Texture Tuesday

Texture Tuesday

I'm teaching this class on Saturday...

Wings and Things -2 hour Eco Art Class
Sept 14th, 9a-11a
For Kids 5+ | $15/person
Limit: 20 people

A class perfect for the budding creative nature lover. We’ll take an exploratory walk around Trinity River Audubon Center to see some Wings & Things. With that inspiration in mind, we'll let our imaginations take flight as we create our own wings using reclaimed materials.

Please call 214-398-TRAC (8722) to sign up.

Texture Tuesday

Just in time for Back-to-School...

Teardrop shaped tote that is not only eco-friendly & functional but oh, so versatile! The genuine leather straps are double riveted for extra sturdiness.

Outside zippered pocket + two inside slip pockets help keep you organized, too!

Tired of digging around for your keys? Click here to learn more...

Finally Gone Electronic

I noticed on a recent trip to the Post Office that those pesky Change of Address cards seem to have disappeared.

What an earth friendly change! Now to change your address is an online adventure. Simply go here to put in your old address and your new address and once it's verified, your mail will follow you to the new place.

Texture Tuesday

I just had to share that I've been working on lots and lots of new garlands for my Etsy shop! They're made with magazine's catalogs and junk mail! I find it very relaxing to make them and they are so fun to decorate with!

I'm loving the way their texture looks - all stacked up like this!!

Places To Find Reading Inspiration

Brain Pickings bookshelf, Book Pickings, always has great reading suggestions.

Texture Tuesday

Blueberries so good that they made the colander smile! :)

Poetry For The End of Summer

maggie and milly and molly and may - e.e. cummings 

maggie and milly and molly and may
went down to the beach(to play one day)

 and maggie discovered a shell that sang so sweetly
she couldn't remember her troubles,

and milly befriended a stranded star
whose rays five languid fingers were;

and molly was chased by a horrible thing
which raced sideways while blowing bubbles:

and may came home with a smooth round stone
as small as a world and as large as alone.

For whatever we lose(like a you or a me)
it's always ourselves we find in the sea

maggie and milly and molly and may went down to the beach(to play one day) and maggie discovered a shell that sang so sweetly she couldn't remember her troubles,and milly befriended a stranded star whose rays five languid fingers were; and molly was chased by a horrible thing which raced sideways while blowing bubbles:and may came home with a smooth round stone as small as a world and as large as alone. For whatever we lose(like a you or a me) it's always ourselves we find in the sea - See more at: http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15406#sthash.W0R4782J.dpuf

Summer Reading

As you already know, David Sedaris is one of my fave authors. His quirky humor always make me laugh and this one has a darker than usual edge to it. It's sort of Aesop's Fables meets Grimm's Fairy Tales with an always unique Sedaris twist.

If you're looking for one more summer read before school gets rocking and rolling again -- this is a good one!

Texture Tuesday: Cicada

Texture Tuesday: Trinity River Audubon Center

Texture Tuesday: Snacktime

Texture Tuesday: Farmer's Market Eggs

Texture Tuesday: Ceiling Scultpure

Recent Paper Fun

I've been teaching a class on creatures at the libraries. We start by reading Where the Wild Things Are,  There's a Nightmare in My Closet and some children's poetry. I love this literature and so do the kids! They are really classics.

Did you know that this year would have been Maurice Sendak's 85th birthday?

Then we all go to the tables where I have our art supplies. We make a few pieces of eco origami (hat's, boats and other fun stuff) and then create our own creatures with reclaimed materials.

The kids never fail to blow me away with their creativity and imaginative stories about their creatures. There's always someone in the middle of the class that asks, "do we get to take these home with us?". The answer is yes and it always cracks me up that they ask. I wouldn't dare keep anyone else's creature hostage!!

The images in the bottom two pictures were made by two 8 year old boys, who are cousins, and came to the library together. They had great fun and I heard many choruses of, "that's so cool" coming from their end of the table while they were making those creatures.

What are you reading and making this summer?

You will be missed...

My friend Laura passed away last night. She fought a hard core battle against pancreatic cancer. She went through many rounds of chemo, lost her hair multiple times and still managed to keep her sense of humor.

When I didn't recognize her one afternoon when we met for lunch -- she blamed it on a "bad wig day".  :)

I originally met her through a local group of handmakers. She was a lovely person with an easy smile and a wicked sense of humor. She designed and sewed beautiful quilts that made people happy. She did lots of custom orders and always had a quilt going.

Her dogs (Daisy and Jess, pictured) were truly her furry babies and they were recently rehomed in South Dallas with the right humans. I know she was so incredibly relieved to find the right next home for them.

You will be missed, Laura. May you always have a full bobbin.

Happy Fourth of July!

I'm taking a moment to share how grateful I am to have been born in such a great country. I'm truly grateful to all of those who have fought for, are fighting for and will in the future fight to maintain our country's freedom.

What are you grateful for today?

Do You Know Fibbonacci?

I never heard of Fibbonacci (an Italian mathematician) until a college Botany class. He fascinated me because his sequence could determine where the next leaf would come out on a given plant. How cool is that?

Later in an art class I learned about the golden mean and that it is based on his sequence too. It's everywhere!

I recently came across this article and it's the best description of his sequence that I have found. I love the suggestion that understanding it could affect one's success.