I've taken to bringing the laptop out onto the porch at night and wandering the internet until all hours, alone in the cool, dark and quiet of my neighborhood. Last evening was one of those nights when you find more than one site you want to come back to and you love this technology for what you can find and share.
Some new finds:
Kiosk which seems to find wonderful and unique items from around the world and highlights a different country every few months. They have a blog and a newsletter. I liked them a lot after I saw their Japanese balloon boxes (above) but I'm really attached to them after I signed up for their newsletter. Even their auto-responder is full of charm: "Bye, thanks for your time!"
I found a stash of Afghan textile block stamps...the kind of thing that gives me physical shivers of delight. I really try and live a modest life, but I see these and want to own each and every one that's available. So far, I haven't put in an order.
Notebookism made me pine over these handmade ledger notebooks and drift off to Ebay to find vintage ledgers I could use myself. But so far, no purchases!
I was cleaning up my blog feeds on Bloglines and remembered a wonderful artist whose blog I thought I had signed up for. I refound Judith Hoffman and have promised myself a little time today to go back through her posts. Her current one is on James Castle, a folk artist who has new found appreciation among folk and book artists.
But all that time on my laptop left me feeling like I had too much sugar...a little spacy and self-indulgent. And I was already a bit guilty from a fun paper buy at Wet Paint, my favorite art store in the world. Now in my paper stash are these Lokta papers in "Pluto" and a few new Japanese Chiyogami and Katazome. BTW, the Pluto papers also come in bright colors with black print...so I did show some (a very little) restraint.
The web can often be like dreamland, so it's time to close up the laptop this morning and do some real world things like pulling weeds and checking on my neighbor (with a broken leg).
3 comments:
I know what you mean about too much sugar, what a perfect description of the feeling! Some beautiful finds though (and more sugar for me...), but I think it's worth it :)
Ah, those Pluto papers! You'll recognize the teal-colored paper on my accordion book from Arrowmont.
I love ledger paper, too....but haven't used it for anything...yet! I've found a few big, unused or partially used ledgers at thrift stores. The older, messier thrift stores are better for this kind of score!
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