It should come as no surprise that I really liked the arts and crafts aspect of camp. I liked spending summer afternoons sitting around a table with my peers working on a project with a beginning and an end but all sorts of freedom in between. (It was also nice to be good [...]
Archive for June, 2008
Love.
Posted in braindump, tagged advice on 06.25.2008 | 5 Comments »
Today I simply played and rested. May I suggest the same for you?
Ahoy Matey!
Posted in making stuff, tagged embroidery, jewelry, Kennedy, preppy, shrink plastic, shrinky dink on 06.24.2008 | 3 Comments »
I love nautical imagery. I think it goes along with my romanticized daydreams of taking my large, blond, competitive family to our coastal New England beach home, where we have clambakes on summer nights and play touch football on early autumn days. I would like to remind my dear readers, I am a city dwelling, [...]
Think Like a Kid Again!
Posted in Uncategorized on 06.23.2008 | 4 Comments »
Playing with my daughter is an endless source of creative inspiration. Yesterday I tried to teach her how to draw with crayons. Although she preferred to eat them (she does not yet understand the difference between “non-toxic” and “lunch”) she did eventually make some marks on the page and so did I and [...]
Why Must Size Matter?
Posted in altered books, tagged altered book, body project, challenge on 06.19.2008 | 3 Comments »
I have done some more work on my current altered book page. For those of you just tuning in, my project deals with the issues girls face with regard to their body as they grow up today. This particular page addresses what I grew up thinking. My motivation for this project is [...]
Crusade No. 21
Posted in making stuff, tagged challenge, relief, wax resist on 06.18.2008 | 9 Comments »
Each day, since Michell Ward posted Crusade No. 21, and I am out walking around, I have thought to myself, “Ugh, I forgot crayon and paper AGAIN!” Well not today!
I decided I wanted to use things from the everyday world outside of my home for my wax resist paper. (I guess that [...]
I Just Happen to Buy Stuff While Seeking Inspiration…
Posted in braindump, tagged inspiration on 06.18.2008 | 3 Comments »
One thing that is certain about me is that I like to buy pretty things. Oh lord, I love pretty clothes and pretty shoes and pretty housewares and pretty bags and pretty stationary and pretty produce. And I love to buy them.
In the past decade I have become much better about consumption of [...]
Revisiting Puberty
Posted in altered books, braindump, making stuff, tagged altered book on 06.16.2008 | 6 Comments »
I spent this morning working on the next page in my altered book, which meant I spent this morning looking through old diaries and photos. My old diaries were a treasure trove of pain, depression, and loathing of both everyone else and myself. What a nice trip down memory lane that was. (I [...]
She Sells Seashells by the Seashore
Posted in making stuff, tagged challenge on 06.15.2008 | Leave a Comment »
As you may already know, I have not had much energy to make stuff lately, but this weekend I played with seashells at the beach. (I apologize for the quality of the pictures; they were taken with my phone.)
It is very common for children to sell painted rocks and seashells on the walkways [...]
Drawing is Hard
Posted in braindump, making stuff, tagged book, braindump, drawing on 06.12.2008 | 3 Comments »
I can’t draw. I mean I can technically make marks on a page, but I really hate the resulting marks.
I have been out on my balcony this evening, working on my drawings (read: doodles) of me and wee-one. I have the hardest time trying to capture her “little girl” features. She keeps looking [...]
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