tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55428982929035292042024-03-18T20:54:45.404-07:00m e s s y b e d s t u d i oLisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12310679886290114596noreply@blogger.comBlogger190125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5542898292903529204.post-25322298521309249182018-04-25T08:55:00.001-07:002018-04-25T08:55:30.577-07:00A New Project<br />
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I started a new project, a little promise to myself - to paint a notebook cover a week for a year. Fifty-two notebooks in 52 weeks. That's a big commitment for me. I mean, a lot can happen in a year, right?<br />
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Here's 1 - 8. You can see some different styles and techniques going on and that was my intention. I wanted to play around a little and I felt that working on these small sized notebooks once a week would give me the opportunity and the freedom to do just that. </div>
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This is a favorite just because the paint strokes are so loose and I kind of love the colors.</div>
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Here's 9 - 14. And the experimentation continues along with different mediums. There's acrylic paint and watercolor on gesso and the bottom three are textured acrylic paint with soft colored pencils. </div>
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The notebook on the left was painted for and inspired by International Women's Day. The one on the right was painted on the day of the March for Our Lives Rally in DC, honoring the words of Emma Gonzalez. This feels like a good way to record some of these really important events throughout the year - with a notebook to remember it. </div>
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Texture with acrylic paint using a paintbrush and a putty knife/scraper I found in the tool box.</div>
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I'll be posting new notebooks weekly over on instagram if you'd like to follow along there.</div>
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Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12310679886290114596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5542898292903529204.post-56491434895532376102017-01-20T20:07:00.000-08:002017-01-20T20:07:14.847-08:00farewell<br />
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Searching for some beauty and hope on this day.<br />
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So we made a video! Our very first ever and I'm so excited about it!<br />
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I think it came out pretty darn good for our first try. Even with our bare bones equipment (read - homemade camera arm mount) and one really camera shy lady. Baby steps, I keep telling myself.<br />
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Our birch branch Christmas tree we got from our dear friend's woods.<br />
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<br />Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12310679886290114596noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5542898292903529204.post-77412389244851575232016-11-26T16:14:00.001-08:002016-11-26T16:14:47.987-08:00holiday sale and new stuff<br />
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There's a few new things over at MBS that I'm really excited about. I've worked with <a href="http://www.dylanjamesgoodman.com/">Dylan Goodman</a>, (my son!) to create some <a href="https://messybedstudio.com/product-category/christmas/">Christmas DIY Craft Kits</a>!<br />
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The idea for these kits came to life while reminiscing about all the Christmas ornaments my kids and I made when they were young. Felt, glitter, popcorn, cranberries and lots of laughter where just a few of our ingredients. These are cherished memories and it inspired me to make something that could be a starting point for others to create their own memories during the holidays. <br />
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One kit makes Christmas tree ornaments and the other makes paper chains. Each has hand painted watercolor designs (painted by me) and diagrams and step by step instructions (created and designed by Dylan). There's even a recipe for our favorite hot chocolate to get you started!<br />
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Each kit has beautifully designed packaging, making them great for an inexpensive gift. So much thought and effort went into these little kits and I'm so happy with how they came out!<br />
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Even cooler is that the kits are available as an <a href="https://messybedstudio.com/product-category/printables/">instant download</a> too! I thought they might be an awesome, last minute diversion for little ones, anxiously awaiting Santa! I have another <a href="https://messybedstudio.com/product/instant-download-vintage-christmas-tree-ornaments/">Christmas clip art download</a>, shown in the above photo, that can be made into a banner or gift tags or anything you can imagine. I plan to keep adding to this new section in my shop. I'll keep you updated!<br />
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Even cooler than all that is the sale going on right now at <a href="https://messybedstudio.com/shop/">MBS</a>. Use code JOLLY10 now through Monday, Nov. 28th, for 10% off. While you're there, you can also sign up for my email list for special sales and freebies, if you like.<br />
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This is my sixth humble hand drawn fortune cookie wisdom calendar! I can't believe it. Where has the time gone? The calendar is still humble and still hand drawn but there will be a little upgrade this year. It will now be professionally printed! I like the idea of my little calendar taking this baby step and growing up a bit.<br />
