puppies, good mail, good thrift oh my!
can you stand it??? it's dot ! my friend rori's new little frenchie pup. she is VERY funny. likes to hop around and kiss and burry under her blankie.... my friend rori, by the way, runs paper monkey press a very cool letterpress shoppe in berkeley.
i am so so so procrastinating. i should be working on my syllabi for next quarter. but since they might be screwing around with my schedule i don't want to put in all the work until i know what classes i'm teaching for sure. sigh. i think i have post show syndrome too. i pretty much just want to curl up with a book and do nothing. not very practical i'm afraid.
until i have install shots i'll tease you with all the good mail i've received of late:
anytime anything comes with annie's return address i know i'm in for a treat. polaroid from cony island [she and wendy are doing a photo crawl there. you can join them if you are so lucky. where is my teleporter??] ... polaroid of her nifty dollies.... amazing vintage buttons [i want to frame that as a piece of art]... a great catalogue of a new to me artist Fanny Brennaman . they are miniature [love #1] paintings of slightly surreal images often containing something of the domestic [love #2].
erin posted about her digital camera breaking a few weeks ago. i've admired her stuff for sometime and so it seemed like the perfect opportunity to help a gal out! you can get your own stuff from her shop .
i have loved sarah's stuff for so so long and never took the plunge to get anything. i couldn't resist the stamp and the iron-on patches.... someday maybe i'll get lucky enough to spot and buy a clothespin peep [they sell out in like seconds - at least the ones i want always do]
such an amazingly made bag and cute tape measure from nichola . oh how i love it! i think it may become my new camera bag... it's padded... the perfect size.... woo hoo! i think i got the better end of this deal... see what i sent her here
in my effort to procrastinate today i went thrifting. it was quite a good day. all the above for $8. notes on the above here
also procrastinated by finally wrapping and sending these little gifts. contents to be revealed here after their arrival down under
and since i couldn't possibly not show you one of my own pets... tonka would like to say hello!
see you all soon [phew - did you make it through all that??]
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ps: what'cha reading now? bookclub?!
pps: jen garrido hits durham friday at the branch! wish you could go with me. :)
love all your mail goodies, plus your thrifted goodies...lovely lovely.
(and your camera rocks - love all your photos)
That last picture kills me...I wanna puppy so bad right now, you have no idea!
ohh, and I want a puppy too ...
But what wonderful mail and lucky Gwen this week too!! Love the little plates you thrifted!
And finally the gorgeous pic of Tonka perfectly ends the post xx
...either that or you just become a professional thrifter, which wouldn't neccesarily be a bad thing with all your luck ;))))
Yes, the pooches are pulling at my heartstrings too! -- oh how I want a pup :(
anyway...almost friday! sending hugs, xox
{note: I got in again!! -- just disabled the pop-up blocker and hey-presto!}
tiffany
around
comes
around!
you send lovely
packages
and you
get lovely
packages...
everything
is so wonderful!
nichola's bags
are so wonderful...
and padded!!!
i need to get myself
a cool
camera bag
(instead of
throwing
it in
with
my knitting)...
and
that tonka
picture...
eeeeeeee!
so cute!
*faint*
What awesome trades you did! You send the coolest stuff!
I love all that cool stuff you sent from the thrift store, those christmas ornaments were awesome!
I'm still amazed by your bug tags for bugheart!
hugs to you!
ash
Definitely skip the syllabi writing and curl up with a book instead. Artemisia? ;)
I'm also curious about your reading and definitely just get yourself in the curl up somewhere confortable and immerse yourself in a story.
xxx
good thrift scores!
And doing nothing can be o-so-good.
and nice thrift finds. oh to go thrifting in with you!
wendy - yup - rabbits and frogs.... and thanks for liking the photos!
blair.... mmm hmmmm bet we are working against each other on those peeps. we need to stratagize! i hope a pup is in your future
yours too maditi!
julie.... sorry. i sometimes am a tease... can't help it!
abigial - i WISH i could be a pro thrifter. how cool would that job be?? and i hope a pup is in your future too!!
hi tiffany... yeah - they are pretty irresistable. :)
gwen - right back at you w/ the goes around comes around bit....
funky finds... yeah PMP is fantastic! she does great great work!
ash - i'm so flattered you like the bug tags! :) they were fun to make for miss gwen... hugs back!
lisa\eots - how can i not be appreciative of that loot! i finished artemesia and so i read the god of small things... sad but really really good - did you finish? what did you think of artemesia?
jennifery... oh you are lucky! i love those iron ons!
kelly... doing nothing is the best thing right now! like luxury!! tonka would definitely kiss you back
dani.:) you could be lucky too!! :)
jan - hee hee.... i'd LOVE to go thrifting with you - if you ever get down here - it's a DATE!
andrea... xoxoxoxo so nice to see you here - makes me giddy - missed you so!