From the monthly archives:

July 2008

Favorite Objects

20 July 2008

These are match boxes. I buy them in Oaxaca Mexico. The actually come with matches in them. Though I have to throw them out before I try to bring the boxes home.
I got these two boxes in Corazon Zapoteca in Alcala street in Oaxaca. Both are approximately 2 1/2 x 4 1/2 innhes.
La Sirena is [...]

Tagged as: inspiration, match boxes

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TGIF – Gothic Arches

18 July 2008

Two new/old gothic arches. I found these while I was purging the working projects piles. They aren’t much to look at being just a couple of experiments with background creation techniques.

The birds and flowers was based on a piece of paper towel that I had used as a wiper for water colors in another project. [...]

Tagged as: collage, gothic arches, paper

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Elise’s Box

18 July 2008

I made a box for my friend Elise. She wanted something to keep her needlework supplies in – Something that she could leave on the living room coffee table.

This spine box is 9 x7 x 2 1/2. The box is made of Davey board and covered in an Italian paper. The spine and inner lid [...]

Tagged as: boxes, paper

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Reusable Grocery Bag

11 July 2008

Everybody is doing it. Even here in the “bubble.” Using those ugly green reusable grocery bags.

Heartwarming eco-points 8. Style points 0.
I won’t even mention what they chose to fill it with for this image. Yuck!
I made this one yesterday.

Heartwarming eco-points 8. Style points 6. Maybe.
It’s still better than some vaguely polyester green thing with a [...]

Tagged as: BurdaStyle, patterns

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Words found Today

8 July 2008

I’m a little behind in my reading and writing.
I found a scrap of paper on my desk this afternoon. It says:
I am not wearing my good girl shoes.
I remember laughing hysterically when I first read it but now can’t remember where.
Oh well.

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Clouds

8 July 2008

Word clouds are a fun way of finding out what’s really on your (blog’s) mind. The Generator Blog pointed to Wordle this morning and I’ve been having fun making clouds for various blogs I read/write.
Here’s one based on ms. shoes:

I think I spend a little too much time writing about the chickens. Though I do [...]

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