisurely lolling time...
(but really, when will my brain ever stop whirring with ideas for *this great idea* and an idea for *this book to read* and an idea for *this art thing to pursue* and an idea for *this yummy thing to try to make* and an idea for...you get the idea...)
anyone see the new "sex & the city" movie yet? i have a girlie day next saturday planned with pedi's, dinner, vino, and *the* movie - sooo fun. i shamelessly love that series. and i've heard rave reviews on the movie! yay!
happy monday!
nappy time for dixie loo
this is what i want to be doing. a lot of. but not quite yet. one more week of push...
Friday, May 23, 2008
last may weekend for the MAY DAYS sale...
...on my sprout studio site and my etsy site - scoop up some stuff quick like, because things will be going OFF sale after may! :)
& have yourself a fabulous memorial day weekend, i will be trying to take it easy whilst doing some sprout time.
xxx.
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
bowl full of good luck birds
...these birdies are flying away to the renegade show here in SF in july...
also, there are some choice birdies on sale for may at my etsy shop!
been slogging through end of school world. i'll pop up eventually, hopefully :)
quick news in the meantime: ...the mister is outta town for a bit on a mission, the doggie is sick (nothing like waking up to sick dog at 2:30 am, poor loo dog), my foot is still hurting from a silly running strain, (contributing to my sluggish feeling since i'm not walking home right now, bleh), i did get some pr work done this weekend (although, dunno if i'll see fruition from any of it), having first ever book club meeting soon at my place (yay), bought tickets to the portland pickathon for august (i think this lovely gal is going to be in attendance with us!), and generally trying to get ready for summer :)
more later - i still haven't shared my kiddo's art show photos yet, i'm so behind - sigh, sigh, sigh!
...maybe i just need an early cocktail - a gin & tonic with extra lime will do just fine - ha!
more soon lovelies.
xxx.
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
i do.
i love lots.
whilst walking around the CCA exhibit i found this in a wee back corner. had to snap it. i'm making the final push toward the end of school - the kids are ready to be out, as am i. i am ready to have some days of respite, some days of traveling, some days of sprout studio focus, some days of art making focus, some leisurely days of reading & lolling. (i wonder the root of the word, lolling...)
anyhow sweet poppets,
hope your weeks are starting off right, with lots to love :)
xxx.
Wednesday, May 07, 2008
MAY DAYS sale!
...i'm having a sale over at the sprout studio site; lots of treats marked down; some just for the month of may! also for all of may, my ceramic good luck birds on my etsy site are only $18! does someone need a good luck pick me up? a little lucky belly rub to the bird will bring that special certain someone some extra charm :) scoot on over and have a birdie fly away to a needed home!
xxx.
Thursday, May 01, 2008
favorite magic flickr quilt
the inspiration never ceases to amaze me. it's so dreamy to have all these favorites in one place...it calms me to look at them and makes me very, very happy :)
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
anniversary day :)
we turned 12 on april 27th! 7 married, 12 all together :) yay!
...in 1997 (which is this photo) we took our first cross country road trip together in the original nellie vw bus - it was my first time west past chicago and i fell in LOVE. (well, with the mister & the traveling!) this is on the west coast up in oregon - i adore the west coast and especially the oregon coast - so rugged & breathtaking.
we never thought we'd end up out here in SF, but we moved here right after we got married in 2001. and we are still hanging on :) our ongoing dilemma is just how does one stay put in one of the most expensive, amazing cities in america on two artists salaries? (plus the art educator/free lance photo salary which really doesn't add up to a whole heck of a lot!!!) any tips on that? ;) do share!
i gave the mister a few little card and art treats for the a. day; i'll share them a bit later. on monday, we both had the day off, so we went down to the monterey bay aquarium - we had never been. i have a thing with zoos and aquariums and i'm sure you can imagine all my distraught captivity political thoughts that go swirling around in my brain (you did know didn't you, that my life's agenda was going to be to work with dolphins during my formative youth years?! oh yes, up until my senior year when i took a.p. oceanography and one - "we have to dissect what?" - i quickly became the 'illustrator' in the group. and then two - "we have to do what kind of math?" DRAT! i HATE math. boo hoo hoo....off to be an artist ;) i guess....sigh....as i curl up and read madeleine l'engle's -- a ring of endless of light"
for the umpteenth time and get lost in vicky's dolphin & boy world...)
so, yes, i have a thing for the sea animals too. it wasn't as disheartening as it could have been, and i did LOVE the jellies, but it's kind of hard to look at big fish & sharks swimming round and round and round and round...wouldn't you go crazy too?! oh, the penguins & sea otters were pretty darn rad also...
the drive down was beauteous & we had a fun time together...here's to many more years ahead for us! :) hoorah!
the other news is i'm finally finished with my k-8 students art show - the hugest event of the year that i put on - PHEW. i'll post photos soon. it's also the most rewarding night of the year for me :)
off to catch up on my sorely neglected sprout studio business; i have lots of updating to do. i've made scores of new glass necklaces just waiting to be posted - check them out in the next week or so.
happy wednesdsay lovies! (or muffins as mati likes to say...OR, i'm kinda fond of "poppet" myself!)
xxx.
Monday, April 21, 2008
ladies dinner pARTy
i hosted a dinner pARTy on saturday night with some lovely bay area art ladies & bloggers. i've "known" some of these women for quite some time via their work & blogs, and have hung out with a few of them when time allows!
it was a super evening with lots of great chatter, musings, art talk, humorous conversation, and general good fun. i hope to do it again soon with them all :)
in attendance: diana, kelly rae, mati, shash, annie, lisa (ms dixie loo, my mister, a longtime friend and photo professor, & diana's niece.
yesterday was a great day of roaming the south bay salt marsh trails, and having a veggie Q with some friends.
hope your weekends were equally full of fun!
xxx.
Friday, April 18, 2008
Thursday, April 10, 2008
oh where have i been?
...not feeling so well, painting doodles, preparing for my art show that is a huge endeavor (happens in 2 weeks - eep!), having 2, 18 year old boys in the house for a week, having a coming house guest in town for another week, thinking about summer trips, packaging sprout studio orders (always), wanting may to be here because i have spring/summer fever, having a bay area art ladies dinner next weekend, hosted a brunch this past weekend, starting up a book club, trying to squeeze in some downtime...& all those little bits & pieces of things & stuff that take up so much of ones free time.
but, during those teensy bits of free time i have been watching melvin goes to dinner & 2 days in paris -- both highly recommended. super witty & entertaining. and i have 3 books i'm reading - eat, pray, love, whale warriors" (the mister and i are reading it together), & blue like jazz ...i'll let you know how they come along.
hopefully all is swell in your worlds.
xxx.
Saturday, March 29, 2008
its ok
mine came :)
did yours?
it's been spring break and i've been super busy hanging out with 18 year old boys! i'll post some stories or art or something interesting later!
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
seriously great discussion
is being held here: established craft & the alt craft movement on imogene's blog. if you make art, craft, or buy/sell/trade, hang out on etsy, have gone to school and gotten an mfa or bfa, have shown at shows/exhibits/small craft fairs, you will be interested in this conversation & comments. go check it out, it's a great dialogue.
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