On Wednesday I had a most happy accident occur. I was walking home from the Farmer’s Market (yes, it’s finally Farmer’s Market time again, rejoice!) in the drizzly rain and got stuck at a crosswalk. I felt sort of annoyed that the cars were not slowing down for me to pass afterall it was raining and I was on foot while they were safe and dry in their cars.
With a huff I headed down the street to walk another way ... lo and behold, while looking down to shield myself from the rain, I saw them.
Stacks and stacks of magazines sitting nicely bundled near some blue bins ready to be recycled. Oooh-la! Early 2000-something issues of Elle Décor and House & Garden were all stacked up and waiting just for me! And they were not too soaked yet from the rain. I grabbed as many as I could hold in my arms and skipped happily home.
This happy accident could not have happened at a better time because I have been itching to make a new sketchbook. With so many blogs and flickr you can just log-on to find inspiration whenever you like but I have been craving something more tactile. It has been years (since college really) since I have had a book to write and paste things into. I keep a 'home-inspiration book', as you have seen, but those are just clippings and I never write/sketch in the book. This time I wanted something where I could include clippings, sketches, photographs, a bit of everything, really.
I gave myself an hour because who can give themselves more than that in the middle of a workday? I used natural pH adhesive and clipped and jotted away.
It feels so good to do something creative just for my own brain and heart ... no client, no deadline, no one but me in mind. Perhaps I’ll show you my little notebook again when it is months old and stuffed full. This book and I are going to have quite a lot of fun together, I can tell already.
—MAV
8 May 09
This post was originally shown with this piece by Stephanie and this diptych.
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