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I found these sweet paper dolls and clothes at an auction and just had to have them. Nostalgia of course. I can remember playing with my own paper dolls as a kid. They seem like such a thing of the past now. I can't imagine, with all the things available to kids, that they would hold much allure anymore.<br />
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I wanted to keep the silhouette from each of the originals that I'm working with, leaving out the details - making it more about the shape and patterns. I'm also playing with background colors, wanting lots of contrast. The orange canvas in the middle has at least 5 layers underneath and I'm not happy with it yet, so there will be even more. Nothing has been attached yet and I'm thinking of adding some stitches of my own.<br />
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As I cut out my paper doll clothes I think about the little girl who cut out her doll clothes. Thinking about her little hands adding those careful stitches and feeling her excitement. I'm so enjoying this work.<br />
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My dear friend gave me bunches of mock orange. Enough to have our very own small bush. Inside. The scent - amazing! Up there with lilacs and lily of the valley.<br />
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<br />Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12310679886290114596noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5542898292903529204.post-25392273654595810032016-06-14T11:52:00.000-07:002016-06-14T11:52:32.536-07:00happy dancing<br />
so, you know, this thing happened. i got published. in a magazine. crazy, right? it's the summer issue of somerset studio gallery. it's been a long process that started in january when they contacted me to submit a few pieces. at that time, the publication date was so far in the future that i couldn't quite believe it was going to happen. but it did!<br />
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<br />Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12310679886290114596noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5542898292903529204.post-25728102816432854552016-05-29T11:03:00.000-07:002016-05-29T11:05:23.531-07:00summer<br />
Lilac season is ending and now come the foxgloves and lupines in my upstate ny backyard. Ever since a trip to Martha's Vineyard where hydrangeas run riot in front of perfectly weathered silvery-gray front porches, I have coveted them. This year we have started our own little humble hydrangea border. I hope they like their new home and grow as prodigiously as I remember. I can almost smell the salty ocean air.<br />
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These are some <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/MessyBedStudio?ref=hdr_shop_menu&section_id=18243962">flour sack towels</a> that I hand printed with carved blocks. I like to hang them on the wall as art and I even use them as curtains.<br />
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My favorite succulent has bolted trying to reach the sun this past winter.<br />
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I knew I shouldn't have taken the mint out of it's pot where it was perfectly happy thank you very much, but I did. Now it is in our small back garden with leaves at least 3" long. They are just begging to be made into mojitos but I have a feeling that may not be enough to stem the tide. I came across <a href="http://www.17apart.com/2012/07/how-to-mint-infused-ice-cubes.html">this idea</a> which may help us a bit and maybe you too.<br />
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<br />Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12310679886290114596noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5542898292903529204.post-30267252750482730772015-07-26T16:26:00.000-07:002015-07-26T16:26:05.618-07:00new work<br />
spent part of the day taking photos of some prints for my <a href="http://www.messybedstudio.etsy.com/">etsy shop</a> and thought i'd share a behind the scenes photo.<br />
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really, i just want to show you the chair i found while thrifting yesterday. it's all chippy and cracked paint, great texture. it's just what i'm trying to reproduce in my mixed media paintings without having to wait for time and use to work its magic.<br />
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a while back, i made a locket like these for my daughter with some dried flowers and bits and pieces i've saved over the years. things that are meaningful to her.<br />
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i had a lot of fun with it so i decided to make some for my <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/MessyBedStudio?section_id=8011364&ref=shopsection_leftnav_6">shop</a>. these have vintage maps and little starry watercolor paintings in them.<br />
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i've had this heart shaped pincushion made with an old quilt for a long time. it gave me an idea for a photograph - something raw and a bit gritty looking. painful.<br />
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there are prints and other assorted goodies at <a href="http://www.redbubble.com/people/messybedstudio/works/15636049-pierced?ref=recent-owner">redbubble</a> and <a href="https://society6.com/product/pierced-ytp_wall-clock#33=284&34=286">society6</a> if you'd like to take a peek.<br />
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and finally, we have bunches of mint muscling in on the lilacs and delphiniums. to do our part and save the flower bed from a complete takeover we are having to drink mojitos...<br />
