August 31, 2010 | Posted By: Annie
Filed Under Friends + Family, Life
A wedding of flowers to do this weekend, next week Indie Craft Parade! Oi!
Today watched my weekly batch of little boys for a kid-watch swap I do with another mom from church. . . we made these little boats inspired by the Jonah story and prop a smart teacher did for the kids in Sunday School this Sunday. . . I wish my own audience had been entertained for longer by them, I think I could have made them all day! Here are some directions to fold your own. Its fun to cut out sharks and schools of fish to lay around on the floor. . . if you actually have the time, I did consider an ark of animals, but my paper wasn’t quite big enough.
July 30, 2010 | Posted By: Chris
Filed Under Chris, Friends + Family, Life, Our Artwork, Portraits
As Annie already mentioned, I recently got back from Comic-Con 2010, and I’m still recovering. To say it was overwhelming and overstimulating is an understatement. But I’m already looking forward to next year. Met so many great new friends, artists I’ve long admired… good times.
After getting back home, I started and finished a portrait commission for a certain Nick, a surprise birthday present from his awesomely thoughtful wife. Nick loves icons and he makes the benediction gesture a lot (really). Yay for me: I recently picked up a fantastic old book full of giant color reproductions of icons, MAJOR inspiration as of late, so this commission was such a blast. I can’t wait to hear about his reaction…. YAY
Some pics of the finished piece, some showing the glossy coats of varnish. I’ll probably post some in-progress pictures after this so you can see the various stages.
July 3, 2010 | Posted By: Annie
Filed Under Artist Love, Friends + Family, Life, Like + Love
Thursday we went over to this wonderful little house, cozy abode of sisters Bess and Julie Whittington. Oh yes and Pekoe the cat and Jasper a very handsome dog. As you can see they have the perfect yard- trimmed lawn, crazy vegetation and raised beds, not to mention a table and chairs that could have been lifted out of Narnia.
Inside, an amazing dinner, great great art on the walls, a studio gleaming with a rainbow of thread and fabric, and good conversation.
Oh yes, we did a trade, a Chris print for a Bess moth, I’ll show you later when I have time to photograph it properly.
June 23, 2010 | Posted By: Annie
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A fabulous party thrown by my sister for a close friend. A surprise party, and it worked! Hours and hours of work for gorgeousness, and hurrah! a garland I made out of spectacular gold lame table cloth I found once. We stitched it up over the weekend and I have a feeling it will make an appearance at every party from now on.
Amazing food, bought from artisans, or made by Erin or friend Michelle . . .look at those chicken salad sandwiches! They were ridiculous. The best I’ve ever had. Oh yes, It was held in the gallery of White Whale. . . the perfect blank palette for a glamorous party. . . let us know if you want to rent it. . .
Below, after the photographer left (a great professional girl who took photos of us all together) we laughed ourselves into six-pack abs then voila, the decorations descended and we all went to bed. Here on my sister’s blog more photos from a camera with a wider lens and more, better stories. Try not to be jealous.
May 13, 2010 | Posted By: Annie
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Tuesday my sister Erin’s birthday, Wednesday my husband darling, Thursday my sister-in-law’s, bam, bam, BAM! Cakes for the first two, my family is in town so we celebrated yesterday. My sister Erin’s recipe for strawberry buttercream on the positively wonderful sour cream pound cake, scratch recipe from a sweet little lady at church. Best cake baker ever. Oh yes, and shining local strawberries. Perfect. So glad these fabulous people were born!
May 4, 2010 | Posted By: Annie
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A gift from Kent and Peggy Ambler, they stopped by real quick one night to give us this great owl box and yay! I could give them the funny Kent plate. Peggy told me at one time it held baby bunnies to keep them safe and warm until they could get to a shelter and then I mistakenly let Marshall see it and he promptly started to fill it with weeds. . . good one mom. The colors are great, the olive wood and the cerulean blue lining and the inscription inside the lid -”handcrafted and designed for you by Mike”.
April 15, 2010 | Posted By: Annie
Filed Under Friends + Family, Life
Yay! My sister Erin, younger by a year and a half finally has her own blog! Here is the reason you should be excited too, she is THE best baker I know. And she will probably tell you her sweet secrets and share evidence of her flair for garnishing pretty much any object that can be enhanced. Also she’ll be keeping us updated on the much awaited Indie Craft Parade, here in Greenville. Her husband Cory, adored by all especially Marshall, designed the header for her blog (yes, the one shown above). Its nice to have a family connection floating around in the blog world.
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