The Snow Queen + pretty mitts

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Sweet sweet mittens——perhaps someday I'll learn to read a knitting pattern.

The Snow Queen and the other Concora books were introduced to me by Ms. Tondera. This series of kiddie books have elegant, simple and graphic covers and they're of great proportion (tall and narrow). They were published by the grand Container Corporation of America and Rand McNally in the late50s / early60s.

icy and active

boxes and their labels

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miniature

hello good bird friends!
goodbye holiday gems.

text and image

I find these word/image pairings particularly sweet and amusing——imagine this language in contemporary reference materials...
From the Book of Knowledge (1941).

a bit extravagant!

The carpet will run up the stairs to my soon-to-be-ready upstairs. ohlalaaaa!
From Dash & Albert.

michigan

We went to Michigan over the holidays... there was heaps of snow, a 60degree day, delicious home-cooked food, the best falafel, toooo-much drink, cable tv, thoughtful gifts and the best company. We were all spoiled.

dioramas

All taken from the University of Michigan Exhibit Museum of Natural History. !!!!!!!! Oh, and you must check out this amazing flicker site!

beanbag, balloons + balls

I've taken a couple weeks off——just basic surviving and an occasional indulgence.
HAPPY 2009!

recent photocopy fun

Here's some left-overs/process from a recent freelance project. My Form and Methods class also used the photocopier to make some lovely formal experiments——ahhhha! I will post some of their work once I go through their documentation.

-5° F today

Outside today: Our cold but covered park.




Inside today: looking at these playrooms!







Playrooms from Childrens Space's, Molly and Norman McGrath, 1978.