super tiny town!!

Window display in town, so great.

TEAM A TEAM B

 

These head-feet dudes had a long reign on the fridge, went missing for a while, and were recently (and literally) uncovered. Lips, hairs, and brains were a developing obsession at that time, but now, at only one year later, head-dudes are no more.

lucky

Lucky Book of Riddles, by Eva Moore, pictures by Olivia H. H. Cole. Scholastic Inc., 1964.

ebay shapes

1964 vintage LARGE 14" FOLK ART BIRDS~scherenschnitte PAPER CUT made in poland

Table Stories 13" Deco Plate RED by Tord Boontje NEW

VTG Russian Soviet pin badge Buttons brooch - SAMOVAR FLY METAL Kettle old rare

MISSION MAHOGANY TILE TABLE ARTS & CRAFTS CALIFORNIA @@

Vintage 1919 PIT World's Liveliest Party Card Game 100% Complete Parker Brothers

Some shapes I am drawn to this week. Ebay titles are getting so long!

pixie snaps

 

I don't mind when Sam and Anna use my camera. It feels like clues from the secret life of pixies.

fable takes it on the road

Remember that table project from last summer? An extra design decal was dusted off and finally put to good use. One trip to drop-off will show you a minivan is positively naked without some sort of "domestic portrait" statement in the lower corner. And stick figures or skulls never quite seemed to sum it up for me. But these guys are alright.

assemblage

Organizing around here and some items become unearthed. These materials clearly date to the time when we had to put up a garden to fence to keep baby Anna from tumbling down the slope and stairs. A time when Sam was really into assembling scraps. Brown paper, a piece of fencing, red thread and plastic packing ties. And a very careful needle. That fence came down a year ago, and it has been a long while since Sam made objects like this. The artifact so precisely and elegantly dates itself and I love it so.

in a box from the neighbor

AWESOME.

the night we saw the trading tortoise

The Trading Tortoise, project by artists Monica and Souther Salazar, came to town. We went of course! But what to trade, what to trade? Turned out our 100 year old, well travelled, well loved Dutch-Chinese rice scooper. It's been around the world and was a fitting time for departure from our (too) small home. And... an origami finger puppet born on the street corner in that very moment by the name of Han Foldo, who left Sam's possession the mere evening after creating it. An object from an old life departs, with one from the new.

(ps/ Sorry guys that the scoop is a tad big for a travelling, single sedan Trading Tortoise. I thought of that. But, it's a beautifully tough item. Chuck it around, stuff it full of treasures, strap it to the top of the car until it reaches it's next destination... the scoop will not mind.

...But ok, next time I will follow Han Foldo's lead and stick with paper.)

We waited in line for enough time to make new friends, evolve a new chapter to our objects' stories, and in the end came home with a trade of a lovely handmade paper flower, and a doll called Martin Sheen. Hey, and books!....

waaaay past bedtime

Thanks Monica, Souther, and Mark too. You guys are awesome. We will always remember the night we gathered under the stars on a University Heights front lawn to meet the traders in the Tortoise. 

When our trades are logged I will post it here, but in the meantime, click here to know more about this delightful project.

folks

Almost 100 year-old engraved greeting card, found in a box of stuff left behind. Fine detail, face illustrations no bigger than a fingernail.

and I thought ewoks were just cute or whatever

big mistake, dude.

Respect the Fuzzy Wuzzy. Lest you suffer the same fate.