fantastic little story teller.

Once upon a time... from Capucha on Vimeo.
One of the many reasons I love Derek. For sending me wonderful videos of children who are smarter than the both of us.

Oh and for sending me this.

Only in dreams..

This is what I'd make my photographs look like if I knew how to. (different subject matter, same dreamlike quality)
Images via Au fil de...'s flickr photostream.

Friends are Beautiful/Beautiful Friends

Yesterday, I took pictures of a few of my favorite friends, Becky and Jib.
Highlight=Becky trying to keep a straight face but failing every time. Her giggles were contagious and I promise I can't keep from smiling every time I look through their pictures.

And a couple that I love...(pun intended)

All images © 2008 Julie Cope Photography

Let's hear your voice.

theMatchFactory.com

Paul Gardner

StrawberryLuna

As you all know, today is the day. Election day. Last chance. Get out there and make your voice heard because it's your right. 

Also see more great posters and excerpt from above link on Olive&Bleu.

Jennifer Khoshbin

book+illustrations+sculpture=perfection.

Every book tells a story. Every book touched by Jennifer Khoshbin, however, tells a multitude of stories. The 40-year-old artist carves into them, taking a musty old book and turning it into a dynamic new piece of art.

"I’m tunneling into vintage hardbound texts," the San Antonio resident states, "to explore the dubious future of the book itself." Khoshbin is trying to imagine what it might be like for books to undergo a kind of adaptation for survival. Using books as sculpture, she's taking the paper — thin, one-dimensional — and finding depth and conceptions of astounding delicacy.

{Excerpt from Venuszine.}

Look further at these wondrous book sculptures here.

Read further here.

Happy...

Dios De Los Muertos/ Halloween!

And now...the Crafty Carvers present our award winning pumpkins. {not really}

mine.

Cyndi above and her pumpkin below. Cute.

Stephanie above and her pumpkin is below on the left. Obama 2008! {ps. have you voted?}

Thanks for the good times girls! 

Also see more pumpkin carving "goodness" at Lauren's Craft night.

Catrinas image found here.

Chris Natrop

Lately, hand cut paper has fascinated me. It seems to be popping up and out in my world left and right. For instance, I've noticed several glorious displays around town of beautiful hanging, hand cut paper. And a few weekends ago, Grace presented small works of hand cut paper her mother found at a garage sale in Lubbock, of birds and such. And to complete this reoccurring theme, today I found the artist Chris Natrop, featured as wall art in a sneak peek of Heather Taylor's interior design. 

The intricate positive/negative space screams love me! Not to mention, the radiating darkness in the cast shadows. Excellent..excellent indeed. {art school lingo, thanks Texas Tech.}

Images from Chris Natrop's website.