happily ever after...

today i am grateful for...

mr. (soon to be doctor) and mrs. travis and rankin langley!

photo sources: josh goleman

ten years in the making ladies and gentleman. the most beautiful bride and groom i have ever known, and an exceptionally gorgeous wedding to match! i forgot to bring my camera with me, but here are some snaps of two of my favorite people from our wedding this may. this is a couple i hope to be friends with when ed and i are old and grey.and maybe, if we're lucky, we will have children who grow up together, the way we all did. i love me some rankin and travis. with all my heart. they have the kind of love i wish for everyone to experience. and yay for childhood sweethearts!

lazy daisy...

i have been shamefully lazy these last two weeks. i have completed neglected my wifely duties. envision sinkfuls of dirty dishes. dust bunnies multiplying. piles of clothes strewn about. pizza and ice cream for dinner. i have mainly been drawing and eating. a lot. and reading mary poppins. maybe i just should hire her to come and take care of our apartment. maybe she will let me borrow her carpet bag and funny little hats. and maybe she'll take me jumping inside chalk drawings.

or maybe i will grow up and tend to my adult-ish responsibilities.

ring around the rosie...

a pocket full of...

i made a flower crown out of straw flowers. i've been wearing it when i draw or clean or need inspiration. i am still not quite sure if she's finished...

at least i am ready for next spring's maypole dance...

always be prepared...

today i am grateful for...

back to school supplies

sources: various dennison gummed labels and paper clips, nesting thumb tacks and paper fasteners, pilot stapler, and moore push signals from chelsea antiques garage, Red Chair, @ Home, Paris Market...

pretending it is the first day of school. yesterday my boss lady and i went flea marketing to pick out props for our shop, and i got a wee bit side tracked. one of my favorite vendors had proudly displayed all of her notebooks, rulers, composition books, writing samples, and all the trappings to be a good lil' student.

one of my many school slates. one day i hope to have a large wall-sized school chalkboard re-purposed as a kitchen table top. (in the style of sweet laraine papa montgomery).

my sweet haylie bird is the queen of collecting ledgers (and all yummy school supplies for that matter), and passed down this love to me. they make for the perfect sketchbook/ scrapbook. i alternate between these and moleskine's kraft notebooks, which were my art school staple through out SCAD.

and this is my favorite knap sack. it was my sister's when she was studying in paris, and she gifted it to me, many many moons ago. it is my favorite shade of leather... almost georgia clay brown. come to think of it, all my gal pals have a brown leather knap sack. it is 'specially helpful to be hands-free when you live in a big city. and to hide all your treasures...

i have to go now, don't want to be late on my first day... just teasing.

the silver lining...

today i am grateful for...

rainy saturdays. very conducive for sketching awkward, nudie girlies and scrapbooking. i love drawing and collaging. pen and ink. sharp pencils. watercolors and crayons. needle and thread. ooh la la...

the shadows are changing...

i could really see it today. i woke up and the sky was cloudy and it smelled like winter. and now the shadows are taking over the bright spots. and the sun sets 'round eight. is it really time to say farewell to summer?

delicate cycle of summer...

today i am grateful for...

1. discovering the wednesday farmers market on my morning walk 'round prospect park. and discovering it is apple cider doughnut season again! i'm no doughnut champion, but i can devour a whole bag of these babies if given the opportunity. and i finally broke out my doilies( part of a momma branch care package).

2. being responsible enough to give my delicates and linens a good oxiclean soak. sweet francesca( who i am very bummed i missed seeing during her nyc visit) makes a lovely spokeswoman for oxiclean. she swears this is the be-all, end-all for vintage hand washables. now i just need a decent steamer!

3. my straw flowers finally opening up! and some have even fully inverted, which just tickles me pink. i think i might have to make a straw flower crown today. a little end of the summer head piece.

4. this newsworthy local record shop owner for getting rid of his stock of piano rolls... for dirt cheap! in the past i have bought one of these bad boys for more than 10 times what i paid for. oh well, you live and learn. but i have a few repurposing ideas i am tossing around. we shall see...

5. freaks and geeks marathons with my husband. it doesn't hold a torch to my so-called life, but i do like it. a whole lot.