Of the summer variety… mostly.  See credits after mosaic.

1. Untitled, 2. picking up…, 3. New arrangement, 4. Dresses on a Clothes Line, 5. Frances, 6. butterflies, 7. Untitled, 8. Untitled, 9. Untitled

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Our family spent the weekend traveling up to Galena, Illinois for a family reunion.  When I say family, I mean 170+ people descending from Evan’s Grandmother.

She turned 95 yesterday.

(Happy Birthday, Grandmother Eleanor!)

Every year, the family has a huge campout.  Here’s the group:

They’re so much fun!  And I feel like I really know at least a fraction of the group.  Which is definite progress. ;)

While we were there, I ventured out to beautiful downtown Galena.

And visited some antique stores.

And showed tremendous restraint.

It was a great trip.

And now it’s time to house-hunt.

Evan just returned from Haiti.

And now we’re at a family campout in Galena, Illinois.

This is not the laziest summer ever…

but it is a good one. :)

1. studio, 2. Pale Posies, 3. Dresser in our kitchen, 4. 9 granny apples, 5. Variation on the crochet garland, 6. march challenge interior styling, 7. in a little girl’s room, 8. 5 july, 9. Untitled

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I saw something very cool today at the Taubman Museum of Art in Roanoke.

Jimmy Grashow spent 3 years making this larger-than-life-sized corrugated cardboard sculpture.  Can you imagine?

He plans to install it outside in 2011 and use it as a real fountain until it disintegrates.  I don’t understand this really, but I’m so thankful I got to see it.

And I look forward to this film too.

I forgot to tell you all that Evan’s in Haiti for 10 days.  Meanwhile, his mom and I are reading The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron.   It’s a 12 week program for effectively tapping into your creative side. 

Here are the two important tools that Julia swears by.

From what I’ve read so far, looking at beautiful images is an important part of feeding your creativity.  Julia says it, and I agree!

Thus, this week’s Friday Favorites:

1. Untitled, 2. I heart coffee, 3. The studio before it became wrapped in a big plastic bag, 4. hand-picked, 5. Bedroom Pip studio wallpaper, 6. Untitled, 7. DSC05469, 8. when love was the law, 9. sweet dreams

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Happy Weekend!

I’m here.  Really here. 

We moved halfway across the country, and then we vacationed in NC for a week.

And now I am here — here being Virginia.

It’s pretty.

All our belongings are piled in a corner of the basement.  Except our Sleep Number bed.  It’s assembled in another corner.

Oh, and the TV.  It’s at the foot of the bed.

This picture was taken on our dining table, which is covered with cords, Wal-Mart bags, the Brita container, and junkity-junk.  And a tiny space for me.