Stolen Paper Cutting Comes Home…

by | Nov 27, 2012 | Cut Paper, News & Events

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Over a year after it was stolen in Baldwin City, KS, my fox paper cutting has found it’s way back home! It was purchased in a goodwill store by a friend of a friend and recognized as the original, and they contacted me knowing it had been stolen.. I’ll be picking it up this week. It all comes around..

Free To Fly

by | Nov 27, 2012 | Inspiration, Photos

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California bird.

“To let go is to release the images and emotions, the grudges and fears, the clingings and disappointments of the past that bind our spirit.” – Jack Kornfield

Winter Cards Printed

by | Nov 14, 2012 | Products

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I’ve been running my printers at full-speed all day yesterday and today. All prints are printed, all cards are printed, all winter-only cards are printed.. I’ll be offering these at my next three art fairs (or until I run out), as I have for the last couple years, sets of 4 winter cards for $10. They come on a bright white card stock with a frayed edge, which is different card stock than what I normally use. Pardon the horrendous picture in bad light — these are the 6 designs I’ll have in those sets at random, and no set will have two of the same card.

In other news, I sent out a couple previously mentioned licensing contracts today — looking forward to seeing the products come to fruition. I also managed to eat an entire box of Whoppers and now a hot cup of mint tea is coming to my rescue.. I’m not really sure what causes me to buy them (since I lose all control and consume them as fast as I can and never feel good afterwards), but I’m sure it falls along the lines of demonic possession.

Another late night and early morning ahead. Mike Auldridge Dobro on the record player as I mat and bag and mat and bag.. So, so good. Til next time.

Crystal Clear November

by | Nov 1, 2012 | Inspiration, Photos

I couldn’t pass up snapping some pics on my run this morning. Everything was so clear: the sky, the river, the songbirds singing, the brisk air, the moon and sun, my thoughts, my senses. Nature is very honest and reliable – it always shows us what is real, sometimes when we’re ready to see and sometimes when we’re not.

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“Our lives are not as limited as we think they are; the world is a wonderfully weird place; consensual reality is significantly flawed; no institution can be trusted, but love does work; all things are possible; and we all could be happy and fulfilled if we only had the guts to be truly free and the wisdom to shrink our egos and quit taking ourselves so damn seriously.” -Tom Robbins

Happy November.

No Ceilings Tattoo Design

by | Oct 30, 2012 | Cut Paper, Design, Tattoos

Awhile back, Chelsea S. contacted me to design a tattoo for her based on the saying “Ceilings don’t exist and there are no floors beneath me”. And with a few ideas that she sent my way, I came up with my “No Ceilings” paper cutting, which is still one of my all time favorites. I sent her the black & white file before adding some color and a moon.. She sent me the in progress photo soon thereafter, and I just today, for the first time quite awhile after the fact, saw the finished tattoo. So grooooovy! Thanks Chelsea!

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