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Saturday Stuff

Saturday, July 18th, 2009

This is a cute little drawing done by Portland artist, Trish Grantham. She is a friend of my daughter, Lisa. Mia loves her work so I had her select one of Trish’s drawings. I put it in a simple clip frame for her to hang in her room. I have been buying a lot of art this year. It really feels good to support artists during the slow economy. I am running out of wall space so it seemed appropriate to buy something for Miss Mia. The camping scene is drawn on an old encyclopedia page.

I am making great progress on the little girl quilt. I have all the blocks done and have stitched five vertical rows. Then, M & M showed up! No more sewing today.

Tomorrow, I will sew those strips together and head over to Fabric Depot or Mill Ends to find a border fabric.

This morning, Mr C and I took Scooter shopping with us. We went to Home Depot and Pet Smart. We are trying to take him on short rides to get him used to the car. He really doesn’t like it. He did like wandering around the stores and meeting other dogs. Among other things, I bought some clamp light fixtures and bulbs for my new quilt photography set-up. I took a class at the SDA conference. Next, I have to figure out how to use my camera on manual.

I must quit and give full attention to the movie with sub-titles that we are watching -“I’ve Loved You So Long.” It has Kristin Scott Thomas so I didn’t expect subtitles. It is very good.

Posted in Art in our home, baby and bed quilts, photography, studio, Stuff I Buy | 6 Comments »

Hey!!

Tuesday, April 7th, 2009

I have not been chilling like Maggie. I have been diligently working on SDA stuff and cleaning my studio. Cleaning my studio was like an archeological dig. I have not done a good cleaning since I finished the quilts for my show and then I have done quite few things since then. I had layers of fabric and paints and pencils and stamps and other interesting things. Every thing is now in its place and it is so serene and inviting in my creative space. I can’t wait to get back to work. Yesterday morning, I attended a Columbia FiberArts Guild board meeting.

I finally hung some art in my office space. It makes me happy to see the work of so many friends and my daughter on the walls.

On left is a piece I bought off the design wall from Liz Berg at Empty Spools at Asilomar. On the right is a piece I got back from a Bag of Stuff challenge.

These are from a print class I took in North Carolina. Top left is a monoprint, the other two are etchings.

Outsider art. The one on the right is a drawing on lined yellow paper from my SIL and BIL in Florida.

The piece on the left was a gift from Mary Manahan who was a blogging friend back when I started. She no longer blogs, but checks in once in awhile – I miss her. The other piece is by the very talented Rhonda Blasingame. I got this piece in a Quilt Swap. Wasn’t I lucky.

And, my mantra for every day: Keep Calm and Carry On.

Today, I had a dentist appointment for drill and fill. I had a couple of 20 year old fillings in two of my front teeth that were leaking. I was not a happy camper this morning, as I was dreading the ordeal, but it really was not that bad. It is nice to have the metal fillings changed to the new white amalgam.

I have a busy few days coming up. Tomorrow, I am having a birthday lunch for Terry and Linda with the STASH group. I must get up early and cook some good things. On Thursday, Lisa and Clay (her SO) are coming to visit for a few days.

Posted in Art in our home, studio, Uncategorized | 7 Comments »

Girl’s Night Out

Friday, April 3rd, 2009

Tonight, Mia, Steph and I had a girl’s night out. The guys went out for wings and then off to see a model train exhibit. We went to a Vietnamese restaurant in the Pearl and then off to the Contemporary Craft Museum to see the North West premiere of Handmade Nation, a film produced by Lisa’s good friend, Faythe Levine. Faythe was there for a Q and A after the film. Many of the crafters who were in the film were present at the screening. The film was loads of fun as it was done with a great sense of humor. I recommend the film, if you get a chance to view it. Mia realised that she was the only kid there, but she said she thought most kids her age would not enjoy it as much as she did. A bonus was a swag bag containing all kinds of goodies, including postcards with work by Lisa Congdon.

Speaking of Lisa, she and Wilfredo are now gracing the cover of a book.

This Japanese book company has published books of photos of kitchens all across the world. The latest is San Francisco. Lisa’s is featured and she and Wilfredo were chosen for the cover.

Not to be outdone, Stephanie and Maria are being interviewed about their book, A Year of Mornings, by the BBC at 3:30 am Pacific Time. I don’t know when it is actually airing. Apparently, a couple of London newspapers have featured the book and so they are getting some good press over there.

And, I have not been idle. I am well into the spring cleaning of my studio. I finished the kitchen/dye room this morning. We assembled my new stainless steel table. It is just the right size for my little room.

I reorganized and cleaned up about one third of the main studio room. I also received about 25 registrations in the mail and by phone yesterday, so you know I will be back at the computer. But, what a beautiful day it was and we are promised more this week-end. Love the sunshine.

Posted in Art Dates, My Brilliant Daughters, studio | 5 Comments »

This and That

Sunday, March 15th, 2009

It has been a good week-end. The house is clean. The Beef Bourguignon was delish. We had a wonderful dinner with friends last night. So what if it has been rainy. Spring sunshine can’t be that elusive.

I was going to take some photos of my cooking, but got too involved. I did get this photo of the beautiful flowers I had on the table. Ranunculus – one of my favorite – and another exotic spidery flower.

I managed to get all of the new web stuff done for the SDA Conference. In addition to the great workshops, there are great lectures and demonstrations that are part of the conference.

On Thursday, a big box arrived while I was at STASH. I really want to open it and put it to use, but I have set a goal of catching up on all my SDA work first. This is what is in the box.

I was perusing the Costco flyer the other day and this caught my eye. I am putting it in my little dye studio/kitchenette. Right now, I have a small folding table, covered with newspaper. This is going to be so much better and more storage for my dye equipment.

So, tomorrow, I plan to get back to the place where I am happiest. I will start with cleaning up the kitchenette for the new table.

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Clutter Management

Thursday, February 5th, 2009

I will never get rid of clutter in my studio. I just have too much stuff with which I can’t part. For a couple of days, I have been slogging through the studio, cleaning and sorting.

I once had my threads on the ledge of the wainscoting, but I think they get too much sun and dust. I have several of the small plastic organizers. One was under utilized, and it now holds my thread.

I cleaned off both my print table and ironing table which were piled with stuff from creating pieces for my show. I love the images that are left on my print table.

I just need to unpack stuff from the collage class and I will be back in business again. By the way, the painting and new shelves are in my office/grandchild play room. We have some dry wall work to do in the studio and then we will paint it. Today, Mr C painted his office/tv room. It is one of our favorite colors — Harley Rumble — sort of a dark taupe.

Tomorrow is crit group. I will be taking the chairs because I don’t have anything new that isn’t hanging in the show.

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