I'm going to try my best to dig up some really off-beat things to make it interesting.
1. When I was younger I was completely taken by the fact that my siblings and I shared a common thread with the singer Madonna, being half French Canadian from our mother's side and half Italian from our Father.
2. When I was four years old my mother overheard me talking to myself in my bedroom one day and came in to check up on me. She sat down on the bed and I screamed "YOU JUST SAT ON MY FRIEND SALLY!!!". I don't think she was too thrilled to realize that I was talking about an imaginary friend. We played together until my first year of school, and then she disappeared. The strange thing is I can sort of remember what she looked like. White linen dress, blonde curls, bright red hair bow. When I got my first puppy at age 22, I payed homage to the gal by naming her Sally too.
3. The first time I ever met my husband was completely by happenstance. He had mistaken me for another girl that he had met and talked to earlier that evening. He said we were both wearing the exact same outfit and hair style (coiled up braided buns on each side of our heads). She was even wearing the same type of sunglasses. (What are the chances?) I could tell it wasn't just a line... because he was becoming so frustrated and confused that I kept ignoring him!
4. I never noticed this until I got married but I'm terrible about remembering to shut cabinet doors. Shawn comes home and loves teasing me about why all of the kitchen cabinets are open. I'm always in denial because I forget that I've done it naturally, then while we're both cracking up with laughter as he's closing them time and time again... I nonchalantly blame it on "the kitchen ghost".
5. I'm utterly fascinated by dreams, and their meanings. Awhile back I had one about a place that I didn't know existed, with unfamiliar architecture and painted symbols on the roofs. I got the chills recently when I stumbled on some vacation photographs on flickr of an ancient town called Alberobello in Italy with the exact same mystical presence. Strange but true.
6. Three of the best friends I ever had growing up all shared the same birthday, July 31. One in elementary school, one in highschool, and one in college. I think it's a really lucky date... and it's today! Happy Birthday Wishes to my fellow Leo's Harmony, Karen, and Pauline... I miss you.
7. I must come from a long line of hopeless romantics, here's some family folklore that's been passed down to me... My grandmother's side of the family (Capppelletti) is said to be linked to one of the Italian stories of Romeo & Juliet. One of the sources that Shakespeare adapted the story from was by Luigi da Porto. Which named the rival families as Montecchi and Cappelletti.
8. My hair started going prematurely gray when I was 20 years old in one bold streak up front where I part my hair. No hairdresser ever wants to mess with it anymore, despite all of my pleading to bleach it blonde. Over time though I've grown to like it.
posted by Liquid Sky Arts at 4:11 PM
7.24.2007
Today was such a whirlwind of emotions. I started off the morning feeling heavy and distracted by all of the unfinished renovation in our home, later flipping to the other extreme of being over-the-moon excited when this amazing package from PaPaYa! arrived on our doorstep. Opening it up revealed piles of my card designs all printed and dolled up in PaPaYa's lovely packaging alongside the lovliest printed envelope sets I've ever laid eyes on by Anahata.
I had to take this photograph of the box (above), filled to the brim... total bliss!
I'm super thrilled to finally be able to show you all what I've been working on for the past few months. My line of cards with PaPaYa is now beginning to debut on their website and more visual treats are in the works.
Here's a sneak peek at some of the holiday cards... but if you're like me the word Christmas doesn't get uttered until late November, so shh---- I don't want to stress anyone!
This afternoon I was busily working on a design project, and found myself stuck on color choices. As luck would have it, I later visited bighugelabs site and found this new color palette generator that pulls harmonious colors from photographs. My minds running amuck with the possibilities here, total genius!
This is a photo of Freckles taken last year in my home studio. The numbers under the swatches correlate with the appropriate web colors. Such a savvy flickr gadget too!
This was the view from the rooftop of the Hotel Elliott here in Astoria, yesterday afternoon as I had the treat of hanging out with Alicia, her husband Andy, and her talented friend Shelly who drove up here from Portland for the day. We had unusually hot weather here, but we all were determined to brave the heat and have a little fun. You can't go wrong when you begin by sipping cold drinks at a cafe on the water, laughing over off-the-wall stories about a stuffed animal named Keiko and listening to creative ideas whir. The afternoon flew by so quickly, as the heat wore on it seemed like in just a blink of an eye it was already time for them to head back. Alicia captured the afternoon beautifully in her blog post today, it was such a treat to get to see everything we experienced yesterday through her eyes and thoughts. I'm crossing my fingers that they bring back the train that connects Astoria to Portland someday too, I've heard rumors. Could it be true?!
It was so hot though, I could barely lift my camera yesterday... but if you'd like to see more photos of Astoria and it's surrounding areas, you can check out my photostream on flickr called Exploring the North Coast.
After they headed out towards home, I spent the rest of the afternoon drinking tasty iced mochas hanging out with Wende on her front porch taking in the view of the Columbia River down below (total bliss!). I absolutely adore her son, who always shows me the coolest inventions when I come to visit. Yesterday it was a playing card shuffler, he'd made out of legos. Genius! Wende sent me home with a special treat for Freckles too (which he was eager to de-fluff as soon as I got home, good-bye clean house!).
