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I bought these beautiful ranunculus yesterday. I think when I get some time, I'll try to do a few drawing of these ... not that I need to be adding to the wedding line yet, but wouldn't these be lovely? I like to think about how I can draw these with a minimum of lines and fuss, just enough so that you know what flower they are ... My mind races with the possibilities of color for these, too.
I've been trying so hard to get the wedding line done the past week, but Ben's out of town and I'm here with Liam ... and days in the studio get interrupted easily. It's been fun to be with Liam, but it's hard, too, to be responsible for three meals a day and everything that goes in between, though I've had people to help out, too. He hasn't slept super well the past few nights and he's been waking up at 6:30 which, if you ask me, is too early. This morning I was frustrated with him because he was having a fit that his breakfast sandwich was not in the right order – meaning the sausage was supposed to be UNDERNEATH the egg. My patience failed me completely: turn the damn sandwich upside down then, Liam!! But there have been plenty of fun things, too: making pancakes together, an outing to the library ...
Liam's off with his auntie for today and I am mighty proud to be able to say that I have, finally, washed the straps and buckles on his Stokke chair. Can I tell you how nasty they were? Very. Can I tell you how many times I've washed them since we bought the chair almost two years ago? Um, never. So, friends, often times it really is the small things we get done each day ... I know the chair cleaning doesn't seem like much, but it is. It is one little thing to check of the to-do list and that is never a bad thing.
And, also, the daphne is blooming around here – and for such a tiny flower, it has such a lovely scent. And, truly, I think I've only got 2 days of printing left for the wedding line books!
For a long while now I have loved Paige Russell's simple white ceramics. This image was on the front page of Etsy this morning. So so lovely! I really don't have an extra 825 dollars – or anything near that – but I do love to window shop online.
I forgot to mention yesterday that the 2009 calendars ... I still have them and now they are on SUPER sale at $21 each. That's a steal, my friends. Get them here, if you like. After two days of sunshine, it's back to gray skies here. This morning I made custard corn bread from Molly's new book. Yum.
{image from Heath Ceramics website}
The wedding line, the wedding line ... These projects always seem to take longer than I {optimistically} anticipate. I'm getting there, slow but sure. I'll dust off my camera and have a few more sneak peeks for you soon.
I know it seems like I'm never on this space anymore. And that's true, I guess, only it's mostly because I've been busy. It's been with one thing and another and another ... All of it good stuff, really, just it seems my days are getting away from me – and the weeks and the months, too. But here's a glimpse of what I've been up to lately.
First off, a quick note – better late than never!! I'll be going up to Portland tomorrow for the Buckman Art Show + Sell. If you're in the area, come by. It's for a great cause – Buckman Elementary is an arts magnet school – and this is a wonderful way to support it!
Last weekend, I held my first ever printing workshop here in the studio. I offered it on both Saturday and Sunday for 2.5 hours and I think it was a great success! I had 5 people for each day, which seemed like just the right number. I only remembered to take photos on the second day; here are a few now. I went over some basics – parts of the press, how to design for letterpress with photopolymer plates ... but I knew that mostly people were itching to print! I put out a selection of plates that I used for my 2009 calendar – just the background textures – for people to mix and match. I also had a plate made up for the back of each card – a photo of that later ... We picked two colors and each person got to print 12 cards to take home.
I really enjoyed watching people print for the first time. It's a wonderful thing to watch their delight in the process ... and it renewed for me why I love what I do!
More photos and news on the wedding line coming sometime soon, I promise. I'll try to make it back here sooner rather than later.
