tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13275881644846178762024-03-06T01:48:01.896+13:00the design alphabet- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger309125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1327588164484617876.post-67953403797129285272010-07-11T19:05:00.004+12:002011-01-19T23:22:29.134+13:00space full<p align="left"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;color:#00cccc;"><em>Hi everyone,</em></span></p><p align="left"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">JANUARY 2011 UPDATE: Keep an eye out - there are a few changes taking place!</span></p><p align="left"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I'm feeling bad, I feel like I have let this alphabet down. I'm so sorry that I haven't been around this way for a while.. The image below pretty much sums up my time at the moment... it's full! Just as one project finished, </span><a href="http://www.skbinsamoa.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">another</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> needed some attention... which is all good in the grand scheme of things, but not so good for this alphabet of ours!!</span></p><p align="left"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">So, will you be patient (some more!) with me?? I'm not sure when I'll be back, but I'll let you know as soon as I am.</span></p><p align="left"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">In the meantime, take care my friends. I'll see you again soon...</span></p><p align="left"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;color:#cc66cc;"><em>xxoo</em></span></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB1rDRW-KRIWYj2ObIjdIr6MLDrTOLxrcSbAFmXqc8K_ZrKzI6g0PBBUL0AYG6-JzhI_cIgQJ57q2kYjKxGf7gtykexAYj5Wk5lI5CKHob1jEuY6XGcBUuThCI7go_H6HS1woHgJqvkUbi/s1600/space+full+sign.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492541636223197842" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB1rDRW-KRIWYj2ObIjdIr6MLDrTOLxrcSbAFmXqc8K_ZrKzI6g0PBBUL0AYG6-JzhI_cIgQJ57q2kYjKxGf7gtykexAYj5Wk5lI5CKHob1jEuY6XGcBUuThCI7go_H6HS1woHgJqvkUbi/s400/space+full+sign.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">(image from </span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/m0php/4002604386/"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Craig A Rodway</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">)</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;color:#00cccc;"><em>see you soon!</em></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1327588164484617876.post-84559618964018194122010-06-20T13:35:00.003+12:002012-03-22T10:06:15.479+13:00+ Justin Rothshank<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwDBzVn3LOz_YA-cIFOmECvJ-iQk7M4lZbwqliaIXUqM4FPAq2EJ3X3Wep4eq7f6rpH4eKIaGw2aAjf60Ned4FXrhVt-Z0f9gqLMZ-eCxO-giOC0lDR1DApvJza4rOb7krpyinBWBnG84v/s1600/r.jpg"><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484664171246080626" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwDBzVn3LOz_YA-cIFOmECvJ-iQk7M4lZbwqliaIXUqM4FPAq2EJ3X3Wep4eq7f6rpH4eKIaGw2aAjf60Ned4FXrhVt-Z0f9gqLMZ-eCxO-giOC0lDR1DApvJza4rOb7krpyinBWBnG84v/s400/r.jpg" style="cursor: hand; height: 177px; width: 154px;" /></span></a><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">Let's jump right in...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #33ccff; font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; font-size: 180%;">Justin <span style="color: #ff6666;">R</span>othshank</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">Some more ceramic love to share with you...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">On a recent trip around etsy I stumbled across the work of <a href="http://www.rothshank.com/">Justin Rothshank</a>. I immediately fell in love with Justin's pieces and in particular his quirky application of decals and motifs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><em>"My junior high art teacher sparked my interest in ceramics, and my high school clay teacher cultivated it. She introduced me to wood firing, and it completely changed my perspective on clay."</em></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">Thank goodness for art teachers! Check out some of Justin's work below, then skip over to his <a href="http://www.rothshank.com/Home">website</a> and <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/rothshank">store</a> for more...</span><br />
<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxXa4Qv5Ptrz9HYY7gZIRUGLiyXyLzcOjSBIXJQbrog2n3ErQ7anA1LZfe7eDi5kWuSN4sy_peNvRfSfB-Me23b3bd6S0kDr6J67MaBtVAuM5P7V-7SXwN2S1pbUQ7ZtxO3-yWkkC8siUE/s1600/rothshank+8.jpg"><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484664166535323826" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxXa4Qv5Ptrz9HYY7gZIRUGLiyXyLzcOjSBIXJQbrog2n3ErQ7anA1LZfe7eDi5kWuSN4sy_peNvRfSfB-Me23b3bd6S0kDr6J67MaBtVAuM5P7V-7SXwN2S1pbUQ7ZtxO3-yWkkC8siUE/s400/rothshank+8.jpg" style="cursor: hand; height: 267px; width: 400px;" /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW6prtuh3snpQVJJbl-PwcsaDOQPnXz9WYngIILWwBidcCnWf6XwquEAeNIxGGsSdbrkkYE3c1075rEJ6r4zrdBw0eTKNnDQL_F-fX_vl9dMpR0GCwBbRN28N83mb2a0xF1xkUegxKMX7h/s1600/rothshank+5.jpg"><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484663829695488818" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW6prtuh3snpQVJJbl-PwcsaDOQPnXz9WYngIILWwBidcCnWf6XwquEAeNIxGGsSdbrkkYE3c1075rEJ6r4zrdBw0eTKNnDQL_F-fX_vl9dMpR0GCwBbRN28N83mb2a0xF1xkUegxKMX7h/s400/rothshank+5.jpg" style="cursor: hand; height: 300px; width: 400px;" /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfTCEvrkKOufD8TlQk1c0rW8Cs9PztvYwWdoGuw4XTHZqTTMvHtULNs1hBrNFMnWVg0BtSv_VrW2_SRwSGnVg7fXrTVdKDLAM-_zKHk13y5teOdpO4lWVXhtjZlAyUZg-b3D2TWJu96E0q/s1600/rothshank+3.jpg"><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484663805327002706" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfTCEvrkKOufD8TlQk1c0rW8Cs9PztvYwWdoGuw4XTHZqTTMvHtULNs1hBrNFMnWVg0BtSv_VrW2_SRwSGnVg7fXrTVdKDLAM-_zKHk13y5teOdpO4lWVXhtjZlAyUZg-b3D2TWJu96E0q/s400/rothshank+3.jpg" style="cursor: hand; height: 400px; width: 394px;" /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilv73aWt5QH2Df1YHG3tGkjui8GmwiJ5cUmom9rKIBtfh4MPp10P8Yd8qNUs3QJ2h0E7jFtS2_csl7J_rsBXWP7ubdxbHoGZS4SPziLqinAy7x3Ib9fynC80di4txjHiy_IUFegyCgDAok/s1600/rothshank+7.jpg"><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484664156232532978" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilv73aWt5QH2Df1YHG3tGkjui8GmwiJ5cUmom9rKIBtfh4MPp10P8Yd8qNUs3QJ2h0E7jFtS2_csl7J_rsBXWP7ubdxbHoGZS4SPziLqinAy7x3Ib9fynC80di4txjHiy_IUFegyCgDAok/s400/rothshank+7.jpg" style="cursor: hand; height: 267px; width: 400px;" /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0XmXk3kvjbqSSA8Ji02A9A4XHKQdc2MKrtp7YWb-IH2R0WsrIldE1-u104R814HYTy_ym0SFLy8mZYwMVUbpG6eOuvSy0r0EEzO6HA_jl2f0CQXvO6OZF9efyYNVKLAt-NPS1LqcAMhZF/s1600/rothshank+6.jpg"><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484664143697576162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0XmXk3kvjbqSSA8Ji02A9A4XHKQdc2MKrtp7YWb-IH2R0WsrIldE1-u104R814HYTy_ym0SFLy8mZYwMVUbpG6eOuvSy0r0EEzO6HA_jl2f0CQXvO6OZF9efyYNVKLAt-NPS1LqcAMhZF/s400/rothshank+6.jpg" style="cursor: hand; height: 400px; width: 300px;" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCeiGuIQk78REU8poXN9tHekbPy6f2mqj1LbtV3TitGf56oIi-FsH8KqFzKKt21sXx2j-iOm3GsuQySeLQEluUW_q-ymU_2xrZe4wkHkocVbarWRHYGuehPN5BlIlLEw4elq2Ui-vq4arI/s1600/rothshank+4.jpg"><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484663816157842098" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCeiGuIQk78REU8poXN9tHekbPy6f2mqj1LbtV3TitGf56oIi-FsH8KqFzKKt21sXx2j-iOm3GsuQySeLQEluUW_q-ymU_2xrZe4wkHkocVbarWRHYGuehPN5BlIlLEw4elq2Ui-vq4arI/s400/rothshank+4.jpg" style="cursor: hand; height: 400px; width: 300px;" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqFuZ19eYCHWNSy7ujwUrQVUzPrW11RdvMxTvMff7wm-8-CHv35jqnOAx1EMLqpMdCnJTvenWiJzsgfnWd9eJbvPQFIilJP5IBIA2hHDmkMe2MhAOhcyDAfvCnSzDiysBut8UHetz9FKOy/s1600/rothshank+2.jpg"><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484663800029045842" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqFuZ19eYCHWNSy7ujwUrQVUzPrW11RdvMxTvMff7wm-8-CHv35jqnOAx1EMLqpMdCnJTvenWiJzsgfnWd9eJbvPQFIilJP5IBIA2hHDmkMe2MhAOhcyDAfvCnSzDiysBut8UHetz9FKOy/s400/rothshank+2.jpg" style="cursor: hand; height: 400px; width: 300px;" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFt7YDoPveqPxlyWuOWj5TrfEz5crlaKUvM4lMXd7Yfy_72mIUXvI1QBFxJ86PbmS0GBwalZtmUm5CUc1td2Uct5gcXmvwwsWDv2FgUG6YMEBHZIGsb6xSODw-Nf5PMnf1uvnVYvVBnVVz/s1600/rothshank+1.jpg"><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484663791762709202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFt7YDoPveqPxlyWuOWj5TrfEz5crlaKUvM4lMXd7Yfy_72mIUXvI1QBFxJ86PbmS0GBwalZtmUm5CUc1td2Uct5gcXmvwwsWDv2FgUG6YMEBHZIGsb6xSODw-Nf5PMnf1uvnVYvVBnVVz/s400/rothshank+1.jpg" style="cursor: hand; height: 400px; width: 300px;" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">(images from <a href="http://www.rothshank.com/Home">Justin Rothshank</a>, quote from <a href="http://thestudiochronicle.blogspot.com/2010/05/journey-beyond-artists-studio-justin.html">The Studio Chronicle</a>)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; font-size: 130%;">NOTES:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">visit Justin's <a href="http://www.rothshank.com/Home">website</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">visit Justin's <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/rothshank">store</a></span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc66cc; font-family: georgia; font-size: 180%;"><em>S is on it's way! </em></span><span style="color: #cc66cc; font-family: georgia; font-size: 180%;"><em>See you soon! xxoo</em></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1327588164484617876.post-61347155670153156842010-06-20T13:20:00.004+12:002010-06-20T13:34:22.908+12:00+ Quiet<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH_EUtrYtIya_1T67y9yMHT8ktyM80IvtKF-JRzjd3V-tOz3nj3C4y351653nATp2t3VSNeh2UbHSH3NKM7BrnKWtUUwuIBWXeRtX_K-cUZ88a4OvN3AWRHtdsShvsejwYAYfgWfTdJb_u/s1600/q.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484659980126224386" style="WIDTH: 154px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 177px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH_EUtrYtIya_1T67y9yMHT8ktyM80IvtKF-JRzjd3V-tOz3nj3C4y351653nATp2t3VSNeh2UbHSH3NKM7BrnKWtUUwuIBWXeRtX_K-cUZ88a4OvN3AWRHtdsShvsejwYAYfgWfTdJb_u/s400/q.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:180%;color:#33ccff;"><span style="color:#ff6666;">Q</span>uiet</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><em><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">We will continue on this new series titled 'Quiet', as mentioned in alphabet*ten "Quiet will generally be a collection of images to ponder, reflect and refresh...there will be minimal words... I hope you enjoy it : )</span></em><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">My brother's recent wedding meant that we were on a road trip... a six (or so) hour drive north, through beautiful landscape and snowy terrain. Those of you with children will know the 'joys' of travelling long distance in weather that doesn't allow alot of leg stretching and time out of the car. The journey can be a bit trying sometimes, but that moment, when they let the rhythm of the car take over, and they finally fall asleep, the quiet is so welcomed.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">So today, to encourage some quiet at your place, I have chosen some images that reflect that moment during a road trip, where the quiet lets you take snapshots in your mind of the beauty that is outside your window... enjoy!</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /></span><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSjMNVKF6hHEO2M1jbXxSh5gnlS4SZN5uLbg-HWTE50R0oll1Zpy83lJJZkVh9N2SVq2oBMG_N50y7Lduf5PljlmPKrRwH3VMaJ6XPYwMARICvMYLj_pyFQgmjrBb1NvlZ51gD_HMtG_rC/s1600/Quiet+Helene+Smith+6.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484659972514928306" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSjMNVKF6hHEO2M1jbXxSh5gnlS4SZN5uLbg-HWTE50R0oll1Zpy83lJJZkVh9N2SVq2oBMG_N50y7Lduf5PljlmPKrRwH3VMaJ6XPYwMARICvMYLj_pyFQgmjrBb1NvlZ51gD_HMtG_rC/s400/Quiet+Helene+Smith+6.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJQjK9u0SJvN_XAeWACeF4q8wZfsAaX0_srKrJVVeMs3FBsu8qwYJ731tmTqwm6OSOV-Cq1yazAyqJCxBCJWq8Ln6qQkfbrTJxGiXcGdycUJLL16VbDvaE3-R9wB5kTmiTfyul0w1kMZXF/s1600/Quiet+Helene+Smith+4.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484659828559497714" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJQjK9u0SJvN_XAeWACeF4q8wZfsAaX0_srKrJVVeMs3FBsu8qwYJ731tmTqwm6OSOV-Cq1yazAyqJCxBCJWq8Ln6qQkfbrTJxGiXcGdycUJLL16VbDvaE3-R9wB5kTmiTfyul0w1kMZXF/s400/Quiet+Helene+Smith+4.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmnGxtWik_TdvOCq9CwXHQss694AL6yqYyo1THt8vMuuuMA-I32IC019YZCaFUn0cNnLnGdPZ4R9rFBW7rGJPxPKH3ZWgi6ag5y8McyRFP00Nm2vAMSHNq6ElVTOPCZgmbBW4_STbGF02o/s1600/Quiet+Helene+Smith+3.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484659798546610370" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmnGxtWik_TdvOCq9CwXHQss694AL6yqYyo1THt8vMuuuMA-I32IC019YZCaFUn0cNnLnGdPZ4R9rFBW7rGJPxPKH3ZWgi6ag5y8McyRFP00Nm2vAMSHNq6ElVTOPCZgmbBW4_STbGF02o/s400/Quiet+Helene+Smith+3.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKi-flARGnp2g_XC1yzwzYTDSZLgx__dSJG0J5zLYpiEFKKR1XTildbHPue7A2m5Zi7uZvGUBhgb5BTxt5wEQHSUem4bnwheJTRUg4SY8zBtwZvIfrlWpNbkdd_9sGLH_Z3KSDBoYA9Mau/s1600/Quiet+Helene+Smith+2.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484659785625385074" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKi-flARGnp2g_XC1yzwzYTDSZLgx__dSJG0J5zLYpiEFKKR1XTildbHPue7A2m5Zi7uZvGUBhgb5BTxt5wEQHSUem4bnwheJTRUg4SY8zBtwZvIfrlWpNbkdd_9sGLH_Z3KSDBoYA9Mau/s400/Quiet+Helene+Smith+2.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdt1nOZlVkGRRhpfvFtirW_KnDI_5kl0U30wdMC2toHwsCD-40oAVI_Ykbi8nNGsWevsT2dJRhE0TmUnP41CIPDqlrNJcCFlogHIE-_84beBEv16UxNQq9-0-bNNc_pvjAdD3bEx13F34X/s1600/Quiet+Helene+Smith+5.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484659833493854002" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdt1nOZlVkGRRhpfvFtirW_KnDI_5kl0U30wdMC2toHwsCD-40oAVI_Ykbi8nNGsWevsT2dJRhE0TmUnP41CIPDqlrNJcCFlogHIE-_84beBEv16UxNQq9-0-bNNc_pvjAdD3bEx13F34X/s400/Quiet+Helene+Smith+5.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXlSbGtPv5yqr-DxCZ1qIeWtORe2xGjAVqB8qjnLRmUPTVwTvW_jm4n6WXc2kmxLoUkBRdWtn5NptEUSIJtLuUo8NqTLK7HbkS_mCA1JvbCIbQXPy9x-Bo4j0wwiyygrpWdONj-R5BiVOG/s1600/Quiet+Helene+Smith+1.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484659777968228946" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXlSbGtPv5yqr-DxCZ1qIeWtORe2xGjAVqB8qjnLRmUPTVwTvW_jm4n6WXc2kmxLoUkBRdWtn5NptEUSIJtLuUo8NqTLK7HbkS_mCA1JvbCIbQXPy9x-Bo4j0wwiyygrpWdONj-R5BiVOG/s400/Quiet+Helene+Smith+1.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">(images from <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/helenesmith">Helene Smith</a>)<br /><br /></span><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<br />ssshhhh : )<br /></span><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1327588164484617876.post-45049601276022682882010-06-20T11:53:00.005+12:002010-06-20T13:19:46.243+12:00+ Nadia Pignatone<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIWCW_-eeWqapxQ6texRG9aIXnzo0ZlNDO2OPQkdOoDml-8dlfA_6YynJ_Yz7wZhR3eEy-7vYgMmUpexqntWYRuXdJsPPOBNy5y22EyI1Qw_FsmSpfvIVpZX6A7huGUdxZ-w15ZP_OpmR4/s1600/p.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484637819214207202" style="WIDTH: 154px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 177px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIWCW_-eeWqapxQ6texRG9aIXnzo0ZlNDO2OPQkdOoDml-8dlfA_6YynJ_Yz7wZhR3eEy-7vYgMmUpexqntWYRuXdJsPPOBNy5y22EyI1Qw_FsmSpfvIVpZX6A7huGUdxZ-w15ZP_OpmR4/s400/p.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;color:#cc66cc;"><em>Hi there!</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Sorry it's been so quiet around these parts. The last two weeks have been nothing short of hectic! The projects I have been working on are coming to a head, meaning the workload has grown and everything is at a really crucial stage... I have also started a <a href="http://www.smallacorns.co.nz/">new job</a> which I am really excited about : ) </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">My brother and his new wife celebrated their nuptials too so we've had a whole heap of celebration thrown in the mix as well. There's nothing like having a full life, filled with people that you love and the things that make you happy!</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I hope all has been well with you... are you ready to delve back into this alphabet*eleven?</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Let's go!</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:180%;color:#33ccff;">Nadia <span style="color:#ff6666;">P</span>ignatone</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><a href="http://www.nadiapignatone.com/">Nadia Pignatone's</a> gorgeous porcelain work is new to me. Like me, you may have seen Nadia's work amongst the pages of the April/May Issue of Belle, or in various other publications that have readers oohing and ahhing over the latest finds at <a href="http://www.maison-objet.com/en/index.php?page=maison-objet">Maison and Objet</a> in Paris... - oh my! </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I have been particularly loving Nadia's Blossoms collection of hand thrown porcelain adorned with laser cut Kimono (pictured below)... Oh, and the Drip's Collection by Nadia's work and life partner Fausto Pellegrini (pictured first below) is divine too!</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><em><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">"My love for the art of pottery began many years ago in an atelier on the East Side of Manhattan, where I learned to shape my passion for clay into forms that I longed for.<br />The soul of my wares comes to life through a visual aesthetic, inherited from my background in graphic design, combined with the endless enjoyment of forming porcelain."