d.Sharp Journal

So very excited

to invite you to Spellbound - Create Your Dreams!  A four day creative retreat hosted by Shea Fragoso and Debbie Murray of A Gilded Life and The Stash Society.

The event will be held at the historic Langham Huntington Hotel in Pasadena, California this November 8 - 11, 2012.

The weekend will include a Thursday evening Welcome Dinner, workshops on Friday & Saturday including jewelry making, papercraft, painting and more, a Mercantile on Friday evening, a Saturday luncheon and a Sunday luxury bus to the Rose Bowl Flea Market! I am SO up for this!!

Stay tuned, because I can't wait to tell you more and when you can register!

 

A valiant effort -

at battling Internet Time Suck. You know when you fall down an internet rabbit hole and come up for air only to realize that you spent far too much time down there? I don't like that. I have installed apps on both Firefox and Chrome that limit my time on  designated time wasting and tempting sites. I allow myself a certain amount of time on these sites, and once it's used up I am reminded to GET BACK TO WORK. The smart folks at Lifehacker helped me. {no, not one of my designated stay-away sites}

 THE APPS - For Firefox  and For Chrome.

[the amazing clock via UNICA}

OK colors

 

boys and balls

 

Portlanders!

Went to this opening last night of a good friend and talented photographer.  Locals, try to make it if you can - you will be rewarded!

The new old.

I have a serious sweet tooth for this vintage tooth piece. COVET!!

HERE

 

Broken Camera...

will continue with the Abecedary of Type Inspiration when I get it back from repair. Just call me butterfingers.

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Vintage lettering book

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Serial illustrated stories in vintage newspaper

The new old.

Would this not look amazing framed? Little rectangles -  each a dedication to color. On ETSY HERE.

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Antique Newspaper/Magazine

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1890's sheet music cover

Abecedary of Type Inspiration

Vintage child's alphabet book

Penguin GIFS make me happy.

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Antique Sheet Music

It's been a hard week -

had to say goodbye. Marble was a sweet girl. 2002 - 2012.

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1950's Bow-tying pamphlet

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Victorian Bon Bon Box

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Vintage game box

 

Abecedary of Type Inspiration

Vintage Cardboard Puzzle, 1950's

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Vintage lettering book

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Vintage embossed silver garland

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1885, The Guest Book

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1944, Animal Stories

Abecedary of Type Inspiration

{all from my stacks}

1890's ephemera

To you.

I'm back. I hope you had a wonderful holiday and wish you all the best in the new year! We had a nice, low-key  holiday. The picture below is one of the boy's letters to Santa - a tradition from my husband's childhood. We roll the letter, stand it on end and light it from the bottom. Flames go up and then ashes glide down. That is how Santa receives the letter.

I am thinking about my resolutions  and changes I want for the New Year and I may just borrow this paper lighting tradition for them. To write down all of the things I want to let go of this year. Let them go into the ether. Poof.

Rise and shine

I really want to become a morning person. I like it when I can get up before the boys and get myself together, caffienated and ready to get stuff done. This Times article is helpful and I'll give it a try. It might be hard to give up the night!

How amazing is this bed by Shawn Lovell? I have admired it for quite some time. I never got this technically skilled working in the metal shop in college. I did, however, manage to set my sleeve on fire.

 

supermarketing.

Wonderfully subversive! Truth in advertising courtesy of Ron English.

 

An update

I am:

• still breathing
• looking forward to my next cup of coffee
• busy on a big/fun project I wish I could share right now {the making of which produces colorful confetti all over the studio}
• absolutely frightened by how quickly the time between Halloween and New Years seems to go by faster each year
• experiencing internet speeds outpaced by molasses. Seriously, so frustrating when you are paying for speed
• looking forward to the boys having Christmas break from school
• needing to get the tree up and decorated this weekend. C absolutely loves to decorate for holidays, hardcore
• thankfully fully recovered from throwing my back out last week {nothing can make me feel older than that}
• terribly sorry for being such a deadbeat blogger!

Portlanders!

hello locals! I am looking forward to being a part of this great sale at Em Space Book Arts Center! It is a great opportunity to check out the center and all of its printerly goodness, meet some nice folks and help support Em Space. Come and visit, I may have a little treat for you!