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i have a couple of pots-full near my back door and i trail my fingers through it as i pass by. even the leaves smell amazing. it just makes me smile every time.<br />
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it's so true what they say about smell and memory.<br />
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a long time ago, when i was very pregnant with my middle son - i was tired and cranky and a little down and i had to pick up my daughter at her friend zach's house. when i got there, zach's mom could tell i wasn't a happy camper so she went to her pantry, rummaged around a little, and pulled out a gallon sized bag of dried lavender and handed it to me. here, this is for you, she said.<br />
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and now i'm thinking about what i can do with my tiny little harvest. i'm imagining something lemony and lavendery and yummy. like these maybe.<br />
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<a href="http://www.bakeyourday.net/lemon-lavender-greek-yogurt-pound-cake/">lemon lavender pound cake</a> with greek yogurt<br />
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i went a little crazy so you can find even more lavender recipes and a cocktail or two on this <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/messybedstudio/summer-parties/">pinterest board</a><br />
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<br />Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12310679886290114596noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5542898292903529204.post-66758353261196087692015-07-09T20:15:00.002-07:002015-07-09T20:15:50.624-07:00thoughts<br />
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just a little bit of what i've been up to since i last checked in :)<br />
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it's strawberry season here! the daffodils have passed, we're spending time under the pergola in the moonlight and little twinkly lights, working, ripping up rugs and uncovering beautiful wood floors in our living room, more work and then there's ginger the wonder dog always making us smile.<br />
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oh, and now you can find me over on instagram @ messybedstudio if you want to follow along. and i've got some more art prints and photographs over at <a href="http://society6.com/messybedstudio/prints">society6</a><br />
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tomorrow is the first day of summer. i hope you have a wonderful, sunshine filled one.<br />
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wanted to share with you my son <a href="http://dylanjamesgoodman.com/">Dylan's</a> year long thesis project. i may have mentioned around here that he is a graphic design major graduating this year. it's a project that hopes to put art lovers in touch with artists by giving a taste of the artist's work, with the hope that relationships and sales will grow beyond that first taste. you can be a part of it by clicking <a href="http://amuseboucheart.com/artistregister.html">here</a>!<br />
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Amuse-Bouche (uh-mooz-boosh) is French for ‘entertains the mouth.’ In the culinary world it is usually a small, original, bite-sized appetizer which is created personally by the chef and cannot be found on a menu. It is an expression of the chef’s skill and style and can predict the culinary approach to the rest of the meal. We use the phrase Amuse-Bouche here in a similar sense. A small, original sample of art, created and inspired by the artist to help build the artistic appetite. Collect the art boxes and try out new artists and styles all without making the financial commitment of a large work. Amuse-Bouche brings a taste of different artists directly to you. Bon Appetit!</div>
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Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12310679886290114596noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5542898292903529204.post-5049337603478807552015-01-28T17:52:00.000-08:002015-01-28T17:52:03.696-08:00love notes for valentine's day<br />
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<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/218921573/love-notes-valentines-day-gift-for-him?ref=shop_home_active_2">you're my shelter from the storm</a></div>
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<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/218832256/under-your-skin-feels-like-home-love?ref=shop_home_active_8">under your skin feels like home</a></div>
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each love note painting comes gift wrapped in hand painted paper with a hand stamped tag</div>
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a <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/220041539/moleskine-notebook-home-is-wherever-im?ref=shop_home_active_3">moleskine</a>, with a favorite lino cut print, for writing your love notes</div>
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<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/218685397/love-notes-valentines-day-gift-romantic?ref=shop_home_active_4">did i find you or you find me?</a></div>
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i love making these little intimate paintings. the process of layering and texturing is very meditative. then comes the tricky part, for the black ones. while the paint is still wet, i scratch the words into the canvas in, to my eye, a very imperfectly perfect way. it feels like a secret message to the one you love.<br />
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i was asked to make a custom one for a couple who just got engaged. i was so honored and thrilled to be asked. i'm so excited for them!<br />
