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Things I Love this month: Oktober!

10.02.2009

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epic Blu-Ray movies feeling Out of Africa-ish The amazing Wire but mostly crying over Wallace, “You my boys” Martha Stewart Weddings and magnolias hand crafted glass from Spain early morning rainstorms and Saturdays off cyanotypes and pinhole cameras Tippie Hedren from The Birds and 21 Balloons or crazy for Krakatoa! Fall movies and wearing scarfs in the wind Russian lace and 100% silk blouses museum balls and shopping for bridesmaid dresses Happy Moon Festival! Juicy […]

a new spin on classics

09.29.2009

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fashion

I’m kind of excited for Halloween this year. Last year I dressed up for the first time with a handmade tutu. Yeah I know, a ballerina, how touche. This year, I’m thinking of going as Little Red Riding Hood or some fairy tale character, but with a new spin on the usual party store outfit. I like some of Emily Nathan’s take on Snow White and Hansel and Gretel below. So cute and simple. Now, […]

a hefty weekend

09.28.2009

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Books / photography

Had a very busy weekend. I just finished spending two awesome days in a workshop with Craig Barber building my very first 4×5 pinhole camera. Couldn’t ask for better weather and lighting conditions either. The Menil park during the mornings are just really peaceful and amazing. Still waiting for my 4×5 test shots to dry so I’ll be posting them on the next post, but below are examples of some of Craig’s work during his […]

funny art or balloon torture?

09.27.2009

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art / video

William Lamson. This guy’s work has got me laughing all day today. He has a collection of videos at the Houston Center for Photography in the Artist as a Performer Exhibition right now. It’s really amusing to watch the guy come up with so many ways and build all these contraptions and schemes to pop balloons. In a way, its kind of cruel. There’s one video where the balloons are trapped in an wooden egg-shapped […]

Autumn arrives

09.24.2009

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Officially, the first day of fall was Tuesday, but I think the amazing weather today proves otherwise. For the first time in awhile, I let the windows down in my car and let the cool air revive me as I drove to work. And for the first time in awhile, I didn’t breathe in horrible parched air from all the heat that usually preoccupies the car after sitting in the sun for a couple of […]