</span></em><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhABSov4ArCglPwi744PZIEwDgk2zUDudybP9SSsx_U8ddAoyUvzTPXHSmLlTgffAnhT-uxd9yliDxlRh9InEDQE5CoFd7sMXoHUU0XDMcXYLuS4y3KC-rrkKn1fY_Zzt-E0bX077SR14aT/s1600/nadia+pignatone+8.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484637807322657858" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 291px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhABSov4ArCglPwi744PZIEwDgk2zUDudybP9SSsx_U8ddAoyUvzTPXHSmLlTgffAnhT-uxd9yliDxlRh9InEDQE5CoFd7sMXoHUU0XDMcXYLuS4y3KC-rrkKn1fY_Zzt-E0bX077SR14aT/s400/nadia+pignatone+8.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicSh12r_mqUOm9lzoFdKDLHFLrqQlNtsjxQ25AaC7FQDB9bHMP-3IhhP-dD5tpQsvEWBjTvNKXxeOfINOffFklvqI4JaPSyNdFuup2-WFA6gg3t6CNCqweHFuu-edxyMn5X3kDYAjDx1zD/s1600/nadia+pignatone+7.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484637796923192930" style="WIDTH: 298px; 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CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 237px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcmvnc4Vud25SBjfV5Zwdb-Kywfyockjq7frHI3aqrnpHcEMnBYM6sEbBUNxNU5m3seXYtFrg0B07dLqS_gL_6FF6I9kh3qx32Sa3-l8LQpbUGbqojbWlZZhOF8unKEutaRAjPDrpExowC/s400/nadia+pignatone+6.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpoJLo80IL45HbeVbFbluaeQG39edlasO0pBsVGZ95kIJulAHgD9z0s8-sVsJ2uvf6vxkeA1yfq28dTm2UoruP9CwraOYbODSqfUceNFHYCZpnQ5aMPle2iYsporIcKK1AGACf5S7EJJvu/s1600/nadia+pignatone+2.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484637429597277650" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 344px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpoJLo80IL45HbeVbFbluaeQG39edlasO0pBsVGZ95kIJulAHgD9z0s8-sVsJ2uvf6vxkeA1yfq28dTm2UoruP9CwraOYbODSqfUceNFHYCZpnQ5aMPle2iYsporIcKK1AGACf5S7EJJvu/s400/nadia+pignatone+2.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSUQIdbCdADkAw5KRXssxwoA6GTCaqYGl3XQiNwDSiKAO_peJiTCHYkZ9tlWMmF7WlztVMb2W7ib0ARthtwg23IpCjWC3EjailpYYgJM41M2Ls6XTG4csJVQBwJzZept_ENYEtI49BHT8Y/s1600/nadia+pignatone+5.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484637458265492418" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 237px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSUQIdbCdADkAw5KRXssxwoA6GTCaqYGl3XQiNwDSiKAO_peJiTCHYkZ9tlWMmF7WlztVMb2W7ib0ARthtwg23IpCjWC3EjailpYYgJM41M2Ls6XTG4csJVQBwJzZept_ENYEtI49BHT8Y/s400/nadia+pignatone+5.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ9eBl-SnIkjDZZ77BRJVplIwOfcw9dErHLf6YAteXtmR9UZMJvi-NntDnmXfI3r08lyFIHVE-SLgSNVM1zi2S2mg2-Yx461_CWa5o24KV2HQuL1O3bT0aLg9H91gnebtXv5D-r1XINv1b/s1600/nadia+pignatone+4.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484637454323323554" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 237px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ9eBl-SnIkjDZZ77BRJVplIwOfcw9dErHLf6YAteXtmR9UZMJvi-NntDnmXfI3r08lyFIHVE-SLgSNVM1zi2S2mg2-Yx461_CWa5o24KV2HQuL1O3bT0aLg9H91gnebtXv5D-r1XINv1b/s400/nadia+pignatone+4.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGW3gMNUdtcxiW8SDtlvdTh9hiZVRh2BVQbe1dcWVBxg180fGfOSrNMylINzH-sPMetDFmFSygkmB40yes-dSjMfZzi5RAnxpH9iQ2EjcPXh30nf424VfXRrNME-z53nxWzRRp4k2T65tv/s1600/nadia+pignatone+3.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484637430737564418" style="WIDTH: 257px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGW3gMNUdtcxiW8SDtlvdTh9hiZVRh2BVQbe1dcWVBxg180fGfOSrNMylINzH-sPMetDFmFSygkmB40yes-dSjMfZzi5RAnxpH9iQ2EjcPXh30nf424VfXRrNME-z53nxWzRRp4k2T65tv/s400/nadia+pignatone+3.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCeA10F7Rosn5lHW1G9G8z7sbMO7hbq6Asm3TemCRST-jbCs1XFl_zQXtVDUQ9ls1mg07il4fDP2MpZswv55tq5kgIvkJKevD0W9WGvLnooJ4rms1f4vn6eA2cSmoDtvCBrbAz2uufluAw/s1600/nadia+pignatone+1.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484637419119368274" style="WIDTH: 272px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCeA10F7Rosn5lHW1G9G8z7sbMO7hbq6Asm3TemCRST-jbCs1XFl_zQXtVDUQ9ls1mg07il4fDP2MpZswv55tq5kgIvkJKevD0W9WGvLnooJ4rms1f4vn6eA2cSmoDtvCBrbAz2uufluAw/s400/nadia+pignatone+1.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">(images and quote from <a href="http://www.nadiapignatone.com/">Nadia Pignatone</a>)</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;">NOTES:</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">visit Nadia's <a href="http://www.nadiapignatone.com/">website</a></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . </span></div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;color:#cc66cc;"><em>See you soon for Q!</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;color:#cc66cc;"><em></em></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"><em><span style="color:#cc66cc;"><span style="font-size:180%;">xxoo</span><br /></span></em></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1327588164484617876.post-38486265000938173002010-06-04T12:55:00.002+12:002010-06-04T13:06:23.454+12:00+ Sara Olmos<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjniN4TWa_fiw_s3tsFAKjUhseZ_DWWqUBTxbEGSFgbBKngzAN4RDMEM_B787-Oz9LdW60G7MP6BzrfkMsUXeInxcB4LLcFywWyYP7mjlQxJ-X_PPCNi9YIMHaL8n8wjhMyh-o_96H5A22X/s1600/o.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478716944719389842" style="WIDTH: 154px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 177px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjniN4TWa_fiw_s3tsFAKjUhseZ_DWWqUBTxbEGSFgbBKngzAN4RDMEM_B787-Oz9LdW60G7MP6BzrfkMsUXeInxcB4LLcFywWyYP7mjlQxJ-X_PPCNi9YIMHaL8n8wjhMyh-o_96H5A22X/s400/o.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;color:#cc66cc;"><em>It's Friday!</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Let's Go!</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:180%;color:#33ccff;">Sara <span style="color:#ff6666;">O</span>lmos</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I am just about to skip out the door, but before I go I want to share with you some gorgeous illustrative work from <a href="http://www.saraolmos.com/">Sara Olmos</a>... take a peek:</span><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyqOHSAfBPrQ2FIoICmooQiTLrWA4JXDnIeI0TrqUV5xkiAnhc-LuadrOmZJpJt19oKxTBDbII3ZdbNwZQM0iqZWAdLBXU3bXA6XOgHpiSs3-rEsPx5pHn_SunMlca5JL9dJB-xJ8GvnWx/s1600/sara+olmos+7.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478716938045467314" style="WIDTH: 283px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyqOHSAfBPrQ2FIoICmooQiTLrWA4JXDnIeI0TrqUV5xkiAnhc-LuadrOmZJpJt19oKxTBDbII3ZdbNwZQM0iqZWAdLBXU3bXA6XOgHpiSs3-rEsPx5pHn_SunMlca5JL9dJB-xJ8GvnWx/s400/sara+olmos+7.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicogrVtrx7cqTJj5D8aHqOrOBitPyOpoCytHg4CN9s0SyROyI4uMbCkOy5At10mdrJofkurLRmdEKjHCnf_NIHO8R3kKGlOBOmAC8jFOr_YrDj2503uZMHo3o0mnXoFn2WILtZKzN-3kkg/s1600/sara+olmos+6.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478716933324414978" style="WIDTH: 283px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicogrVtrx7cqTJj5D8aHqOrOBitPyOpoCytHg4CN9s0SyROyI4uMbCkOy5At10mdrJofkurLRmdEKjHCnf_NIHO8R3kKGlOBOmAC8jFOr_YrDj2503uZMHo3o0mnXoFn2WILtZKzN-3kkg/s400/sara+olmos+6.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7nGomm4zkcduS64B5xz6SwOzF7A9FBBTcg126lHmV9mI2pFX-4wF-fjHYBaQMflqpziBV3Y7dveD8g5AkzRFmHK4c3NXPnUmW-S_x-p5cTJpz_rTiXmWmaQn65KxCIRL4Xrrt-5DxcU0B/s1600/sara+olmos+5.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478716792064489218" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7nGomm4zkcduS64B5xz6SwOzF7A9FBBTcg126lHmV9mI2pFX-4wF-fjHYBaQMflqpziBV3Y7dveD8g5AkzRFmHK4c3NXPnUmW-S_x-p5cTJpz_rTiXmWmaQn65KxCIRL4Xrrt-5DxcU0B/s400/sara+olmos+5.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB-nDwxym1uu4M0z4Qi9zjX6ECoyEkEtn40M5C_zCkkUtyQBbewCgJBcMWN-MLMMj_4bTUpZTeAVGkdlYSHKSYAKWI0x-bWWme3aTEdfnk7yaWeSWEgSuPIL4LsuAmKJXJzDYUO5WL778z/s1600/sara+olmos+4.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478716789429761298" style="WIDTH: 283px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB-nDwxym1uu4M0z4Qi9zjX6ECoyEkEtn40M5C_zCkkUtyQBbewCgJBcMWN-MLMMj_4bTUpZTeAVGkdlYSHKSYAKWI0x-bWWme3aTEdfnk7yaWeSWEgSuPIL4LsuAmKJXJzDYUO5WL778z/s400/sara+olmos+4.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-QWROBfTdZpkok2F5CEJ6aPTsAfq_kK8f7rtul4hyaL8EGWjbgMsEw0fW8EeLfkFBTs6Q7Nj34ckLq0rF5oCO0T04Lkcmtu-Oi79ntmhZ7Vn-tA7KZSVSZkPh2pt3b_rtqqLp-J4rbxpT/s1600/sara+olmos+3.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478716779369764402" style="WIDTH: 285px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-QWROBfTdZpkok2F5CEJ6aPTsAfq_kK8f7rtul4hyaL8EGWjbgMsEw0fW8EeLfkFBTs6Q7Nj34ckLq0rF5oCO0T04Lkcmtu-Oi79ntmhZ7Vn-tA7KZSVSZkPh2pt3b_rtqqLp-J4rbxpT/s400/sara+olmos+3.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXr_h4zcLVieXRYGkBiwDyZ2ofl0hEfIbiy_BCIgUdqXmBoCfWg_Az5AtojF0wETJ3Bj6D5nOJv8CZVSmKOfmWnbhyphenhyphenDSwiH7PTbC1ym1evqVbOZCkl3wJsuVhLoXUS5ZTsTWxTyQNZIiMl/s1600/sara+olmos+2.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478716776637270802" style="WIDTH: 283px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXr_h4zcLVieXRYGkBiwDyZ2ofl0hEfIbiy_BCIgUdqXmBoCfWg_Az5AtojF0wETJ3Bj6D5nOJv8CZVSmKOfmWnbhyphenhyphenDSwiH7PTbC1ym1evqVbOZCkl3wJsuVhLoXUS5ZTsTWxTyQNZIiMl/s400/sara+olmos+2.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOJczdXb5YHux_Vid5IUsHJ_KyEOzn5HyRmZKQ4diDpENiud0ZMnzyZZTd0O78BjOGIr5b_Yu18lMCvD9N2NdU4sx2DC5N62id8Y-d0MLXYef-LKBvrKtlHFR8iNZvo-NKIAk3TnE_Bi3C/s1600/sara+olmos+1.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478716770761625858" style="WIDTH: 283px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOJczdXb5YHux_Vid5IUsHJ_KyEOzn5HyRmZKQ4diDpENiud0ZMnzyZZTd0O78BjOGIr5b_Yu18lMCvD9N2NdU4sx2DC5N62id8Y-d0MLXYef-LKBvrKtlHFR8iNZvo-NKIAk3TnE_Bi3C/s400/sara+olmos+1.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">(images from <a href="http://www.saraolmos.com/">Sara Olmos</a>)</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;">NOTES:</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">visit Sara's <a href="http://www.saraolmos.com/">website</a></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">visit Sara's <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/teconlene">store</a></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</span></div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Well my friends, I do so hope you have a lovely weekend. Where ever you are, stay well and warm. See you Monday!</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;color:#cc66cc;"><em>xxoo</em></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1327588164484617876.post-42741066822031741422010-06-03T19:49:00.005+12:002010-06-04T11:13:29.372+12:00+ Danny Mansmith<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZHRxvS2TMliqgXfNjTCvoRvvkYhp74JZ4OLGhGr5JB7Bdxo3vfrFM_dXPsWWSxGO00n7w1fSMKPQ1oAdrtmRn8Bwlle86fj2T2AWhFbNOvb04AkpVc5X4J4A5JawSn7ramHk4xYkq7Dj6/s1600/n.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478452055558760594" style="WIDTH: 154px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 177px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZHRxvS2TMliqgXfNjTCvoRvvkYhp74JZ4OLGhGr5JB7Bdxo3vfrFM_dXPsWWSxGO00n7w1fSMKPQ1oAdrtmRn8Bwlle86fj2T2AWhFbNOvb04AkpVc5X4J4A5JawSn7ramHk4xYkq7Dj6/s400/n.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;color:#cc66cc;"><em>Hi!</em></span><br /><p align="left"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">We're going to jump right in today...</span></p><p align="left"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:180%;color:#33ccff;">Da<span style="color:#ff6666;">nn</span>y Ma<span style="color:#ff6666;">n</span>smith</span></p><p align="left"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I always enjoy reading through an artist's bio and <a href="http://scrap-dannymansmith.squarespace.com/">Danny Mansmith's</a> was no exception - I could copy and paste it all here, but I'm not going to - I want you to go and <a href="http://scrap-dannymansmith.squarespace.com/why-i-make/">check it out</a> for yourself... here's a snippet;</span></p><p align="left"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><em>"I was the sensitive redhead growing up: the one that was picked on. So, from the very beginning, I was sort of pushed upon a path of feeling different and apart from others..."</em></span></p><p align="left"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I can definitely identify with Danny, not that I was picked on, but that feeling of being different - thinking differently, liking different things, having different interests...blogging has opened me up to a whole heap of like-minded people, it makes me realise I am not actually <em>that</em> different, there are plenty of people out there who are just like me!</span></p><p align="left"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Unfortunately for me, the outcome of my 'differences' are nothing like Danny's - this 'sensitive red-head' is super talented and produces an awe inspiring collection of work - you need to have a look through his <a href="http://scrap-dannymansmith.squarespace.com/fiberwork-mixed-media/">portfolio</a>...</span></p><p align="left"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><em>"It took almost all of the ‘90’s to develop a way of sewing that looks naive and disheveled, but still well made.There’s this really hard work ethic I have. But working and making art is my joy and freedom. It’s my survival."</em></span></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7hyz2HR4urLgLnJFJ4_C5Kgzozlodrv5fcOi2JrLYf-sZk3T8re7U-TB757DFMZ76F8R-eBdWSXN941UphVUptlKdBHUjypQKf9fPzC7N0CJwS_hvquolvvoT85XB_PMZunr7xVNQztBk/s1600/danny+mansmith+6.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478452047567473026" style="WIDTH: 325px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7hyz2HR4urLgLnJFJ4_C5Kgzozlodrv5fcOi2JrLYf-sZk3T8re7U-TB757DFMZ76F8R-eBdWSXN941UphVUptlKdBHUjypQKf9fPzC7N0CJwS_hvquolvvoT85XB_PMZunr7xVNQztBk/s400/danny+mansmith+6.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiATiM02qJT2iURbrfds7ulnLGFAyGFE8hUGonV2RdijMRfwGVj65q3wrAE7BU8wn18mjvVFnLfYLFOMLSohoShIjdy8j_95ooRCgKv-FiuFlfRwLMHz5hu1XJ8ZyPe89PWa-cKsucxz8rQ/s1600/danny+mansmith+7.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478452053341553954" style="WIDTH: 307px; 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CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg43yH9IYrMqUa6xmC2apd7bl-DPZIuS9tqjWnJMV6QUdlWxH8GHaH5Q6QhM3CUPXs6szJRaJ3nd4yFjKGC0ZmN0WkUWIbJ8LQPnNlbFyXVx9bGD1sgIXzmiIdlzBpNqsLQvUigv_e2sT8H/s400/danny+mansmith+4.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwdKYdk1MsiVF5oVXH2RtYSFjapZEHUMzbzrl_YhY6-CsdGiK87bdAPcJTP0TkDFGHgYBk1javdi94YcRdrV8qN6JXnVS2aI7aLclE-25FGn9CyMrpQ0D9D5dsRME-6-6IVKegawz2P1UY/s1600/danny+mansmith+3.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478451714299312930" style="WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwdKYdk1MsiVF5oVXH2RtYSFjapZEHUMzbzrl_YhY6-CsdGiK87bdAPcJTP0TkDFGHgYBk1javdi94YcRdrV8qN6JXnVS2aI7aLclE-25FGn9CyMrpQ0D9D5dsRME-6-6IVKegawz2P1UY/s400/danny+mansmith+3.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaWARHHc2veFZhqX_-AUeVOaS4S0En-wPfIMtadwjfc-5_caZn9CTfUvtW04ZvVQD07q959fvpEr86qZ9lRnfASJmNrfUxEPcP4HZgLhXG4VJX2e-4W8vAOBCN5g5viBB7qXE8XGQOHiAe/s1600/danny+mansmith+2.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478451709117553314" style="WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaWARHHc2veFZhqX_-AUeVOaS4S0En-wPfIMtadwjfc-5_caZn9CTfUvtW04ZvVQD07q959fvpEr86qZ9lRnfASJmNrfUxEPcP4HZgLhXG4VJX2e-4W8vAOBCN5g5viBB7qXE8XGQOHiAe/s400/danny+mansmith+2.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZUzrYf3CUlNYwYIYOaTbmpXtNYGgWWjE8bhoCdAKJfkfs9kNi_HaALUJXc1QWVJXJK9aIBb3XiVBtfZC-NVDxYeqSjdafvriZZYjMzXDhtTyP_ij7EWrwA34cfOHmFbGY60LSYJgu-Be5/s1600/danny+mansmith+1.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478451698507803314" style="WIDTH: 278px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZUzrYf3CUlNYwYIYOaTbmpXtNYGgWWjE8bhoCdAKJfkfs9kNi_HaALUJXc1QWVJXJK9aIBb3XiVBtfZC-NVDxYeqSjdafvriZZYjMzXDhtTyP_ij7EWrwA34cfOHmFbGY60LSYJgu-Be5/s400/danny+mansmith+1.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">(images and quotes from <a href="http://scrap-dannymansmith.squarespace.com/">Danny Mansmith</a>)</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;">NOTES:</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">visit Danny's <a href="http://scrap-dannymansmith.squarespace.com/">website</a></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">visit Danny's <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/SCRAPdannymansmith">store</a></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</span></div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The sun is shining! As much as I try to think positively about the rain - the sun brings a (very big) smile to my face!</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;color:#cc66cc;"><em>Have a great day!</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;color:#cc66cc;"><em>xxoo</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1327588164484617876.post-69219596753764092612010-06-02T08:32:00.007+12:002010-06-02T09:16:23.470+12:00+ Cade Martin<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoVeANMmaFAde40YV7ioTGB8GKevAZIQElh3XCcUGmA32-ERll9eSJXQeXAjchXYcf8ShHWfgjPYBcGNY_79dSXSKH8PPlPmoHUuTsaWPYXoN-TBSwE-K668hDNMtUCBdVTj0n2N4TuRJq/s1600/m.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477906957525246354" style="WIDTH: 154px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 177px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoVeANMmaFAde40YV7ioTGB8GKevAZIQElh3XCcUGmA32-ERll9eSJXQeXAjchXYcf8ShHWfgjPYBcGNY_79dSXSKH8PPlPmoHUuTsaWPYXoN-TBSwE-K668hDNMtUCBdVTj0n2N4TuRJq/s400/m.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> </span><div><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;color:#cc66cc;"><em>Hi there,</em></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Mid-week already! I hope your week has been going well. </span></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">All is good here, it is <em>still</em> raining but I try to think of all the positive things that rain brings - </span></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><p>One of the best things is that it encourages us to stop rushing. We become extra conscious of running here and there, most of the time unnecessarily. Rain like we have been having gives us an opportunity to stop and ponder, wrap up warm and spend time together indoors - and then there's the open fire, the warm hot chocolates, the board games and the extra snuggles from the kids - hmmmm rain... not that bad at all!