Banquet Journal

2012

2012, here goes: a night swim. i didn't swim at night ONCE last year. a travesty. i need stars and phosphorescence. sunscreen every day. get a haircut. eat fresh mozzarella and grilled peaches an...

having fun?

we are... (image via here)

make cheery totes

kraft and tassel gift bags, from an old old old copy of mccalls.

a1

i am always so inspired by the objects and colours at my friend a's house. and she makes a mean mulled wine!

garlands

  used a circle punch and the pfaff to make some garlnads garlands for the tree. also have being making attempts at bows using fluoro plastic hazard tape from the hardware store...    

squirrels

sweet on squirrels (in theory), i happpily slipped one into the boreal forest print, but i love these dear little red ones from koloman moser's Bilderbuch für die Nichte von Ditha Mautner von Mark...

charles mozley

  from the procession, illustrated by charles mozley.

ornament kits

we'll have some ornament kits at toque tomorrow: one or two laser cut animal silhouettes with a couple of tiny pots of acrylic paint, a brush, and twine, for $10. at home we added our own fluoro p...

toque

it's that time of year again - toque. can't recommend this holiday sale enough. this year looks to be a great mix: come and drink some cider, buy an angora bunny or a set of blocks or a copy of ju...

mask making

rainy day + two three year olds + cardboard + felts + old magazines + gluestick + scissors + string = one bad guy villain mask and one butterfly princess mask