Silent Partner

2007 | Amanda's Tattoo in Paper
(c) JS. Originally uploaded by Three Heavens And Hells.

Jose is sending out this construction paper mock-up of Amanda's tattoo today. I really wish I would've heard back from her about her address, although I did end up finding it after a while.

After going boxing and giving my cats a bath Saturday morning, Kerry's birthday shenanigans in Ballard Saturday evening and a bloody mary and coffee-soaked brunch Sunday morning, I was completely dried up and useless for the rest of yesterday afternoon.

Birthday Season

20070417 | Kerry's Birthday Card
(c) JS. Originally uploaded by Three Heavens And Hells.

Cutting paper is messy. I'm getting a bit better about cleaning up, mostly because if you leave the tiny scraps of paper around too long, they end up migrating to hard to reach places and entangling themselves within the fibers of the couch, etc. Maybe I should move my project area from the middle of the living room to the kitchen, but who knows where the scraps would end up then.

This project was completed for my pal Kerry's 30th birthday. We had blah sushi at Sushiland, but a fine evening of wine and merriment is planned for the not too distant future.

Constructing Craft

20070331 | Maria's Birthday Card
(c) JS. Originally uploaded by Three Heavens And Hells.

The weekend before last was Maria's birthday party, and I'm always excited to embrace my crafty genes and make construction paper cards for people. Who cares if Maria isn't a 5-year-old? I'm making her an octopus playing the keyboard and that's that.

The granular, woody smell of the paper, even setting up a work station with glue, tape and scissors makes me giddy. I like to imagine my love of construction paper comes from my mom's job as a teacher's assistant back in the 90s. Maybe this explains the subconscious "mom" written in Maria's octopus bow. At first I thought I was simply pasting on her first initials, but who am I kidding?