Sep 17 2008
I decided to figure out what mosaic I was going to do once I got to my 2nd class and saw the colored tiles that I had ordered up close and personal, and once I saw them I know what I wanted to do. (It was a little disconcerting to see that most everyone else [...]
Sep 09 2008
My sister had the fun idea for us to take an Italian mosaics class together and we just got out of the first class - I’m so excited! We’re using smalti for our mosaics in this class and I just love it! The tile is formed by mixing molten glass with metal oxides and it [...]
10 Wolf Parade + You Are a Runner and I Am My Father’s Son
09 Wolf Parade + Grounds for Divorce
08 Sunset Rubdown + Us Ones in Between
.:*Spencer Krug gently singing in the lamplight*:.
07 Sunset Rubdown + For the Pier (and Dead Shimmering)
A great glimpse into Spencer Krug’s show intensity!
06 Wolf Parade + This Heart’s on [...]
I couldn’t sleep this morning - I was wide awake at 4:00 and couldn’t get back. I tried the usual plane crash daydreams but to no avail… so I thought it was the perfect opportunity to start my new regime.
I’d been planning to make some changes this week anyway and was falling behind, so really, [...]
if you’ll believe in anything.
I took a rare week night out with my sis and her husband to go see Wolf Parade at The Marquee in Tulsa tonight - it was the best show I’ve seen in years.
First we stumbled out of the T-storms & tornadoes into “Lola’s,” a dia de los muertos themed tapas bar [...]
It felt like my family and I spent the whole of October celebrating Halloween; or at least celebrating the cool weather and the orange backdrop of fall, as well as out-of-town family & friends coming and going.
Our family loves fall anyway and we always get an early start on the festivities… this year it started [...]
Well - I may not have produced the world’s greatest modern mosaics, but I did end up with three little pieces of color and awkwardness that I like enough to display in my decor. Plus going to art class was really a nice segway from the office.
So here’s what I made - three tree-themed smalti [...]