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there's a few more in the <a href="http://www.messybedstudio.etsy.com/">shop</a>.<br />
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<br />Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12310679886290114596noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5542898292903529204.post-90634961930579505632015-01-19T22:14:00.000-08:002015-01-19T22:14:48.884-08:00hello 2015!<br />
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we've had a busy start to the new year as always - a birthday, a kid going back to school, another birthday, the other kid taking a little trip then going back to school and some etsy orders in between.<br />
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finally got a new planner. you can see how much i've been using it.<br />
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you know when you get that craving for cheesecake, peanut butter chocolate chip cookies and stuffed portobello mushrooms? this is what your kitchen looks like when you try to make them all at once. can you find ginger, the wonder dog, waiting patiently for something, anything to fall to the floor?<br />
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and here is our new light that my oldest son made, yes made! following this <a href="http://www.thegatheredhome.com/2014/03/diy-copper-pipe-icosahedron-light.html">diy at the gathered home</a>. i freakin' love it! now i just hate the room it's in. time for a trip to the paint store.<br />
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i have a feeling this is going to be a good one.<br />
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<br />Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12310679886290114596noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5542898292903529204.post-46526822691345288732014-12-24T10:57:00.000-08:002014-12-24T10:57:33.921-08:00christmas wishes<br />
i'm having so much fun making this home made wrapping paper!<br />
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here's some supplies. the paper we're using is a huge roll of contractor's paper found in the painting section at lowe's. there were 2 thicknesses and we got the thickest. better for painting on, a little harder to wrap with.<br />
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wishing you the merriest, happiest christmas, warmed with light, laughter and loved ones.<br />
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<br />Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12310679886290114596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5542898292903529204.post-6972269631267593192014-12-17T17:38:00.000-08:002014-12-17T17:38:23.491-08:00getting our christmas onor at least, starting to...<br />
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made a banner from old scraps of painted papers to get us in the christmas spirit.<br />
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<br />Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12310679886290114596noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5542898292903529204.post-23969231875667709232014-12-11T20:52:00.001-08:002014-12-11T20:52:19.879-08:00my pinterest fail<br />
so i wanted to make this beautiful hanging chandelier that i saw on pinterest. it calls for a hula hoop and icicle lights as the 2 main ingredients.<br />
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i had an 8" embroidery hoop and a brand new regular strand of christmas lights.<br />
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this is what happens when you use what i had.<br />
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i also used the same strings that i tied to the dining room light, to hang the fortune cookie wisdom calendar from for fun, below.<br />
the calendar pages are light and float in the breeze.<br />
the christmas lights are heavy and sink to the table when you don't make the knots tight enough.<br />
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you might ask yourself, why bother to start a project if you don't have the right ingredients. all i can say is i'm an impatient sort of gal.<br />
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this is what it looks like if you actually put some effort into it.<br />
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don't you just love it?<br />
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not sure where i'm going to find a hula hoop in december in upstate ny but i'm determined to find one.<br />
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<br />Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12310679886290114596noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5542898292903529204.post-13263902358354342242014-12-01T15:24:00.000-08:002014-12-01T15:24:14.990-08:00last minute salei have a few prints over at society 6 and i just realized everything's on sale plus free shipping over there so i thought i'd let you know<br />
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this one is a <a href="http://society6.com/messybedstudio/become-who-you-are-i6u_print#1=45">print</a> taken from this year's <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/207796126/2015-wall-calendar-2015-fortune-cookie?ref=shop_home_active_1">fortune cookie wisdom calendar</a><br />
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xoLisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12310679886290114596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5542898292903529204.post-61505884769901869372014-11-27T22:19:00.001-08:002014-11-27T22:19:18.616-08:00happy<br />
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hope those celebrating, had a wonderful thanksgiving with their loved ones.<br />
