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Random Pop: Welcome to the Old World.

Friday, June 12th, 2009

oldworldtreasury

The treasury is the collection of items you see everyday on the front page of Etsy.  The treasuries are handpicked by other Etsy members.  It always feels good when someone wants to put you in their treasury.  The treasury is sort of a wild subculture of the handmade world—people become addicted and obsessed with having the best treasuries.  This morning I had a sweet message from Impulse Art that she had chosen one of my pieces for her “Old World Feel” Treasury.  I immediately fell in love with the mood she created here.  I am drawn to Greece, the brown/gray texture, history, and cracks of this treasury.  I had to share it with you all.

The bottom middle necklace belongs in my collection.

(btw, you can create a drinking game with this post:  for every time I use the word “treasury,” take a swig!)

***Song of the Moment: Dirt On Your New Shoes, by Bishop Allen***

Random Pop: Of Montreal and Rad Art.

Thursday, May 28th, 2009

This is a new category I’ve come up with.  Snippets of something that is currently moving me in a direction I like to be.  Today for example, I showed up to the studio early and popped in Of Montreal and then I found this on Etsy:

(If you like this, go explore Monfort on Etsy.  Her work is monstrously lovely.)

I felt like Of Montreal existed right there in the colorful mountainside—it was a world I immediately wanted to be in.  And so I am there, today.  It helps the hands move faster and the mind slow down.

***Song of the Moment: Gallery Piece, by Of Montreal***