garden party

here's a little, well, quite large playlist for you.

mine and kyle's three year anniversay was a few weeks ago, he got me those nice flowers.

waldeinsamkeit

a book I finished last month. Waldeinsamkeit is the german word for "the feeling of being alone in the woods". Interesting that we don't have a word for that in english!
It took forever for me to find that little music box. I installed in into a cheap wooden box, which holds the book. Watch the video to hear the little song.

thank you all for the sweet birthday wishes. it's taking longer than expected to get my paypal changed to the right name (it's still my maiden name), so apologies for the long etsy delay.

twenty-two

today I am twenty-two.

blizzard people

the blizzard is so bad today, work got canceled! a nice little surprise for my first weekend of winter break.

i've lost count of all the people i've seen stuck in the snow so far this morning. it's fun to see strangers helping strangers, giving high fives of success and huddling together to shield the wind.
poor kyle has to walk home from work while i stay in and wrap christmas gifts/make paper people.
we actually cheated a bit last night and each opened up one gift (woops!).

etsy opening in four days!! (i'm still narrowing down on my shop's name! hmmmmm)

dark

a little book finished a few weeks ago.

we were little tigers, hiding in the night
catching fireflies under quiet street lights.
a velvet ribbon, in the dark
fell from my hair to the meadowlark.
quick like rabbits, we ran out of sight
until we couldn't find anything but moonlight.

only one more week of school for the semester, and then next week, good news--
i'm opening my etsy shop!
books, prints, and other little things. full details next week.

little friends

Working working working on new things. Dreaming of having a little pet to come home to.

Have you ever heard of a hyrax? They like to snuggle with others all day. Sounds like a good idea since it's getting quite cold here in minneapolis!
I'm really wanting to make a collaborative artists book...if anyone else is interested, please let me know any ideas. Work wouldn't have to be only 2D, maybe some 3D made or found objects as well? Many possibilities.

places

here's my newest book!








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braiding hair behind the fence,
houses we haven't been in since
hiding in the tiniest of places,
wondering if they ever would miss us
golden ponies kept under the bed,
drawers of postcards with things once said
where we caught crystal rainbows in our hands,
and dreampt about distant lands
running from the room haunted by ghosts,
places forgotten
and remembered the most.

case binding with illustrated image transfers and cut up streamers.
I'm really happy with how it came out, being my first case binding. It's sweet and sad to me, the things you do and places you go while you're little. Do you remember places like these?

I saw Sufjan last weekend. What an inspiring show! All I wanted was for him to play seven swans, and that's what he opened with. It was so beautiful that I couldn't help but get tears in my eyes. The way he talks about the Lord is so lovely and perfect. For my next project, I'm thinking of making a set of seven books with the lyrics spread out in them. I don't know if I'm up for seven books, but it sounds nice to me.