wallpaper

A few fruitful patterns made during my summer vacation.

Handcut orgami paper and security envelopes.

A to Z: a few of my favorite things

---- C, D and E ----


---- H, I and J ----


---- T, U and V ----


---- the A — Z compilation ----

C: Cats + Cheetahs
D:Dogs + Daisies
E: Eagles + Echidea + Egret + Elephants
H: the oak, Hercules of the forest + Hailey's comet + Hedgehogs of the vegetable world
I: Ivy + Illusions
J: Justification + (queer looking tenants of the) Jungle + a Jumping gibbon
T: Tortoise + Table + Tableware
U: Unwholesome American Fungi
V: Vanishing race + Virtue

Reorganized using my 1941 Books of Knowledge.

die-cuts

Look at these friends. This batch is also quite quaint.

snakes and balloons

perfect description of my week.

nyc 1930s > 1980s > 2009

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"The evolution of New York has been illustrated in photographs in countless ways. Two of the biggest collections belong to the city. Between 1938 and 1943, 700,000 stark black-and-white pictures, known as tax photos, were taken to make property assessments and as a jobs program for the federal Works Progress Administration. In the 1980s, a second set of 800,000 photos was taken, also for tax purposes. In both sets, the property's block and lot number is listed on the photos. The photos are available for sale by the city. A New York Times photographer returned to 12 of the sites this year"

— SAM ROBERTS

images sourced from: Evolution, as Traced by the Lens

ravenous!

a n i m a l s

if you're in the minneapolis area today

Empty Bowls @ Powderhorn Park.
11:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Powderhorn Park Building

The gist:
Pick out a handmade bowl, make a free-will donation, enjoy homemade soup and leave with your bowl — now empty — a reminder that there are bowls that need filling in our neighborhood… and that you’ve done something to help fill them!

The proceeds will benefit the food shelf at the Division of Indian Work, Sisters Camelot, and the Powderhorn Park kitchen upgrade.

I made the flier and I'm back!

11 men

Last week find——
eleven gentlemen occupying one picture frame.
The original Madmen cast?, no?!

the park

our new kite wayyy up + Russia postcard from 1971

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Really procrastinating here——I just sorted through a bin that was tucked away in my basement. Yikes, I just unveiled a mini-timecapsule filled with rather unnecessary (but kinda fun things) that I saved from the eighties. Lot's of old playthings (I really like these castiron broken toys), odds and ends from highschool and incriminating snapshots (although, these sister photos are kind of sweet).

I'm getting rid of about half of the stuff, so this is goooood! Now to work.

July snippits

July flew by––I find I need photos to jog my memory.
jen's house anticipating the arrival of Claude/the 4th of July/H's firsttime in a church (she was a flowergirl)/loooong overdue ironing/growing ponytails/a little beachtime and upstairs in my studio.

keep these cards handy

These small cards may contain a few handy and amusing tips for the upcoming school year. If not helpful, they sure are pretty.

5 postcards

Crops are very good in our locality. The small print reads (clockwise from topleft): The Modern Farmer / Our Watermelons Grow Big / A Load of Extra Good Apples / Peach Canning Time on the Farm.

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The Gull, Who Whistled?, a handlettered card and The Sheep (from Nat'l Monument, Arizona)

a lesson in dutch, scotch and weaving

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…