</span></p></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:180%;color:#00cccc;">Cade <span style="color:#ff6666;">M</span>artin</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The photography of <a href="http://www.cademartin.com/">Cade Martin</a> is the perfect place to ponder on days like today. Have you seen his work? Maybe you spotted him when he was a <a href="http://www.dc-photographers-resource.com/washington-dc-photographer-shoots-for-americas-top-next-model/">guest photographer</a> on cycle 14 of America's Next Top Model?? You really should check out his <a href="http://www.cademartin.com/">portfolio</a>, his work is beautiful!</span></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><p>I've chosen some images to share with you here from a commemorative book produced by <a href="http://www.washingtonballet.org/">The Washington Ballet</a> titled '<a href="http://www.washingtonballet.org/_blog/Press/post/Wonderland_Commemorative_Book/">Wonderland</a>'. </span></p></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><em>"Wonderland gives readers an intimate look at the TWB dancers, providing rare glimpses of life backstage, and hopefully, a better understanding of what it means to be a performing artist."</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><p>Cade's collaboration with creative and art directors <a href="http://www.designarmy.com/flash/index.html">Design Army</a> brings together a series of images that are undeniably-breath-takingly-beautiful. - My fave? The second one pictured below from Peter Pan, featuring dancer Jonathan Jordon... take a peek:</span></p></div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI1SEzqVilUNUBkBB4NlHeis9AaT6oC_RPeNXnA0emMeftLxPcLzJ1ENJBVE8vhMD2nFONjQlIfoa_4_U77e5aoGV4J9f6k3amdaz74Nai4i_r6Zbx2-rQSH9wxsNz9gP2KsRr55lahQxX/s1600/cade+martin+6.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477906937872227170" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 203px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI1SEzqVilUNUBkBB4NlHeis9AaT6oC_RPeNXnA0emMeftLxPcLzJ1ENJBVE8vhMD2nFONjQlIfoa_4_U77e5aoGV4J9f6k3amdaz74Nai4i_r6Zbx2-rQSH9wxsNz9gP2KsRr55lahQxX/s400/cade+martin+6.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKCf5nbLof29A_koy4w-BFRlochv5J39jCCpajJv7AM-rvrNUZbKHPt9lLVxlbmLadqL1KLy2EFxd3NJxLXWJ6zohlZyUhSHYC1cKpm3TxL_LtCCmBHouNsMA6iPGvkfxYeEl34q07QE_C/s1600/cade+martin+7.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477910919842181794" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 202px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKCf5nbLof29A_koy4w-BFRlochv5J39jCCpajJv7AM-rvrNUZbKHPt9lLVxlbmLadqL1KLy2EFxd3NJxLXWJ6zohlZyUhSHYC1cKpm3TxL_LtCCmBHouNsMA6iPGvkfxYeEl34q07QE_C/s400/cade+martin+7.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimZwCSg1gafbG5nHvaHABOiZVULhncby4p_vA517-3Mp2xhz6rfpnrRK9kS8fvwosUsy7Xp0r-bCx5pYdJA3FEiwtPGMl6cktWQP53KV7CRXjggn1Z40ixQEC4r6fKAOAqeOL5Tklp5al2/s1600/cade+martin+4.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477906413617178002" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 202px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimZwCSg1gafbG5nHvaHABOiZVULhncby4p_vA517-3Mp2xhz6rfpnrRK9kS8fvwosUsy7Xp0r-bCx5pYdJA3FEiwtPGMl6cktWQP53KV7CRXjggn1Z40ixQEC4r6fKAOAqeOL5Tklp5al2/s400/cade+martin+4.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLPs9VlXIlSEvPCOFYuBsKauSYCjaIpd8cUkBpAAn6ZzbYJHah85VYk5wL9blVIzEgJ_7BF1eEOG3oAdchC_5uwNgdje6saMkdqjmkXrBXxUm2MXkVX9qBIqD5w0isQjxvsNbjonyBxI7c/s1600/cade+martin+5.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477906418933778386" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 202px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLPs9VlXIlSEvPCOFYuBsKauSYCjaIpd8cUkBpAAn6ZzbYJHah85VYk5wL9blVIzEgJ_7BF1eEOG3oAdchC_5uwNgdje6saMkdqjmkXrBXxUm2MXkVX9qBIqD5w0isQjxvsNbjonyBxI7c/s400/cade+martin+5.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirkANjl3Rrh8sgoqtme6ifa27qmKVCEUBLeKK_GJ-99Gbuh6UF2nznxsAdFa5x3TgwQ9Yv8BQClKsA-vkctg1bigr2aYGqhzavrHL86H9xrOxCXSd_b4CVRdyefpX1HOUlB5ZOhIYDxUc0/s1600/cade+martin+3.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477906411182591730" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 206px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirkANjl3Rrh8sgoqtme6ifa27qmKVCEUBLeKK_GJ-99Gbuh6UF2nznxsAdFa5x3TgwQ9Yv8BQClKsA-vkctg1bigr2aYGqhzavrHL86H9xrOxCXSd_b4CVRdyefpX1HOUlB5ZOhIYDxUc0/s400/cade+martin+3.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-Sfq8S_7vltD4gnnQDRoIU_qWybsblU-PWS_dfGqZXbyy8yaMTGcJtUW8Edi_gAUhRcuTkXim5JgASbVb7owvHoycCIMWI3hfxFej9YGh9r0KDjJJa4SY1oRkecOWwjBChxRo4_yworqe/s1600/cade+martin+2.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477906408607622018" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 203px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-Sfq8S_7vltD4gnnQDRoIU_qWybsblU-PWS_dfGqZXbyy8yaMTGcJtUW8Edi_gAUhRcuTkXim5JgASbVb7owvHoycCIMWI3hfxFej9YGh9r0KDjJJa4SY1oRkecOWwjBChxRo4_yworqe/s400/cade+martin+2.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxkYH0zs39HH3vqR6o0MoxpeZ4b8DKc2fRaRz2oz0QOPfconnqVD7nLQ1DpSqKjACkRBj-HOEj-VbmyjW0so_AdJVY4sgAXnoVcDQaN6xMrseNt0P3iWKpbyUbeTUlPunU-d0CemBfTZrP/s1600/Cade+AMrtin+1.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477906398383759506" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 203px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxkYH0zs39HH3vqR6o0MoxpeZ4b8DKc2fRaRz2oz0QOPfconnqVD7nLQ1DpSqKjACkRBj-HOEj-VbmyjW0so_AdJVY4sgAXnoVcDQaN6xMrseNt0P3iWKpbyUbeTUlPunU-d0CemBfTZrP/s400/Cade+AMrtin+1.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></p><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">(images from <a href="http://www.cademartin.com/">Cade Martin</a>, quote from <a href="http://www.washingtonballet.org/">The Washington Ballet</a>)</span></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"><p>NOTES: </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br />visit Cade's <a href="http://www.cademartin.com/">website</a></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br />visit The Washington Ballet's <a href="http://www.washingtonballet.org/">website</a></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br />buy <a href="http://www.washingtonballet.org/_blog/Press/post/Wonderland_Commemorative_Book/">Wonderland</a></span></p></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</span></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><p>Have a wonderful day!</span></p></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;color:#cc66cc;"><em><p>See you tomorrow! xxoo</em></span></p></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1327588164484617876.post-47920135678289042052010-06-01T10:28:00.002+12:002010-06-01T10:44:40.685+12:00+ Kerry Cassill<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwt72FHnPU3Rn-1_ftK25dsvnEioB32ExhsPtBlXK9Yp0BKMbxBPfCazsBGiqAibpcIRHI8c4RuneYdrMvlksEbKGSXh1yEcpQcYtCZytR4KNWtdFOwjsqamAQRBX0tcwH6KoiCqT4oOuN/s1600/l.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477565158661010626" style="WIDTH: 154px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 177px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwt72FHnPU3Rn-1_ftK25dsvnEioB32ExhsPtBlXK9Yp0BKMbxBPfCazsBGiqAibpcIRHI8c4RuneYdrMvlksEbKGSXh1yEcpQcYtCZytR4KNWtdFOwjsqamAQRBX0tcwH6KoiCqT4oOuN/s400/l.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;color:#cc66cc;"><em>Hello!</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I hope the beginning of this week is treating you well so far... we are going to jump right in today - keen?</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">let's go!</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:180%;color:#00cccc;">Kerry Cassi<span style="color:#ff6666;">ll</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">It has been bitterly cold here for the last wee while, and this morning, when the clouds all lifted, I could see snow (!!) on the hills in the distance - a good explanation for why it's been so cold! So today I am sitting at my desk, my to do list in hand, and a trusty heater pulled up close by, I'm wearing a scarf and layers of wool and I'm dreaming - dreaming about summer warmth, summer colours, and well, <a href="http://www.kerrycassill.com/index.html">Kerry Cassill</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I am so, so fond of Indian fabrics and have recently fallen in love with Kerry's collection of <em>"luxury weight Indian fabrics.."</em> Oh my! all those glorious colours and patterns that seem to so effortlessly blend together - heaven! Bring on the ice tea and long warm days I say! It is only 92 days until the first day of spring after all! enjoy!</span><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHfOZfAC0g20iBupAm4YtGeo55_meodKhkVgw_qGDfiNKceTJo0ZKYGGTFXdM-k7yUUIkzIFbGYk1dy8gN90lcs5sGBb6NrZfgU_O15wpJm_2CkOONNKUX1246sHZet5KNMgBT3VJqyiPI/s1600/kerry+cassill+6.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477565152443397698" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 268px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHfOZfAC0g20iBupAm4YtGeo55_meodKhkVgw_qGDfiNKceTJo0ZKYGGTFXdM-k7yUUIkzIFbGYk1dy8gN90lcs5sGBb6NrZfgU_O15wpJm_2CkOONNKUX1246sHZet5KNMgBT3VJqyiPI/s400/kerry+cassill+6.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjjD8EdUSiPqTyESi_Sp7ZaOYOYoZPtovnvIUsHPUdReHeVg1_SY1yJ2CpfRC25dEOMqIGzYwFkzFkVNB1Un3lHerqznYBPBBHC8Hb8iHlckJmfaPGSPb3-OB4nRRmuArPJcaiz5gI_LuW/s1600/kerry+cassill+3.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477564960742415986" style="WIDTH: 260px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 390px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjjD8EdUSiPqTyESi_Sp7ZaOYOYoZPtovnvIUsHPUdReHeVg1_SY1yJ2CpfRC25dEOMqIGzYwFkzFkVNB1Un3lHerqznYBPBBHC8Hb8iHlckJmfaPGSPb3-OB4nRRmuArPJcaiz5gI_LuW/s400/kerry+cassill+3.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLLsd3CK0amjxOX-2puC9BE46ZmQWiEivmxLIMR9x8lIvHxN1Tu2bTHrBWba-iwCllsCxujCUQa-WBO3qgmBQSUYKbSjbSe2-H6P4mJqVYlC3VxyjJ7SpirJ7RwLo049Q48qS98RIHAE4M/s1600/kerry+cassill+1.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477564948543520194" style="WIDTH: 390px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 260px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLLsd3CK0amjxOX-2puC9BE46ZmQWiEivmxLIMR9x8lIvHxN1Tu2bTHrBWba-iwCllsCxujCUQa-WBO3qgmBQSUYKbSjbSe2-H6P4mJqVYlC3VxyjJ7SpirJ7RwLo049Q48qS98RIHAE4M/s400/kerry+cassill+1.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL5d9NxHJV1OaMvBNM6ozZVbVtpvEXZoNrcWVB7-a7KGvDhoG8-pS5ceoNDcDb1l-2sV05GTSHEKVvnW6WWrabXZve46giVoKi6ClWNuuhb4CicvJ3bduNXSZ4BdfMaZR0O_q_3LiEqSWb/s1600/kerry+cassill+2.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477564957226783698" style="WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL5d9NxHJV1OaMvBNM6ozZVbVtpvEXZoNrcWVB7-a7KGvDhoG8-pS5ceoNDcDb1l-2sV05GTSHEKVvnW6WWrabXZve46giVoKi6ClWNuuhb4CicvJ3bduNXSZ4BdfMaZR0O_q_3LiEqSWb/s400/kerry+cassill+2.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFAjl5gx2mvdnh2KODK3zBfFq8xzjrJgsigCsAdTYh9pfielMibbjTqaA8nm03D-vJfJsyxoiJXFN1CzmChfJMBH4hfuZSTrkBofSeuwJWFCCjaDUKD_b1EJUrGvkOv6_cJtItaxBzi6tl/s1600/kerry+cassill+5.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477564975634634130" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 234px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFAjl5gx2mvdnh2KODK3zBfFq8xzjrJgsigCsAdTYh9pfielMibbjTqaA8nm03D-vJfJsyxoiJXFN1CzmChfJMBH4hfuZSTrkBofSeuwJWFCCjaDUKD_b1EJUrGvkOv6_cJtItaxBzi6tl/s400/kerry+cassill+5.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyUJs2ZqTKptPL3LZMtsrb-175CytCEjKYvQR6hagy0GiPUdmDkDGJpb-TUY0rVm8jxdpB7PIYDCtxNNYHjJhEfID1x7kFov0VFyipG4NAPlwasDSIAwc9MrB4BypIhvYOTecEmSzqMRRI/s1600/kerry+cassill+4.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477564970810257602" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 268px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyUJs2ZqTKptPL3LZMtsrb-175CytCEjKYvQR6hagy0GiPUdmDkDGJpb-TUY0rVm8jxdpB7PIYDCtxNNYHjJhEfID1x7kFov0VFyipG4NAPlwasDSIAwc9MrB4BypIhvYOTecEmSzqMRRI/s400/kerry+cassill+4.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">(images and quote from <a href="http://www.kerrycassill.com/index.html">Kerry Cassill</a>)</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;">NOTES:</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">visit Kerry's <a href="http://www.kerrycassill.com/index.html">website</a></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</span></div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Have a wonderful day!</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;color:#cc66cc;"><em>See you tomorrow! xxoo</em></span><br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1327588164484617876.post-20966729333568566572010-05-31T12:09:00.004+12:002010-05-31T12:44:41.689+12:00+ Katydid Paper Goods<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW7XMlXg9zIBkMJeS2e_Cb7T6fOi0PFFxP7zUToY2AGnp3dVqMWomMXOLPr6KFAkSG_yHztQCMg4SdSpe4De2LfsrtvZcriRm20KVYfnAHoRbS2-quqEcI2FGPu6RMlWl9hxbDKDit31cC/s1600/k.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477222392580133698" style="WIDTH: 154px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 177px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW7XMlXg9zIBkMJeS2e_Cb7T6fOi0PFFxP7zUToY2AGnp3dVqMWomMXOLPr6KFAkSG_yHztQCMg4SdSpe4De2LfsrtvZcriRm20KVYfnAHoRbS2-quqEcI2FGPu6RMlWl9hxbDKDit31cC/s400/k.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;color:#cc66cc;"><em>Happy Monday to you!</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">How was your weekend? Ours was good, lots of food and friends, and even a couple of neighbourhood discos! - there's nothing like a rainy cold day, a lounge full of neighbourhood kids, the stereo turned up loud, and lots of dancing, giggling and acrobatics!</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">My computer however has not wanted to join the party and towards the end of last week, was crashing every couple of minutes (arrgghh!). A bit of fiddling here and there and it seems to have calmed down a bit, but it does mean we are going to jump right over I and J and start the week where we should be, on K... </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Are you ready? I am!</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:180%;color:#00cccc;"><span style="color:#ff6666;">K</span>atydid Paper Goods</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><a href="http://emporium.katydid.co.nz/"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Katie Sims</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> is one of those people that not only has exceptional taste, she is super clever to boot - you can imagine my excitement when I got a note from her telling me that her long awaited online </span><a href="http://emporium.katydid.co.nz/"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Emporium</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> is now up and running. (YAY!)</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Katie produces a range of hand made cards using her trusty Gocco machine, and her Emporium not only boasts her own work but it is also chock full with a whole heap of other fab goodies - like vintage copies of collectible books by M Sasek, Japanese Washi Tape and all the good stuff from Darling Clementine... you really should check it out!</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><em><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">"My inspiration comes mostly from my fascination with, and hoarding of, lots of old stuff - like vintage stationery, children's books, nature books, figurines, kitchenalia, annuals, romance comics... etc!"</span></em><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgetSekIWXH30MLqd739R35j9MjdnWb0oGK4jehpaMK0jJZ4_LhDhmKCGChTOjMioH2wM2WrQDXx6LvQg2DRHG3nMpvhe38B3K69ytH-PEGg6B7pDSUbJ65L1TTSIr7SiQDAdTz2K4o0Fmb/s1600/katy+did+2.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477222219884283122" style="WIDTH: 400px; 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CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrbaTkuHjo6J1ehaZWQ0N09BkSG5ZW1dreclZEjExyVte6Mykl0ACdWr2P06YyyK7MMd0vrUC7o-rMdCVV8f3alhWtj43DcWSHVuIiT8ByLVxBtAOQhlu0ZZ-iVoScss1vmBrmJay3_ZcJ/s400/katy+did+4.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin7AD9WcigAufX3W9Pj-A_aZHT-fmno3X8SCngDUh6_9Wp25Bi9Fgh0mKSCNq-P7Exd1q9R7in_ssUfY5lz0xFY5TEdKfXF3o9zoeTqywnHIrLU5vmDimtNUHbhdoeiPANSPHNHRppylLF/s1600/katy+did+1.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477222209424798786" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin7AD9WcigAufX3W9Pj-A_aZHT-fmno3X8SCngDUh6_9Wp25Bi9Fgh0mKSCNq-P7Exd1q9R7in_ssUfY5lz0xFY5TEdKfXF3o9zoeTqywnHIrLU5vmDimtNUHbhdoeiPANSPHNHRppylLF/s400/katy+did+1.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">(images and quote from </span><a href="http://emporium.katydid.co.nz/"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Katydid Paper Goods</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">)</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;">NOTES:</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">visit Katie's </span><a href="http://emporium.katydid.co.nz/"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">emporium</span></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">read Katie's </span><a href="http://www.katydidpapergoods.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">blog</span></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><p>My husband and I have been working on a project ourselves... are you keen to check it out? take a peek: </span><a href="http://www.skbinsamoa.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">www.skbinsamoa.blogspot.com</span></a></p></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;color:#cc66cc;"><em>See you soon!