We took a quick trip to the beach this weekend, just long enough to enjoy the cooler temperatures and get sand on and in everything we brought with us.
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I think I just may have to order the Sartorialist’s book.
and you thought we used them for rain here…
It is hot, HOT here today. Most people here in Portland do not have air conditioning, so you have to get creative. I woke up to this interesting display on our house (J was up at the crack of dawn ‘shading’ the house, yes those are umbrellas).
weekend snapshots
We spent the weekend camping along a beautiful stretch of river…
summers gone by
This summer is just flying by! Take a peek at this beautiful film by Anna Gustafson.Summertime from Anna Gustafson on Vimeo.via three potato four
i’m just sayin’
still pining for
white floors..
image john dummer via desire to inspire
fun summer read
I was initially drawn to it by the cover photo as I am such a sucker for a book cover. In college I worked at stock photo agency and a lot of the images we pulled were for book covers. Anyhow, it was a fun peek into the art world, and a nice easy summer read.
beauty
My son just brought home this wonderful treasure from the pool. I hope the rest of the weekend is this beautiful.
redo
So just to keep things interesting, as one can never have to much to do, I started a little home project the other night. I was never completely happy with the wood boxes we use as drawers (seen here). I had previously covered them in wallpaper. I took that off and have started covering them in cut out fabric (actually linen book cloth). So far I really like the look.
sweet treat
We treated ourselves to some yummy waffles from the waffle window this morning (if you’re in Portland it’s at Hawthorne and 37th). Tomorrow we’re treating ourselves to Harry Potter, can’t wait!
making up for lost time
look at me, three posts in one day. Every summer, our kids beg, beg, beg for a tree house. The problem, we don’t have a tree. Look at these! Make it a little larger and add some indoor plumbing and I’d live in it!
Worapong Manupipatpong found via ohdeeoh
candy colored bike
just spotted these at UO, so fun, you can custom color your bike!
via moderncraft
the pattern of the every day
I’m trying to stay on top of this blog, but with summer and all that comes with it (aka the children who are currently playing hospital by tearing through my office looking for materials to use as a sling) it’s hard. Plus I have so many great pieces to work on for clients as well as fun projects. Luckily the kids have gotten a bit more in to the swing of summer, yesterday we all ended up working on art together at the dining room table for hours, each quietly making away. All the shavings from their colored pencils created really amazing, colorful patterns.
happy weekend!
sorry for so little posting, i’ve got projects coming out the ears! If you’re in the Portland area, I will be at Urban Outfitters (23rd ave. location) tomorrow (saturday) with many prints and possibly a few originals. UO is having a benefit for the Oregon food bank with many Portland artists in the store selling their wares as well as a performance by local band Archeology.
(image via dujour magazine)
pdx peeks
yay! The always amazing Chelsea Fuss, now has a new blog, urban weeds. Think satorialist for Portland, so excited!
weekend of superheroes
meet lightening bolt and web boy…and not pictured, the biggest super hero: dad, daddy, doo doo, chocolate eyes. Thank you for being such an awesome dad to our kids! And to my dad, for being such a huge inspiration!
new kindred
A new batch of lovely desktop wallpapers are now available over at kindred! I’m loving these two by Alicia Bock and Traci French.
pretty pretty packages
Don’t you love it when pretty things arrive in the mail? I have plans for these…
oh yeah, and there’s that
So a bit a go i set up a twitter account, but didn’t fully commit. But now, like everyone else, I’m addicted. First it was, you will never see me facebook-caved, fine, but I will NEVER twitter. What’s next? You can follow me here