W1103: Couplings

Roll W1102

Last year, I didn't shoot very much film at all. This is strange, since I'm very much a film person. During DH & I's annual visit to upstate New York for the holidays, I decided to leave my digital camera at home and took my trusty pentax 35mm slr. I've always been pretty loyal to pentax for this format and fuji for film.

After about a month, I finally dragged myself to get my rolls developed and picked them up a few days later. I forgot how much like Christmas it is to get your film back from the lab. This was the first roll I shot. The first pictures taken during June and the last pictures in December. Above are a few of my favorites.

Necklace Exchange

Last holiday season, Janette of Fashion Loves People, organized a really fun necklace exchange.  Like the secret santa of jewelry pretty - ness! I saw it mentioned by a few people on the tweeters and signed up right away.

This is the piece I made for my recipient -- quartzite, glass and brass beads on leather chord. I was really happy with it so you'll be seeing it at AHC soon!

This is the necklace I received in the mail from Kendra of Life Pastoral and Summer Street Photography! I love how it is beaded and braided and I love the black and gold combo. So perfect for me.

See the rest of the necklaces here.

I'm pretty excited about the next one !

[[ I kept meaning to post about this but after seeing Rebecca's post about it on bigbigbigthings, it kicked my butt into gear! Thanks, RG! ]]

How Come

A strange, sweet, slightly unsettling and, ultimately, beautiful video by Hans Appelqvist.

via DH's facebook share, via Mrs Tsk*

Getting Away

We finally got some snow here in Chicago late last week and by no means was it a ton of snow, but there was enough that I finally felt like winter was here. While the storm was fun and, in a weird way, reassuring, today I'm dreaming about getting away. 

I love how these vegetables are displayed in a market in Thailand (via Austin Bush Photography) and this basket from Ghana (via Dull Diamond).

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Yesterday, DH and I were talking about how funny it is that it was well within our reach to just go buy a ticket to some place and then go there. We could be on a plane in a couple of hours ! Being an adult is crazy because you can do these things! Of course we would get there broke and then come back and be even more broke. Being an adult sucks.

What is your #1 country you want to go to?

Emergency tunes

Loose Ends - (Emergency) Dial 999






IT Crowd - 0118 999 881 999 119 7253

NOTE WELL

 

I am very excited to announce that 5x7 has published a small book of some of my new work, entitled NOTE WELL! It is a photographic journey spanning the last half of 2011. It was a total pleasure to work on this project and the book turned out beautifully.

You can ready more about it, see more images and purchase it over at 5x7.

Keep your eyes on these guys. Word on the street is that they've got some really amazing stuff coming out this year ...