Paper Quilt Project

A little while back Dawn of Lovely Paper Blog emailed and asked if I would be interested in contributing to her Paper Quilt Project. Sure, that sounds fun, I thought. So here's my piece which will be added to quilt #10 alongside some great artists. The theme for this collection is "a day in my life". I like looking at the gallery page at all the works submitted, and the way the individual pieces are going together. Thank you Dawn for the invite to participate.

The new Anthology magazine looks like it will be good. The idea of a "narrative approach" to stories on "home décor, travel, design, entertaining, and culture" sounds interesting to me.

Also have you checked out the new collaboration MODify'd by Lisa Solomon and Candice Gold? They have some sweet handmade items in their shop. The elephants, part of their endangered stuffies line, are too adorable.

Saturday

table and chairs and building too actually made by my husband

My little writing spot. Maybe this weekend I'll get in a little reading, in between working on our house. Right now though I'm going to make a late brunch of biscuits, fried farmer's market apples and scrambled eggs. Tonight we're going to the Banff Mountain Film Festival.

Hope you have something fun planned for the weekend. :)

H

new light

new light, graphite, watercolor, charcoal on paper, 2.5 in. x 3.5 in.

Last night about ten minutes before I had to be at a parents' night at school, M. and I hoisted up a big new window into it's open frame in the wall. Typical, that we would be doing this right before I had to be somewhere. But isn't that always the way when you do things yourself? This morning I stood in that shell of a room, which didn't have a window before, and just stared at the new light. It's funny how that window, that light makes such a difference.

And this is what's going on across my table today. Plus I'm trying out a larger photo size in this post and can't decide, I think I like it or maybe it makes the page too crowded. ??

Go see Christy's cleverly designed and crafted notebook at Felt & Wire Shop. All proceeds from this notebook support Design Ignites Change. I ordered my copy this morning.

find rest

find rest, graphite, watercolor, collage on paper, 6in. x 8 in.

Today was my first day back to teaching; I think we have a real sweet group. One 4 year old boy was a little worried (crying) about being away from his mom and I asked him if he was worried and he sniffled and nodded yes and I said you know what, I was a little nervous too but when I met you boys and girls I wasn't worried anymore. We read some books together and sang the hot dog song at the end, and we're pretty sure he'll be just fine.

This afternoon I made this collage for a friend who is worried and I'm pretty sure she'll be just fine too.

Weekend moments

Film shots from July beach trip. Ferns growing on ruins of a pre-1800 house made of tabby.

You know how I said my one goal for the weekend was to dive into all my library books? Yeah, well, I probably got about ten pages read.  No matter, it was a fine weekend. Some moments:

• I reviewed the color proofs for my book and am really happy with how this project has all come together. It's so exciting!
• Did a little cleaning Friday afternoon, which makes the weekend feel fresher to have that done. Plus, you want to know a little bonus of having almost all of your house blocked off for construction/remodeling? Less rooms to clean.
• Saturday we worked on the house during the day and then Sunday we went to Wichita so M. could compete in the BMX Kansas State Championships. Driving back Sunday evening, the sky was so unreal, like it was painted or in a western movie backdrop. There were pinkish grey clouds dotted all across, and the sunlight skimmed the tops of them. M. asked if we needed to stop so I could take a picture (I was driving) but I preferred just to keep heading into that sky.
• Yesterday morning was quiet. I like waking up on a holiday when it's still, and you know everyone else is resting too. Even the cicadas are quieting down. We made tempeh bacon and pancakes for breakfast before getting back to work on the house. Saturday we picked out exterior paint colors, blue indigo and skipper. It's amazing how different the colors look in real life, outside of the store, and not on a little paint chip. So over the weekend we managed to prime and paint the exterior trim and got the house wrap put up along with a little of the trim. While we were out working I could hear tacking and hammering sounds of roof work going on somewhere in the neighborhood. Then I wondered who else was spending their weekend working on their house.

  Did you have a good weekend?
  H