Hello Claude

My sister——queen of endurance and master of magical feats——delivered a healthy babe this Tuesday night at 11:39pm. I was lucky enough to be in attendance to meet the little 7lb9oz fella. Whoah, A M A Z I N G and C R A Z Y!

Welcome baby Claude
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Congratulations Jen and Jay!

Pictures to come…

Dear Dorothy

These fine graduates were all adorned in great brooches and fancy necklines. The packet of photos were addressed to Dorothy in 1927.

The pictures were included in this box.

northern mn

A few more quiet photos from my trip.
During the drive I revisited some cds that I hadn't listened to since college to accompany the kookoo thoughts that creep in when you're alone.

I'd really like to take classes from here, shelters, sauna, boats, brickovens, baskets...

bill bloedow box

This is an overdue post!
I received one of dreamiest, personalized packages about a month ago from the great Bill Bloedow, former President of the Friends of the Goldstein Museum of Design. The box contained an eclectic range of printed matter and he passed it on to me. I found it quite touching. I'll post some of the highlights in days to come.

Thanks so much Bill.

swimming

These beachy photos make me nutty and being in the midwest makes me long for seaside salty days.

cascade river walk

Last week I took a quick solo getaway to the North Shore. Stayed in a sweet cabin on the icy clear Superior, practiced my embroidery, saunaed in a great woodfired sauna and ate smoked fish. Here are some photos from a walk I took along the Cascade River—— X marks the waterfall, many shades of lush green, woodland faces, a floating caterpillar.

icecream

everything is an ice cream cone!

jot it

Genuine Robinson Reminders! the interiors are perfed into four sections. super handy!

reminders

Look at these sweeties sitting pretty for the camera.

playtime

kiting, wining, beach dining, painting, fridgecleaning, foyerfencing, and playparks.

happy father's day!

june

i'm growing the best clover patch this season.

summer vacation

ready to go!

photos found in 'discarded' albums... between years of 1924-52.

green

After a month of no showers——we finally got a boatload of rain. My peonies are in bloom and I'm eager to get back out in the garden.

Oh, Can anyone identity the pink and red ball-like clustered flowers?

Oh oh oh, the man with the green hat... if you immerse him in water, squeeze his hat, he squirts!!

xx + xy = ?

Here's evidence of an 'educational game' that Tim crafted for the babyshower. Thanks to everyone who played along.

I place my bets on a boy???!!

Last weekend we threw a babyshower for Jen and Jay and celebrated their soon-to-be-delivery with friends and family. the day was sunny and breezy and perfect in many ways. just sort of recovering from all the scurrying around, cooking, frosting, yardwork, hosting...

POM-POM!

This kit is a great find! Lot's of pom-poms in my family!

corita kent

Ah ha Corita!

Top five images are scanned from the book Come Alive: The Spirited Art of Sister Corita .

The bottom image: K—Essence of a Thousand Kisses is an original serigraph by Corita, and can also be found in the book
Damn Everything but the Circus. The print sits beside my couch.

Network, Teamwork

I love love love this project by Uta Eisenreich is not new but remains quite perfect. I finally scanned in her images from Swiss Design 2002: Netzwerke / Réseaux / Networks. The book is published by Lars Müller. [Apologies for the blurred edges, my book wouldn't lie flat].

little things

from the Best Word Book Ever by Richard Scarry. 1963 by Golden Press.

rack and runner

We finally installed the carpet runner that leads to my studio!
lot's of projects in motion.

Stories Behind the Records

Always fascinating. I'm envious of the pogo guy's record. really.

From Guiness: the Stories Behind the Records. Published 1982 by Sterling Publishing Co., Inc.

Whole Earth

I just revisited my copy of the Whole Earth Catalog. I always find it enlightening and genuine in spirit. Where is the 2009 iteration/compilation? or is there?

I gave a talk tonight in front of a crowd. I've been so anxious but it's over!

jacks and jills

It seems as though everyone close to me is pregnant!
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Found this bucket of babies photo a while back.
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Plus a paperdoll from Jack and Jill magazine.
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grades are in

! let summertime begin !

in the kitchen

Two salads worth trying.

Take a look at Ms. Gauthier's lovely cookbook——it just needs a publisher!

Y & Z

Pages scanned from The ABC's of Origami: Paper Folding for Children.
by Claude Sarasas/Charles Tuttle Company, Inc./1964

Look at these folks from the British Origami Society; this this guy is my favorite.

Cat & mouse and money tricks!

four years

Commencement is today. I'll miss this group of fine people and talented designers.

pre-office cleanout!

I share an office with five others——lots of accumulation and layering occurs in a schoolyear (Booo, I'm the main culprit for the mass paper heaps). This is the time to cleanout, but first a break is necessary.

this morning

Aristocratic Vegetables!

Yes, Common things do have secrets...!

All scanned from my favorite books: 'Books of Knowledge'.

traffic

This guy's bumper is very amusing!

typing lessons

from my sewingbox

fronts + backs of various clothing tags (the backsides look like mini abstract paintings) + a panda paperdoll!

machines

always a good show

Here's a few parade images from this year's Mayday Festival—unfortunately I didn't photograph the dung beetles and balls-o-poop for you all.

Next year I may try out my stilt skills!

end papers

All end papers are from this site which I stumbled upon today. I'd like to see more from the saucy Dutch Treat Club.

