A Needle Pulling Thread

                                                      Fun paper garland productivity
                                           until Belle found me out and fancied playing with the string.
                                               Eli is home, helping me with signage for the shop.

Into the woods for me

I just came across this incredibly lovely,  fantastically creative video.
I love everything about it.
The music.    The kids.  The woods.   The pillows.   The goosebumps.

Perfecto.
Love.
You will also.
I'm off to run in the woods with my dog.

Dancing with John... making PIEs.

SEWING Workshop

The Sewing Workshop last week required
lots of colorfully threaded sharp needles,
pattern for felt bird,
6 felt bird shapes X 14 sewers,
and a big box of band-aids (just in case).
I was given two hand sewn felt birds last Christmas from my sweet friends Eli and Zoe.  Their very clever mom Michelle set them up to stitch these beautiful ornaments... I have admired them ever since.
14 felt birds flew out of  the studio with great big smiles on their beaks!

This felt bird pattern can be found at Purl Soho.  
Thanks E and Z. xo

Reasons

    Reasons to be CHEERful and THANKful.

        Just home from a weekend of 

birthday celebration for my MOM, forever a very special lady.

                           I have huge THANKS for my sister and brothers 

for making our Mom's day as special as she. 

                       
                                                                 My FAMILY.. I am THANKful.

                                                                                and now.. i really want to be on this bike. 
                                                                                                          image from here.

TGIT

                                                                                                                art by GABBY age 5

Martin Azua

Fill a field with these giant golden cubes you can PLAY with. 

It fits folded quite perfectly inside a pocket.

I want ONE for ME and
ONE for ALL my friends, please.

By spanish designer martin azua  via  here

ART BOXES in the house!

 Last week was a good time to get busy 
stacking, sorting, snipping and sifting for beehive ART boxes. 
Sam created a colorful assembly line that I couldn't resist sharing...the colors, textures, shapes and a whole lot of creative energy! What's inside the ART box is chock full of colored papers and tissues, note cards and matte board, sequins, yarn, ribbons, watercolor paints and glue, felt, pompoms and beads. 

  No two boxes are exactly alike!   
Available at the studio $20.00  Ready to ship $27.00

Georgia's BKFST

Just taking this bkfst tray up to my late sleeper, Georgia P. 
Fresh carrot/apple juice, yogurt with raspberry granola
and steaming cocoa with the favorite Jet- Puffed Marshmallows (her request).
Life is SWEET!

Good Goods

                                  Beautifully knit hand warmers will warm hands, heart and soul.
                                       Find this pattern and many extraordinary goodies
                                                         from Purl Bee.

Happiness

                                                                                                             found here

today

water colored acorns
woven pipe cleaners in burlap
life size self portrait
painting at wall
wood on tile sculptures

autumn decoration

I ADORE this idea. The color combo, the shapes and the berries.
The decoration is perfectly perfecto.
Loving those little working fingers.

from HERE ..a favorite daily read.

let's hear it man..

                                                   The Black Keys - Too Afraid To Love You [Live]
                               Here's to the weekend.... live it LOUD.

a kid in a candy shop

 I made these mini art GOODIE BAGS for my friend Chapman and her party guests.

Loaded with fold over cards, tissue and colored papers,

 sequins, krinkle paper and beads.  I topped them off with

 colored pencils, striped pipe cleaners and a glue stick.

                                                            Happy Birthday Hootie  xo

Mia Christopher

 
                                                                       gouache, ink, and watercolor on paper, 11.5x10"      

                                                            colored pencil, gouache, ink, and watercolor on paper, 11x10"
                                                                                                                             Mia Christopher

              








                         

good goods

                                      My sweet friend Ali came to visit me at the studio last week.

She instantly pulled out this new toy she knew I'd be nuts about...

and boy was she right on. 

She picked up this  POP phone handset at the MFA..  

So fun and cool, it comes in a variety of colors and fits all mobile devices. 

 I love these blurry shots I took of Ali because we could not stop laughing.

She loves the reactions she's been getting from folks who see her in passing.

Classic. Thanks Ali, I needed that.  xo

No Matter

                                            Enjoy the days... no matter where they take you!                        
                                                                                                                     image via here

work.place

 MAYBE  it's because I have my ear on all things PORTLAND,

AND I have this passion for seeing artists in their work places.

This is truly a great concept ... I say bravo and thank you!

work.place is a documentary of Portland, Ore. 
creativity facilitated by local photographer, Carlie Armstrong. 
The aim of work.place is to understand creative processes and the places that contain them.
We also hope to inform - by displaying the work of some of the
most talented artists, musicians, designers, and craftspeople in this great city. 
much MORE here

ps. andrew and lisa check them out!

TGIT

                                                                                               art by JEB age 8