rolleiflex mini digi
rolleiflex mini digital camera via minor details.
this is sooooo choice, alas $399.
July 25, 2008
July 24, 2008
self indulgent fun
look its audrey in the city! not really, but photofunia via le train fantome lets you place your own photos in all these fun backgrounds. it is too fun! my hubby actually thought the above was real as i am going to be in an online mag in australia so i spun it that way, hahahahaha!
oooh i think she looks good in a gold guilded frame.
embroidery art big as life!
July 23, 2008
john derian company
modge podge, collage, decoupage!!! john derian decoups his way to brilliance with his glass works of art. i would love to hang a few of these in my humble abode. love, love, love!
tis my fave, i love vintage calligraphy!
i would love to know the story behind this little note.
July 22, 2008
square america
i could spend all day perusing square america's site via swiss miss. collector, martin johnson, has spent umpteem hours and $$$ gathering and sorting old photos. on his site he has curated them into galleries with themes on summer, smoke, guns, love, dance, sleep and many more. a must see for any lover of vintage snapshops.
July 21, 2008
south dakota vacation
ah, we are back and what says sd more than the four faces. and what says family vacation more than smiling parents and bored children. i think this is my 3rd time visiting mt rushmore and it is always so amazing and impressive. they have built a beautiful visitor center and museum since i last visited and is worth a walk through.
this was part of an invitation to celebrate the first face (lincoln) being somwhat finished. i loved the way they wrote directly on the photo and who can resist the firecracker tied onto the photo with red, white and blue ribbon. i had to chuckle as you know that it is a real firecracker. today if you received this in the mail, i'm sure there would be much discussion about how unsafe and dangerous it is. ah, good ol' 1930.
this fun print hung in our cabin in keystone. i didn't get an old time photo taken, as the one place we saw had only three sets to choose from; a bad parlour, a cheesy jail scene complete with someone holding a frame size version of bars (so lame) and of course the saloon shot. none of which tempted me.
h. in the badlands.
me and o. in the badlands. yikes, it was hot! well, that is vacation #2 with children, h did a lot better than our first vacation, of course it's so hard for an 8 month old to be strapped down for hours on end in the car, but i'm so glad we made the trip.
July 11, 2008
artist, jennifer khoshbin
mixed media artist, jennifer khoshbin recently caught my eye via (ohhhhh i can't remember?). this texas gal lists su blackwell as one of her inspirations and one can see the influence but she definately makes them her own! gives me the urge to get back into book making!
man-made wilderness
building bridges
i'm off to south dakota for a week of family vacation fun. see you later next week!
July 10, 2008
artist, pal fried
the above pic is from the latest FLOR catalog and i fell in love with this parisian 50's woman with her red capelet, dark elizabeth taylor hairdo and blue ribbon at her waist. who painted this, i asked? well as i googled "fried pal" (what i could discern on the painting), i would find out that his name is actually pal fried. he was a hungarian painter who lived and painted in paris, mostly ballerinas & nudes. get the below original painting on EBAY for $2000!
special thanks to gabrielle blair from design mom. she is a guest editor on mighty junior and featured "audrey at the library" in one of her posts. swell! and thanks!
spoonflower first
i am so stoked! I am printing these mini diana cameras onto fabric with the help of spoonflower! why cameras? you ask? well, these little beauties will be an audrey accessory! cheeeeee oice! it says it takes 3 weeks, ohhh i can hardly wait!
July 08, 2008
old time photo
oh how i love these old time fake photos. that's me in the velvet dress sitting on my dad's knee. i love that my dad looks perfect for the era with his mustache and my mother couldn't look more regal and beautiful. my brother is still wearing his shorts but they strategically placed him behind the clock to hide it. baby sis looks so sweet and my sister g. is ready for a stroll with her umbrella. next week i hope to replicate this picture with j. h. and o. as our little family is heading to south dakota for a week long vacation. i fear that h. will enjoy dressing up as a cowboy but when it comes to sitting ???? well, i'll keep you posted.
July 07, 2008
dresden plate quilt
this is a quilt my great grandma started and was passed to my grandma and now my wonderful mother has completed the circle (no pun intended) and finished this beautiful quilt.
this is my favorite "plate". i love how the browns go into the green. oh, if i could lay my hands on all that cool vintage fabric.
here is a "plate" that my mom added pieces from her own scrap arsenal. there is fabric in there that i recognize from a maternity top that my mom wore to doll clothes from my childhood. such fun! i love the way quilts can tell stories.
