Unfortunately, the photo is a bit dark since it's still a little dark out, but I wanted to share my little desk.
I needed a desk that would that was no wider than 33 inches and this is a perfect 31.5. I purchased the white legs to go along with it.
Among the little treasures on my desk is this owl.
…and my little custom knit cactus by Kaktusgarten:
and of course, my giant vintage metal gas station 8.
The apartment inches onward!!!
The bearded guys are now listed in the shop! Most are in super limited numbers so I hope you nab the one you want! There are also a few other limited edition prints in the shop.
Have a great day!! I'm off to have a day of home improvements. : ) Wheeeee!
I am sad to say that Gallery Revisited no longer has a traditional gallery space but I know we will see exciting things from Gallery Revisited's Leora Lutz in the near future.
BUT I did receive several of the first and most asked about bearded guys back, and I will be putting them in my shop on Wednesday. Most of them are in super limited numbers, but I hope you can nab one that you thought got away!
Happy Monday!
Oh my, It's warm. I have *I hope* a studio space. It is in desperate need of some TLC and that is what some of my spare time has been going to. I am keeping my fingers crossed that nothing falls through with it and I will be a very happy girl.
Today was really eaten by sleeping in, walking up to the hardware store, a good four hours (and more to come) of work on the studio, and making my way through the leftovers of the tremendous salad I made for dinner last night.
I used that funny cauliflower thing because it was pretty but it just tasted like prickly cauliflower. It was getting lots of oohs and aahs at the market and I am a sucker for pretty veggies.
OK, off to drink about a gallon of water and get back to work. I am also going to try to win an auction on eBay if it's still cheap!! I hope everyone had a fantastic weekend!
So after all my salad talk I tweaked some of the recipes and created my own salad.
Really it was the throw-together-what-we-had salad. Leaf and romaine lettuce, green and yellow onions (I love onions), celery, sliced almonds, croutons, and tofu "cutlets" with a basic dressing made of balsamic vinegar, olive oil, salt, pepper, and sugar. It was deeeelicious. I am going to run to the Thursday market and pick up more lettuce.
We also finally made it over to Kinokuniya Bookstore. I knew it would be a problem for my pocketbook and although I controlled it this time… oh yes, I sense a new addiction. I limited myself to one magazine and these two books:
Perhaps my favorite photo in these books that so seemingly effortlessly mixes thrift store, IKEA, high end, makeshift, make do, handmade, found, original art, and a healthy dose of organized chaos is this photo of one of the studios in Paris:
The "fuck-it-I'm-using-a-cardboard-box-for-storage" photo.
Ahhh… the perfection of imperfection
"Do You Ever Think We're Starting To Look Alike?" is in the shop now! It measures 8" × 10".
I am pretty sure most people in a long term relationship or friendship have faced this pretty comical situation. Once a woman came up to Drew and me and said "If you two aren't related, I don't know who is." And my best friend Loren and I used to get asked if we were sisters when in fact, we could not look less alike. Drew said it was because Loren and I "wear our eye makeup similarly," which is actually true.
If it's not choices in eye makeup or clothes, it's hair color, mannerisms, expressions, etc. But when you're around someone long enough it's funny the things that rub off on each other.
Off to ship!
I hope everyone's staying nice and cool.
This is actually yesterday's breakfast/lunch, but it was so good I'm making it again. Egg whites, fresh salsa from the outdoor market up the street, and veggie sausage. I prefer tofu over egg white scrambles, but I like to mix it up.
Not too much to report today. Trying to stay cool and work on some sketches. We were out running errands before it gets too hot. I can't get enough iced mochas and coffee in the summer.
Another thing I can't get enough of in summer are salads—so tasty and easy to make. I have my own concoctions, but I was looking for a few new ones, and I think this Strawberry Romaine Salad looks great.
INGREDIENTS
1 head romaine lettuce - rinsed, dried, and chopped
2 bunches fresh spinach - chopped, washed and dried
1 pint fresh strawberries, sliced
1 Bermuda onion, sliced
½ cup mayonnaise
2 tablespoons white wine vinegar
1/3 cup white sugar
¼ cup milk
2 tablespoons poppy seedsDIRECTIONS
In a large salad bowl, combine the romaine, spinach, strawberries and sliced onion.