</em></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;color:#cc66cc;"><em>xxoo</em></span> </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1327588164484617876.post-69695231207646871512010-05-26T11:01:00.005+12:002010-05-26T11:30:19.347+12:00+ I Heart Natural History<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK8AFJZBjhcTp4CiSeP0XJr3-MiZ0CIg3QlxIPHwfk9P34Iigw42DfAQCmLVuVaDVrSVhIUdKccqRVpUtjdHEI1jCo7IbCVbq3oxjnbvtLyj4_bgC06XX2FaPKoWq0bZRUAxc7vRu29lCD/s1600/h.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475347255308626290" style="WIDTH: 154px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 177px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK8AFJZBjhcTp4CiSeP0XJr3-MiZ0CIg3QlxIPHwfk9P34Iigw42DfAQCmLVuVaDVrSVhIUdKccqRVpUtjdHEI1jCo7IbCVbq3oxjnbvtLyj4_bgC06XX2FaPKoWq0bZRUAxc7vRu29lCD/s400/h.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;color:#cc66cc;"><em>Hello!</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I hope it's OK if we get started right away...</span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:180%;color:#00cccc;">Natural <span style="color:#ff6666;">H</span>istory</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">You may <a href="http://thedesignalphabet.blogspot.com/2009/06/vintage-tuesday.html">recall</a> in past alphabets my obsession with vintage classroom tools and accessories.. recently this obsession has been growing and changing, and well, evolving - which I'm sure is important when it comes to obsessions, don't you think?? : )</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Don't get me wrong, old school maps and anatomical posters still send my heart a flutter, but the new love that I have for natural history and botanical prints really does make me swoon...</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Check out the absolutely gorgeous collection of published Natural History prints that can be found over at etsy store <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/LoveElizabeth">Love Elizabeth</a>... oh my!</span><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpgk5aiDIkEv-UecgnjPX-1X2_CuyQGMuu-jvVjjS2FzqU1swzWZRTwjzx9fGmtdaQF5RmYoHD5aksCNV-NrMeOvQGoMeUfEr9DnWIUJIaC8BD9E8x7sXbT7fmiNdC6BQkg5uZggJf7a-X/s1600/love+elizabeth+6.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475349741303231314" style="WIDTH: 223px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpgk5aiDIkEv-UecgnjPX-1X2_CuyQGMuu-jvVjjS2FzqU1swzWZRTwjzx9fGmtdaQF5RmYoHD5aksCNV-NrMeOvQGoMeUfEr9DnWIUJIaC8BD9E8x7sXbT7fmiNdC6BQkg5uZggJf7a-X/s400/love+elizabeth+6.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLsCqpW4bKnKURpfRYiAnajH2y-gOM44EUiU4JJYJuV6EBZaDwc9C8zbNCo36jJy6bsMzzp8t9lC1NdY6ei1GRojqdveW9RmSFp2BzX3frATrj5Hpy-f0F2I_2IwnsGZN3-esWABhL5LOo/s1600/love+elizabeth+5.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475349555991930738" style="WIDTH: 310px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLsCqpW4bKnKURpfRYiAnajH2y-gOM44EUiU4JJYJuV6EBZaDwc9C8zbNCo36jJy6bsMzzp8t9lC1NdY6ei1GRojqdveW9RmSFp2BzX3frATrj5Hpy-f0F2I_2IwnsGZN3-esWABhL5LOo/s400/love+elizabeth+5.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-zDxI6T4Zodmlf4G9AQOEKS0TB1rBalZhUUuvY7e4yVbfHz1ojTXw4zk1HtMuZOuJTaRJjB0trXz6Mge6vyR2g4nXKOJZOxGITezaUx-AHLIEAU2p5nDVUD6F1kMgKAwbKsmApd45ajuh/s1600/love+elizabeth+4.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475349552850962866" style="WIDTH: 212px; 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CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 177px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZPAudNX38HpjKGEMkVeddqQajraCxyhoGa2sXHcRCAxthQKEV4eNeAwlM262kOxosoFzmy48W8YyRnJPJJs2zEUGCrRbF5_fWDWQy2TGJgoVyshJbYc8u3mVDZIOqeYqHdDY49qWC85Ru/s400/g.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;color:#cc66cc;"><em>Hi there,</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">We've got a couple of letters to catch up with today, so let's jump right in...</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:180%;color:#00cccc;">One Million <span style="color:#ff6666;">G</span>iraffes</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Have you heard of the <a href="http://www.onemilliongiraffes.com/">One Million Giraffes</a> Project? </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">In 2009 Ola Helland from Norway, was having a discussion with his friend Jørgen about the limitlessness of the internet; how everything and anything was possible now, and how Ola was pretty sure he could <em>"easily get one million of anything if I wanted to"...</em> And that was where Jørgen laid his challenge - for Ola to collect 1 million hand drawn Giraffes by 2011, solely using the internet.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">So, what started as a quick <a href="http://www.facebook.com/onemilliongiraffes#!/onemilliongiraffes?v=info">Facebook</a> update, has turned into just over 830,000 giraffes and counting... Contributions come from all over the world and include detailed watercolours, beautiful pencil sketches and crayoned children's drawings. </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">This is such a fun project I think I might get my family around the kitchen table with paper, pencils and paints and make our own little contribution - are you keen?</span><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJBVICW4znjq8Kb_jXL-5pw2xWbKUufO75YIcGH8FkqgG0LfzA2NvYsVskSLgejix0N7dbuyjFrdDuDOt5t32bvTjY-MCr42078vS9h9_ANoTdbDqdi4awybCwafkGtIovg_X5VkbQvTh-/s1600/one+million+giraffes+6.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475338387266310610" style="WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJBVICW4znjq8Kb_jXL-5pw2xWbKUufO75YIcGH8FkqgG0LfzA2NvYsVskSLgejix0N7dbuyjFrdDuDOt5t32bvTjY-MCr42078vS9h9_ANoTdbDqdi4awybCwafkGtIovg_X5VkbQvTh-/s400/one+million+giraffes+6.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpXPbdCxfoMl-u96Y_u3sSUTJmjglgVPV2XifOtBWfduWz6AqGPekOW3Bd23P1PfIAAh43cWwah-fuw2SjbJc9ysNmCPXcXN1J_1msb5wQ_EDm-0qNs17hec0IS-sshAdVwd8UPMsMoabY/s1600/one+million+giraffes+2.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475336829360576194" style="WIDTH: 257px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpXPbdCxfoMl-u96Y_u3sSUTJmjglgVPV2XifOtBWfduWz6AqGPekOW3Bd23P1PfIAAh43cWwah-fuw2SjbJc9ysNmCPXcXN1J_1msb5wQ_EDm-0qNs17hec0IS-sshAdVwd8UPMsMoabY/s400/one+million+giraffes+2.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFntfFfvDeOERpgC8kPn0M7GQA2n99puSMMyD2O1T4pKhOLfzfC31x5t29afdKRJt6QH1FZ_UViRACLSkBGVvOKLBHmjsrOm0mRNnNltv8u5QETSlWeEfKCFETnm4QPW0yTcpmnt9GwUoL/s1600/one+million+giraffes+5.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475336845967186178" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFntfFfvDeOERpgC8kPn0M7GQA2n99puSMMyD2O1T4pKhOLfzfC31x5t29afdKRJt6QH1FZ_UViRACLSkBGVvOKLBHmjsrOm0mRNnNltv8u5QETSlWeEfKCFETnm4QPW0yTcpmnt9GwUoL/s400/one+million+giraffes+5.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN80058INPjyCWwvT9Ud3Vy3kq1sohrAu1ZGhY1mpc9_iVv93wImEwoKYdefNb4UfvQjV7EZ3XEyWRFfuqBwfAeln1Co5Z2k0rb7KtMCeHiD8UjVlbT6pu3TYZ_E-e2ZriRVNwAT_OQvta/s1600/one+million+giraffes+4.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475336844274983602" style="WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN80058INPjyCWwvT9Ud3Vy3kq1sohrAu1ZGhY1mpc9_iVv93wImEwoKYdefNb4UfvQjV7EZ3XEyWRFfuqBwfAeln1Co5Z2k0rb7KtMCeHiD8UjVlbT6pu3TYZ_E-e2ZriRVNwAT_OQvta/s400/one+million+giraffes+4.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidwnlU8gCiqjErLUqmP6zcZOvDK-1SAhrGPEX-xVOR5ri3FrZ7JhcC_TcvORWDIUxF2d0jem7nhGe6Cyh_QSmGiPNhU511P967tXG-9v1XC566FjcaB2Vfu5hbs-mgJ97ZyVgMxmXTUig5/s1600/one+million+giraffes+3.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475336835561969058" style="WIDTH: 340px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidwnlU8gCiqjErLUqmP6zcZOvDK-1SAhrGPEX-xVOR5ri3FrZ7JhcC_TcvORWDIUxF2d0jem7nhGe6Cyh_QSmGiPNhU511P967tXG-9v1XC566FjcaB2Vfu5hbs-mgJ97ZyVgMxmXTUig5/s400/one+million+giraffes+3.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizU47gpQIO54OS3AzmfDf1jDzwYxnuJC_cwP1DI40rIBOX2ovZ4lJwyWR2lXmD1b_LY8LEtE5uu4zYpC5CnCJNxHT4OBi7UsTI9zcrNIe4Vs8cTHH4-F8GdgGK8Kd6tse1vLuF2ZB8EZam/s1600/one+million+giraffes+1.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475336820742791714" style="WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizU47gpQIO54OS3AzmfDf1jDzwYxnuJC_cwP1DI40rIBOX2ovZ4lJwyWR2lXmD1b_LY8LEtE5uu4zYpC5CnCJNxHT4OBi7UsTI9zcrNIe4Vs8cTHH4-F8GdgGK8Kd6tse1vLuF2ZB8EZam/s400/one+million+giraffes+1.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">(images from <a href="http://www.onemilliongiraffes.com/">One Million Giraffes</a>, quotes from <a href="http://www.onemilliongiraffes.com/">One Million Giraffes </a>and <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/6081316/One-million-giraffes-the-art-project-that-is-taking-over-the-web.html">Telegraph</a>)</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;">NOTES:</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">visit Ola's <a href="http://www.onemilliongiraffes.com/">website</a></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">visit Ola's <a href="http://www.facebook.com/onemilliongiraffes#!/onemilliongiraffes?v=wall">Facebook</a></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</span></div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;color:#cc66cc;"><em>Pop back soon for H : )</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;color:#cc66cc;"><em>xxoo</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1327588164484617876.post-58763817447661374862010-05-24T19:47:00.005+12:002010-05-24T20:24:33.028+12:00+ Floating Your Boat & Pia Jane Bijkerk<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmiIiLC-DwLLYLkYeX9EAw45tUyyL0mf4rv41tkilLIlnD4WGu7FdyEFijnlwqIJtwVI6v4Gwyu42fWgr6XwxWlY4zqDvKWqOozTEpi_CvsEjx2osQiYVGxZMTrX1R6AFThcTGN5Wo6VFU/s1600/f.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474740859917158914" style="WIDTH: 154px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 177px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmiIiLC-DwLLYLkYeX9EAw45tUyyL0mf4rv41tkilLIlnD4WGu7FdyEFijnlwqIJtwVI6v4Gwyu42fWgr6XwxWlY4zqDvKWqOozTEpi_CvsEjx2osQiYVGxZMTrX1R6AFThcTGN5Wo6VFU/s400/f.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;color:#cc66cc;"><em>Welcome Monday!</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">How was your weekend? I hope if was full of fun and laughter : ) Our weekend was good, we had a double dose of football (soccer) on both Saturday and Sunday mornings, and my lovely husband and I got to spend Saturday afternoon child free - which is a rarity for us...it was bliss.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I got to meet (for the first time) the lovely <a href="http://www.smallacornsnz.blogspot.com/">Amanda</a> this morning which was great and a fantastic way to start the week...All is good.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Are you ready to venture into F? - Let's go!</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:180%;color:#00cccc;"><span style="color:#ff6666;">F</span>loating your <span style="color:#00cccc;">B</span>oat</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Do you know what floats my husband's boat? Boats! </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I'm not so nautical, but Steve, well he could sail off into the sunset at the drop off a hat! We have a plan that we will do a stint of living aboard sometime in the future which we are all pretty excited about.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><a href="http://blog.piajanebijkerk.com/">Pia Jane Bijkerk</a> is living the live aboard dream on a canal boat in Amsterdam, this super talented woman not only manages to inspire the world but rents a dreamy house boat to boot... </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">If you jump over to Pia's blog </span><a href="http://blog.piajanebijkerk.com/WordPress/2009/05/16/whats-life-like-on-a-houseboat/"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">here</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">, you can read all about what it is like for her to live on the canal... here's a snippet;</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><em>"...When the sun shines it hits the surface of the canal and then bounces the water reflections onto the ceiling of the boat. The reflections dance and play, and move across the ceiling as the sun moves across the sky. "</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Go take a peek:</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /></span><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw2Hc6E0G2-OyX7shXMs0KanPxZk7dVtHLMzAkuHAE06Y5zKjUe9WEpvXRQGxeSMWLhNt1BAqLN-bhyphenhyphenCTNsKY9Y4Gl2m0KFekPmSQHnygE7-cPy-XM4EH2kzMK8YV323hvr6Y39z8TboeO/s1600/pia+jane+bijkerk+2.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474740559378400450" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 164px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw2Hc6E0G2-OyX7shXMs0KanPxZk7dVtHLMzAkuHAE06Y5zKjUe9WEpvXRQGxeSMWLhNt1BAqLN-bhyphenhyphenCTNsKY9Y4Gl2m0KFekPmSQHnygE7-cPy-XM4EH2kzMK8YV323hvr6Y39z8TboeO/s400/pia+jane+bijkerk+2.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7YBVmCCZTR-JzkCdgAa-yM7bGeEQ4_3Ptu5nZ7EWTCj-Eu0H2Un6pfe1rP1C-kQuEOqrJ48Pvszj1wziLBNJQEaWJRViA_BuOQPpOkcH2ZhWnTJu-k8cNPsn2ivTwlCwXZE5SRuyLDYLn/s1600/pia+jane+bijkerk+1.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474740553015816882" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 156px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7YBVmCCZTR-JzkCdgAa-yM7bGeEQ4_3Ptu5nZ7EWTCj-Eu0H2Un6pfe1rP1C-kQuEOqrJ48Pvszj1wziLBNJQEaWJRViA_BuOQPpOkcH2ZhWnTJu-k8cNPsn2ivTwlCwXZE5SRuyLDYLn/s400/pia+jane+bijkerk+1.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmOr_bviTAqaNPVc-oFllyXLtQAzWMszE0ZqhfnMygd__Tj5A4hOInMih_DvFDoVn-korpj1Iq8XR3bkZarEN8FmMmkqpCqzEjUFKYcgi1RC1hM0ugWVvG7Ky9k3YQgdYjBLJ_uCO_y2Dl/s1600/pia+jane+bijkerk+4.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474740570147482770" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 165px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmOr_bviTAqaNPVc-oFllyXLtQAzWMszE0ZqhfnMygd__Tj5A4hOInMih_DvFDoVn-korpj1Iq8XR3bkZarEN8FmMmkqpCqzEjUFKYcgi1RC1hM0ugWVvG7Ky9k3YQgdYjBLJ_uCO_y2Dl/s400/pia+jane+bijkerk+4.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitnt5Sapw6Kq4OYOcU6esFQCuIpyHcXU1Y2izwLb8eihX81C68C4of3BeJy7pRnnTjnJX-2ik5yIFC7Py1mkY7696ysWm9eYYSxLN1zVEakA3rnc-3gKAdZwYsSqWIeo4WtOZCkFdc8RkO/s1600/pia+jane+bijkerk+3.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474740564550456610" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 164px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitnt5Sapw6Kq4OYOcU6esFQCuIpyHcXU1Y2izwLb8eihX81C68C4of3BeJy7pRnnTjnJX-2ik5yIFC7Py1mkY7696ysWm9eYYSxLN1zVEakA3rnc-3gKAdZwYsSqWIeo4WtOZCkFdc8RkO/s400/pia+jane+bijkerk+3.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">(images and quote from <a href="http://blog.piajanebijkerk.com/">Pia Jane Bijkerk</a>)</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;">NOTES:</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">visit Pia's <a href="http://blog.piajanebijkerk.com/">blog</a></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</span></div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Have a great day!</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;color:#cc66cc;"><em>See you tomorrow for H!</em></span><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><em><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#cc66cc;">xxoo</span></em><br /></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1327588164484617876.post-89147263335839207072010-05-21T09:07:00.004+12:002010-05-21T09:32:59.847+12:00+ Endemic World<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmRo-qCflkz7sNI8V2rJfbrzlQhlCh7S6OT8l4kKgdLJPib6EkrQXFxxHusDnIpkz_DP8ceNbFGj0qcIFl_P9DeMyrbAfND7oEU_E3JyE6j0KsBbWta1orYNanlmpC_THVAP3K7bFvZnQ2/s1600/e.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473462285408922674" style="WIDTH: 154px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 177px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmRo-qCflkz7sNI8V2rJfbrzlQhlCh7S6OT8l4kKgdLJPib6EkrQXFxxHusDnIpkz_DP8ceNbFGj0qcIFl_P9DeMyrbAfND7oEU_E3JyE6j0KsBbWta1orYNanlmpC_THVAP3K7bFvZnQ2/s400/e.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family:georgia;"><em><span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc66cc;">Happy Friday!</span></em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><p>Well, this week sure flew by! It's been pretty good here - how 'bout with you? My oldest son is home sick from school today, all though feeling much better than he was last night which is good. We're going to hang out a bit today, watch some movies and eat lots of good nutritious food! I'm looking forward to it!</span></p></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Today I thought I'd delve into some NZ goodness... ready?</span></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:180%;color:#00cccc;"><span style="color:#ff6666;"><p>E</span>ndemic World</span></p></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I've mentioned <a href="http://www.endemicworld.com/">Endemic World</a> on the Alphabet before - <a href="http://thedesignalphabet.blogspot.com/search?q=endemic+world">remember</a>? <em>"endemicworld.com is New Zealand's online design store. It's a selective mix of fresh & creative design products from New Zealanders around the world."</em> It has an impressive collection of NZ goodies on display and I thought I'd pick a few of my faves for you today... take a peek:</span></div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmO2SCunYky1TuRXAWtFDKi87osehyBUOzENSacWNoZmN-nyaDGmiX5vgWx_dOJZrug20bq0nOt0KNZP6M9mJDnVMPw7x0gBteHK4zCbmiEPoVm-ic9YbIBA3NA8CP-Y9PzyBKqJ2Kwzyh/s1600/endemic+world+6.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473462280659494434" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmO2SCunYky1TuRXAWtFDKi87osehyBUOzENSacWNoZmN-nyaDGmiX5vgWx_dOJZrug20bq0nOt0KNZP6M9mJDnVMPw7x0gBteHK4zCbmiEPoVm-ic9YbIBA3NA8CP-Y9PzyBKqJ2Kwzyh/s400/endemic+world+6.