Goodnight Little Spoon: Misc.

Apr 10, 2011

Misc.

+ making collage cards when I should be doing uni work.

+ books lent to me by a friend and a beautiful decorated envelope he made.

+ my yard is 90% concrete and 10% garden, lots of chalking space. my cat rolled in the chalk and had colourful patterns all over his fur.

+ i was interviewed for an article about cyclists in launceston a few weeks ago and in today's paper i appeared, squinting at the sun. they misspelled my surname and spent two paragraphs on my appearance and one sentence on my cycling, but it's still fun to have been included. i am about to go to work and am worried everyone will have seen it, haha.

adeline

+ today, in my part of the world, it is adeline's birthday and she has invited everyone to dress up and attend her birthday party. adeline is a darling and i am so glad the internet led me to her. happy birthday little french lady!

10 COMMENTS:

Miki's scrapbookApril 10, 2011 3:39 PM
Congrats on having been featured in amagazine! :D Your outfit that day was stunning!
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KatyhaApril 10, 2011 5:23 PM
you look so lovely sweetie, what a shame that I don't get the Launceston newspaper this way :(
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Rosie [a rosie outlook]April 10, 2011 6:01 PM
Those collage cards are amazing! Every time I stop by here I am amazed at how talented and creative you are. I think that's very exciting you are in the paper! (Annoying they misspelt your surname, that's journalists for you!) You look lovely too.
xxx
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REreadApril 10, 2011 6:24 PM
those cards are beautiful
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BriaApril 10, 2011 7:49 PM
I'm very wary of journalists. Earlier this year, I was interviewed for the local newspaper with the other American exchange student in town. My Swedish teacher saw it and had us read it in class. At first, I was just embarrassed because they had chosen a very large, very bad picture of us which took up most of both pages, but once I started reading, I realized that the girl who wrote the article had mixed up our quotes and made up some of her own as well! We sounded like jerks. :( I spent the next few weeks disguising myself any time I went to town so that no one would recognize me (or at least trying REALLY hard to do so...I'm not sure how much good it did).

Anyway, I think you look lovely up there with your bike! I really like how your dress seems to match the colors in the spokes.
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Drama queens mum (Kimberly)April 10, 2011 10:34 PM
That's cute that your cat rolled in the chalk. I haven't riden a bike in a very long time.
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PamelaArtsinSFApril 11, 2011 3:26 AM
But making collage cards is so much more fun than work......they look fantastic. And the article looks fun too.
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chandlergueraApril 11, 2011 4:06 AM
B - I tried to read the article online in the Launceston newspaper. Had to sign up for an account but then needed credits (AU $$) to read it! I think the article makes you somewhat of a local celebrity. Enjoy!
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CrystaL*April 12, 2011 4:58 AM
I love your collage cards they are so beautiful! I need to find myself some good size card stock like yours. Art store trip :)
Your back yard must be a master piece! I love drawing with chalk but being in the city I only have the side walk :(
Congrats on the feature. I think it is funny how they focused on your appearance and not your wicked bicycle!
Hope you have a wonderfully creative week!
Much Love,
Crystal
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aDeLiNeApril 12, 2011 7:36 AM
I ♡ YOU.
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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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100.