Thursday, July 29, 2010

my high life is heading for the mountains..

i left my high life on the counter for an hour...it's summertime, is that anyway to treat a cold refreshing beverage? i think not.  
so far our move was successful. there are only a hand full (or car load's worth) of treasures left at our old place. i can't wait to be done with it. 
today, i was able to leave work in the middle of the afternoon. after catching up on emails that needed responding i was able to carve out a little work station. hard to believe. although i'm not sure which wall i really want my drafting table up against. i think it's bad feng shui to have my back to a door, right?
since the moving i haven't been sewing so once again i've unearthed some little items...
 oh potted meat product how you intrigue me beyond words. one of these years you will not make the move! if mc61 didn't hide you from me, i would share your ingredients with everyone.. so they could then throw up a little in their mouths too!
















































naturally it is fun to see things i've doodled and clipped for reference or to sew. however, it's also fun to see what other people scribble down. 
once again we were left a little message from our recent house guests 





     fresh ground pepper                        
cat fooded (or farted? or forward?)
cat foody
cat foods
cat food
             24 - pack

   Jiffy corn bread                             POKE

    
                apples
                avocados
                turkey   
                cream cheese
                coffee
                BAGELS


                                 cat litter?



for a minute i almost forget this is not my grocery list. 
but it is my beautiful house
and i know how i got here

Thursday, July 15, 2010

time for your close up...

beauty girl for sure...how can i get rid of her? i'm starting to think everyone else goes but she stays. look at those pink bubbly lips. those perfect almondesque eyes and her lashes. the subtle blue eyeshadow is the topper! 
As for goodwill barbie's you do have to love the thong style panties already painted on and the long braid!!! w o w!

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

i spy...

day two of rummaging through sh*t. it was much harder today. even though i threw away lots of paper that's about it. i mean how do you get ride of your polaroid camera? or your casio exilim? i mean, so it broke immediate after you fixed it and remains broken. i could easily get it fixed again, right? what about my manual nikon? i mean these items must stay and move again. 
but what are they other challenges... sweaters? t-shirts, i really don't even wear logo'd or design t-shirts but i want to keep them anyway. the orange west side invite with the skull made it's way back into our pack pile. anyway, no need to be boring. let's see what fun things i've stumbled across tonight...

 since i'm a paper pack rat, naturally i have maps lying around. 7 tonight: city of seattle focusing on georgetown; ashland, oregon; part of two chicago maps: 1) the bus/train lines and 2) a map for cyclists. vancouver. montreal. ohio and new york city which boasts five maps in one, what a deal! need'em? don't need'em? 
small books: the drinking man's diet and camp songs "n" things... i mean they're small. could fit into a small left over space in a box, right? 

i did show good restraint though when i came across my random barbie collection. and these weren't nice, pristine ones. i bought a bag of used barbie's from the goodwill in seattle years ago. i got to choose the ones too. one of them actually has a white g-string painted on her. i also, had a little obsession of going to the red apple when i lived on beacon hill to see what "barbie" dolls they had. here is a sample of two of the native american type barbies i bought. how can you go wrong for $1.19? my favorite was the more latina barbie. glossy lips. blue eye shadowed big eyes. big hair with a braid wrapping around a pony tailed spout. magic!  bought some deserts from the bakery up there, took macro shots of the cake goodies smeared on the dolls faces and in their hands. i'll have to post those one of these days.


random ground score from two girls to another. i think the "splish, splah. kiss our ass." is funny. the inside however, is not so nice. 

and this lovely and quite literal hand puppet was made by emmit. he worked at the hollywood video store, near the red apple around the central district. he is still quite an amusing fella. first off the heal portion of his shoe soles were completely angled and worn down. obviously, not a flat or straight footed fella. his bottom lip did a weird thing. always made me think of bill murray from caddy shack.   see didn't that make you smile a little? well, that's the effect emmit has on folks. my "personal stylist" also received a paper bag puppet from him. although hers was a clown. so on the front of the bag, was the front appearance of a clown. on the back it was the back of the clown however, he had a knife in his hand, which was behind his back. it was a little creepy but beautifully done. there is a back side to this hand puppet as well... 



lastly, i found a bunch of beach glass. in addition to what is pictured here i found a box full of more beach glass! mc61 just laughed at me. above is a little homage to family: silver bowl given to me by my mom. the earring is a remnant from a pair she had. they were the screw / clip kind until i snapped that off so i could put a wire hook through and wear them that way.  then inside the bowl is a ceramic thin "ashtray" that was my grandmothers. it's actually really pretty....
 

