4.29.12 ... my tiny pencil

while looking for glue sticks the other day i found all sorts of other wonderful things in my office tub. things i haven't seen in a while like this wonderful old teeny pencil that was perfectly sharpened. 

just waiting for me.

it was fun to use it. 

naturally i used it on teeny tiny paper. 

they were a goldilocks fit. 

just wanted to share these with you. 

i took them serendipitously because the camera was sitting there and so was this miniature composition notebook. not the tiny paper i was using. i guess it was tiny day in my corner of the world.

do you have favorite teeny tiny things in your house?

thanks for stopping by. until next time. happiness to you. from me. with heart. 

ox joon

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4.23.12 ... mission beach . a fresh start .

we've been painting the new shop spcae in preparation for ev setting up. 

scout is documenting it in pictures. 

this is just one that i especially love. 

to see more photos and read about our journey please visit our facebook page and like it!

  https://www.facebook.com/MissionBeachWoodworks

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

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4.16.12 ... easter eggs of a different sort

we had a lovely time decorating these eggs last weekend. evan made the star wars themed egg designs. aren't they fabulous?

scout made a variety of designs and techniques. this tree is one of the greatest easter eggs i have ever seen. what do you think? 

it's crazy.

she also did the split sihouette egg, the one with the groovy tiny curleque lines, the watercolor scenes and the bright blue jellyfish egg! 

love them.

i think we will continue to decorate our eggs in this unique manner every year.

by the way, she also whips hers out in minutes. meanwhile, i am spending an hour doodling around with my silly simple designs.

if you blogged about your eggs please leave me a link in your comment.

 i'd love to see them.

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

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4.13.12 ... some fun with my chibi stamp

as many of you know, scout designed and hand carved this chibi of me and i have been using it for calling cards. recently we adapted the stamp and evan designed these business size cards for me.

 we print half on white textured card stock and half on mint green. i am enjoying them. they have really streamlined my packaging task. let's just say the mailing side of my etsy business is not my forte.

it's been a while since i've blogged and i have a lot of back up creations and adventures to share. i am working on getting back into the blogging habit.

sweet dreams, everyone. thanks for stopping by. until next time. happiness to you. from me. with heart. 

ox joon

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4.8.12 ... happy easter

last night we had fun decorating eggs without any traditional food coloring.

scout set up a smorgasbord of supplies.

evan went with the typical old stand by easter egg design.

i was busy contemplating the myriad of artistic elements before me. thanks, scout!

happy easter everyone. happy spring!

thanks for stopping by. until next time. happiness to you. from me. with heart. ox joon

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3.21.12 ... shrinky dinks are us

i have missed blogging so i am going to start again.

 i have a plethora of photos that tell stories from the past few months of our new life here in beautiful southern california. 

in no particular order, i begin. 

scout made these chibi shrinky dinks of ev and me and i just love them. they are for our keychains. hope you enjoy seeing them. i am keeping them both since i am not quite so hard on my keys as ev. 

i know these are ephemeral, but i love seeing how long i can preserve delicate items. i have a good record so far.

 

 

See the full gallery on Posterous

i'll be back again soon. stay tuned. 

sweet dreams, everyone. thanks for stopping by. until next time. 

happiness to you. from me. with heart. 

ox joon

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2.7.12 ... favorite cookbook filled with favorite recipes

i recently reconnected with one of my best friends.  she gave me this cookbook binder  many years ago and it quickly became indispensable.  all of our found recipes are gathered here in this one giant, overstuffed hunk of happiness.  after years of mayhem between the covers, as it were, i organized my recipes by categories and replaced the worn out manila paper dividers with these fabulous and colorful plastic pockets.

i've taped little tidbits all over the inside covers but always left this salvaged piece in its prominent place...

as many of you know we recently moved out of our hotel home and into our lovely apartment.  the long wait and search were worth it.  we're slowly but surely settling in and evan built a cook book shelf for us yesterday.  so here is the story of what happened next ...

see the book.  see scout.

see the new shelf in the closet without any books.

see the first cook book placed tidily on the shelf.  and we're in business.

hi susan!  look!  do you remember this now?  

happy today and sweet dreams, everyone.  thanks for stopping by. until next time. happiness to you. from me. with heart. ox joon

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