raeburn > west

2008-08-10T21:50:00.000-07:00

it has been a nutty week, the moving van is coming tomorrow to take our things to the east coast. fun last visits with dear friends, finishing up some exciting projects, and tons of packing. i'll miss lots of things about the redwood coast. bittersweet?

sean and i will be driving across the country for the next few weeks, then settling into our new home in northampton at the end of august. new adventures!

2008-08-04T21:24:00.000-07:00

sean got a plastic waterproof camera to take surfing. its super fun to use, with wacky results - this pic was the favorite!

2008-07-31T08:38:00.000-07:00

i bought two beautiful books online, they were waiting for me when i came home from orange county. printing by hand is by lena corwin - its a clear, lovely hand printing book with so many projects i'm looking forward to trying. and i've had my eye on neogeo for a while, a survey of the current graphic design trends in geometric abstraction - my favorite!!!

2008-07-30T12:32:00.000-07:00

a few quiet moments from last week's trip to orange county to visit sean's family. we did have some fun times, but i am glad to be back in eureka.

2008-07-21T10:06:00.000-07:00

some textures from yesterday's walk on the beach:

still wet and long dried sea vegetables

two urchins, one with spines, one without

the lost coast

2008-07-20T18:03:00.000-07:00

we hiked out to an old lighthouse on the fantastic lost coast today. it was a beautiful hike, with lots of great scenery, wildlife sightings, and beachcombing. but it was a little sad too because it was our last hike with the dogs - they are staying in california when we move east. we will miss them!!

2008-07-16T07:51:00.000-07:00

i had fun taking pictures of the dryers at the laundromat the other day.

2008-07-15T12:20:00.000-07:00

faythe of handmade nation posted some pics of my booth at renegade to her flikr account - she has lots of other great pictures of the fair.

2008-07-15T10:31:00.000-07:00

at the renegade i found out that i was on decor8's etsy take five tuesdays column last week! such a lovely blog...

2008-07-15T10:12:00.000-07:00

the renegade craft fair in san francisco was a hit! i met so many great people, and was very impressed by the quality and variety of the wares. visitors seemed to love it. and what a refreshing change to be in the fort mason center, a huge pier with plenty of space for spreading out, and no sunburn potential.

2008-07-11T09:52:00.000-07:00

wow, raeburn ink is on modish today - yay!!

renegade SF

2008-07-10T14:26:00.000-07:00

this weekend i'm headed to the renegade craft fair in san francisco - i hope it will be as fun as the renegade in brooklyn!

2008-07-07T16:00:00.000-07:00

we have been experimenting with kitty travel methods, as we may drive across the country with the cats for our move to northampton this summer. this attempt was made with harnesses that hook into the seat belts for safety. they didn't like it very much.

2008-07-05T08:05:00.000-07:00

the humboldt fog did a pretty thorough job of obliterating the city's fireworks display last night, but fortunately there was a big party in the neighborhood that took some homegrown initiative. and we bought lots of sparklers!

blackberries

2008-07-02T10:44:00.000-07:00

its that time of year again - the blackberries growing all around our property are getting ready to ripen. i love the way the plants look at this stage, the flower petals are so delicate and papery, and out of them grows a wiry mass with tiny green berries inside. in another few weeks the berries will be ready to pick, and so delicious. we froze lots last year (we're still eating them!) and got all scraped up picking them. the sweet flowers grow on very thorny branches.

2008-06-28T09:06:00.000-07:00

it was a great trip out east. the renegade was super fun, sean and i got to spend time with friends and family, and we found an apartment in northampton where we'll move this fall. i didn't take very many pictures, but i did capture these two staircases. on top, at the philadelphia museum of art, we saw a beautiful installation of thousands of paper moths by carlos amorales. below, a precipitous drop at the new museum in ny.

now we're back in cali, looking forward to a foggy afternoon of surfing!

2008-06-24T19:28:00.000-07:00

raeburn ink pillows in new york magazine online - wow!!

2008-06-10T22:54:00.000-07:00

its that time of year again.. i'm heading back east for the renegade craft fair in brooklyn! its june 14 and 15 from 11am 7pm in the mccarren park pool. can't wait to see everybody, and melt in the summer heat.

redwood NP

2008-06-05T07:52:00.000-07:00

molly, sean and i took a wonderful day trip to redwood national park last weekend. we saw fern canyon, the beach, and the redwood trees. and, of course, the redwood burl art shops.

2008-06-03T12:45:00.000-07:00

a few new prints, now in my etsy shop!

2008-06-02T18:25:00.000-07:00

today was a great day for sun tea - and ice!

2008-05-31T17:32:00.000-07:00

when we went to the capsule design festival in SF last weekend, sean and i stayed at the west coast home and headquarters of the amazing alice of feral childe. it was so lovely, and i got my first feral childe piece - a gorgeous gauzy top. i can't wait to get more of their stuff in the future!

2008-05-30T11:29:00.001-07:00

sean and i picked up molly in the bay area this weekend. yesterday we went to beautiful moonstone beach!

2008-05-22T20:38:00.000-07:00

i'm getting ready for the Capsule Design Festival this Sunday in San Francisco. i have heard that this event is really a great one. if you're in the bay area, come by and visit - i'll be in space 55. (see capsule's web site for a map) i'll be right next to the amazing bi-costal feral childe!

2008-05-22T13:54:00.000-07:00

Sometimes the fog here is amazingly thick.