of this video

I think I've decided to do a bit more "sharing" on here. I have kept it down, but lately some things have been taking my breath away.

Like this video - via Doodlers Anonymous

of people who are making something of themselves.

I came across these awesome tea-towels on Design•Sponge today, and realized they are the work of one of my old coworkers. All of their stuff is totally great, you should take a look.Slide Sideways on Etsy


Not to be outdone is my dear Rachel who is already making a splash with her bags and accessories.
This is my favourite, so far. I hope one is coming my way when she gets settled in.
Camp Smartypants on Etsy

i am NOT afraid

I am not afraid of you, spiders.

I know you have a soft underbelly.

and I know...

that you can be beaten!

This is a little theraputic project I just finished. I am afraid of spiders, but they sure do LOVE me. Ask anyone around me, they flock to me, jump at me, and land on me in bed at night.
Something about breaking them down into plush-parts made them less scary. I am not cured, of course, but I think I will look a little closer while I scream.

Let me know if you want to know more about the project, otherwise, just try not to be too scared.
**btw - the buttons are a gift from Cari, cause she's great. Thanks for the spider eyes.

you hairy tree

Hiking weather has begun again, and this means I get to spend time oggling the bizarre sights of the Pacific Northwest.

Where I come from, trees do not grow hair

They do not need a barber.

They do not try to look like a polar bear.

Not even green polar bear.

I would like to say, even though these trees freak the bejeezus out of me, I would like to hug each of them. I would also like an awesome moss wall of my very own,

or at least some moss graffiti.

because, you see, I can change my wardrobe

It might be hot outside, I can't tell. 

The black cat is seeking shelter from the sun. Too bad she can't change into a tanktop.

(I would like to point out that we have a furnished basement that is about 20 degrees cooler, but this will not do. I think she's a cabana cat.)

so there, Smartypants.

Today is Rachel's (of Camp Smartypants) last day here at work, as she is moving on to a lazy summer in Portland. I'm going to miss her like crazy, so I poured some of my anxiety into making her a big R so she will remember me forever.

Used -
my fantastic woodtype book (for R shape)
repurposed cardboard
gummed paper tape (awesome)
masking tape
Yes! paste
12x18 printed paper
1 tiny piece of Classic Crest paper
2 buttons


bye ♡

of the doorbells

I know it's ridiculous, but I made my first order from Amazon a little while ago, and along with the first season of The IT Crowd I bought this amazing book. 

I found it on the blog Book By It's Cover, and I was taken in by the combination of the photos of the doorbells and the hand lettering (all you can see from the photos.) 

I have been unpleasantly surprised, however,to find that I have been too absorbed by the stories (which range from raunchy to mysterious to absurd) to pay attention to the photos and illustrations at all!

Stupid book.

(go to Book By It's Cover to check it out.)