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></p><p align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Print. <a href="http://www.endemicworld.com/fantail-by-flox.html">Fantail by Flox</a>. </span><span style="font-size:85%;">I LOVE all of Flox's work, and who can by pass Fantails? - they've got to be the cutest Native bird ever</span>!</span></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkk4toVqZBGFFF782aXj62uhPTzufm4HkS1iTJmXCsQ6IOd9lqUhVlkrInooRSsOFoIpIZbEPeaVw1SUTTg5iYb-lnhwOAj-5ocYODWLifw3CZS22n5CfrdpPlC8uI9FA88D8jUm_7dI8F/s1600/endemic+world+5.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473462095222811490" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkk4toVqZBGFFF782aXj62uhPTzufm4HkS1iTJmXCsQ6IOd9lqUhVlkrInooRSsOFoIpIZbEPeaVw1SUTTg5iYb-lnhwOAj-5ocYODWLifw3CZS22n5CfrdpPlC8uI9FA88D8jUm_7dI8F/s400/endemic+world+5.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></p><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">Above: <a href="http://www.endemicworld.com/patch-me-up-tights-2.html">Patch Me Up Tights</a>. From SpiltMILK. These cute little legs are perfect for adventures : )</span></div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKTD7rLJ1CvIvtTvW8HwE4Jv0Iwr13IfIaGr8ukAiUY-AmF5r4J3Vrx1bjkRyFF8w7loWyBPvAJ4VeF3IQvel2FOtyifhcO9_kjz44IaRtb3wRTOc87PHGU4flVQp3Jigx2JM1mn0NAnO4/s1600/endemic+world+4.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473462087744905762" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKTD7rLJ1CvIvtTvW8HwE4Jv0Iwr13IfIaGr8ukAiUY-AmF5r4J3Vrx1bjkRyFF8w7loWyBPvAJ4VeF3IQvel2FOtyifhcO9_kjz44IaRtb3wRTOc87PHGU4flVQp3Jigx2JM1mn0NAnO4/s400/endemic+world+4.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></p><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Above: <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.endemicworld.com/you-re-lovely-pillow-case-set.html">You're Lovely Pillowcase Set</a>. From Nice Work. Nice work, Nice Work!</span></span></div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsXqYfSpRKfsLuAD4t5uapq5ygzjOBoRRzVGJc-2i4vwCdJBqcQR1h74lumsruca9ksYtItkOKMuxYpbLYuuZXkd0MqjNjWX5hn8GhGSDxii-u1r0CBPu5XNC5B-nRzKbx79zl348IYKbl/s1600/endemic+world+3.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473462078352874210" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsXqYfSpRKfsLuAD4t5uapq5ygzjOBoRRzVGJc-2i4vwCdJBqcQR1h74lumsruca9ksYtItkOKMuxYpbLYuuZXkd0MqjNjWX5hn8GhGSDxii-u1r0CBPu5XNC5B-nRzKbx79zl348IYKbl/s400/endemic+world+3.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></p><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">Above: <a href="http://www.endemicworld.com/tui-tuckshop-bird-feeder.html">Tui Tuckshop Bird Feeder</a>. From Nuzilla. Definite fave!</span></div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTLp8p0R-aqjhyrx0jCc3AF1L0ZZkA5ZjIoVeV_ZWQvimZkBYo5HQpmahJY-ukmHiS5DqTt1dxZFuOk8hEtPTK_wifff7C7-DPwHAtZIohCdsPpn-ggAGW_7LfeER5BHrZyFjHG3Atikfn/s1600/endemic+world+2.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473462071729054050" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTLp8p0R-aqjhyrx0jCc3AF1L0ZZkA5ZjIoVeV_ZWQvimZkBYo5HQpmahJY-ukmHiS5DqTt1dxZFuOk8hEtPTK_wifff7C7-DPwHAtZIohCdsPpn-ggAGW_7LfeER5BHrZyFjHG3Atikfn/s400/endemic+world+2.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></p><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">Above: <a href="http://www.endemicworld.com/butchers-block.html">Butchers Block</a>. From F3 Design. Perfectly Industrial (and practical too!).</span></div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhadqpKdyDXrxTLy0jItS1T5VCgGfUdWVaLQ4qEXjOMpbG3TBhF9-0ci6K3peH7NbQ-SxFwYiH1tXlSqExiLPYtG_UUru6ACfnQxiRG_285EIk5hBNEAOpzeM1XNKTTj49qH38W1j-ewhSi/s1600/endemic+world+1.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473462063156802866" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhadqpKdyDXrxTLy0jItS1T5VCgGfUdWVaLQ4qEXjOMpbG3TBhF9-0ci6K3peH7NbQ-SxFwYiH1tXlSqExiLPYtG_UUru6ACfnQxiRG_285EIk5hBNEAOpzeM1XNKTTj49qH38W1j-ewhSi/s400/endemic+world+1.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></p><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">Above: <a href="http://www.endemicworld.com/kids-wooden-stilts.html">Kid's Wooden Stilts</a>. From The Black Stilt Company. One of my favourite childhood memories - so may hours spent on the stilts my Grandfather made us - round, and round, and round the house we went!!</span></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><p>(images and quote from <a href="http://www.endemicworld.com/">Endemic World</a>)</span></p></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;">NOTES:</span></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">visit the Endemic World <a href="http://www.endemicworld.com/">store</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">read the Endemic World <a href="http://blog.endemicworld.com/">blog</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><p>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<br /><br /></span></p></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Have a fabulous weekend!</span></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;color:#cc66cc;"><p>See you Monday! xxoo<br /></span></em></p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1327588164484617876.post-69432503166921931512010-05-20T09:57:00.007+12:002010-05-20T10:24:02.419+12:00+ Otto & Elisabeth Dunker<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT0nVJdPJXZH3z3AnnilI1BYvOpncnvu20f59joObHD6kk-InR2lWCeT-y6S74zimz6lONdg3F5i3EtsFWmFhnUYswDEoRyyOdjmiNCEUAJmXri8DuH9hFQ146sCKkUmSWfkA2S4MXLHLS/s1600/d.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473104740408021058" style="WIDTH: 154px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 177px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT0nVJdPJXZH3z3AnnilI1BYvOpncnvu20f59joObHD6kk-InR2lWCeT-y6S74zimz6lONdg3F5i3EtsFWmFhnUYswDEoRyyOdjmiNCEUAJmXri8DuH9hFQ146sCKkUmSWfkA2S4MXLHLS/s400/d.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;color:#cc66cc;"><em>Hideehi!</em></span><br /><br />I hope the end of the week is shaping up nicely for you. I'm looking forward to sliding into the weekend not too stressed and hopefully with an outfit for my brothers wedding! I am also on a mission to make 21 tissue pompoms for wedding decorations : )<br /><br />Something fun and inspiring to share with you today - ready?<br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;color:#00cccc;">Otto and Elisabeth <span style="color:#ff6666;">D</span>unker</span><br /><br />Are you familiar Elisabeth Dunker's (from <a href="http://www.studioviolet.se/we/us.html">Studio Violet</a> fame) blog <a href="http://finelittleday.blogspot.com/">Fine Little Day</a>? At the beginning of this week on Elisabeth's blog she announced a new side-kick - <a href="http://www.finelittleday.com/">finelittleday.com</a>...<br /><br /><em>"Fine Little Day is a multidisciplinary art and design platform and brand.Sprawling, impulsive and inconsistent. It is not faithful to any single line and does not have the ambition to be cohesive or even well thought through.<br /><br />Fine Little Day specializes in playful creating based on pleasure and joy.The main goal is to work with interesting and stimulating tasks. To produce happy and environment-friendly products, work shops and lectures for both adults and children. Our desire is to be kind, friendly and of course to have fun on the journey. The aim is also to have collaborations with creators of various kinds."<br /></em><br />What is super duper cool about Elisabeth's first collaboration is that it is with her 8 year old son <a href="http://www.finelittleday.com/?p=983">Otto</a>. Otto (just like his mama) is super talented and has created two wallpapers for Elisabeth's .com store. How cool is that!?<br /><br />Take a peek: </span><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNeCXkm8jZ5avS-th8N5G-Or7DSsEtGphtdTa7S11YEDHfNoQWhmvxotFgPUYTyKyyblLK1vQeDo3h5uNR_3e8TYtd0ts0qBiFSSh5Db8gNFsyJUbxeImVz3Q5NdSSRyszuOScnFUXb7-g/s1600/Otto+Dunker+3.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473104111173899698" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 296px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNeCXkm8jZ5avS-th8N5G-Or7DSsEtGphtdTa7S11YEDHfNoQWhmvxotFgPUYTyKyyblLK1vQeDo3h5uNR_3e8TYtd0ts0qBiFSSh5Db8gNFsyJUbxeImVz3Q5NdSSRyszuOScnFUXb7-g/s400/Otto+Dunker+3.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2OHcfTpDTZE3pO0tbJMwsl2axz9Xkh9azz3ezz-dVzxmBXeutUJHInnGMv56YXQTrMGpOUr_8V_Rh_X2qKzdDrbNB_G9gFKnBDoi0cGgzD7_rFHCK3sd2aH3Z0dD-2TIeZ3ZOLDPyAdgy/s1600/Otto+Dunker+2.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473104101810746386" style="WIDTH: 374px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2OHcfTpDTZE3pO0tbJMwsl2axz9Xkh9azz3ezz-dVzxmBXeutUJHInnGMv56YXQTrMGpOUr_8V_Rh_X2qKzdDrbNB_G9gFKnBDoi0cGgzD7_rFHCK3sd2aH3Z0dD-2TIeZ3ZOLDPyAdgy/s400/Otto+Dunker+2.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilN93hLquO6FAWabJg4kcwNxkBjX_N-QBhOuTJ0TMpgrwRL3Lw67UGqWsKtG8QYdcaBPie5yoEqydi1WOX_JEEfToCzlsGlwkeiCVP3NhumiqyhZtpQr6gduIig-Ukxw6Ykn8RGwr_FoFd/s1600/Otto+Dunker.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473104090430498994" style="WIDTH: 335px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilN93hLquO6FAWabJg4kcwNxkBjX_N-QBhOuTJ0TMpgrwRL3Lw67UGqWsKtG8QYdcaBPie5yoEqydi1WOX_JEEfToCzlsGlwkeiCVP3NhumiqyhZtpQr6gduIig-Ukxw6Ykn8RGwr_FoFd/s400/Otto+Dunker.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></p><p align="left"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">(images and quote from <a href="http://www.finelittleday.com/">Fine Little Day</a>)</span></p><p align="left"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:130%;">NOTES:</span><br />visit Elisabeth's <a href="http://www.finelittleday.com/">.com </a><br />read Elisabeth's <a href="http://finelittleday.blogspot.com/">blog</a><br />visit Elisabeth's <a href="http://finelittleshop.bigcartel.com/">store</a><br />Think you might like to try your hand at wallpaper design? visit <a href="http://www.photowall.eu/">photowall.eu</a></span></p><p align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</span></p><p align="left"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Happy Thursday!</span></p><p align="left"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;color:#cc66cc;"><em>See you tomorrow! xxoo</em></span></p><p align="left"></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1327588164484617876.post-21370650957529606172010-05-19T09:10:00.003+12:002010-05-19T09:33:17.321+12:00+ Cecilia Carlstedt<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6QyafYvO48AUcAXqDv8ANC1ESjsqEKHADYaFPmi_8GZaxMxmX0rnb3MrQCL2qm2PfXLdblT9k8ZomIY7VsXuGl5hYNNUr0jQv8cGA92JKvlLExXUlxZANPbqUUMa_fdkbcSBMsZS5ydWr/s1600/c.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472721287939410450" style="WIDTH: 154px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 177px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6QyafYvO48AUcAXqDv8ANC1ESjsqEKHADYaFPmi_8GZaxMxmX0rnb3MrQCL2qm2PfXLdblT9k8ZomIY7VsXuGl5hYNNUr0jQv8cGA92JKvlLExXUlxZANPbqUUMa_fdkbcSBMsZS5ydWr/s400/c.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;color:#cc66cc;"><em>Happy Wednesday to you!</em></span> </span></div><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><p>What do you have planned for today? I have lots of work to do on a project I have on at the moment, I'm at one of those 'stuck' points - do you know the ones? I really do need to take it to the next step, so I've lit the fire, I'm about to go for a walk, and then I plan to go head-long into it.</span></p></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I've chosen some beautiful work to share today. Let's take a peek: <p></span></p></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:180%;color:#00cccc;"><span style="color:#ff6666;">C</span>ecilia <span style="color:#ff6666;">C</span>arlstedt</span></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><p>Since the end of alphabet*ten I've been a bit out of the blog loop. I haven't been delving into my daily dose of blog reading and inspiration-finding, so there has been major catchup happening this last week or so. One of my favourite places to linger is at <a href="http://www.elsa-may.blogspot.com/">Elsa-May</a>. </span></p></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I've told you about Elsa-May <a href="http://thedesignalphabet.blogspot.com/2009/09/elizabeth-graeber-jennifer-eng-elsa-may.html">before</a> - do you remember? My recent visit was the first in a what seems like a long while, and as always, Annie has collated a gorgeous collection of art, fashion, photography and poetry...and, introduced me to <a href="http://www.ceciliacarlstedt.com/">Cecilia Carlstedt</a>, an amazing fashion illustrator.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><p>There isn't much online about Cecilia, but there is this interview with ACAD design student <a href="http://afterartcollege.blogspot.com/2009/05/cecilia-carlstedt.html">Vishu Mahajan</a>, which you should pop over and <a href="http://afterartcollege.blogspot.com/2009/05/cecilia-carlstedt.html">read</a>...</span></p></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">In the meantime, ponder over these pieces from <a href="http://www.ceciliacarlstedt.com/">Cecilia's portfolio</a> - beautiful!</span></div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_IZgrcaj0s1EDk6VeMFsp7_XxoRi0UIje9gTNBZoxcB8yY8QEqYvBZEeentcYigakzQ3BOLccyqvVkK3riUhuuNc4M9_Gcck_16YdVxLoAtwZqLELXXEg3zkF6MIUsnDFB5OYfAI-L-7N/s1600/cecelia+carlstedt+1.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472720960124284354" style="WIDTH: 290px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_IZgrcaj0s1EDk6VeMFsp7_XxoRi0UIje9gTNBZoxcB8yY8QEqYvBZEeentcYigakzQ3BOLccyqvVkK3riUhuuNc4M9_Gcck_16YdVxLoAtwZqLELXXEg3zkF6MIUsnDFB5OYfAI-L-7N/s400/cecelia+carlstedt+1.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOjmQcD4pIGHOmrWJvS9sqt9Vxdu8QoxNRLlII9pJVU0Qys-LKrFvahtz5FM_xVNqXQoSoWgEqlS4Wt_hthdVEcGjdDjzQNow4eclru84kkGzUHBrHXml3NRSjQyn3izXNLd0hmBUaOBrh/s1600/cecelia+carlstedt+6.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472721281565691890" style="WIDTH: 260px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 399px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOjmQcD4pIGHOmrWJvS9sqt9Vxdu8QoxNRLlII9pJVU0Qys-LKrFvahtz5FM_xVNqXQoSoWgEqlS4Wt_hthdVEcGjdDjzQNow4eclru84kkGzUHBrHXml3NRSjQyn3izXNLd0hmBUaOBrh/s400/cecelia+carlstedt+6.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW-tuBchfnlOidypRjxnJUXiDWVcl0wJyehXa183_yJ3y4ka7UdLJiRzmGvay9KjvetwVSC9FgEsVubvq1g8FggVncy6-Ulm7zqNIjxej8N9h8hXbA2b0pPVYnF1TRiTITClre9bn58Gjd/s1600/cecelia+carlstedt+5.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472720985500791282" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 283px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW-tuBchfnlOidypRjxnJUXiDWVcl0wJyehXa183_yJ3y4ka7UdLJiRzmGvay9KjvetwVSC9FgEsVubvq1g8FggVncy6-Ulm7zqNIjxej8N9h8hXbA2b0pPVYnF1TRiTITClre9bn58Gjd/s400/cecelia+carlstedt+5.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA9tRYDA04fXuHNC0hS5oS_jESC-Uf1uyZd8UHDOFJuabxB-DW64KfKKk6_AGPE1vj497cMzTphWycppPn8jB0__6AypeGps528pXclECkku_-zigqiT1qJH_ovpCrNLH47vi1rVCg60RW/s1600/cecelia+carlstedt+4.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472720975464005922" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 282px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA9tRYDA04fXuHNC0hS5oS_jESC-Uf1uyZd8UHDOFJuabxB-DW64KfKKk6_AGPE1vj497cMzTphWycppPn8jB0__6AypeGps528pXclECkku_-zigqiT1qJH_ovpCrNLH47vi1rVCg60RW/s400/cecelia+carlstedt+4.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4YflnUxshmt088BxpX8sPx_EqO0X2AQgbs4wuPiOIjWGRGkQsBY8IQuEzTLeMLX835zxWvnV0D_oUR-rJgh3T9kgeVOTZtjkPqDQIoFJQlpC9OAzPxBIHjbYkAZ1_HwvWqs0iI9TjAzjL/s1600/cecelia+carlstedt+3.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472720972788846402" style="WIDTH: 288px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4YflnUxshmt088BxpX8sPx_EqO0X2AQgbs4wuPiOIjWGRGkQsBY8IQuEzTLeMLX835zxWvnV0D_oUR-rJgh3T9kgeVOTZtjkPqDQIoFJQlpC9OAzPxBIHjbYkAZ1_HwvWqs0iI9TjAzjL/s400/cecelia+carlstedt+3.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGXqj3yOTTlBm8LZ3rExgZTu3KQg6bbSm7L0QPK3nMYMBVUoQYwWvZR4rByobJVDhiLL-v-izRZegGVfiAmsGzoY1PNiT50DfKAPGth7fJa1y5SsH7dAEMRg6q8BbwJVKiaKVup7K89EPg/s1600/cecelia+carlstedt+2.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472720966938611938" style="WIDTH: 269px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 399px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGXqj3yOTTlBm8LZ3rExgZTu3KQg6bbSm7L0QPK3nMYMBVUoQYwWvZR4rByobJVDhiLL-v-izRZegGVfiAmsGzoY1PNiT50DfKAPGth7fJa1y5SsH7dAEMRg6q8BbwJVKiaKVup7K89EPg/s400/cecelia+carlstedt+2.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></p><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">(images from <a href="http://www.ceciliacarlstedt.com/">Cecilia Carlstedt</a>, with thanks to <a href="http://www.agentbauer.com/illustrators/ceciliacarlstedt">Agent Bauer</a> and <a href="http://www.elsa-may.blogspot.com/">Elsa-May</a>)</span></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"><p>NOTES:<br /></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">visit Cecilia's <a href="http://www.ceciliacarlstedt.com/">website</a></span></p></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</span></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><p>Have a wonderful day!</span></p></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;color:#cc66cc;"><em><p>See you tomorrow! xxoo</em></span></p></div><div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1327588164484617876.post-69348774136857840832010-05-18T06:00:00.003+12:002010-05-18T06:19:32.699+12:00+ I Heart Birds<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472148284685016498" style="WIDTH: 154px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 177px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoUE7wQZQx4yNaGU4NyBjvPGYX7XhCXv46j3ZApr8H8fnAgB0YbbxTn4wS1wA-GQol4TYCT7HJtixmfmqPibrmqwMpzNRljsHUE6gTULxy1wG4mmsdqfwbZ8Q0ZkJt7So751TJn2hZ9dQy/s400/b.jpg" border="0" /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;color:#cc66cc;"><em>Hello!