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It's been a week of sorting, sifting, stacking and sewing.  I'm playing with colorful combinations of textures, pattern and shapes.  The studio is empty except for me, my machine, my music and piles of my favorite fabrics. I'm savoring every minute. 

LINK with love

                                                     

                                                     I'm in!  Thanks Kal and LINKwithlove

summer trails

               We're home briefly unpacking and re-packing for more summer adventures!
                                            Hope you are enjoying every minute of yours.
                                                                                
                        photo credit from here

a stamp a day

These fun stamps are carved  from erasers! 
I like the shapes of the actual stamps 
and colorful stamped images with the added marker details. 
  You can check out the daily inspiration creation at
   a stamp a day.
   

BKFST!

 I like to make special breakfast on the weekend
and have been oogling over
these tasty ideas from BKFST.
Everything looks so delicious and fresh...
now I'm hungry!

MAGIC BUS

LET'S  just say that if I was going to attend the
5-9yr.old Expanded ART class on Tuesdays
at Beehive, my mom would be dropping me off in this rig.

In fact, I think I can see us jumping around in the back seat! 

I can remember the smell of the bus, the great view, our dogs in the back, 

getting my finger caught in the door and my mom driving  to the train station.

We loved this bus. My dad, however, was livid it didn't fit in our garage. 

Oopsie. 

Outside in

I dream about these thistles in January

when I cannot walk around my house due to the huge snow drifts. 

My friend Ellen gave them to me from her garden when we first moved here 9 years ago. 

They grow in the hot hot sun, next to the tomatoes in the back of the house.

In shades of  blue and purple, they're prickly to touch,

and have a wonderful grape scent.  I love them so much I had to bring them in. 

So long summerART!

All you need is love

 Spark and I watched  i am sam  last night.

  We have watched this incredible movie again and again.  

We  laugh and sing and cry cry cry every single time.

midsummer favorites

 

Sarong from Upstate.

Beirut and their new single  'East Harlem' 

My birthday gift from E and G found at Paloma's Nest.  

Dr. Bronner's Organic Lotion,  summery and crisp Patchouli Lime.

That's where I'm at.

BIG color

Big color,
big shapes,
big paintings...

that's what we painted yesterday with THAT colorful palette,
big paper and
lots of rollers.

color inspiration

                            Today we will be painting from a palette of this colorful combination, 
                                          inspired by photograph taken by kateyjoy.

fabric frame photo

 We LOVE to create frames at Beehive,
this time around we were working with a wood frame.

  I have a huge collection of tie dyed material/scraps
that I just knew I'd be diving into this summer.
I cut the fabric into smallish shapes,
the kids then glued selected pieces on to their frames.  

The cherry on top is the colored rice, one of many tidbits

I learned from my friend Susanna .

                                                                      simply beautiful

Slow Club - Two Cousins

                                                I will be loving this all week

The brilliant video for the new single - Two Cousins - taken from their forthcoming new album, 
                                                                       out in September.