Oh, my friends. :) I am knee-deep in packing my backpack for the next 6 weeks up. Were off today/tonight for our 6 week adventures! Theyll take us visiting family in Boston, flying over for a visit i...
**Now Closed & The Winner Is: Melanie (bearrabbitbear@hotmail.com) For years Ive been scared of flipping my digital camera over from auto to manual - years!! That said, Im super-excited that the ...
As a little treat for surviving a year of full-time work and full-time classes, I treated myself to a Diana Mini the other day! :) Ive been wanting to delve back into film photography for a while now...
Ive been thinking a lot about where I want to go with this little blog of mine. I wanted it to start with finally finishing the code on this blog of mine. lol. You may notice that the yellow navigati...
...you wouldnt know it from my postings around here this past month, but there was a teensy bit of scrapbooking that happened for American Crafts. I made a few projects using the new Gardenia collect...
...felt like I was in some kind of sleep-deprived haze the entire time. At one point I didnt recognize my own boots. The same boots Ive worn everyday for the last 2 months. lol. For reals. And they w...
...from beneath the jumble of 20 stuffed Octopus medallions Im making for print class, and a watercolor/hand-stitched nautical-themed poster (thats feeling a tad ambitious, now) for my 2D/drawing cla...
Remember this film I posted about a while back? Im still in love with it. Here it is in its entirety (to keep you company while I finish classes): Watch Flawed on PBS. See more from PBS Online Film F...
My head is kind of a whirlwind of deadlines and when-to-do-what to get her all done, as usual. I need to finish two essays this week, a visual response to literature, 20 identical woodcut prints, gro...
Today Im writing an essay on womens glasses - yes, glasses. I can choose any designed object and write about the social context and design intentions of it, and glasses are something cool & inter...
Ohmygosh, another crazypants week! lol. Ive been saying that a lot lately, I know. Finals are upon me and the mister is out of town for a few days, and I have more homework than I can shake a stick...
It was a crazy weather day on Friday - crazy! The sun poked out after class in the morning, and since I didnt have to race off to work like usual I wandered around with my camera until I could...
Ahhh...Ive had a few moments at home this week, with some sun shining through the basement windows (sooo happy our basement has lotsa light!), so I hastily snapped some shots of my favorite spot in m...
I have a few American Crafts pages laying in wait to share here, for moments when I should be caught up enough to blog, but am not! Wednesday has snuck up on me, which means everything for all my cla...
Thanks for your travel tips, guys! And, whew! Homework & work absolutely kicked my ass, this week. Im spent. 5 weeks of school & work left, and my energy is running looooow. photo source. I w...
Oh, Monday. You are my foe. It was back to school this week, for me. Only 7 weeks (or less?) to go...I cant wait for a break, man! This semester has been hit and miss, for me. Dont like it...
photo source. I would tell you: It snowed here yesterday! Thanks, slippery boots. You also failed the water-leak test. Speaking of, I accidentally ordered the default size for a pair of boots Id been...
Oh my, I miss crafty time. I miss embroidering and crocheting. I wish there was more time to squish it in between 40 hours of work and 4 classes...but, alas. Im out of luck! lol. At least til April.....
I dont know if its because Im an art student, know...or having worked in a creative field and being over-booked, I guess...but I really relate to every drawing Lizzy Stewart posts on her lovely blog/...
Part One of our vacation photos, right here. As I blogged about a few weeks ago, mister husband and I spent a week in Cuba over Christmas for our holidays...we decided to top it off with a tradition,...
My January blog assignment for American Crafts was to scrapbook two of my favorite photos, so here are the mostly Amy Tangerine pages I made, for it: I use this picture very often...lol. Its one of m...
I told myself Id do a lot of super-fun crafty things this past weekend, since I have this week off of university...but then I ended up doing absolutely nothing and it was heavenly. lol. Well, okay - ...
Hey, strangers! Its midterm time around here, so I havent been doing much but madly finishing essays, prints, the start of scholarship application crazyness, and work. This means a bit more computer ...
Us two in Cuba, December 2011. Dear, mister husband: I know you hate Valentines day (doesnt every guy?) but so do I (however, not its cheesy cards). I dont want roses. I would rather just celebrate t...
Its been a bit since Ive shared what Im listening to, here - I think I may have found Noah through Sons of Anarchy (cant remember!), but Ive been listening to his Family EP on quiet Sundays for a bit...
In my blog travels, Ive been spotting all sorts of heart-shaped things... Oh yeah, its nearly Valentines day! Since I havent had a chance to be crafty with hearts myself this year, I thought Id post ...
*EDIT - Found! Watch the whole film right here. I went to an animation screening last month (yay! Its been a while...theres nothing like watching - literally - personal, handmade films). I saw this s...
Cutest little stitched mushrooms, ever! I have a feeling this little thrift find of mine has been a work in progress, since its barely hooped and dated 1980 (I dont feel so bad about my year-long inc...
photo source. I saw a guy on my way home the other day carry a flat of water bottles onto the bus. Individual plastic bottles wrapped in plastic. And it made me mad. Mad that you can try to do...
Aah...finally! Vacation pictures! I had a chance over the weekend to go through the photos we took on our Christmas holidays in Cuba! :) Mister husband and I hopped off to the island of Cayo Coco for...
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