The Middle of the Road

Earlier this week, Rachel & Michelle invited me to go with them on a road trip to Rachel's home, all the way in upstate New York. Today we packed up the car and hit the highway. I love long car trips, especially where the scenery is so much more interesting than corn and cows.

Here is the adorable house of Mead:



Her grandma's house is really awesome too! It has all kinds of skylights and bookshelves everywhere. AND a pottery studio in the basement! How fun is that!?







Then it was off to the Ithaca Artist's Market.



(Johnathan Rice)

Project Mayhem

I am finally done with my class and can show you all of the many projects I have been doing lately.

These have not been made into anything yet. They could either be hair clips or brooches.



Here are some more fancy bobby pins.





This puppy is from my printmaking class. He glows in the dark! I have several of him, which I would like to sell, but the dimensions are a bit strange and do not fit any of the flat mailers I have.



Then of course, there is the wedding projects. I printed the front of out invitations. This project was more crazy than I had anticipated, simply because several days after printing the ink was still tacky.






I had these things took up every flat surface of my room, then into the hall and the guest room. Over 200 of them. And I still have to go through and do heat embossing on each one, and then print the backsides. TONS of work, but totally worth it all.

And here is a sneak peak of the painting I am making for Sarah.



(Finch)

Sing A Song

Chris came to visit me yesterday!

The True Value near us just added a resale section to it, strangely. It seems like a desperate attempt to stay in business. Anyway, they have an amazing selection of vinyl albums, for much less than most of them are worth - $1. Chris was so excited. I don't really remember exactly what he bought, but I know it included the Who, Pink Floyd, Bob Dylan, & Elton John. I did find one that I absolutely freaked out over. Sergei Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf is probably my favorite music composition. I already have a nice set on 78's, but when I saw this 33, I was very excited. Then I began to look closer and realized that it is narrated my David Bowie. And to top it all off, I slid it out to inspect the condition and saw that the record is made of clear green vinyl! I HAD to have it.



Later that night we drove out to the Beva Cafe for an open mic night that Chris and our friend Curtis were both playing at. It was a pretty small and young crowd, but I love any excuse to hear Chris perform.




(Jenny Lewis)

Truly Madly Deeply

THE TRAILER FOR ALICE IN WONDERLAND IS OUT!



I am just over the moon! I would scream from excitement, but everyone else is asleep here. Why must March be so far away?

(Savage Garden)

Too Much

I recently won Sarah's Girl Land giveaway, and here is the package I received from her.

All neatly packaged:



And here it is after I spread it all out:



It really is too much! She always packages things so perfectly coordinated and adorable. Thank you so much Sarah! You are my favorite!

I am going to use the diorama as inspiration for some Christmas ornament crafts this year!



(Spice Girls)

The Lesson

Isn't nature beautiful?



And it is so endearing to see the patience and teamwork.

(Victor Wooten)