In a jar with a tight fitting lid, combine the mayonnaise, vinegar, sugar, milk and poppy seeds. Shake well and pour the dressing over salad. Toss until evenly coated.
I hope you have a great day!
The After:
The Before:
That was also before we painted, as you can see. I've had a jumbly refrigerator for far too long—silly magnets I made when I was 19, business cards, to-do stuff—and it just sort of ends up staying. In this place you can see the fridge from the living room, so when I saw these from Umbra (they are currently out of stock but you can still get them at Amazon) I knew it was time for a change. They are, in fact, substantial. I heart Umbra because in my experience they sell well-designed, well-made products that are pretty affordable. What I really, really want now are a few of these book shelves…
…for a few cookbooks in the kitchen or above my new little work desk (photos coming soon). At $14 the price is right!
They have the same shelves for towels too! OK, I'll get off my Umbra soap box now, but I like when I order something online and it's better than I expected. This doesn't change that our freezer is broken, BUT it does make the goofy little fridge quite cute!
And of course, happy belated Fourth! I was so close to fireworks I was covered in ash. :)
"Wee Cactus" can now be found in the shop! It measures 5 × 7, and I believe it would look pretty fancy popped into a black frame. I have been cactus (and succulent) crazy for the last year and a half or so, ever since I realized:
And I feel like I am the worst at being tagged with questionnaires—possibly worse than that about tagging others—but when the fantastic Manda (hi Manda!) tagged me, I couldn't resist. So here it goes:
What I was doing 10 years ago: Ten years ago was the summer before my senior year in high school, and I was doing a bunch of nothing: working as a waitress and cashier at Pumpernickels, driving around in my 1986 Chevy Nova, hating my Nova and making friends pick me up… Did I go on a road trip? No, I think my best friend went on a month-long road trip out west, which meant I was bored a lot, at home. I’m sure there was Denny’s and coffee. But twelve years ago… now that was a crazy summer.
What is on your to-do list today (in no particular order)?
Snacks I enjoy: beverages—those are snacks, right? If it were up to me I would actually drink Coke all day with crushed ice, which is exactly why I don’t keep it in the house most of the time; bananas; corn nuts; chocolate rice cakes; baby carrots; iced coffee; veggies and hummus; strawberry-banana smoothies; and I have a weakness for crunchy, salty, corn- (versus potato-) based snacky things.
Things I would I do if I was a billionaire:
There are the obvious things like become very involved in charity, and buy my mom and sisters homes.
I would give some close friends and family financial assistance, and have several smallish (or biggish) homes and apartments all over so that everyone I knew could bounce from one place to another, vacationing or temporarily living.
I would have a small but completely tailored wardrobe. Nice clothes that fit me perfectly and work for my body.
I would have a driver, hands down. I hate driving so much. That would be my one rich-person service if I got to pick one.
Then I would travel. Bribe my friends and family by paying their missing salary and go on month-long vacations.
When that got old, I’d settle into a home and community that I loved and have all the animals my heart desired.
Places I have lived: That’s an easy one! St. Louis, Missouri and Portland, Oregon.
Jobs I have had: In order of appearance: barista, bookkeeper, buyer for a vintage clothing store, waitress, bartender, seller of my art.
Now the tagging begins…
Happy Day!
"HELLO July ’08" a.k.a. "Madame and Monsieur" is in the shop now! I think this print has cracked Drew up more than I thought possible.
Print measures 7.5" by 10.5". Printed on archival velvet fine art stock using archival pigment ink.
This month's charity is The Library Foundation.
I had a busy wonderful last few days. It felt like my birthday celebration lasted all through the weekend.
We have talked on the phone and e-mailed a billion times, but I finally met Emily and her great guy, Josiah, in person. Soon she will be my in-town friend! Another point for Portland. :)
Okay, a few more points for Portland, actually. Drew and I met the super nice couple Dave and Trina. The six of us went out to dinner Sunday evening.
And two of my Portland favorites, Matte and Viv, have found a new place in Portland (I am so happy they found the right neighborhood and space for them!) and MORE THAN GENEROUSLY gave me an amazing table, cabinet, side table, and so much more to set up my studio. Then, I just happened to run into them at Powell's yesterday. It was the first time I ran into someone I know out and about in Portland.
It's good to know such good people, and I'm finding that Portland seems full of them. But STL folks, I still miss you beyond words. :)
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