B U R N I N G M A N 2013

back from a week in black rock city camping with OKNOTOK.

 here are a few snippets of my adventures on the playa....

pom poms via UTHA HATS

check out the rest of the week's photos via my flickr.

SUNSET BUBBLES

summer 2013 ... sundays with joyce

today was spent bleaching and dying hair. megan's locks are a vibrant shade of violet now.

Blanket Fort Birthday

Here are a few snippets from my Blanket Fort Birthday. Bill and I spent our Saturday turning our entire living room (and half of the bedroom) into a giant blanket fort. Using only rope, binder clips and eye-hooks we constructed a frame and draped the walls to form our tent. It worked out quite nicely, I think it is going to be semi-permanent fixture of our home.

"We spent our whole lives being told that blanket forts are 

only for special occasions like sleep-overs 

and when uncles die. That's a lie, Annie. 

You can live in a fort of blankets all day, every night."

Troy Barnes 

Community 3.07 - Studies in Modern Movement

she is cute when she is sleeping...

totoro cards from darcy ♥

beer pong in a blanket fort - two nostalgic past times collide.

you know... just lighting dandelions on fire

Thanks to my lovely friends for coming over to cuddle and celebrate in the fort!

Sarah Freeman Art

I am so blown away by my friend Sarah Freeman. She is an amazing artist who is well-versed and talented in a variety of mediums. (She also has the coolest signature ever).

It is her still-life oil paintings that I am currently captivated by. Beauty and simplicity.  

Sarah has a gallery opening this Saturday (tomorrow) in Culver City at the Maxwell Alexander Gallery on Washington Blvd. The show is entitled Still, Life and Land. And it's even more exciting because Sarah is flying in from Santa Fe for the show! So happy for her...

sequoia light painting: at a glance

A magically drunken night in the woods. Sequoia, CA.

 - meghan -

 - alex face -

 - me by meghan -

 - electric -

- the stream -

weekend away

Wheeler Gorge / Sequoia Nat'l Forest. Year three visit to Sequoia.

campsite relaxation. twig mobile. breakfast. small wonders.

giant.

miles and miles. edge of dome rock.

entrance to a secret world.

sacks

My very creative friends, Meghan and Alex are in town and we spent yesterday together making crafts. Check out our awesome handmade stuff sacks. Mine is perfect to hold my markers and colored pencils. Now that I have the pattern settled I can start production on more. My stuffed animal designs were also just featured on a quilting blog. See them HERE!

Griffith Park Pic Nic

My buddies, Melissa and Peter invited us on a picnic last Saturday. We decided to go to Griffith Park and enjoy our lunch in the abandoned Los Angeles Zoo. I had been there before, so I was excited to show some of my friends. It is kind of a creepy place, rusty bars, broken fences, and dark enclosures covered in graffiti. You can even lock yourself (or your dog) into the cages. But the open field (I think it may have been a lion pit) was actually a very nice place for our picnic. 

Melissa made incredible food, Turkey, Apple and Cheddar sandwiches, also Salmon and Cucumber! Sooo good. We also had lemonade and chocolate chip cookies! Yum!

Melissa's adorable parasol blanket side.

It wouldn't be a picnic without the dog. Here is Megan getting tangled up with Bijou.

She then of course came to attack our picnic. She has no manners!

then a tiny silk worm appeared from above to join us.

Walking back to the car we discovered this large and spiny pod. Since we are such a curious species we just had to cut it open. It's one of the coolest plants I have found in Griffith Park. So if you have never hiked up to the old LA Zoo, it is definitely worth the trip.