a cabin in the woods

woke up to this article in my inbox today- thank you becky! perfect way to start the day - dreaming of my own cabin in the woods.

this cabin was an old hunting camp completely redone by one lady, Mrs. Foster, who decorated almost everything with vintage pieces. from the window and doors to the porch wood and french door cupboards almost everything within the space is repurposed.

oh, and how perfect is this? to get to the cabin you must cross a little stream....

read the ny times article here
and see more pictures of this inspiring space here

Upcoming event! homemade brooklyn, this weekend!!

dear  new york,

i want to make some good mail with you, so....

....please don't miss homemade: brooklyn this weekend. i'll be there on saturday providing my Letter Writing Service.  write a letter home, say hello,  send some love, a secret communique or write just because.

homemade brooklyn is a weekend long pop-up shop that features goods and performances by local artists, designers, and chefs curated by the lovely lady behind the shiny squirrel, jessica goldfond. the event is jam packed with rad makers.  here are the full details....

lets do this!
jessica

Homemade: Brooklyn june 25 - 27
at Metropolitan Green, 439 metropolitan
between n 5th & marcy
&
Miniature Rhino @ Homemade Brooklyn
Letter Writing Service
June 26, 12 - 6pm
homemade brooklyn is in association with northside festival & williamsburg walks

stitching & typing...

it's what i do....

dear yellow cat,

how is it possible that one little thing could shed so damn much? you should be bald, like the old man you are.

love,
jessica

a little something for you, a giveaway hosted by monsterbites for a DIY Message in a Bottle Kit. leave a comment over here sharing your favorite miniature thing and you could win...

i like little glass bottles filled with specimens, tiny tin figures, miniature toys, small snapshots and really anything tiny...

the shadow club

continuing a project that I've been working on for years now, collecting memory. it started with my thesis project, and has been in the background for awhile now. so i started another etsy shop, the shadow club, for projects such as this and for a few things jeremy and I have been day dreaming about making. since it's a collaborative project, you & I, he & I, it's kinda a club....

the card above is on a library card catalog card and it will be put into my 42 drawer vintage library catalog, one of my very prized possessions (you know one that needs a home, call me!).  i have hundreds and hundreds of similar cards written by myself and many others.  to continue the project i need more participants.  you send me your address & i'll mail you cards with instructions and return postage. you fill them out, return them and then become part of my archive.  it's anonymous, fun (right?) and pretty much art homework.

you can read more about it and see some collected cards here

weekend.

spent a nice long weekend in boston, with a short stop over in maine.  museums, flea markets, thrift shops and lots of eats & sweets were enjoyed.  i love my friend toni's cats. otie is the cubbie love bug and oliver is super playful and sweet.  i'd never seen a cat play fetch before and oliver was playing with a little straw. he'd drop it at your feet, wait for you to throw it, catch it and run back with it in his mouth & do it again. is your heart melting yet.... if not look at this: 

(perhaps i should give up this MR thing and start a pet portrait studio....)

peace out new york....

.... hello boston!

i'm off to boston for the weekend. hope you all have a great one. i'm sure i will - going to a flea market in Maine!

here are some recent pieces completed. people in love....

renegade brooklyn recap

whew, what a weekend renegade brooklyn was.  i met lots of people, made lots of mail, got my booth mate's  music, a one time thing, permanently stuck in my head, and had a generally great time despite even the crazy rain and wind on sunday.  we had a tornado warning that shut down lots of booths early.

my only complaint is i didn't have time to see everything properly and missed lots of people and booths i would have loved to have seen.

really happy to have gotten a chance to meet bloodmilk,  enhabiten with Lambert, polly danger (who is from the same town as me in ca. small world.), sweetie pie press, molly of charlotte's fancy, and melissa. 

a big hug to everyone who stepped up, sat down, and typed out a little letter with me! another big kiss to everyone who stopped by. you all made my weekend awesome!!

more pictures on my flickr