</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><p>I hope your day is going well : )</span></p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><p>All is good here in Alphabet-land... are you ready for the next installment?</span></p><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:180%;color:#339999;"><span style="color:#00cccc;">I Heart</span> <span style="color:#ff6666;">B</span><span style="color:#00cccc;">irds</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">A little while ago, when both my husband and I were home working, an extraordinary thing happened; a flock of seven Kereru (Native Wood Pigeons) had their lunch in our front yard. They feasted for a good twenty minutes on the berries that grow on the trees outside.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">What makes this so extraordinary is when I was growing up, I would of been lucky to have seen 1 Kereru, 2 was unheard of, and well, SEVEN!! I spoke to my mother about it and she said she wouldn't of seen seven in her whole life!!</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">My children, who are privileged to have this sort of carry-on happening in their front yard were rather blasé and said "huh? they're only wood pigeons mum". Little do they know that the regeneration of this bird has taken probably longer than my lifetime, and, that they are so, so lucky to have had it happen.</span> <p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtMO0C8aM9KmxPZSqzWMPMPsu5Wu_4WEABj6cMJg76qZoJ7Sx5pn7BS7vdhZ3br44BJFXGeoJBr4O7xkCtHI-D2VVSzGdvqno4_T1z8uqs5CQtLZX_zs67gNocx7nI9gApB1uuicJUoUa6/s1600/kereru+image+2.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472154057089601490" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 313px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtMO0C8aM9KmxPZSqzWMPMPsu5Wu_4WEABj6cMJg76qZoJ7Sx5pn7BS7vdhZ3br44BJFXGeoJBr4O7xkCtHI-D2VVSzGdvqno4_T1z8uqs5CQtLZX_zs67gNocx7nI9gApB1uuicJUoUa6/s400/kereru+image+2.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></p><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">This picture above (courtesy of my lovely husband) only shows three birds (they are about as big as a chicken). When I did a wee bit of research, they can apparantly grow up to 51cm from beak to tail tip. They are truly beautiful : )</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><p>"So, where is all this bird talk leading to" I hear you say... Well, it leads us here, to the work of Ryan O'Rourke and his absolutely gorgeous Bird Houses - not that a Kereru would fit in them mind you!</span></p></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><a href="http://ryanorourke.com/home.html">Ryan O'Rourke</a> is a super talented illustrator who's <a href="http://ryanorourke.com/home.html">portfolio</a> and <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/iheartbirds">'I Heart Birds'</a> store are definitely worth a browse - and his bird houses? - oh me, oh my!!</span></div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6GApxH9n2fRMaJv0CvTCkK5VZHZvRSVKiiDId0RwtOwVwXp1ITgm2t9vIjHRJjwpOOkl6Sr665dFC-s0zHglxvlIgKzkdOTFNfgh75-OutWBxobh2TRblJQNVyWmgmSuuJl2JS0CMIQ6a/s1600/I+heart+Birds+6.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472148201804361778" style="WIDTH: 338px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6GApxH9n2fRMaJv0CvTCkK5VZHZvRSVKiiDId0RwtOwVwXp1ITgm2t9vIjHRJjwpOOkl6Sr665dFC-s0zHglxvlIgKzkdOTFNfgh75-OutWBxobh2TRblJQNVyWmgmSuuJl2JS0CMIQ6a/s400/I+heart+Birds+6.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ3D2Pw3bR8MqhbXnbdo8ucnzWKL-RJNAE-00ktdB_1KZs9ZU7GShJBF2DfGQB7NNYxizMoU6M778n3h8-sDb-OvR2pPk9WEkisw7FG7UTgMfPHiu1HRtzxMn_8lh_rwGgEgQCeGM3yKMa/s1600/I+heart+Birds+3.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472147396851518786" style="WIDTH: 400px; 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CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 367px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy755eCjd3uHwx3anGDGTYGpT1V6YPv7-wFr-EHey6FV-UENi1oDjyq88EMwxXdTrSAbWpnDGZ5Fu0_hskTsNeFsSABFN2q0Y9dgYs-yAyhd2WZUO55qFhZ7iSaIbzkXsJSYVXIxGS8Tt7/s400/I+heart+Birds+5.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhihWsl_VCFiRS_SxxNwLzrQbrDJPi-577xYqLUFBjMR74zBhydNs_4GylcyEqPkGm7OzWwox0AeRgK3_ZHAgKS952MjsB4pt1keDQkxbe8TYuIVkv4aOcjESIB2JdDTgAyHYrGfwDQCoZ9/s1600/I+heart+Birds+4.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472147400134565218" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 349px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhihWsl_VCFiRS_SxxNwLzrQbrDJPi-577xYqLUFBjMR74zBhydNs_4GylcyEqPkGm7OzWwox0AeRgK3_ZHAgKS952MjsB4pt1keDQkxbe8TYuIVkv4aOcjESIB2JdDTgAyHYrGfwDQCoZ9/s400/I+heart+Birds+4.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBkQqZxpSVek9lRBMemrA7ZAdWFML6lWgMU7vZhEn6ss3Yk4brmVlWrORj_Je_3bUfcbpE14Gl8gu9PM5dzhQKO2Q1rsR1XPu6OAgbYYLi-KyRRBGcGOB-0f1612WsJRXWHas7tOsxnS9T/s1600/I+heart+Birds+1.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472147379708800354" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 348px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBkQqZxpSVek9lRBMemrA7ZAdWFML6lWgMU7vZhEn6ss3Yk4brmVlWrORj_Je_3bUfcbpE14Gl8gu9PM5dzhQKO2Q1rsR1XPu6OAgbYYLi-KyRRBGcGOB-0f1612WsJRXWHas7tOsxnS9T/s400/I+heart+Birds+1.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">(images from <a href="http://ryanorourke.com/home.html">Ryan O'Rourke</a>)</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;">NOTES:</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">visit Ryan's <a href="http://ryanorourke.com/home.html">website</a></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">visit Ryan's <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/iheartbirds">I Heart Birds store</a></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</span></div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Have a wonderful day!</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;color:#cc66cc;"><em>See you tomorrow!</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;color:#cc66cc;"><em></em></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;color:#cc66cc;"><em>xxoo</em></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1327588164484617876.post-5831289490383688692010-05-17T06:00:00.000+12:002010-05-17T06:00:00.659+12:00+ Athina Moisa<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhof3kHTmTRtSF7qRnmgEnIbZrcTIuof749S0fFlNq1SOJJt2-2hvDmp33tERoI72v2fjgZZZNUDzGiK2bBKnhmlppgGP5F8TJtHFMmjNZkulzLbwEBZfRDj2o8tqFwfLazrIlXz909V3u4/s1600/a_edited-1.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471575386799496594" style="WIDTH: 135px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 136px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhof3kHTmTRtSF7qRnmgEnIbZrcTIuof749S0fFlNq1SOJJt2-2hvDmp33tERoI72v2fjgZZZNUDzGiK2bBKnhmlppgGP5F8TJtHFMmjNZkulzLbwEBZfRDj2o8tqFwfLazrIlXz909V3u4/s400/a_edited-1.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;color:#cc66cc;"><em>Hello!</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">A warm welcome to alphabet*eleven! </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">How have things been with you? I do hope all has been well. </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">We are all settled in to our new home. The view is outstanding and it is a joy to wake up to every morning : ) Our little house is great, is always full of children (and if not, it is quiet because our children are filling up a neighbours house!). In our old house, we pretty much just stuck to ourselves, and it has been great to move in to a neighbourhood full of kids and family's.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Speaking of neighbourhoods, I'm exited to be begin the alphabet with the following artist - are you ready?</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Let's go!</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:180%;color:#00cccc;"><span style="color:#ff6666;">A</span>thina Moisa</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">When I had my little retail store I had the pleasure of meeting Wellington (NZ) artist Athina Moisa. We had discussed the possibility of selling Athina's knitted baby hats and during our chats she had told me she was an artist, that she loved wool and had been creating artwork for the last few years. At that time, I didn't take the opportunity to delve into Athina's work, but I am so glad I have now!</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Recently when I was introduced to the <a href="http://www.pablosart.org.nz/">Pablos</a> website, and I came across Athina's <a href="http://www.pablosart.org.nz/artists/Athina/Athina%20Moisa.html">bio</a>, it was one of those "come and look at this!" moments. These works below were inspired by a trip to Greece, and are hand stitched using wool...</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><em> "Moisa was struck by how close together all the houses were. So close, in fact, that you could lean over and talk to your neighbour, encouraging a greater sense of connectedness and community."</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I love it!</span><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqlu1H2u3hw6W5_fdKXedCD1_G7SZ3wZG7a2P3fT9G94R65p4Wkc3Kxh3nXqO3EoEgYaCrvAGb-E2lPeklsK-tFNzhGD_gN74AUszw6SFTKS1OxY3u0x3ISj3UVvwEP_e9wziqdnoWfMzV/s1600/athina+moisa+6.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471574915896351362" style="WIDTH: 376px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 350px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqlu1H2u3hw6W5_fdKXedCD1_G7SZ3wZG7a2P3fT9G94R65p4Wkc3Kxh3nXqO3EoEgYaCrvAGb-E2lPeklsK-tFNzhGD_gN74AUszw6SFTKS1OxY3u0x3ISj3UVvwEP_e9wziqdnoWfMzV/s400/athina+moisa+6.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZpj3kQt3j7gn2mnq3DK-XlKuBy17A8Z6PkEcIir3UrZ0iDhowZT1U5N3kSVMAYO-qqjCwOeYwZmjWRW2UvRopGSAoiWiBPcV5avisy24qO4MBY17mcMVvxSscGe6FjBY6SYBWK-vtbYC9/s1600/athina+moisa+5.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471574908991172994" style="WIDTH: 336px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 337px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZpj3kQt3j7gn2mnq3DK-XlKuBy17A8Z6PkEcIir3UrZ0iDhowZT1U5N3kSVMAYO-qqjCwOeYwZmjWRW2UvRopGSAoiWiBPcV5avisy24qO4MBY17mcMVvxSscGe6FjBY6SYBWK-vtbYC9/s400/athina+moisa+5.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRr4Wbgl_8xqMobIKCabaxESFGeeI_8WwuyUhs_pL1VH73-l6ohGAyXt6dL4HfIYkManSx27ZW2tD8TqfjZVrEVhq9p8rFqjsZXezDakU8kQQfbeid18Kbo01YbLjoEO9oy8TQpfdoLTMU/s1600/athina+moisa+1.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471573860425465954" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 268px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRr4Wbgl_8xqMobIKCabaxESFGeeI_8WwuyUhs_pL1VH73-l6ohGAyXt6dL4HfIYkManSx27ZW2tD8TqfjZVrEVhq9p8rFqjsZXezDakU8kQQfbeid18Kbo01YbLjoEO9oy8TQpfdoLTMU/s400/athina+moisa+1.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipJy1QQ56vIxWx9-5EAXw0tAdwmoNzri5RWobws7_ojZSKotUY-Lt5rUac8EqMnkp4YcydrftoAy6sEXBISp5TG90uqY6Mrj8nBfBGmbPgXXYidCZ7HalvaX8p43xitAVO4HhrMB4f-EIO/s1600/athina+moisa+4.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471573879987339650" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 392px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipJy1QQ56vIxWx9-5EAXw0tAdwmoNzri5RWobws7_ojZSKotUY-Lt5rUac8EqMnkp4YcydrftoAy6sEXBISp5TG90uqY6Mrj8nBfBGmbPgXXYidCZ7HalvaX8p43xitAVO4HhrMB4f-EIO/s400/athina+moisa+4.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMkuOwfBBoKaD0frmBj2K3Y1k2yov7sPu81mlPIJtT4r3EEMcZ1oSDTJZZSOOnI1bx3yy-mPRsMmzxSB_nzm2OHyALY3XTmjWErql_EjTWb7g6wCttzZUAaKyoxtoVBUXDU15eTeo91Owc/s1600/athina+moisa+3.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471573873154013266" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 357px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMkuOwfBBoKaD0frmBj2K3Y1k2yov7sPu81mlPIJtT4r3EEMcZ1oSDTJZZSOOnI1bx3yy-mPRsMmzxSB_nzm2OHyALY3XTmjWErql_EjTWb7g6wCttzZUAaKyoxtoVBUXDU15eTeo91Owc/s400/athina+moisa+3.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCStgI7M5DOOQ9rFN6v6DWdKMuzkd4monj82M0zRTNqMMV_7vUuvtChq-S-JQPzLbW8lvqlL83kv11AjZXqFb1bpYRZMA-HuUkkLhrr3mhsSE9P_kt1BNodtN-K9pvG-PngjhfyPnkD1EW/s1600/athina+moisa+2.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471573870161082082" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 377px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCStgI7M5DOOQ9rFN6v6DWdKMuzkd4monj82M0zRTNqMMV_7vUuvtChq-S-JQPzLbW8lvqlL83kv11AjZXqFb1bpYRZMA-HuUkkLhrr3mhsSE9P_kt1BNodtN-K9pvG-PngjhfyPnkD1EW/s400/athina+moisa+2.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">(images from <a href="http://www.pablosart.org.nz/">Pablos</a> and <a href="http://www.objectspace.org.nz/programme/show.php?documentCode=1502">Objectspace</a>, quote from <a href="http://www.pablosart.org.nz/">Pablos</a>)</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;">NOTE:</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">see Athina's work on the <a href="http://www.pablosart.org.nz/artists/Athina/Athina%20Moisa.html">Pablos website</a></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</span></div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">A wonderful way to not only start this alphabet, but also start the week!</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;color:#cc66cc;"><em>See you tomorrow my friends - happy day!</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;color:#cc66cc;"><em></em></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"><em><span style="color:#cc66cc;"><span style="font-size:180%;">xxoo</span><br /></span></em></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1327588164484617876.post-56674994096466052412010-05-10T08:42:00.004+12:002010-05-10T09:02:42.765+12:00save the date!<div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Hello Alphabet friends : )</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Alphabet*eleven is on it's way! Pop back next Monday (the17th) for our next 26 letter ride... are you ready?</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">In the meantime, check out these beautiful Carnival Ride photographs from <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/gbrosseau">Ginette Brosseau</a>, </span><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">the colours are magic!</span></div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheC0TaID5NbEblwZbtuUOz6RuO2n4vFn7rubbyB1tf4J4Whuqr3BhRh3BVEV33L0r-8Ac3hWcIYxg9gvRdHj-LCCcJoMWV0bUJjfuCboPr5EOmzdznCjN0KISfYHIdAgOOq1JSHr7fMfXX/s1600/gbrosseau+5.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469377830403479330" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheC0TaID5NbEblwZbtuUOz6RuO2n4vFn7rubbyB1tf4J4Whuqr3BhRh3BVEV33L0r-8Ac3hWcIYxg9gvRdHj-LCCcJoMWV0bUJjfuCboPr5EOmzdznCjN0KISfYHIdAgOOq1JSHr7fMfXX/s400/gbrosseau+5.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR2xR5dpM1SqBqMezukZeMpVoItCrdcnwGPHdCQuuovzxXZhVKLBfFHm4H6wGdIAUfhS7GqAI8ckHqxK0IYmtV45k9L-Q-O5vm15m927ueNYUex3y5-pfcTsY9_Pdoll8Uo2M7SoWvW47y/s1600/gbrosseau+4.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469377826470576626" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR2xR5dpM1SqBqMezukZeMpVoItCrdcnwGPHdCQuuovzxXZhVKLBfFHm4H6wGdIAUfhS7GqAI8ckHqxK0IYmtV45k9L-Q-O5vm15m927ueNYUex3y5-pfcTsY9_Pdoll8Uo2M7SoWvW47y/s400/gbrosseau+4.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6YuF94uIGtIbKvnMIzTgwlnwNHG35srU5O5x2VNnv1XD-Hv5pAwkbqcKQMwkWQqsqvTVEKyR78V9DcpRQe-uzpR4lNLLmsPGimsLITUYpbn1kq-sd_5jgDGInYnxS9zFcQ1aJhFFumSqo/s1600/gbrosseau+3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469377807546784642" style="WIDTH: 268px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6YuF94uIGtIbKvnMIzTgwlnwNHG35srU5O5x2VNnv1XD-Hv5pAwkbqcKQMwkWQqsqvTVEKyR78V9DcpRQe-uzpR4lNLLmsPGimsLITUYpbn1kq-sd_5jgDGInYnxS9zFcQ1aJhFFumSqo/s400/gbrosseau+3.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiosAui4qEC2h5uzhcNxHxUCkjIqfkxZy1HBWtHPLZQYtOjAiXLu7TizCiC6utZjS6Bvw412b88Ey1PQAZ9Jho3FimV2u8cXMU8-vnbt2ktIuA-8wFsOOHaLqzKbrF1l6eQrg2xCYOj0rTw/s1600/gbrosseau+1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469377796462362818" style="WIDTH: 286px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiosAui4qEC2h5uzhcNxHxUCkjIqfkxZy1HBWtHPLZQYtOjAiXLu7TizCiC6utZjS6Bvw412b88Ey1PQAZ9Jho3FimV2u8cXMU8-vnbt2ktIuA-8wFsOOHaLqzKbrF1l6eQrg2xCYOj0rTw/s400/gbrosseau+1.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIeVZ0tprkmOmI78ysvI7u4Im6KozwoHn-truPN-IaVs2NkNoxBfpRfXBdJhyphenhyphen_F6Lg9jIApdMUyWI5JeqvLQIVNuZc256ME__AQ9T-Hmk0jiGM-k0bRbPjpVuOvAzkRaJyqyOsFZigQDtd/s1600/gbrosseau+2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469377801325889058" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIeVZ0tprkmOmI78ysvI7u4Im6KozwoHn-truPN-IaVs2NkNoxBfpRfXBdJhyphenhyphen_F6Lg9jIApdMUyWI5JeqvLQIVNuZc256ME__AQ9T-Hmk0jiGM-k0bRbPjpVuOvAzkRaJyqyOsFZigQDtd/s400/gbrosseau+2.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">See you Monday!</span><br /></div><div><div><div><div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;color:#33ccff;"><em>xxoo</em></span></div><div><em><span style="font-size:180%;color:#33ccff;"></span></em> </div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1327588164484617876.post-25018738206169097062010-04-02T12:19:00.000+13:002010-04-09T15:53:06.195+12:00+ Zara Carpenter<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqVNsgTy2BxpUFe3Ox2-tU0wo4Zz1d0zu6sAyZkRNbz_WXMSXUYarXhSMoBy4O0UPCMEGf9NZLzcru77eYnRBK5jkBgyX0bQxBBSDGcCNWtlO5JyRJw6FM8fWHJj_DWEpalh9H7scCHHyV/s1600/z.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453828774583193922" style="width: 154px; height: 177px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqVNsgTy2BxpUFe3Ox2-tU0wo4Zz1d0zu6sAyZkRNbz_WXMSXUYarXhSMoBy4O0UPCMEGf9NZLzcru77eYnRBK5jkBgyX0bQxBBSDGcCNWtlO5JyRJw6FM8fWHJj_DWEpalh9H7scCHHyV/s400/z.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 204);font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;" ><em>Hello!