Goodnight Little Spoon: I Dream In French

Jun 7, 2010

I Dream In French

^ Mesca on the mattress in our shed and my favourite shoes that I just threw away, but had to take one last photo of (the soles were well worn through and irreparable. I am trying to hunt down another pair online).

6 little outgoings this week;

^ My first letter to Jazmin was my first item ever lost in the post. Very sad, but I wasn't deterred and rewrote her letter. I hope this one doesn't suffer the same fate!

^ My first letter to this lovely Scottish miss (envelope made from a Buffy comic).

^ All the way to Olivia in Montreal (made from an Escher calendar page).

^ All the way to Wickham (1.9kms away from me :P)

^ One of my last vampire book page envelopes, off to Livia in Brazil.

^ I am a chronic envelope over-filler. I hope this Where The Wild Things Are envelope doesn't burst on the way to Rashel.

I bought myself a new letter opener on Etsy a few weeks ago after breaking two this year already and it arrived this week. This one looks pretty sturdy despite being very old;

^ It reads; "The Fuller Brush Man - America's Most Famous Visitor". Any idea who this guy is?

12 COMMENTS:

brodieJune 7, 2010 6:33 PM
these ladies got the buffy musical and WTWTA? i can't WAIT to see mine! eeee!
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VanJune 7, 2010 10:19 PM
I need to get off my lazy ass and write you a letter, along with other pen pals. I adore the picture of your cat & your shoes! Poor things, may they rest in pieces...
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jazaJune 7, 2010 11:16 PM
I really hope that this time it gets here! Looking forward to it!

Have a great week Bianca, kisses!
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FaizaJune 7, 2010 11:18 PM
hey b - there is an old movie called the fuller brush man.
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goodmaildayJune 8, 2010 1:51 AM
Bianca,
The Fuller Brush Man was a travelling salesman from the '40s and '50s.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuller_Brush_Company
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FabiJune 8, 2010 3:03 AM
I am so jealous - I love your envelopes, really :)
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MeghanJune 8, 2010 8:49 AM
Oh my gosh - Buffy and the Vampire Slayer! That just made my day!
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KatyhaJune 8, 2010 12:48 PM
Dude...I don't know how you do it. You are amazing, uni & all those letters? WOW!

Good luck finding the shoes!
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ErikaJune 8, 2010 2:37 PM
i love the mail as usual, but your photos are really amazing as well.
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PooftacularJune 8, 2010 10:54 PM
Yadda yadda yadda great mail yadda lovely pictures yadda yadda and I love that envelope opener! I remember when your boy got you a new one...and then it broke. I think I gasped aloud. This red one of yours looks sturdy enough. I'm hoping it lasts!

