friday finds:

Lula Magazine, from Jessica @ Treasuring Jessica Gonacha.

MINT! I was using QUICKEN for awhile, but I couldn’t update my accounts… Mint automatically refreshes! Plus I like the pale green color scheme & funky fonts.

SMITTEN by Joanna from A CUP OF JO.

Li Wei, Bejing artist from Artist-a-Day… how the helllll does she do that?

iposture... now that I’m a nine to fiver I have to consider silly gagets such as this one!

ETSY Favorites, tailored to my bff!! Amanda's tastes:

Fashion prints?

The Death of Summer Funeral Sale.

Inspirational gocco prints?

Jessica Gonacha's shop... (see above for her blog).


retro, linoleum cut images? RainyPrints.

Decals, decals, decals! EllyNelly’s shop.

a really nice woman making really lovely things? Kelly loves whales author of this blog.

and the 1/2 is here!

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working for the weekend ; )

1/2 the family is here...

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long as I can see.

Hold on to what is good even if it is a handful of earth.

Hold on to what you believe even if it is a tree which stands by itself.

Hold on to what you must do even if it is a long way from here.

Hold on to life even when it is easier letting go.

Hold on to my hand even when I have gone away from you.

Pueblo Blessing.

can't remember where I got this, but I think wayfaring wanderer...

Tomorrow I am headed to San Francisco, visiting my dear little sister (above)... I would like to keep my head where my feet are, I would like to wish myself a happy trip... and of course I will be writing from the road.

goodnight.

writing, writing, writing.

I just ordered these from a photographer named Maditi... we have been conversing through email - she is such a sweet, lovely woman! Find her work here & and find her blog here!

what does writing mean to all of you?

my writing is:
joy,
prayer,
confession,
and grocery list.

seeing,
hearing,
knowing,
and complaint to AT&T.

here,
now,
there,
and en route to your computer screen.

I used to write because I thought I could do nothing else. Now I write because I can do nothing else - passion won't permit me the wiggle room.

Words, once they are printed, have a life of their own.
- Carol Burnett

creating as responsibility... this must be a constant reminder.

happy, happy monday!

found it on friday...

apartment/design/photography finds.

dream buy from threepotatofour shop.

simply photo - the shop.

see jane work.

three potato four shop adorable shop featuring tons & tons of little birds!

bound to booker's, journaler's, readers unite : )

simply photo... beautiful!

domino's tips for decorating small spaces… running small to very, very tiny (like my own).

seejanework cute office supplies, journals, more! And the prices aren’t too shabby, either.

Delphine Chanet – a photographer to know, to explore…

Purl... fantastic prints, for buy or just pure inspiration.

Jackie-specific etsy find: johnwgolden.

beautiful patterns, colors & things: nantakajoy.

Old favorite, maditi likes.

needing more help...

I think I am finally going to invest in a new digital SLR. Advice? Warnings? Bewares? Enlighten me.

Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead, on Work & Integrity.

Howard Roark's advice...

to Peter Keating-

Never ask people about your work (33).

It's I who have destroyed you, by helping you (611).

general:

Show me your achievement- and the knowledge will give me courage for mine.

I am a man who does not exist for others.

I have come here to say that I do not recognize anyone's right to one minute of my life.... It had to be said. The world is perishing from an orgy of self-sacrificing.

Pain only goes down to a certain point.

To say 'I love you' one must know first how to say the 'I.'

Dominique comments on Roark's work:

There is not a person in New York City who should be allowed to live in this building (287).

Ellsworth Toohey:

A leash is only a rope with a noose on both ends.

I don't want to be on a leash, I want to be free. And I want to own myself, and do what I love, I want to be my own boss and a free agent... it is not in my Pisces nature to be hemmed in by anything - be it a boyfriend, employment, location -

so?

so I am reintroducing myself to myself, and every day things become more clear.

<3>

I have a brown wall...

cream...

simple...

themed set of six...

so many options!

I need help decorating my... tiny tiny tiny but beautiful & lovely apartment.

I painted one of my 4 walls "Van Buren" brown.

(the old bird would have posted it, but with my stalker issues... you understand.)

and now I am at a loss! I want to showcase my infantile art collection, but I am not sure a) which prints to put up, and b) how to arrange.

Any suggestions?

scraps from my afternoon net surfing, mostly from domino:

"Use simple modern frames—but always different, to avoid that gallery look." —Allegra Hicks

Steven Gambrell favors painted frames. Mix and match with unframed but similar art.

"Grand old oil paintings often look great out of their frames." —Allegra Hicks

According to Miles Redd, you should frame art "however the picture dictates, but I love French mats."

The secret to displaying artwork? "Big mats and snappy but simple modern frames."

cambitos no pacífico

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I want a new tattoo... what do you think?

the trick: not having what you want, but wanting what you have.

my new place..

finds:

art/design/apartment finds.

from paper schamper: www.growhousegrow.com

velocity art and design.

fun color/word association site.

15 best home offices.

curiosity shoppe

fun, new (for me) blog:

cassettes from my ex

Etsy, again : )

Q: Do you have an Etsy shop? If you do, let me know! I am cruising for new art and decoration...

1st A: Joanna, author of the fantastic blog A Cup of Jo, posted a list of her favorite etsy stores... check it out!

2nd A: Flora d has an etsy shop.... actually, her blog is neat too - intriguing fresh & clean design.

3rd A: Abby's shop.

4th A: I just went through this one, I absolutely love it: Mrs. Eliot Books.

5th A: Doobleh-vey's shop.

6th A: Oh! How Lovely's new shopping blog.

7th A: Katelyn Jane's blog & shop : )


Thanks, all of you : )

In flow'r of youth and beauty's pride.

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I'm a little late joining in the etsy-craze, but I just started exploring this incredible website... and wow! what a wealth of finds!

I bought this wall decal for the area above my bed. What do you think? I ordered it in brown...

check out the etsy shop here.