10.14.11 ... a whale, some string and an adorable local watermelon

made this today for an outgoing package that has a vintage pair of tongs in the shape of a whale.

and here is our precious and quite tasty miniature watermelon that we found at the farmer's market yesterday.

it was a beautiful, sunny, cooler day today. so ready for more of those all in a row. come on fall. you can do it, austin.

sweet dreams, everyone. thanks for stopping by. until tomorrow. happiness to you. from me. with heart. ox joon

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9.29.11 ... whale bites

yesterday i was taking photos for my vintage shop and had some fun with this whale and my background prop - an old exercise album. love that cover.

and so does mr. whale. 

sweet dreams, everyone. thanks for stopping by. until tomorrow. happiness to you. from me. with heart. ox joon

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4.14.11 ... cloth whale bookmark and a scout cartoon

today i continued working on a flying housewife {www.flyinghousewife.etsy.com} letter packet. this is the upcycled bookmark i dreamed up. the whale and identification bits are from a groovy bandana i found at a thrift store years ago. the wave piece is from a lovely woman who quilts and gave my son a huge bag of scraps for me. isn't that sweet? it's all so pretty and i use those pieces all the time. the white is from a wonderful heavy duck cotton curtain i once found at - wait for it - a thrift shop.

the reverse is made from two other found fabrics. the background is from a small piece my sis gave me - didn't you, sis? and the boat is from an old toddler boy's shirt. yeah, i'm not so certain you will find one like that in any of the lame clothing stores that sadly pepper our beautiful countryside. if you visited yesterday you read that i did a few things after dark so i couldn't get photos. the art in the background here is a pastel i started last night. not that i know what i am doing, but i had a good time messing around.

my bobbin ran out half way around the edging so i switched to navy blue. i like it better with the two tone. hence, my frustration turned to gratitude for serendipitous potential angst.

i left the top thread the same royal blue. how adorable is that pilot whale anyway?

and here is scout's adorable illustration she made for one of her dance friends who surprises her with fancy socks every now and then. in extra news, i am always drawn irresistibly to old cookbooks, especially the locally produced variety. and we like to choose a few of the recipes that represent the culture of that time. tonight we had chicken strips dipped in crushed potato chips. you might want to try it. the original recipe calls for dipping the chicken in melted butter but we used buttermilk. we planned on placing a thin butter slice atop each piece - that's what we do when we use crushed cornflakes. but as i write this, we realize we forgot to do that and they were delicious. butter saved. scout made her ranch dressing to dip them in. oh yum. 

sweet dreams, everyone. thanks for stopping by. until tomorrow. happiness to you. from me. with heart. ox joon

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2.23.11 ... einstein . save the whale . mini idea book

i was making circles - not to be confused with going in circles which i do everyday so that goes without saying - and i thought about albert's birthday coming up in a couple of weeks and started messing around with two of my einey stamps. i have another one i did not get to experiment < --- {a true einey term} with today.  then i had a stack of envelopes waiting for me to cut them into bookmark corners and strips for circles...

...and a piece of junk mail that had two pages with this beautiful ocean blue color. so i made some stamps for future stickers and some circles just to have for backgrounds although the one that says 'of art' i will use as is.

and here is everything ...

...this is my collection for today. and for tomorrow, i started making a cover for this old S.O.G. with P.O.P book. remember those? 'silly old grandma with pictures in pocket' {or pocketbook} i haven't seen one in about 30 years or more so i was really happy when i spied it in the thrift store bin yesterday. for all of .50 i will now have a mini idea book. i can slip my sketches and clippings etc. into the photo pages and open it up whenever i need a project. i used my colored pencils to create the book cover paper.

and besides, i love square anything and this makes it all the more appealing to me. 

sweet dreams, everyone. thanks for stopping by. until tomorrow. happiness to you. from me. with heart. ox joon

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NoVeMBeR NeWS: MoViNG. FLaNNeL DaY ReMiNDeR. ReCYCLeD ART.

How have you all been?

November is almost gone and

I haven't had a chance to blog

as I wished I would.  Sigh.

It's been a bit nutty here.

After a ridiculously extended search

we finally found a new place

to live.  We move on Sunday.

We're looking forward to

the new adventures.

We'll be in another Austin

neighborhood so it

will seem like a bit of 

a new world.

Meanwhile, back at the ranch,

Scout is enjoying dance and

her holiday show rehearsals.

And guess what?

She had her first ever test.

In her life.

In her ASL class.

She earned a 97% and

a certificate.  She will

begin 201 in January.

And she is participating

in NaNoWriMo

{National Novel Writing Month}

and she's on task!  

Yes, ladies and gents,

I am telling you that

Scout has written 

40,000 WORDS.

She's well on her way to 

the monthly goal of 50,000.

Quite an achievement

for a 16 year old.

I need to remind you all

that even though we will

be moving on Sunday,

it is the third annual

FLANNEL DAY!

Be sure to celebrate.

Never heard of Flannel Day?

Well now, my friends ...

You can read all about it here:

I invent flannel day

and please spread the flannel love.

I have been creating

a number of recycled

bookmarks ~ some

corner bookmarks like

the one featured in this post.

To see more please

take a stroll through

my joonwalk shop

which you can access on the right

side of my blog.  --->

I have also made a new

batch of Peanuts Gang

themed pinbacks and magnets.

They're such fun and

seem to be popular with

my joonbeam etsy shoppers.

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone.

Thank you for stopping by

and sharing a bit of this

life across the internet

universe.

I will write from our

new house next time.

Until then,

here's to pumpkin pie.

{Mine just arrived.}

ox

joon