Archive for the ‘arts and crafts’ Category
I love my job
Posted in arts and crafts, tagged children's librarians, library, newspaper hat on July 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
May we come in?
Posted in arts and crafts, tagged christmas, ornament, tree on December 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Paper Forest
Posted in arts and crafts, tagged block print, christmas card, tree, windsor chair on December 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Freeland Farm
Posted in arts and crafts, cooking, real estate on December 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The house I grew up in as illustrated by my mother for the menu for her Gourmet Club, September 1984.
Salem Post Office
Posted in arts and crafts, found, tagged massachusetts, post office, postcard, salem, usps on December 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Built in 1932 in the Colonial Revival style, the Salem Post Office is about as far as you can get from a FedEx Kinko’s. All this grandeur and craftsmanship for folks who are paying three cents. It reminds me of… The library. All this marble and brass and polished woodwork for everyone, not just the [...]
Corn Prints for the Kitchen
Posted in arts and crafts, tagged corn, interior design, woodblock print on November 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I found these colorful block prints made by my mother or one of her talented sisters and framed them cheaply for the kitchen. What do you think?
Hope Brings a Turtle: Part Three
Posted in arts and crafts, poem, tagged love, origami, poetry, turtles on August 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Hope brings a turtle in a tiny box. She’d spent hours folding turtle after turtle from sheets of wrapping paper. The one she is carrying was the smallest one she could make. This turtle is like my love, she thinks. Not small, I know my love will grow or shrink to fit any space. The [...]
Lake Tashmoo Earrings
Posted in arts and crafts, tagged jenny, martha's vineyard, usps on August 19, 2009 | 2 Comments »
slow clothing
Posted in arts and crafts, tagged cotton, fashion design, sewing on August 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Flowers from Union Square
Posted in arts and crafts, tagged flowers, union square farmer's market, wedding on August 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »