of the new gallery at (so, there.)

and guess what time it is.

I'll give you a hint...

It's time to send out some Valentines.

(isn't that packing tape perfect?)

I'm working on a planner.

I've been working on a new planner design made of seperate month books that connect together, but I need some help. Slip on over to the Adventures in Making blog to look at what I have so far.

Any help is appreciated.

shadows are cool

Just look at this artist on Le Zebra Bleu.

Cooper got some awesome Pom-poms, and he's not even a cheerleader.

Kat came over last weekend and we had a spontaneous craft evening, making pom-pom toys for Cooper. They're super easy to make, and a great silly adventure.

Oh, and don't forget, there's even more awesomeness over at Adventures in Making.

I can make paper OUT. OF. PAPER.

I finally did it - made the paper leap when Rachel came over for a crafty retreat. You can find documentation of my Adventure here.*

I have big plans for the outcome, but you'll have to wait and see...

*I should warn you, before you attempt this yourself, that now I look at everything differently. I've been thinking of stealing flower petals, and I have been stealing the recycling.

it was the best xmas gift ever.

So, I'm sitting on the denim slipcovered sofa in my mother's house when my step-dad (Dave) picks up a smallish wrapped box and sets it gently in my lap.
I say gently, but I'm not sure that it can be used accurately describe the pure heft of the box (which was, as I said "smallish").

Of course I knew it could contain only one of two things
1) Gold Bricks
2) Lead.

Guess which one I was more excited about?

Sure enough the box contained what appears to be two typefaces, 24pt, and various other bits and pieces.

The strange part; it came out of the garage. My Dad had acquired it, at some point, to melt down for potentially nefarious purposes. My mother stepped in and stopped him from committing this crime against type.

Nearly 20 years later, and it is my legacy, along with a handful of various woodtype characters that came from... the garage.

I told her – "You find a letterpress in there, you let me know."

Here I am beginning to sort it, in a slide box, at the craft retreat. (Photos by Rachel.)

Oh, btw, taking a box of lead type through airport security is a hoot and a half.