</em></span> </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Here we are at the end - again!! What an alphabet it has been! All this talent still blows me away, each and every time. I do hope you have found something that inspires you, something that brings a smile to your face, and something that warms your heart.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Shall we begin this Z?</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:180%;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">Z</span>ara Carpenter</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I am no where near brave enough to wear one of <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/zaracarpenter">Zara Carpenter's</a> creations, but oh how I love them! </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Zara's bespoke hats are inspired by some of her favourite artists and writers Mark Ryden, Edward Gorey, Oscar Wilde, Lewis Carroll and Angela Carter. They are full of whimsy and perfection.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">This first one pictured below is called "The Hula Girl Hat" and Zara describes it...<br /></span><br /><em><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">"Well I don't know about where you are but here its been a long hard winter and the spring has still not quite arrived...... how I ache for the sunshine on my face once more and the birds flitting through the blossom filled trees.Well at least you can wear a little sunshine on your head...... "</span></em><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">It's got to make you smile right??</span><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimMQYNCnku-hvpdT2Lg9uIYlObUEpy9QvxD21dInJFCW87kfZkivjqXezgoitgSWPx2uexvy8D2jUsocQLx00dOdYQ7YrETQgHbip4PjTtbzD9fm0R5oeSMuxxfJ4QSB1P9oHpyCBJXWbL/s1600/zara+carpenter+6.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453828759939726162" style="width: 400px; height: 400px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimMQYNCnku-hvpdT2Lg9uIYlObUEpy9QvxD21dInJFCW87kfZkivjqXezgoitgSWPx2uexvy8D2jUsocQLx00dOdYQ7YrETQgHbip4PjTtbzD9fm0R5oeSMuxxfJ4QSB1P9oHpyCBJXWbL/s400/zara+carpenter+6.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh8TxoIaCdR4jwbppn922mPlsYL08PL1_o-wDHAbaETvDudusxBwcBA73Z7WiHfs5KMvRTfet0bY_77wgzIyB2y3XMdIAlJEBMJ9Zc6ozzTY653ERGDSHXOIchyCGRKjNuqJ3nJgvZh8Ul/s1600/zara+carpenter+8.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453828770424559922" style="width: 267px; 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height: 400px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2rRlTH5M3YyfnFYKGpznoJ19l9YRP_3zi1gnB8A7ZfJXtVyiCN6xg-lFq-U0I1oZIHboMPpuiYIPkN9ec1eZpfpvtLG6NFlz745E-ftRRe8_sE8OrGA3krJcOcYs02DpdcDoyDEeEm40G/s400/zara+carpenter+2.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwJdF4VRjTdsBhsOhNZ4P2ETuJmopIm1bQiq6uRm2sll1TwfmkPSHsPstyLl8CzAlyQIsczJLvHuao37NdASBmnT0lBVYsBOsDYS-yagIvmj3S-BzEgZbmNvb93bilIpTKha-iAqz6G2fG/s1600/zara+carpenter+4.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453828565209884946" style="width: 400px; height: 400px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwJdF4VRjTdsBhsOhNZ4P2ETuJmopIm1bQiq6uRm2sll1TwfmkPSHsPstyLl8CzAlyQIsczJLvHuao37NdASBmnT0lBVYsBOsDYS-yagIvmj3S-BzEgZbmNvb93bilIpTKha-iAqz6G2fG/s400/zara+carpenter+4.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ5KyPan3uqtc3ixvzrK5wHi1PeDrT8fTT2sXT_DKfCQvXczbvpB652_xPzoqM6C48OvWmo1xaLCggUNWttqOgbyKXrnPWWPVlXnJ3YQQUQ4xyOjnW6ATeLS7vfXaR0lPr4v4B0tFUlAB_/s1600/zara+carpenter+1.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453828548011537698" style="width: 400px; height: 400px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ5KyPan3uqtc3ixvzrK5wHi1PeDrT8fTT2sXT_DKfCQvXczbvpB652_xPzoqM6C48OvWmo1xaLCggUNWttqOgbyKXrnPWWPVlXnJ3YQQUQ4xyOjnW6ATeLS7vfXaR0lPr4v4B0tFUlAB_/s400/zara+carpenter+1.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">(images and quote from <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/zaracarpenter">Zara Carpenter</a>)</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;" >NOTES:</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">visit Zara's <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/zaracarpenter">store</a></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span> </div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">So what's next? </span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span> </div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Well, we are heading into Easter break here, which means two weeks of school holidays for my lads - yay! I'm also working on a couple of exciting projects which keep me inspired (and working!). Oh, and we are moving house! A change is as good as a holiday they say, so we are making a move to a sweet little house on the top of the hill. The outcome of all those things will determine when alphabet*eleven will be launched, but I'll keep you posted! </span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span> </div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Until next time, take care my friends.</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span> </div><div align="left"><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 204);font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;" ><em>Happy Easter!</em></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 204);font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;" ><em></em></span> </div><div align="left"><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 204);font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;" ><em>Jo xxoo</em></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left"> </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1327588164484617876.post-16104844734084561672010-04-01T17:27:00.001+13:002010-04-01T10:07:32.121+13:00+ Yu-I Chan<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVR64fM6AfEwT0vBCPEuf9Ytjivqm7f2reuj1qAVIxvY_ih7BK69ZxCNxScA8fHShP0gSk3PTMNuVJCz6gnI1_8-ucUpazEEdOauRWoIRaTT3-ORTJAP1REvELrCa2rB7PCeGS9Fizr75h/s1600/x+and+y.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453828353467245922" style="WIDTH: 296px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 176px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVR64fM6AfEwT0vBCPEuf9Ytjivqm7f2reuj1qAVIxvY_ih7BK69ZxCNxScA8fHShP0gSk3PTMNuVJCz6gnI1_8-ucUpazEEdOauRWoIRaTT3-ORTJAP1REvELrCa2rB7PCeGS9Fizr75h/s400/x+and+y.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Are you ready??</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Let's go!</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:180%;color:#00cccc;"><span style="color:#ff6666;">Y</span>u-I Chan</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I stumbled into <a href="http://yuimade.com/">Yu-I Chan's</a> store <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/yuizdan168">Yoo_ii</a> when I was in the depths of someones (not sure who) Etsy Favourites list. I was instantly drawn to the delicate lines, subtle tones - and obvious talent!</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I'm not going to say too much more because it really is worth a visit to Yu-I's <a href="http://yuimade.com/">website</a>, <a href="http://yuimade.com/">blog</a> and <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/yuizdan168">store</a> - oh and the pictures of <a href="http://yuimade.com/?page_id=13">her studio</a> - so inspiring!! The print-maker in me is now itching to get back into the studio!!</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Take a peek:</span><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBLNLHV6Pr5YLWBeao7ya0aRVjz7KV20ayOcJWELvDhBCIAsL1DeNftV50Enh5we1RFaWm1vGKw-h55ghaq2fwSFl3usPDXha3cZrzSO4v_4OTxLI_SenB82FHBO6MELtd-9IbzcNqdVOX/s1600/yuizdan+168+7.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453828342838061042" style="WIDTH: 261px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBLNLHV6Pr5YLWBeao7ya0aRVjz7KV20ayOcJWELvDhBCIAsL1DeNftV50Enh5we1RFaWm1vGKw-h55ghaq2fwSFl3usPDXha3cZrzSO4v_4OTxLI_SenB82FHBO6MELtd-9IbzcNqdVOX/s400/yuizdan+168+7.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgisf2REjpNDldJjY8D8Iri9dUGPPrqlZIu8IgmEuCqOVw5vNohYiIRZtF1sa9xVUZqLia0MfVYTTFfAwLL_IK1jx7q6J3lHW8AaGhNqqpbsDuqZsCLIrCLxhZQREgobJ-M1sJemeOeKe3e/s1600/yuizdan+168+6.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453828337039208002" style="WIDTH: 300px; 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CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjORuWOngiw6cd5Os7JjzUaoXdXxxrAJwZATMAqGNTkdbXrYvDY-WWHT1-y4cDEQdK4JD9G2CjW3zIQNWNEFI3r1kdzeL2jV4T8XkbTCvZUJLzW7XvpuezRWy7JmJW6kdFdPjzX_Xxgk-jC/s400/yuizdan+168+4.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnHwT6w5IpJCOSYyfY83JFq0WWvrBqhoWZJkyJsK2n5c5WoI_SxhhHDbYWHqujmukI-PaHUzq_MDvI04UKLnMAXxrxOzVGxSOeMdCTkRkVZridVfhbEUAkCPoUmeA38NGr6XrBg1Az47UZ/s1600/yuizdan+168+3.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453828116296818930" style="WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnHwT6w5IpJCOSYyfY83JFq0WWvrBqhoWZJkyJsK2n5c5WoI_SxhhHDbYWHqujmukI-PaHUzq_MDvI04UKLnMAXxrxOzVGxSOeMdCTkRkVZridVfhbEUAkCPoUmeA38NGr6XrBg1Az47UZ/s400/yuizdan+168+3.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKjKQSeGFyO9xaO8J1iCPFuXRPFZQWwmbxq6An2gXHawLfG-1jTJ2WFP29VPIAs-soHpuSFonvi5Ffj-XM_KfINDEm6BMkzTfQoYiCf8o6o7_9vBVF9DkRqY8t2JFDvElg9yKieqyUEOfm/s1600/yuizdan+168+1.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453828104845678066" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKjKQSeGFyO9xaO8J1iCPFuXRPFZQWwmbxq6An2gXHawLfG-1jTJ2WFP29VPIAs-soHpuSFonvi5Ffj-XM_KfINDEm6BMkzTfQoYiCf8o6o7_9vBVF9DkRqY8t2JFDvElg9yKieqyUEOfm/s400/yuizdan+168+1.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">(images from <a href="http://yuimade.com/">Yu-I Chan</a>)</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;">NOTES</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">visit Yu-I's <a href="http://yuimade.com/">website</a></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">visit Yu-I's <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/yuizdan168">store</a></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">read Yu-I's blog <a href="http://ahyiyi.blogspot.com/">old</a> and <a href="http://yuimade.com/">new</a></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</span></div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Z should be passing by soon.. keep an eye out : )</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;color:#cc66cc;"><em>xxoo</em></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1327588164484617876.post-57726146595978827252010-04-01T17:26:00.000+13:002010-04-01T09:47:22.063+13:00+ Wonder Thunder<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfheDHg-xPy-l-1uJjVM5-y7_5AyEOeZ7a9SE4Leqq-0lP97tukicFHxGsg-FaZyHbhkgoXvcaOj76NoGlrtkqjX9t2ZGH4RZ0OYCRNsjvgRI5FgyFp6EmBASNgZcUVLs__F8sPiAllrhE/s1600/w.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453827852278810242" style="WIDTH: 154px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 177px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfheDHg-xPy-l-1uJjVM5-y7_5AyEOeZ7a9SE4Leqq-0lP97tukicFHxGsg-FaZyHbhkgoXvcaOj76NoGlrtkqjX9t2ZGH4RZ0OYCRNsjvgRI5FgyFp6EmBASNgZcUVLs__F8sPiAllrhE/s400/w.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Here's W!</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:180%;color:#00cccc;"><span style="color:#ff6666;">W</span>onder Thunder</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I am so envious of couples who work together. I have fantasies that one day my hubby and I will find a common 'thing' and work together to create something amazing. Even though we compliment each other wonderfully ;) he is such a boy, and I am such a girl! If only I had the patience and expertise to build houses - and if only he had a desire to write about tea towels - albeit beautiful tea towels!! I live in hope!</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Meagan Claire Hall and Sasha Barr are one of those couples who have found their 'thing'. Together in their Seattle basement they create the <a href="http://www.wonder-thunder.com/">Wonder Thunder</a> collection - Sasha screen printing and Meagan sewing. Their collection is great too - reusable produce bags, fab prints... and tea towels - yes beautiful tea towels! Oh, and they are dedicated to using organic and environmentally friendly materials, as well as business practices - yay! - look! </span><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXCqu0aVcCJQIkNZDywGaOB6FvvenaoZJyWSufTF4vWe9hARkQJBQg-uP05-t1dwJd6DuJbOOTXLomFYqc3nw3JukEekLKNAhcoTJ3dSQkr6_V9F0-Z4zunebyM_bd0zc30RjMAAIOnpXs/s1600/wonder+thunder+6.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453827838805603746" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXCqu0aVcCJQIkNZDywGaOB6FvvenaoZJyWSufTF4vWe9hARkQJBQg-uP05-t1dwJd6DuJbOOTXLomFYqc3nw3JukEekLKNAhcoTJ3dSQkr6_V9F0-Z4zunebyM_bd0zc30RjMAAIOnpXs/s400/wonder+thunder+6.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJQUhY8B9fyvgOIbFCP7ZeNmOKohHAqEhZexOto9jMVln7li05izh4abun2_b_SZy25KstFVnBcTekE98fuPcr4nQ0Rk-D2TrvdkQ5mSrIZwbK9a30I_TAedyWTLgalB3TOIRNGfKhrpul/s1600/wonder+thunder+7.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453827846840675362" style="WIDTH: 266px; 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height: 177px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjReOlwyLyp-ef_RfWcFf30p6iUP6IM-FTRH5CwXlCx2y1wM5uFZlTEB2FV455is3vjdrmyx_OkKUCvpTXzLtq_AF_hSTPPj7oryyKRThbXuRiHq4qOjMKHJBm-1kknpP-rpneuR5-NqxiD/s400/v.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 204);font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;" ><em>Hello!</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">How are you doing? I hope all is well in your world : )</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I have attempted compiling a U post about 10 times now and am completely unsatisfied with every attempt! - so, U will be a no-go in this alphabet... Anyway, V was looking so good that I couldn't wait any longer!... so here it is...V...</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:180%;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">V</span>aleria Heine</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">This alphabet has had some amazing photography in it - there are some seriously clever people out there!</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><a href="http://www.valeriah.com/index.html">Valeria Heine</a> is definitely up there in the 'clever people' ranks. Her work is <em>breath taking</em>. I am head over heels with the undewater images pictured 2nd and last below - oh my!</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">According to Valeria's bio she has only been photographing for four (4!) years - can you imagine what her work will be like when she has some serious years under her belt?</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><em><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">"Frequently using minimal lighting, I tend to concentrate on the small details, such as the texture and shadows on fabric. I photograph mostly indoor environments and always use natural light. As a result, my photos, which are mostly digital, are often warm and intimate. They are usually unplanned and inspired by interesting light I may come across or by a mood I want to express."</span></em><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">enjoy!</span><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhasS9uZrKUYSvyy21xsp8UO55Bed6LcqwzflrtUDx84RPugoc-0WAzzwdi71DcPnjo7FRB5gmN6j0npNyYntrgO71VMy3HOTh5-z80mROShFnb3J8nt3Xo9qyv_yWFllJIJooRAyF-mFx3/s1600/valeria+heine+6.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454835573805612210" style="width: 400px; height: 395px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhasS9uZrKUYSvyy21xsp8UO55Bed6LcqwzflrtUDx84RPugoc-0WAzzwdi71DcPnjo7FRB5gmN6j0npNyYntrgO71VMy3HOTh5-z80mROShFnb3J8nt3Xo9qyv_yWFllJIJooRAyF-mFx3/s400/valeria+heine+6.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQQpHYtTs81OFFJoFX-KBDw7Vai09PlfvC65KqDJOONBLM1_KpkZjfTmF1HV6zKvDwUumncgBhEfMCuTWULdjneUARh6Ry8q4laDVWKRII6wNRdctSPkSDa-MRhWX20Gcje9yvqCUm7LDD/s1600/valeria+heine+2.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454835283240049970" style="width: 400px; 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height: 320px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8owJ7Z_TPxEyoYQaiMp25bTwCK7AOuSEZgArrFISFtOsooFSOZxphehTa_LjcfcIsiI9NvEf5t-_BFRtdGeNFbC5H9VUnryEACgus10ntRxMiHLLpp0WXdaVqEdbKoNeWplQ8orTHfb4C/s400/valeria+heine+1.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">(images and quote from <a href="http://www.valeriah.com/index.html">Valerie Heine</a>)</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;" >NOTES:</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">visit Valeria's <a href="http://www.valeriah.com/index.html">website</a></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">visit Valeria's <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/valeriah">store</a></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span> </div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Have a wonderful day!</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span> </div><div align="left"><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 204);font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;" ><em>See you soon for W! xxoo<br /></em></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1327588164484617876.post-19105489280773650002010-03-30T10:06:00.004+13:002010-03-30T10:56:34.706+13:00+ Tas-ka<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiecIm-LFX0xpQGvejx_MLPnIqAU1qVL7-qlXopU1ZcNQlrKxm-_88_crovIEIuDTvaW-WfjnB-O6pQcij8Ig_ANss9jQrBO_52LmL278NiLYwvCXlb-r6g932FvutU4YZrHczS0ghY5IJ/s1600/t.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454171382768382386" style="WIDTH: 154px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 177px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiecIm-LFX0xpQGvejx_MLPnIqAU1qVL7-qlXopU1ZcNQlrKxm-_88_crovIEIuDTvaW-WfjnB-O6pQcij8Ig_ANss9jQrBO_52LmL278NiLYwvCXlb-r6g932FvutU4YZrHczS0ghY5IJ/s400/t.