Oiseaux

Does anybody know

... nifty things to do with this stuff?

I picked up this clay at a toy store because it looked fun; I had vague fantasies about making little bowls or small cups or coming up with some all-new mixed media thing-a-ma-jiggy, but now I'm not really sure.

Ideas?

Mail Woman Love

Don't you love when the mailman (in our case, the mail woman) brings you all sorts of goodies? Today was like Christmas morning: I received a beautiful little piece from Hadley Hutton, a bundle of vintage letters and ephemera from the early 1900's that I won on eBay, and a package of collage papers from Karine Léger. I've joined Karine and Aprile Elcich in a 3-way exchange for Flickr's 6x6 Collage group; each of us are sending the other 2 identical papers, so it should be interesting to see the work when we're done.

While I was toodling around eBay, I happened upon some fantastic paper dolls. Check this, and just in time for summer!

the expected island wardrobe...

 

and shack...

and then some not-so-tropical clothing choices...

in case there's some inclement weather, I suppose.

~ I hope everyone is having a peachy weekend!

Happy Birthday, Dad

It's my father's birthday today, and he's in Berlin. This is a recent photo he took of his feet with his new blackberry, and the greeting says something to the effect of: "happy birthday, father" in german, although something tells me this might be a hideous, insulting translation... I've been very sick all week, so this is about as creative as I've gotten, cough.