merry christmas!

I realized I never made any form of a Christmas card this year. Poor form. So, you know, in the spirit of April, I've made this belated Christmas card to share with you all.

Merry (Almost Halfway Through the Year) Christmas!

This post was made especially for Doug Sellon. Apologies for my lack of blogging the last few weeks. I promise to blog more this month. And likely, to not rely on Kodiak's laser eyes for blog content. Thanks for being one of my most devoted readers.

a poster

Ben, Chad and I finished the flyer/poster for Chad's next screening of his film, Sa Vidya Ya Vimuktaye.

The screening will take place next Tuesday at Brown University--a very impressive location for Chad's film to be shown (despite their request to put references to an pizza party on the flyer). I am not sure if I have any readers in Rhode Island, but if you are for any reason in the area I highly suggest going to see the film.


Brainstorming and sketches in the works for packaging design for the DVD. Stay tuned.

trees against the wind

I am officially addicted to the ReStore.

A week ago I became the new owner of some wonderfully old treasures from the Re-Store in Ballard. I usually walk away with old windows or cabinet doors or floor boards for making things out of. This time, my trove of treasures was a bit different. I found many, many trinkets and if there is one thing I love more than old scrap housing supplies, it's trinkets.

Highlights include:

A coffee tin that I am now storing buttons and spare change in. It reads "Hills Bro Coffee," which made me laugh, because I thought it said "Hillsboro Coffee" at first glance (my hometown where no real great coffee can be found).

 

Two lovely boxes. One is an old, wire gym locker, #62-3, that belonged to Frank D. Cohan. The other is an old, wooden fruit crate that once held "Japanese Mandarin Oranges" (no actual Japanese present any where on the box).

Then there's this foot thingy. It's wood and it has a big crank that makes the foot portion grow wider and wider. I assume it is for stretching shoes for people like Chad who have really wide feet.

And last, but not least, this glorious print block. I plan on taking Intro to Print Making soon, so I'll tell you then exactly how to go about using this awesome piece. It reads "TREES against the WIND." I Googled 'trees against the wind' and only found a small publication concerning reforestation in the NW under the same name. Therefore, I think we (creative people who read my blog) can use this print for a project. Ideas? I vote someone make some music and we'll call the album TREES against the WIND. It's so very indie.

Thanks for the trove, Re-Store. You never fail me.

knowledge is that which liberates

You may remember my talk of going to visit the ashram that Chad lived and worked at in northern India and where Ben went to visit during his trip. I ultimately was not able to make it to the ashram due to, umm, typhoid, but I have vowed to go back some day very soon.

In the meantime, I watch Chad's amazing documentary he made to create awareness of both the APV school and holistic education. Jimmy did the editing, Chad did the directing and a bunch of Delhi-Bollywood-yars filmed it. It's truly beautiful. If you have any interest in India, children, holistic education, meditation, art, tabla music, great documentaries or all of the above WATCH CHAD'S FILM!

Sa Vidya Ya Vimuktaye: Knowledge is that which Liberates
For more information on the APV school : www.apvschool.org

(free film removed -- buy a DVD @ apvschool.org you cheap kids!)

feathers

Certainly a new trend, but shoot, I still love them.

My good buddy Michelle from Turnstyle sent me this amazing hairpiece made of eclectically colored feathers.

I borrowed one of these same pieces from Maddy to wear to Jared and Vicky's wedding. It was different colors, but equally rad. They really dress up any plain outfit.


I think I'm going to rock this new treasure a lot this summer in more casual outfits. Though, pairing it with my bike helmet might ruffle some feathers, literally. (Ohhh. Oh, oh. So funny.)

Crafters, I vote we use more feathers in our upcoming projects. Yay/nay?

oh, and also

ben and i danced on the beach at sunset. it was so romantic.

spring broken

Spring break adventures were varied and plentiful. Pictures of Ben and I on the coast found here.



Also, there are some amazing shots of Monty, my parents dog, having a play date with Ben's stuffed dinosaur named Dino.