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A Month of Mail: day 24

Todays mail is for my young cousin Laura who knits, crochets and spends her kid allowance on craft books. So when I got this book and polymer clay from attending the Etsy Martha Stewart show I knew I...

3 days seit

A Month of Mail: day 23

I used to live next to a woman that bought and sold greeting cards. She once had a garage sale with boxes and boxes full of cards and postcards. That must have been over ten years ago, so Ive been lu...

4 days seit

A Month of Mail: day 22

a stupid cute sock monkey card....My grandmother would make sock monkeys and had an affinity for them. Now, when I see them I think of her and how crafty she was. Lately, I think of her all the time ...

4 days seit

A Month of Mail: day 16

Exhibit A of my paper hoarding. I picked up a few of these postcards back in 2006. I just really loved the image, "l.a. fingers" by Estevan Oriol. Reminds me of the movie Mi Vida Loca, w...

4 days seit

A Month of Mail: day 14 & 15

These last two days letters have been late night endeavors. I find that I like to end my days doing something for me, like playing  with water colors and writing a little letter. Its not the bes...

4 days seit 1 person likes this

A Month of Mail: day 13

Day 13, & its Mothers Day! I already sent my mom a package, so I wrote to one of my aunts to wish her a great day. I hardly see her, so its nice to be able to stay in touch in a new way, written ...

4 days seit

my lately...

Finished up a fun Stitch Dictionary class at Purl. I usually have all women in my class, but this one had three guys in it. Love bringing embroidery to the dudes- manbroidery! I was happy to meet&nbs...

4 days seit

Recent Stitches...

Custom stitches that I recently sent out into the world. I really wonder how many Ive made? I should have been keeping count, and sadly there have been many times I didnt photograph pieces. Now, I al...

5 days seit

Worth Hoarding: Stationery faves

Doing this month of mail project has finally got me using lots of the stationery Ive been hoarding. There was a postcard set Id bought about ten years ago that I finally opened. Id love to replenish ...

16 Mai 12 1 person likes this

Happy Mothers Day...

Just wanted to wish all the moms, grandmothers, daughters, and families a Happy Mothers Day!! I really wish I could be with my family today in California. On my last trip home I found these images at...

14 Mai 12

A Month of Mail: day 11

watercolor plaid postcard!This morning there was the nicest, warm light pouring into my studio. Perfect time to just sit at my little wooden drafting table and play with watercolors for a bit. L...

13 Mai 12

A Month of Mail: day 12

Such an bright, warm day here in Brooklyn. It finally feels like summer, so I played a bit today and found the evening the best time to sit for a bit with some tea to write this letter. Banjo thought...

13 Mai 12

A Month of Mail: day 10

This is a little letter & postcard is for a friend who is expecting. The little letter is written to the wee bean inside her belly. So excited & happy for her! If you want to try something li...

11 Mai 12 1 person likes this

Inspired by Postage Stamps

A month of mail inspired post all about the visual beauty of stamps...                                    &nb...

10 Mai 12

my lately....

This past weekend Jeremy & I explored a new area (to us!) of Brooklyn, Boerum Hill. We rode our bikes there and then just walked around. There are a bunch of antique shops there and if theres any...

10 Mai 12

A Month of Mail: day 9

a Mothers Day package...Packaging up this Mothers Day gift made me miss home so much. I miss California, the lemon tree in our backyard, sweet oranges from my grandparents house in Santa Monica, cudd...

10 Mai 12

A Month of Mail: day 8

good bye Maurice...So sad to hear this morning that Maurice Sendak had past away. I remember my parents taking me to see an operatic stage rendition of Where the Wild Things Are at the LA M...

09 Mai 12 1 person likes this

Month of Mail: day 6

Image by Alfred Steiglitz via the George Eastman House (found via Mark Montanos FB)May 6 -12 is National Postcard Week, which I learned about from Swapbot, a great site for creating and participating...

08 Mai 12

A Month of Mail: day 7

yours till Niagara Falls....This is a postcard I purchased at Dia Beacon over two years ago for a friend whose work this piece by Zoe Leonard reminded me of. Finally, I am sending this to her.I loved...

08 Mai 12

My lately

a girl and a dog...You might remember this guy as Biggie Smalls, a shy, scared dog I fostered awhile ago. He would cry almost constantly, had separation anxiety, would sleep a lot, and didnt play muc...

07 Mai 12

A Month of Mail....

or a little personal challenge, to write a letter a day for the month of May...I am well meaning, always the best of intentions. Every year I say that this will be the year I stay on top of my writte...

07 Mai 12

Month of Mail: day 5

Had a late night letter writing session here, since today was such a gloomy, lazy kinda day.  Ive been dog sitting, and took two long walks while it was drizzling, and it even poured on us a bit...

06 Mai 12

DIY Weaved Paper Envelopes

I made this project for my month of mail project, but I really want to make a sheet of just as a weaved paper. The paper I used for the example is pretty old, a little brittle and thin, but despite t...

05 Mai 12

Month of Mail: day 4

I didnt forget! This afternoon was just so nice I wondered around Greenpoint after a Biz Ladies lunch at Design Sponge. If you are a Brooklyn lady with a creative business you should definitely get o...

05 Mai 12

Month of Mail: day 3

a postcard by Mon Petit Fantome...Sending this postcard is like sending a miniature piece of art. Im a big fan of Chads work and Im happy to have a few of his papercut prints me in my home ...

03 Mai 12

Month of Mail: day 2

or I spent the morning weaving paper...Making my tea this morning the idea hit me- weaved paper. While I have work to be done, its no use when I get and idea in my head, and so there I was cutting an...

02 Mai 12 1 person likes this

Martha Stewart Etsy Show...

I was a lucky lady last (you like what I did there?) Monday when I went to an all Etsy Martha Stewart show taping. The show airs tomorrow, April 26th at 10 am on the Hallmark channel. Tune in, you ma...

25 Apr 12

My lately....

in instagrams....1. Highlight of last week was the 5 Boroughs Ladies Arm Wrestling charity event where I cheered like a crazy fool for my friend Julie aka Nancy Drew Blood. I had no voice the ne...

24 Apr 12

Unders the Sea at Anthropologie...

This nautical window display at Anthropologie at 30 Rock blew me away with its creative recycling...Love that such ordinary materials could transform into something so other worldly. Paper&...

17 Apr 12 1 person likes this

lately...

and usually, its mostly pets + food. This past week was a blur of number crunching for tax time, so I really didnt pick up my camera till the weekend. Thats always when I give myself more time to doc...

16 Apr 12

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