sunday

My first loaf...Whole wheat with flax.
a new journal...spine covered in SUPER soft suede from an old jacket.
An ad I found on the posting board at the market. If only I had a full yard that needed mowing...
Oh, I am really wishing this weekend wasn't coming to a close. Wonderful adventures in bread making, dancing with mr. tim, estate sales and sunshine. It's a bit cloudy this morning, but I am finally making progress with some computer work...website on its way and I also have a 2011 calendar in the works. More on all of this later in the week.

my my my

good night harvest moon.

these new list books have very light blue graph paper pages, the smallest grid i have ever found, but printed lightly enough to prevent any interference with my not so careful scribbles.

plaid

fall has arrived. (well, technically not until tomorrow) but i have been craving soup and foods involving pumpkin, squash, cinnamon and apples, the palouse wheat harvest is coming to a close and we have all pulled out our flannels to keep warm. i have also finally been spending more time hibernating in the studio rather than frolicking outdoors, so lots more items have arrived in the tangible store....

my skills at keeping in touch with family and friends via snail mail has been pretty lackluster this summer. plus, my postman Mitch is retiring. so, i have been going through my fabric scraps as inspiration for a series of plaid postcards in the hopes of catching up with folks...perfect for sending quick notes while listening to Mitch hum oldies.

photo booth weekend

lauren.
I am so excited to be taking portraits of folks like this all weekend! These are from last year...but, tomorrow (saturday) mary and eric and I will be running the photo booth for Palouse days 2010!! Complete with a gold frame and shiny letters I made from tin foil last night as well as boxes and boxes of apparel including tiaras, raingear, an assortment of goggles and glasses and hats and one particularly spectacular polka dot number from my closet.

Yes!

please please come visit if you happen to be located in the northwest. all photo proceeds will benefit the new palouse community center.

starts back to its beating.

new stationary is in the shop! here.

I came across Hilary Judd, a book artist positioned in the UK and can't stop thinking about her pop-up books. Here are a couple of images, but you can find lots more info about her and her other incredible creations here.

Earlier last month, my mom and I started a project together. We got to talking about how much we loved the little white house on the lake where I spent the first 7 or 8 years of my life...but we realized how different each of our memories were. For me, it was such a peaceful, magical childhood home. For my mom, a single mother raising two little ones, it was quite a different era. Anyway, we got to sharing and we have decided to work on a series of large images (drawings for me, watercolors for mom) all about that little house. It has become a wonderful opportunity for me to try to get to know my mom as her younger self. Hilary's pop-up books remind me of childhood...I was (and still am) obsessed with books of all type, and my mom has been reminding me lately about all of the little pop-up books and cards and paper dolls I created as a tot. I just may have to give another go at the pop-up structures. We'll see. More info about the collaboration with my mom here: 94 North Shore.

that's that

Come, come, my conservative friend, wipe the dew off your spectacles, and see that the world is moving. -elizabeth cady stanton

A sunday packed with printing, kick-ball, showers for babes, dinosaur-shaped rice krispy treats and more printing. Sunny and lovely with wonderful people everywhere. Yes, the images are of new mustache prints...a new little woodcut for fun and I am in the mood for new stationary, so a few packages will be in the shop later this week. check 'em out!

the book as tent. love. (these images are from the traveling arts encampment that landed in auburn, wa in august...a piece by mary rothlisberger...my lovely neighbor.)