This drawger show looks fun too!

endpaper show hosted by Nancy Stahl/endpaper credits:
Dutch Treat Club 1941 from Stephen Kroninger
Give me Liberty [pt4] from GHM327
Dutch Treat Club 1959 from Stephen Kroninger
Beyond the Long-Eared Mountains from Anna
Dutch Treat Club 1956 from Stephen Kroninger
Dutch Treat Club 1945 from Stephen Kroninger
Dutch Treat Club 1925 from Stephen Kroninger
Scalawag the Monkey 1953 from Lou Brooks

playing, cooking, working

The three of us grilled and celebrated last night. Tim got a new full-time teaching job!

Mon Oncle

We watched Tati's Mon Oncle last night—so much to love about this film—the color, the architecture, quirky gardens and gadgets, idiosyncratic characters… Look at M. and Mme. Arpels' neighbor's red dress, hat, shoes and top—perfect in every way! The opening bit will sell you on the film, if you haven't already seen it. Next in line for me is Play Time.

spring accessories

Look at these gems that I found in Estonia a couple years back. All of them are made in the USSR by 'NORMA'. Plus acute cute lunchbox—also by NORMA.

for an upcoming project

I'm making the raw materials for an upcoming project——here's some of the lines, shapes and patterns that I'm thinking of using.

Mitchell, Trevor, Lauryl, Brian, Annie and Katie

A handful of Letraset 'info cards' made by my students on their first day to Introduction to Typography. The quick exercise gives students an opportunity to play with type in an illustrative way—the backsides of each card contain relevant tidbits; ie, name, courseload, major—which help me remember my new students. I've been doing this on the first day for seven years so I have an amazing accumulation of type portraits. [[I can't believe the cost of a custom sheet. whoah!]]

Students:
Mitchell Green + Trevor Burks
Lauryl Loberg + Brian Walbergh
Annie Wang + Katie Lombardo

This site is great fun.

curious goods

More roadtrip photos from many years ago——I wonder if these signs and stores are still around?
The Curious Goods storefront is perfect especially when captured on polaroid film.

cenotes of the yucatan + penguins of antartica

The Yucatan has no noticeable surface rivers, the limestone plateau is riddled with underground streams and caves. A cenote (from the Mayan word, dzonot) is created when a cave ceiling collapses and opens up to the surface. All of them are uniquely different. We went to two: Dos Ojos and Gran Cenote. Millions of bird and bats live in holes in the cave walls and their peeps and chirps echo throughout——this baby fell from from above and was saved from drowning.
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Last night we watched Werner Herzog's Encounters at the End of the World. This was one of my favorite scenes.

big boys and bridges

Found some of my old poloroids:
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Woodsey man near Duluth, MN + Jolly Giant in Blue Earth, MN;
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Ambassador Bridge between Detroit, MI and Windsor, Ontario + Grain Belt Bridge, Mpls, MN
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Penobscot Bridge in Maine.
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atop the mantle

elephant pincushion and tapemeasure—you pull the measure from under his tail!
+ weather forecast chalet. it seems as if today's weather will be fair.

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lovely beaded jar from India (front and back)+ photo of nana in background.

i wish i were this relaxed

longing for some leisure time.

patches

I found this great wool scouting coat a number of years back at a thrift store——it belonged to a person named TRUMBULL (I love the handmade bull patch). I could never let something like this go.

Plus a number of patches from my sewing box.

the woods

clever household hints

A few small guidebooks.

suits

I'm in the mood to swim, preferably in the sea, but our local lakes will have to do for the majority of the summer. This photo of Lake Calhoun is from 1915 taken by CJ Hibbard.

The Jantzen yellow suit is amazing but an awkward swimmer—too much soggy wool for my taste. My new stripe suit is of brushed cotton and fits me to a tee. It was generous and grand birthday present from my sister's beau—— Jay. It was his grandmothers and hand-sewn. I'd really like to fashion this gem.

a sunny friday

spending this really sunny day with my kiddo!
this is some of what we've been up to:
peering into drainholes, wishing water out of fountains, walking around finding great 'scrappy logos and catnaps.

embroidery patterns!

Dear Aimee, thanks for leading the way to this site. I love your most recent post is fabulous——is it for class?

++ Make sure to check out the antique pattern library if you're looking for a great distraction.

entries

1. façade to a tattoo parlor and postoffice (both in same space) in Tulum
2+3. lovely lovely tiles in open doorway in Valladolid
4. and the greatest banner from my sweet ones! i was welcomed back with flowers, banoffee pie, homemade macaroni and cheese, wine and lots of love.

Gunta Stölzl's work makes me crazy! found via montmarte's sketchbook , via fp

birds part two

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Three painted chickens and an owl for you——!

and don't you think señor-dancing-rodeo chicken is quite potentially one of the BEST things you've ever seen? sí !

birds part one

murphy ladies.

me, fancy peacocks, my mom standing on birds, sister jen dancing with pelican.

Delivery

——bunnies and chicks and my dad (all the way from Michigan)! We hosted a yummy brunch and spent a lovely morning with family.

fortune

beverage and brush

!Friday!

photos: tulum, mexico

peep!

So many close friends and family are pregnant!
Wool felt shoes sewed and embroidered by my talented sister +++ a peek at her babe.