Year »2010«

family history →  August 27, 2010 15

Yesterday I picked up a few rolls of old film I had developed (with the 1st roll from Paris!) & while I haven’t been able to scan them, I also had some old family slides and negatives printed at the same time, so they gave those to me digitally. I had 8 x 12 prints [...]

2 months to go! →  August 13, 2010 41

Polyvore wedding madness. This helps, really. My ideas have been so scattered! And yes, I know that you’re supposed to make pretty overlapping collage type things in Polyvore but I like it all spread out. I don’t know why. What’s left? We ordered a suit on eBay, fingers crossed it fits. I need to start my [...]

10 things that rule about being engaged →  August 9, 2010 29

So I freak out about wedding planning a lot, and pretty much every day I think; “We can’t do this! It’s too much money! It’s too much stress! I want more time!” But, I’m almost 35, we want to try for babies, and I feel past my prime enough being a 34 year old bride. Is [...]

paris walk no. 4 – the last day →  August 8, 2010 8

I DON’T WANT TO POST THIS POST!!! It means the trip to Paris will really be over, all like a dream! My last 2 trips out of the country prior to this were in 2003 to London and 2004 to Tokyo – all very fast, very intense trips for work. This trip to Paris has made [...]

back to school →  August 6, 2010 103

So, I’m in a really pissy mood. Stop reading now if you want pretty niceties, I’m in a rage. I just got this comment emailed to me: “Congrats. You live a privileged upper-class American life and are smart enough to appreciate art and design…just like every other blog-writing woman on the internet. Share something NEW with the [...]

mermaid tidepools →  August 1, 2010 9

I am slow on blogging! We drove up to the tidepools in Salt Point National Park last weekend.  We’ve been managing to get some wedding things done, so that’s good, but still so hectic. I swear, all I think about right now is “Do wedding things! List Etsy! Get day job projects done!” I need [...]

welcome home →  July 28, 2010 14

The thing about going away is that when you walk into your house after ONE MILLION HOURS of traveling, it’s like you’ve cuddled into the lap of the biggest mama ever. If you’re lucky. And I am super lucky, because I have a dreamy house and dreamy boy and dreamy cat to come back to. [...]

The Order of the Rising Tide →  July 27, 2010 30

At the beginning of March, I made a quick and dirty Facebook status update, asking if other women would want to get together to map out business plans & goals for art/work & network & inspire & brainstorm. The response seemed positive, and more and more interest in this formed in my head. So many [...]

paris walk no. 3: left bank →  July 23, 2010 26

I’ve been feeling pretty under the weather, crazy migraines and vision problems to the point where I’m essentially blind all day – I see double and can’t focus past a few feet from my face. Apparently it’s stress, but it’s so stressful to be mostly blind that it’s hard to relax. Hooray. So I’ve been [...]

en plein air →  July 18, 2010 15

Hope everyone had a delightful Sunday! This was my first weekend at home to just rest in ohhhh, over a month? A lot of walking, thrifting, a little Etsy-photo-taking, and watching the new Poirot. We’re like old people around here!! Sometimes it’s just nice to be cozy. Thursday & Friday were spent at Flora & [...]