And if not...just use a great great pocket knife.
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lickmycupcakes.comJune 9, 2010 1:55 PM
All gorgeous as usual! I love letter openers. I gotta get myself one of those, it's like the only thing I miss from my old work!
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buttercup carenJune 14, 2010 11:14 AM
Seeing the Buffy envelope made me giggle! I think that image is from the musical episode (favourite!).
I just found your blog & am immersing myself in all the snail mail goodness! :)
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100 ideas by keri smith: 1. go for a walk. draw or list things you find on the the sidewalk.
2. write a letter to yourself in the future.
3. buy something inexpensive as a symbol for your need to create, (new pen, a tea cup, journal). use it everyday.
4. draw your dinner.
5. find a piece of poetry you respond to. rewrite it and glue it into your journal.
6. glue an envelope into your journal. For one week collect items you find on the street.
7. expose yourself to a new artist, (go to a gallery, or in a book.) write about what moves you about it.
8. find a photo of a person you do not know. write a brief bio about them.
9. spend a day drawing only red things.
10. draw your bike.
11. make a list of everything you buy in the next week.
12. make a map of everywhere you went in one day.
13. draw a map of the creases on your hand, (knuckles, palm)
14. trace your footsteps with chalk.
15. record an overheard conversation.
16. trace the path of the moon in relation to where you live.
17. go to a paint store. collect ‘chips’ of all your favorite colors.
18. draw your favorite tree.
19. take 15 minutes to eat an orange.
20. write a haiku.
21. hang upside down for five minutes.
22. hang found objects from tree branches.
23. make a puppet.
24. create an outdoor room from things you find in nature.
25. read a book in one day.
26. illustrate your grocery list.
27. read a story out loud to a friend.
28. write a letter to someone you admire.
29. study the face of someone you do not like.
30. make a meal based on a color theme. (i.e. all white).
31. create a museum of very small things.
32. list the smells in your neighbourhood.
33. list 100 uses for a tin can.
34. fill an entire page in your journal with small circles. colour them in.
35. give away something you love.
36. choose an object, draw the side you can’t see.
37. list all of the places you’ve ever lived.
38. describe your favourite room in detail.
39. write about your relationship with your washing machine.
40. draw all of the things in your purse/bag.
41. make a mini book based on the theme, “my grocery list”.
42. create a character based on someone you know. write a list of personality traits.
43. recall your favorite childhood game.
44. put postcards of art pieces/painting on the inside of your kitchen cupboard doors, so you can see them everyday (but not become deaf to them.)
45. draw the same object every day for a week.
46. write in your journal using a different medium (brush & ink, charcoal, old typewriter, crayons, fat markers.
47. draw the individual items of your favorite outfit.
48. make a useful item using only paper & tape.
49. research a celebration or ritual from another culture.
50. do a temporary art installation using a pad of post it notes & a pen.
51. draw a map of your favorite sitting spots in your town/city. (photocopy it and give it to someone you like.)
52. record all of the sounds you hear in the course of one hours.
53. using a grid, collect various textures from magazine and play them off of each other.
54. cut out all media for one day. write about the effects.
55. make pencil rubbings of six different surfaces.
56. draw your garbage.
57. do a morning collage.
58. list your ten most important things, (not including animals or people).
59. list ten things you would like to do every day.
60. glue a photo of yourself as a child into your journal.
61. trasform some garbage.
62. write an entry in your journal in really LARGE letters.
63. collect some ‘flat’ things in nature (leaves, flowers). glue or tape them into your journal.
64. physically alter a page. (i.e. cut a hole, pour tea on it, burn it, fold it, etc.)
65. find several color combinations you respond to in public. document them using swatches, write where you found them.
66. write a journal entry describing something “secret”. cut it up into several pieces and glue them back in scrambled.
67. record descriptions or definitions of subjects or words you are interested in, found in encyclopedias or dictionaries.
68. draw the outline of an object without looking at the page. (contour drawing).
69. what were you thinking just now? write it down.
70. do nothing.
71. write a list of ten things you could to do. Do the last thing on the list.
72. create an image using dots.
73. do 3 drawings at different speeds.
74. put a small object in your left pocket (or in a bag), put your left hand in the pocket. draw it by feel.
75. create a graph documenting or measuring something in your life.
76. draw the sun.
77. create instructions for a simple everyday task.
78. make prints using food. (fruit and vegetables cut in half, fish, etc.)
79. find a photo. alter it by drawing over it.
80. write a letter using an unconventional medium.
81. draw one object for twenty minutes.
82. combine two activities that have not been combined before.
83. write about your day in an encyclopedic fashion. (i.e. organize by subject.)
84. write a list of all the things you do to escape.
85. cut a random shape out of several layers of a magazine. make a collage out of the results.
86. write an entry in code.
87. make a painting using tools from the bathroom.
88. work with a medium that is subtractive.
89. write about or draw some of the doors in your life.
90. make a postcard that has some kind of activity on it.
91. divise a journal entry using “layers”.
92. divise an entry using “layers”.
93. write your own definition of one of the following concepts, sitting, waiting, sleeping (without using the actual word.)
94. list 10 of your habits.
95. illustrate the concept of “simplicity”.
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