Kale

I love the texture in these photos. Hope they inspire something creative for you.

Vacation!

I have been away from blogging, not because I was really on vacation, but because of...

...aka the Shibori Symposium. Many fantastic artists from all over the country descended upon my art center in a frenzy of shibori goodness. As Overseer-of-all-Things-Shibori, my presence was greatly in demand.

Just before that happened, I found a fabulous sheet at a thrift store and whipped up this dress, while Andy was kayaking with a friend...

...I wore it to the opening reception for the shibori show. The bonus of making a dress from a sheet is that it cost me all of $1 and it is a nice poly/cotton wrinkle free blend, so no ironing. But just before I made that dress, I worked on this shirt...

... with the help of Dolores the Dummy. She is new to me but has "seen a few seams" if you know what I mean. She isn't pretty but she is amazingly helpful. (Dolores was named by my friend Nancy, who had her over for a visit before she came to me.) It took me about 5 weeks to make the shirt - not because it was hard, but because I only had the opportunity to work on it for 45 minutes at a time for that long.
And finally, somewhere in there, Andy and I celebrated our 13th wedding anniversary. I took him to see "A Midsummer Night's Dream" at the Guthrie (totally fantastic) and he bought me these charmingly silly shoes as a present.



I can just see them with black tights and cute skirts this fall. Love it! (apologies for crummy pictures. I just didn't feel like photo styling today.)

Happy Easter Flamingos!

I am sensing....

... some disapproval, perhaps?

mmmmmmwwwwwahhhhhhh!

Sea Horses

...or perhaps more accurately Leafy Sea Dragons. They are some of my favorite animals ever. I just found this lovely shot while looking in the photo collection for something else. When you have more than 14000 photos in there, you occasionally find an unexpected treasure. I love the color combination on these two - bright lemon yellow and glowing silvery blue with black edges. Wow.
I think I may try to share some of these photos more often.