favorites, inspirations

i have been having some particularly gray personal days and dark feelings lately, but when i see color like this, all in one place, from the likes of you...the color/pattern/utter loveliness helps to cheer me, even if just a little.

other things i quite like at the moment/what's inspiring me now:

-summer fruit, like apricots and watermelon. i am not much for hot weather (and we don't have any in SF!) but i love the botanical bounty that warm weather brings to the table. -the cute animal site of the moment, i can has cheeseburger. those lolcats make me do just that. and i need a laugh right now! -the sweet, girlish art of san francisco artist, annie, aka wexford girl -nyc snapshot: a blog bursting with photos and drawings depicting NYC in the past. i still miss NYC dearly. -the fact that my talented pal linda now has a blog outside of livejournal...lindamade. best of luck linda with your impending move! you are an inspiration. -these books focusing on modern quilting intrigue me: make your own contemporary quilts, the modern quilt workshop, and glorious patchwork and passionate patchwork (the latter two by the consummate colorist and artist kaffe fassett, who hails from britain). too bad i don't have a gift certificate to spend...i'd buy them all in one fell swoop. -if i could afford it, i'd love to have a digital SLR, either this one by canon, or this one by nikon. i'd love to go further with my photography. alas...

seven (things about me)

i'm sure i probably talk about myself too much as it is...but ages ago someone tagged me to divulge seven things about myself. so after several glasses of sangria, i'll indulge whoever that was (and i guess amuse myself by getting nostalgic in the process).

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one: i've lived in six states in my lifetime. in order: ohio, michigan, connecticut, florida, new york, and now california. florida was the state i lived in the longest, for a total of 19 years, from 1985 to 2004.
two: i was the president of my high school's art club my senior year of high school. i suppose it was foreshadowing, because art has always been a fascination for me, as well as a vocation/advocation. also says something about (what may now be) latent leadership qualities, i guess!? who knew? it was fun, though! we made linocut print cards for meals on wheels around holiday time and took a field trip to the ringling museum in sarasota, florida.
three: from elementary school through middle school, i was a singer. a soprano! who scored lots of solos! i sang the lead in a church play in 8th grade which required me to sing the whole time, leading groups of little children in song! ever since my sinuses started acting up as i got older (they are congenitally crappy), i have stopped singing.
four: when peter (my husband of nearly 9 years) and i got married in 1998, we had the the star wars theme song played as we walked into the reception hall.
five: i have a girl crush on tattooist kat von d., though her personal style is nothing like mine. this may also be connected to the fact i find well-done tattoos incredibly sexy, especially arm sleeves. conversely and inexplicably, i have an aversion to most leg tattoos. go figure!
six: i like walking. today i walked from my house to the thrift store and fabric store, and then back the same way for dinner later, for a total of three miles. i am not much of an exerciser, and don't own a car...so it works out pretty well.
seven: given a choice, i'd honestly choose fruit or fruity candy over chocolate.

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i'm not the type to re-tag. too chain-letter-esque for me.

playing favorites

(more of my favorite flickr photos here)

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other inspirations and obsessions of late:
-cherries -mojitos -pour-pourter and shiny squirrel (blogs following intelligent fashion design) -granny square afghans (making one at the moment) -medical texts -cacti and succulents -wearing skirts over skirts or dresses over skirts or dresses over dresses -disparate patterns worn together -folk wear -doilies -drop-waist dresses -dyeing everything i own, buy or see -denyse schmidt -just about everything shown on apartment therapy -living in a loft again -sunshine -recycling -making new friends -taking a silkscreening/screen-printing class starting saturday (something i have been meaning to learn for years). so excited! -green tea for breakfast -old boots -craft in america