I’ve been watching season two of Mad Men on iTunes – and coveting a dachshund painting that hangs on the wall of Don’s home office. I decided to paint one for myself using acrylics – a medium I’ve never really used before. My first acrylic adventure is far from perfect; I can see all my […]
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Good, unique signs delight me. It’s obvious that someone took great care to craft these handmade signs: This was hand-drawn with chalk. It’s a little smudged from probably being moved around so much, but that just adds to its charm. Nice, simple logotype. The “Open” sign in the bottom right corner is hand lettered. If
Last week, I stopped working on a quilt. I’d been working on this quilt for two weeks but no matter what I did, I just couldn’t get it to work. The background embroidery was too busy, the colors didn’t work, the layout was off… So I put it aside, saying I could come back to
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I pass by this shop pretty regularly, and it’s never open. I so want to go in – when I peek through the door, I can see an old jukebox and a couple of huge radio sets. It’s in one of the few Art Deco buildings in the neighborhood, and it’s really beautifully preserved. The
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