Monday, July 12, 2010

found treasures...

with an impending move i've got to be motivated to pack a little every day after work. which really means go through my crap, be strong and say goodbye.
even though it's time consuming to go through things, 1) it's fun to see what's been hidden since the last move and 2) it saves me from moving it yet again. 
a few things i've "discovered" so far... two decks of lotera cards and their bingo like larger cards for marking. four different colored filters for my nikon slr, red 25, orange 21, yellow 2 and sepia 2. a plethera of postcard books. small packets of stationary and the "just a gesture for those that don't deserve the effort" greeting cards. which are quite hilarious. you circle which occasion the receiver is celebrating for instance, a birthday. underneath the type of celebration are a bunch of numbers. it is up to the recipient to connect all the number and viola! they've created a connect-the-dot image. wow, been missing that!

continuing on with items i'm happy to have found again are what i will be sharing in the images below... the most special? important? is how i started sewing on paper to begin with. the polaroid transfer (and photo) quilt. then i've got some cards that came from the quilt, cards that are just polaroid transfers or cards with just random images on them... 
they've been found! WOW who knew i actually had sewn cards in house... ha ha.
oh geez, those are lovely. i loved the shapes i found in the transfers that didn't work. ahhh finally abstractions with photo images!


obviously these cards are not from the transfer photo quilt or necessarily the same time. i really like the t-shirt.































Sunday, July 11, 2010

one and done.

finished another birthday card last week and putting the finishing touches on another one today. i think the one today is really beautiful and can't wait for it to be received. it will make its way to a friend  that still hasn't received a card i stitched for her three (or more?) years ago. it's even in an address envelope! oh my! i think it will be unearthed during our upcoming move.
yes, it's true the mc61 and i are moving into a new pad. although it will be considerably smaller, i am excited not to be overwhelmed by space and stuff. i want to downsize or make an effort! always inspired by my "personal stylist", i felt the need to tone it down after we saw her and her beau this past new years. their place was, as usual, simple and stylish. sleak. ahhhh. so i'm going to try our hands at that. enough chatter and back to some pics.


you can go with this. or you can go with that.








the fourth. it was a sparkly smash hit. after reviewing the evenings pics, i really like the spray, the dripping lines shooting out. should i enlarge then and just stitch the lines... could be an interesting result.

Saturday, July 3, 2010

oh the sweet smell of fredom...

yeah we're getting ready for some fourth o' july festivities..our checklist was quite simple food. booze. bang!
i'm a fan of barbie-quein'... i love grillin' sausage. i also appreciate when people go out of the norm of burgers and dogs and bring fish or steak. i never do that. so today i'm changing things up. we're gonna have grilled shrimp and make a little po'boy sandwich. although it's usually dressed with lettuce, tommies, pickles, mayo blah blah MC61 made up an aoili with big tony the original creole seasoning! he was pretty psyched to see this at the g-store cuz this is what the "koon ass" has around his house. and i can't wait for tomorrow to try our version...
sheeeit, look at that grand 49er! damn, thats some good looking fireworks.. AND it came with a "free blast bag" hence the extra TNT jack pot on top. i hope our friends neighbors are feeling patriotic tomorrow! but if they seem a little uppity, we'll just shove some sangria down their throats. that always does the trick. 
yup it's true we broke out "bessie" our 5 gallon jug of awesome!!! the pre-soak is essential when making sangria. that's pretty much all i'm gonna say. this is the classic version: cheap red wine from a box, who ya callin' sugah, sugah?! brandy, you're a fine girl and desired fruits. we came close to making something different but why would we ever want to f*** with a classic?

well here's to wishing y'all a loverly fourth!

Thursday, July 1, 2010

sun spots and knots.

i've started a new piece and did a little final touches on an older pin up. i like the x-ish pattern in two of the images. i'm sure you can figure out which ones they are.
also, received a cool old sewing table, sort of like a little bedside night stand. i just love it. and the old bobbins of thread that came with...sweet! the MFs did me right! 

i think eventually it will end up on my bedside. typically i tend to stand while sewing. however, there have been a few times when i've just wanted to relax. recline a bit, get off my feet.. so i've sewn in bed. 
hey some people read before they go to sleep, i guess i sew!