found poetry

i've been working on a japanese moleskine round robin, which is a group i am facilitating at atcsforall.com . i've probably mentioned atcsforall.com a bunch of times, and i pretty much trade exclusively there. you can find me there as, surprise surprise, curbsidetreasure. and it's not just atcs that we trade - theres chunky pages and paper dolls and a great variety of themed atc swaps as well as trading one on one and it's just a fun and extremely friendly, active community. so if you're not a member yet, go there and sign up, join some swaps, etc!

so here are the pages i made in rachel's accordion journal:



created with water soluble crayon, lots of chunky textured handmade paper, doilies and the cut out words and phrases are from an anthropologie catalog. cutting the words out from a catalog makes me realize how someone had to put a lot of time and care describing the items - using words like indigo and frost grey and lovelace. perfect for a beautifully mysterious poem.



exploring this theme has inspired me to host a found poetry chunky book swap: and perhaps i might have to get another accordion moleskine journal to start a found poetry journal...i have so many ideas sometimes, but not enough time for them all.

studio inspiration

1. OY @ home! Finally! My new studio wall, 2. My New Studio, 3. Untitled, 4. Nature Collection

monday night is my indesign class. it's about 2 and a half hours sitting in front of a mac at the compuer lab in my community college. we were having technical difficulties - people couldn't log in, indesign wouldn't open, someone's computer was messed up and it was just confusing! class didnt really start because of all this mess, so what do i do? of course i browse through flickr and catch up reading blogs and i especially enjoy looking at modish handmade spaces which is a running feature on modish, an indie art/craft blog


1. Artists' Studio-9, 2. pedro in my studio, 3. Picture 003, 4. The Posie studio, repainted and reorganized at last!


one thing i love about reading art/craft indie design blogs and through my flickr contacts is looking at other people's studio spaces. whether they call it an art studio or craft room, or you sew clothes or make jewelry or make art, studios are often filled to the brim with supplies and things strewn about. i know i can't keep my room tidy! to me, studios tell me a lot about the person who works in that room. from their love for certain colors and clutter (or lack thereof)....what they make. i also love studios that are small because they are realistic since i work from my bedroom but i also love large open studios with wonderful light - it's something i dream of.

to find more pictures of studios, i like these flickr groups: craft rooms, modish handmade spaces, art studio and workspaces

just recently i have bought myself a copy of cloth paper scissor's Studios magazines. what i like about this magazine is the different types of artists and how varied their spaces were. a lot of them were small and realistic for many people, but there were also aspirational studios to drool over. i also went to borders to look at Where Women Create magazine, published by somerset studio. I think what differs this magazine from Studios is there are less so called 'ordinary' spaces and more of highlighting the polished pretty spaces. but both magazines are great, they just approach the subject a little bit differently.