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;color:#cc66cc;"><em>Hi!</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I can't believe I haven't included the following goodies in the alphabet before - let's take a peek!</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:180%;color:#00cccc;"><span style="color:#ff6666;">T</span>as-Ka</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><em>"Design studio Tas-ka is a young company by Jantien Baas en Hester Worst. After graduation from the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague, they started their own company in 2004 called <a href="http://www.tas-ka.nl/">Tas-ka</a>."</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Jantien and Hester produce their whole <a href="http://www.tas-ka.nl/">Tas-ka</a> collection from two patterns that they screen print onto cotton and create into a number of fantastic products for the home. </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Jantien and Hesters store <a href="http://www.collectedbytas-ka.com/">'Collected By Tas-Ka'</a> has their own impressive collection sitting alongside some of their globally found favourites. The whole site oozes style and is definitely worth a peek! - enjoy!</span><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRYiMArUdeNI6NI3Oicsl0LIVL9wKvH_eSwfXBl-HfKLOvvGR8W8kOQgnDowLDLuCIhyphenhyphen3WftU4eqI8gNa1dEE9xJgOAOGwGpV-6StD3IKjvSTHnTqTu0lUNLvOyLMxiAl1EVzslx__GC9-/s1600/tas-ka+8.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454171379172724290" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 333px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRYiMArUdeNI6NI3Oicsl0LIVL9wKvH_eSwfXBl-HfKLOvvGR8W8kOQgnDowLDLuCIhyphenhyphen3WftU4eqI8gNa1dEE9xJgOAOGwGpV-6StD3IKjvSTHnTqTu0lUNLvOyLMxiAl1EVzslx__GC9-/s400/tas-ka+8.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig3PtJiylroVEiX3_hFNzm2NAoF58VTySet9ScoMBcLW2MpW0WgIl0ColYbTjWuARgu9zUXkGbVX0D-44Gh-XtfNSMMioWhblCLtCyOvw7S3lznodnS7bXIRewekDbsVeF4BdZzrYTxxu5/s1600/tas-ka+7.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454171370537876162" style="WIDTH: 400px; 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CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 333px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyv_IrWSmP57sno3i9jeoeQBXx_VNCHL-RU6GbfskNZxHQgFquHMt11mQOmtuBNF-YnIUWV0Ks9zL1rMo2IEgloG8uf_tes2Z6Fcqbz3ebFQhi7-C6j0R9vAFu-Sm_POz6AMX1vI49L-9T/s400/tas-ka+6.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjutNlSf2HOMhbmxJ3sjmmGAXL-OTjTe1kRwTUYZmpXWPa2pCAgUVqkDZG3DN55315gbEPVIsK3WNBIfIYOeRRd7KkRQIolg6LKCHfViwm6-N-FCedDTeZ9tvJIqX95M8tEUAe3zF9cGLwt/s1600/tas-ka+5.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454170975056165314" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 333px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjutNlSf2HOMhbmxJ3sjmmGAXL-OTjTe1kRwTUYZmpXWPa2pCAgUVqkDZG3DN55315gbEPVIsK3WNBIfIYOeRRd7KkRQIolg6LKCHfViwm6-N-FCedDTeZ9tvJIqX95M8tEUAe3zF9cGLwt/s400/tas-ka+5.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtiJXOD1AzCNtKMwGRJLkgPQdL8990MNJqdZO4s2kvbML2AsHFulL43ghcqY7vRjpjHc5kA2l2-OdblzaSDDVa1UNhYyuej1bi51Ne-z3Q7GmLtzr2UnuC91zuE-asYrOwgw21f_6WGbZp/s1600/tas-ka+4.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454170969056672178" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 333px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtiJXOD1AzCNtKMwGRJLkgPQdL8990MNJqdZO4s2kvbML2AsHFulL43ghcqY7vRjpjHc5kA2l2-OdblzaSDDVa1UNhYyuej1bi51Ne-z3Q7GmLtzr2UnuC91zuE-asYrOwgw21f_6WGbZp/s400/tas-ka+4.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlrDMWemJJXjPCg79HfXWGIaMq7eShyphenhypheniwPkQrGr2a36BXQL8sd7KljATd4qCaEZ8EL-yXPEp7zx-95ZFkGa5DsS0DGp9Q4oJ0Ypxll3tHWSaSNQkLsa9Q1sfub3T5tGp6aTxq0pA6mobUM/s1600/tas-ka+2.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454170959695110082" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 333px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlrDMWemJJXjPCg79HfXWGIaMq7eShyphenhypheniwPkQrGr2a36BXQL8sd7KljATd4qCaEZ8EL-yXPEp7zx-95ZFkGa5DsS0DGp9Q4oJ0Ypxll3tHWSaSNQkLsa9Q1sfub3T5tGp6aTxq0pA6mobUM/s400/tas-ka+2.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWGFZDGNbYasmqdht9eT042k4YmREycWaoi9DYcZZtqpvO2sbGMjT8poclw0Es8pb3Beh-__Ay8H1ZsbYTkGlEBhAUV4e5AjV135DP6sPYNR_I4SuKbXPmumRSqCpS-zrPSLF_aqFHkbNo/s1600/tas-ka+3.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454170951543201698" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 333px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWGFZDGNbYasmqdht9eT042k4YmREycWaoi9DYcZZtqpvO2sbGMjT8poclw0Es8pb3Beh-__Ay8H1ZsbYTkGlEBhAUV4e5AjV135DP6sPYNR_I4SuKbXPmumRSqCpS-zrPSLF_aqFHkbNo/s400/tas-ka+3.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">(images and quote from <a href="http://www.tas-ka.nl/">Tas-ka</a>)</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;">NOTES:</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">visit Jantien and Hester's <a href="http://www.tas-ka.nl/">website</a></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">visit Jantien and Hester's <a href="http://www.collectedbytas-ka.com/">store</a></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">read Jantien and Hester's <a href="http://tas-ka.blogspot.com/">blog</a></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</span></div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I am nipping out the door on a school trip now... but hold tight, U will be along later : )</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;color:#cc66cc;"><em>See you soon!</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;color:#cc66cc;"><em>xxoo</em></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1327588164484617876.post-2086736445258787622010-03-29T11:57:00.006+13:002010-03-30T21:23:57.798+13:00+ Sara Harvey<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU4N8C5Do1oXqpVk7YV4LB8f52CMOUh9q5QPUJ5ssyTRQN2WEbAmOE0BFr5ztsbCpHHq_QMNCJqFGDS3Hgf4B5ZcUoCgnzycBa_0owAWdUxTmXtJWtlT9W77Ai9NqsnEBNcYgRnbsWSQxE/s1600/s.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453823255749311666" style="WIDTH: 154px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 177px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU4N8C5Do1oXqpVk7YV4LB8f52CMOUh9q5QPUJ5ssyTRQN2WEbAmOE0BFr5ztsbCpHHq_QMNCJqFGDS3Hgf4B5ZcUoCgnzycBa_0owAWdUxTmXtJWtlT9W77Ai9NqsnEBNcYgRnbsWSQxE/s400/s.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;color:#cc66cc;"><em>Hi!</em></span><br /><br />I forgot S!!<br /><br />Here it is.....<br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;color:#00cccc;"><span style="color:#ff6666;">S</span>ara Harvey</span><br /><br /></span><p><em><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">"Hello, my name is <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/MultiplePersonality">Sara Harvey</a> and I am a Designer and Illustrator with a BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute.</span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I'm a designer by day and a super hero, zombie hunter, illustrator, painter, screen printer, plush maker, and anything else I can make maker by night.I'm very busy.</span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I have to create in order to stay sane. Although sometimes I'm not so sure it helps. </span></em></p><p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><em>Everything inspires me including the hundreds of vinyl and plastic toys I collect. I'm always trying new things because if I sit still for too long I'll go crazy."</em><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">All though the young gals below seem a bit melancholy, they do make you smile - right? : ) Check out Sara's work below...</span></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLxOhug6v-ID0rMI6Tx-CtrDR_vsAEywdK_uGK-On0t73XA7_ZW4LIjw1IAwl0H-Ri_0mZZ5WWaPxw5NvwVSk4GHCHqX-K78GQBjzDM-45oLvJKhwRZMLydnXbctVWW0ybKfo8Gyrgyzt4/s1600/sara+harvey+7.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453823251063901074" style="WIDTH: 316px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLxOhug6v-ID0rMI6Tx-CtrDR_vsAEywdK_uGK-On0t73XA7_ZW4LIjw1IAwl0H-Ri_0mZZ5WWaPxw5NvwVSk4GHCHqX-K78GQBjzDM-45oLvJKhwRZMLydnXbctVWW0ybKfo8Gyrgyzt4/s400/sara+harvey+7.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLrLKoeh2EzIrp-LY3tRXwM07IyUmXl_ZFBtvDUR0B8N_hn2nAN9tpkq0gJ45gIuUsp8gQ4VALhUAvwx4YrSBN_0lDbp47BzIMM6dajvarrrnQwM4KEGOvdolRaQoLLq87bHDgaFKE4bOC/s1600/sara+harvey+6.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453823244806270402" style="WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLrLKoeh2EzIrp-LY3tRXwM07IyUmXl_ZFBtvDUR0B8N_hn2nAN9tpkq0gJ45gIuUsp8gQ4VALhUAvwx4YrSBN_0lDbp47BzIMM6dajvarrrnQwM4KEGOvdolRaQoLLq87bHDgaFKE4bOC/s400/sara+harvey+6.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4syqjeefnsmrIk5JVaoYKzB3DzjyIg4yW03kdxE98WoH-LkypFi1Qv_QvJdhMZI6I1XFfdh-C1tL3BZvE8XJByXdjrOaaQ6p9CU0X5hpZe2RJ7B5tsnoINFZXtOadg-HHI2ES76GfrWxD/s1600/sara+harvey+4.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453822817016113250" style="WIDTH: 318px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4syqjeefnsmrIk5JVaoYKzB3DzjyIg4yW03kdxE98WoH-LkypFi1Qv_QvJdhMZI6I1XFfdh-C1tL3BZvE8XJByXdjrOaaQ6p9CU0X5hpZe2RJ7B5tsnoINFZXtOadg-HHI2ES76GfrWxD/s400/sara+harvey+4.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDeNP6Uza2DwBRvuwRDaTmY2quQAkRAyyk-g25fL_qvGpOSq2Wg2YGrCZUbscq_ReNimSk8UWiQaNXMLEbe4725HT6dcxWASDfb5eY6FFDK16IvgUgjVziTDYvupgHP9GFZcQ7RMDVg0Fj/s1600/sara+harvey+2.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453822806090913986" style="WIDTH: 355px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDeNP6Uza2DwBRvuwRDaTmY2quQAkRAyyk-g25fL_qvGpOSq2Wg2YGrCZUbscq_ReNimSk8UWiQaNXMLEbe4725HT6dcxWASDfb5eY6FFDK16IvgUgjVziTDYvupgHP9GFZcQ7RMDVg0Fj/s400/sara+harvey+2.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdFDe9FuBDQr0V9ZA1zJD8uGC3XeCDHDFL7GP-WnHMus_VGoQrv_Trcc7KhMXvD-Isvx_Zc8XvAPKC6T8K7e_uFWWhwZb1s9msS3FKSsWJBxGxPUic3ugr5iHjob1GhnGLpFXr6sFYPBf4/s1600/sara+harvey+1.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453822799280453778" style="WIDTH: 263px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdFDe9FuBDQr0V9ZA1zJD8uGC3XeCDHDFL7GP-WnHMus_VGoQrv_Trcc7KhMXvD-Isvx_Zc8XvAPKC6T8K7e_uFWWhwZb1s9msS3FKSsWJBxGxPUic3ugr5iHjob1GhnGLpFXr6sFYPBf4/s400/sara+harvey+1.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgav0OdF82xbMC_sd_YGoEXQRriUfsFRqQuG1bSMlUnKDr6gqwJisr-0YrDHb24_WPdgh7qwofdfKkgr6f192CRoSIf1aSOMUt1y6EnUlDQu7xQnm2mQZ0G9XfrTbtLYKdZbelQStzOLd1O/s1600/sara+harvey+5.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453822821755963154" style="WIDTH: 199px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgav0OdF82xbMC_sd_YGoEXQRriUfsFRqQuG1bSMlUnKDr6gqwJisr-0YrDHb24_WPdgh7qwofdfKkgr6f192CRoSIf1aSOMUt1y6EnUlDQu7xQnm2mQZ0G9XfrTbtLYKdZbelQStzOLd1O/s400/sara+harvey+5.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwS8Jt7cAdfmx_wlFP0DNOARE7dZJKwyqbI-nmlpNq-xmvsdX4hrEB-QfpLffcid9Ji1YY-S7Q2hzcBUzkaKU7YGe4QTZLpjZNIJO4EMEJC2eVK8-AlB178eeE8eU8fwd8tGdMjFRDlbwy/s1600/sara+harvey+3.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453822810289774386" style="WIDTH: 318px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwS8Jt7cAdfmx_wlFP0DNOARE7dZJKwyqbI-nmlpNq-xmvsdX4hrEB-QfpLffcid9Ji1YY-S7Q2hzcBUzkaKU7YGe4QTZLpjZNIJO4EMEJC2eVK8-AlB178eeE8eU8fwd8tGdMjFRDlbwy/s400/sara+harvey+3.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></p><p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">(images and quote from <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/MultiplePersonality">Sara Harvey</a>)</span></p><p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:130%;">NOTES:</span><br />visit Sara's <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/MultiplePersonality">store</a> </span></p><p align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</span></p><p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">U is up next!</span></p><p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;color:#cc66cc;"><em>see you soon! xxoo</em></span> </span></p><b></b>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1327588164484617876.post-40183243622510499682010-03-29T11:10:00.004+13:002010-03-29T11:54:41.712+13:00+ Robin Collins<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0VKz_YgRBkPSOL7ObVNlcw0SwV-TvQ-Mxd3D9E0SnvdCOBB5WkJJzhiy0DCsP_fPBijSWYfE0BpXIBWfkqCF-smPtTgmpGrxr19aq6-vlXYuM8eGH6OyRbADvbDEWUvroHsE3dxlEEGyY/s1600/r.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453814966480250850" style="WIDTH: 154px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 177px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0VKz_YgRBkPSOL7ObVNlcw0SwV-TvQ-Mxd3D9E0SnvdCOBB5WkJJzhiy0DCsP_fPBijSWYfE0BpXIBWfkqCF-smPtTgmpGrxr19aq6-vlXYuM8eGH6OyRbADvbDEWUvroHsE3dxlEEGyY/s400/r.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;color:#cc66cc;"><em>Hello : )</em></span> Are you enjoying this alphabetical journey so far? It's been a bit slow over the last week or so, but we're in full swing now! Let's jump in to R...</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:180%;color:#00cccc;"><span style="color:#ff6666;">R</span>obin Collins</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">When you take a look at the collection of images below you could be mistaken and think they come from three different people... but no, they come from uber talented <a href="http://www.fourcrows.com/">Robin Collins</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I first came across Robin's work because I quite fancied her <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/FourcrowsArt?section_id=5373228">Mid-Century Bird</a> series, but a little further investigation led me to not only <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/strangefascination">one</a>, not only <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/fragments">two</a>, but, <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/fragments">three</a>(!) stores currently chock full of photography, illustration and prints - oh my!</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><em><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">"I have years of loving everything about art. I wanted to be an artist when I was young, and copied everything I could find. I went to college for photography, and then put everything on a hobby only level for about 10 years. </span></em><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><em><br />For the last 8 or so years I have been exploring every aspect I could try, playing with every medium. Not surprisingly I came right back to my two first loves. Drawing and photography."</em> </span><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikb5V8lHADApB1a3d_0KTF6vG9oz8eb8iCACEibfDdr-jkcUWn5DbzMbHtowqg0zBHGaXUqSmw-uPeJLP_dINtPi_0w-01py48GbKVUFy5uAbMYo7tN5evCJI9Qln8ZYRqw0XplNMuzwom/s1600/Robin+Collins+9.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453814965651802866" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikb5V8lHADApB1a3d_0KTF6vG9oz8eb8iCACEibfDdr-jkcUWn5DbzMbHtowqg0zBHGaXUqSmw-uPeJLP_dINtPi_0w-01py48GbKVUFy5uAbMYo7tN5evCJI9Qln8ZYRqw0XplNMuzwom/s400/Robin+Collins+9.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsAWlnRIoCBdKe1GNGW5e_1NJgq-IO5LYUJGStvfrrrkbC5OhOkPyDM4vHq0xEjwnEpE2Gbg71ZDeXSE6I2aKYI_izU0MwjcDFEId2we2YdaF4ieC1zXEOzXIVZj63VbG1laOiqyRTCB2O/s1600/Robin+Collins+1.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453814351437605890" style="WIDTH: 400px; 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CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXAlG9DUpo46Y91pW-wP6F9Xheu81jx1mlFivlj8-cavNrGZpdEz4K8-QFjQVwgPid2nGZvgIWVToJbUS516f9zJ7ypE-45aKRjNtkUt62wg037l8n5H2-noY3qTCSpzwZTj6jYtUHVgE5/s400/Robin+Collins+8.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5ydCNODaXbtU5JBEbyTo_-qCspSWu26VJ8vumUrp4mpRjq2zxuUeZKBs92nQx1O3lDicIi9uK8ZP63bjoZCwWdO7XXZ1lJ69jb4d5K8cx-dI9qqtozXMvZUYF-rGkdvCRzamJPIRmm2dZ/s1600/Robin+Collins+4.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453814368075053298" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5ydCNODaXbtU5JBEbyTo_-qCspSWu26VJ8vumUrp4mpRjq2zxuUeZKBs92nQx1O3lDicIi9uK8ZP63bjoZCwWdO7XXZ1lJ69jb4d5K8cx-dI9qqtozXMvZUYF-rGkdvCRzamJPIRmm2dZ/s400/Robin+Collins+4.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgma_hl8nMKPeSGV0F-7_Nd3QzlaqU2CN8DK-GbDOg2tMutNsNREnhQZysEJhQCXW59Tzz_pc9jz5soSvucyQSaGpnHa-MeFBP3nADAnk7DprJ3qtGcU-tTJelzChFyZTdFblJ8o9bVuxpa/s1600/Robin+Collins+7.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453814951339876946" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 261px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgma_hl8nMKPeSGV0F-7_Nd3QzlaqU2CN8DK-GbDOg2tMutNsNREnhQZysEJhQCXW59Tzz_pc9jz5soSvucyQSaGpnHa-MeFBP3nADAnk7DprJ3qtGcU-tTJelzChFyZTdFblJ8o9bVuxpa/s400/Robin+Collins+7.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHxcp9ZDKN3_ovaIQ4NLD25zzsWOl_hvTXIWCE6sYpicDdxmNgsaDjsu7fhtmWzpiFKWBWPNnS6OAHzosnOXwBD3DB-jOV8D6teIDOdfHxFF7rEvxiAe2vuLg0GJyG6MQ64NxHboait-1l/s1600/Robin+Collins+2.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453814360410377970" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 389px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHxcp9ZDKN3_ovaIQ4NLD25zzsWOl_hvTXIWCE6sYpicDdxmNgsaDjsu7fhtmWzpiFKWBWPNnS6OAHzosnOXwBD3DB-jOV8D6teIDOdfHxFF7rEvxiAe2vuLg0GJyG6MQ64NxHboait-1l/s400/Robin+Collins+2.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">(images and quote from <a href="http://www.fourcrows.com/">Robin Collins</a>)</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;">NOTES:</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">visit Robin's <a href="http://www.fourcrows.com/">website</a> (and links to her stores)</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">read Robin's <a href="http://fourcrows.wordpress.com/">blog</a></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</span></div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">S is on the way!</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;color:#cc66cc;"><em>see you soon! xxoo</em></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1