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<br />Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12310679886290114596noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5542898292903529204.post-82429718168071182832014-11-24T18:55:00.000-08:002014-11-24T18:55:42.063-08:00birthday weekend<br />
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it was middle son's 22nd birthday this past weekend! i just love that kid.<br />
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i love him so much i made him help me finish painting the dining room.<br />
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i'm such a terrible mom. i didn't even take down the origami stars hanging from the ceiling, our very own 100 million suns inspired by <a href="http://www.snowpatrol.com/music/1389/a_hundred_million_suns">this</a> snow patrol album cover. or the disco ball. every dining room needs a disco ball. especially when you're celebrating a birthday!<br />
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besides, i think it helps disguise the light. or does it do the exact opposite? i might not mind the light so much in this new and improved, all white room.<br />
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and here is ginger the wonder dog, getting her most favorite thing in the world - a butt scratch.<br />
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<br />Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12310679886290114596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5542898292903529204.post-304620823494328222014-11-19T15:33:00.001-08:002014-11-19T15:33:47.977-08:00update just thought i'd give you all an update on my <a href="http://messybedstudio.blogspot.com/2014/10/crochet-patterns-for-you-and-me.html">crochet project</a>.<br />
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well, at least i've chosen the yarn and the <a href="http://www.allaboutami.com/post/40104047433/longdoublecrochetcowl">pattern</a>. that's gotta count for something, right?<br />
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also just listed this <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/210919921/blank-recipe-book-personalized-family?ref=shop_home_active_3">personalized family recipe</a> book in the shop.<br />
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with rose gold metallic polka dots!<br />
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<br />Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12310679886290114596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5542898292903529204.post-4986252032631052692014-11-11T09:24:00.000-08:002014-11-11T09:24:15.568-08:00collage scrap exchangei found this, new to me, blog, <a href="http://www.brwnpaperbag.com/collage-scrap-exchange-papirmass/">brown paper bag</a> and signed up for the collage scrap exchange. sounds like a great way to be inspired. the deadline is nov. 15 so there's still time. go check it out, sign up and we can do it together!<br />
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<br />Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12310679886290114596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5542898292903529204.post-830575123991690622014-10-31T08:46:00.001-07:002014-10-31T08:46:16.517-07:00happy halloween!<br />
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i'll be listening to <a href="http://messybedstudio.blogspot.com/search?q=halloween+head">this</a> ryan adams song all day - maybe not strictly a halloween song but i love it!<br />
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<br />Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12310679886290114596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5542898292903529204.post-43268555046724789592014-10-26T16:03:00.000-07:002014-10-26T16:03:06.769-07:00crochet patterns for you and me<br />
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my mom taught me to crochet when i was little just as she had learned from her mom. my grandmother created very fine work using tiny steel hooks. she made doilies and had the infinite patience to complete tablecloths and bedspreads with intricate, floral granny squares all with those tiny hooks.<br />
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my mom made me granny square vests and ponchos in bright thick yarns using big hooks in metallic colors. she also made a bedspread for me and surprised me with it when i came home from a week long 6th grade class trip. it was a soft turquoise yarn complete with popcorn stitches.<br />
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i've tried my hand at using both types of hooks, both dainty and substantial. i've made granny square quilts for my kids, none as beautiful as my mom or grandmother's but they were warm and well loved.<br />
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i haven't crocheted in years and that's what seems to happen. i pick it up and put it down again. so now i have the urge again and somehow i just know that when i do pick up the hook, that my fingers will know what to do. it feels like the memory is in the whorls, loops and arches of my fingertips, passed down from my mother and grandmother's hands. do your fingers have memories too?<br />
hmm... but will i remember how to read a pattern?<br />
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so, now to go dig out the yarn and hook to make a cowl for the coming winter.<br />
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and just to keep it democratic and equal opportunity and stuff... here's a knit cowl<br />
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is it the pipe, the lightly mussed hair, the hint of a beard? oh, yeah right, it's the cowl, yes the cowl, the beautiful cowl.<br />
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