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Procrastinator's Crafting Sesh #2:

crocheted yarn halter for my black onesie

( !!! )

more yarn necklace creation upon return from the playa

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Procrastinator's Crafting Sesh  (#1 of __):

(i blame the procrastination on this ridiculously gorgeous weather we've been having)

(((          black feather headdress          )))

embroidered yellow silk detail

fur-finished ends

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tonight:

august

F U L L  M O O N

drum circle.

finished labels for the Rose batch. 

next time i'll use thread that is a richer shade of pink.

picked this album up today at Magnolia thrift.

perfect accompaniment to my monday evening cooking (strozzapreti, italian sausage, creminis, shallots, garlic, arugula, parmigiano).

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i know, i know. i know it's becoming redundant.

but anyone who knows the feeling

of something otherwordly

p e n d i n g

in the very near future, 

will at least turn up the corners of his mouth into a knowing smirk...

 

weak in the knees;

these toes soon to be layered with dusty white spontaneity

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it's out of storage.

and about to be filled.

{ one week }

ps. my vitamin D levels have gone up exponentially in the past week

thank you, dear santa barbara sun

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wish list: 1920s watch

 

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one set of labels complete:

and

 

today,

air pouring through open windows on the freeway,

sand stuck to my ankles,

bottom of my dress wet with ocean water,

salt in my hair,

sun on my skin,

Lilly's pork tacos

(& spontaneous costumery & records & manhattans till 4 a.m. this morning)

i was forced to wonder:

does it get any better than this

(((  ?  )))

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it's simple, really: 

vitamin D+waves crashing+brother

(+driving with loud music & windows down in VW van+perfect latte+desert in 2 weeks)

=outpours of giddiness

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everything is slowly coming together.

newly acquired cruiser, new basket, new cork grips, and a kickstand.

two more weeks and this baby will have a new coat of chalky white dust.

things are bubbling up inside.

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yep, still obsessed with these golden yolks.

sunday afternoon salad with couscous, avocado, tahini dressing and a fried egg.

and it's all about giving away. love love love...

and reliving last year around this time.

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i love hanging clothes on the clothesline to dry

especially on a sunny afternoon,

(this song best heard waking up to the hot desert, hopping on one's bike and riding leisurely, with utmost

liberation and ebullience, for the first of the day's pending adventures)

music distantly playing through our windows upstairs

and my feet, bare in the dry grass.

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finally,

 (it's been on my to-do list for months now)

l i p  b a l m  c r e a t i o n

playa-bound. 

to give to the multitudes with desert lips...

giving credit, of course, to my dear brother Jess, whose

"chap chap pep" chapsticks-on-hand-spun-yarn-necklaces from Burning Man '09

were such a hit that i just had to get my hands dirty.

the goods

(from Magestic Mountain Sage)

the melting of the shea

 

the composite of many waxes and oils

and, we have a lip balm family.

two families, actually.

1st batch---> rosewood (with cocoa butter)

2nd batch---> pure rose

can't wait to make labels.  might be the best part of the whole process. 

rubbing residual oils and waxes onto my skin wasn't too bad either.

my arms haven't felt so moisturized in...ever.  recipes and label-making coming soon.

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some things i've made:

p.s.

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did i mention that it is august?

 i've been making them my whole life

they are one of my favorite things to create

drawing me to my art table when nothing else does

i get to give them away

sometimes i deliver them in person,

 sometimes i drop them in a mailbox

and they are hand delivered by a stranger,

to other cities, states, countries!

(p.s. in love with the fact that the postal system still exists)

here are some of my

C A R D S.


(( let's keep sending love into the world ))

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it is somehow

a u g u s t !

mom is leaving for 3 months in Zurich,

and i made a salad with what i had laying around:

market heirlooms, parmigiano shavings, dragon tongue beans (chopped & seared

in bacon fat), raw walnuts, cracked black pepper and a good balsamic drizzle.

A N D ,

more importantly,

my new best friend.

( n e v e r ) ,

have i experienced such ridiculous pleasure

during the act of slicing something (anything!) with a knife.

time in the kitchen instantly revolutionized.

ps. this is today.