tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-212051232024-03-14T04:41:05.798-05:00jotjoydawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15814194868361872161noreply@blogger.comBlogger783125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21205123.post-66310172102644193362016-11-21T11:49:00.001-06:002016-11-21T11:51:42.876-06:0024k magic<iframe width="400" height="225" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/UqyT8IEBkvY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15814194868361872161noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21205123.post-33199725575685644772016-01-16T08:41:00.000-06:002016-01-16T08:41:03.879-06:00carpool karaoke<iframe width="400" height="225" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Nck6BZga7TQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br />
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I don't think that I could love either of these two Brits more than I do now.dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15814194868361872161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21205123.post-63431419399572658522015-08-04T11:19:00.001-05:002015-08-04T11:19:08.497-05:00the river's edge<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://instagram.com/dawn_houser" title="Spring Lake"><img src="https://farm1.staticflickr.com/528/20281949932_c0b152795b_o.png" width="400" alt="Spring Lake"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script><br />
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I am fortunate enough to live in a city that has extraordinary natural resources. Prehistoric evidence indicates early Native Americans lived along the <a href="http://www.edwardsaquifer.net/sanmarcos.html">San Marcos River</a>'s edge and enjoyed its clear, cool and abundant waters more than 14,000 years ago. These were some of the earliest peoples in North America.<br />
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The Springs and San Marcos River were discovered by a Spanish expedition on Saint Mark's Day in 1689 and given the name San Marcos. The village of <a href="https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hvs21">Villa de San Marcos de Neve</a> was the last town established by the Spanish crown in Texas. The village was built in 1807 where the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Camino_Real_de_los_Tejas_National_Historic_Trail">Camino Real</a> crossed the San Marcos River but it only lasted until 1812 as Spanish rule in Texas faded.dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15814194868361872161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21205123.post-2053204435409385642015-08-03T08:07:00.000-05:002015-08-03T08:07:00.851-05:00instasummer<center><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://instagram.com/dawn_houser" title="instasummer"><img src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3777/20070463439_27b41ef582_o.jpg" width="216" height="928" alt="instasummer"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script></center><br />
I have two more weeks to squeeze out the last drops of the best summer of my life.dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15814194868361872161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21205123.post-16204804617472787642015-06-30T08:44:00.003-05:002015-06-30T08:44:45.634-05:00flower housethis flower art installation is a cool way to honor abandoned homes for their last hurrah.<br />
<iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/125418712?portrait=0" width="400" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe> <p><a href="https://vimeo.com/125418712">Flower House Teaser</a> from <a href="https://vimeo.com/hellofuturefilms">Hello Future Films</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15814194868361872161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21205123.post-51594030618149191592015-03-03T19:30:00.002-06:002015-03-03T19:30:10.180-06:00self-love deficit<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/dawnhouser/16502280007" title="earthakitt by dawn houser, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8627/16502280007_4e5aeacb96.jpg" width="400" alt="earthakitt"></a>dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15814194868361872161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21205123.post-71328032717624711082015-02-22T18:37:00.001-06:002015-02-22T18:37:47.072-06:00let 'em say<iframe width="400" height="225" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vd4aLl6A_o4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15814194868361872161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21205123.post-12039649875720134052015-01-19T18:53:00.003-06:002015-01-20T05:51:12.431-06:00summoning spring<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/dawnhouser/16317132341" title="Untitled by dawn houser, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7500/16317132341_56cacea2f4.jpg" width="400" height="500" alt="Untitled"></a><br />
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this winter started up her mess early back in november. the cold, the wet (not complaining there, though) and the dreary. way too early for central texas. <br />
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last weekend was winter ice alerts. this weekend was spring awesome perks. tomorrow will be 75 degrees. can i get a what what? <br />
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i needed a little sparkle in my kitchen and decided to upcycle some perfume bottle tops as succulent cutting vases. the fitting size for the window ledge and the perfect sizzle of sparkle. if it is shiny, bring it on. truly, i was a rolls royce hood ornament in my past life.<br />
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we will be back to the cold rain on thursday, but every moment was enjoyed this weekend. <br />
dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15814194868361872161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21205123.post-42396971738124446272014-12-12T16:10:00.000-06:002014-12-12T17:04:40.803-06:00b.e.fitzgerald || Art is a Facebook status about your winter break.<br />
<i>this made me extremely grateful that i could read and for the good of social media –<br />
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I swear to every heaven ever imagined,<br />
if I hear one more dead-eyed hipster<br />
tell me that art is dead, I will personally summon Shakespeare <br />
from the grave so he can tell them every reason<br />
why he wishes he were born in a time where <br />
he could have a damn Gmail account.<br />
The day after I taught my mother <br />
how to send pictures over Iphone she texted <br />
me a blurry image of our cocker spaniel ten times in a row.<br />
Don’t you dare try to tell me that that is not beautiful.<br />
But whatever, go ahead and choose to stay in<br />
your backwards-hoping-all-inclusive club<br />
while the rest of us fall in love over Skype.<br />
Send angry letters to state representatives, <br />
as we record the years first sunrise so <br />
we can remember what beginning feels like when <br />
we are inches away from the trigger. <br />
Lock yourself away in your Antoinette castle<br />
while eat cake and tweet to the whole universe that we did. <br />
Hashtag you’re a pretentious ass hole.<br />
Van Gogh would have taken 20 selflies a day. <br />
Sylvia Plath would have texted her lovers <br />
nothing but heart eyed emojis when she ran out of words.<br />
Andy Warhol would have had the worlds weirdest Vine account, <br />
and we all would have checked it every morning while we<br />
Snap Chat our coffee orders to the people <br />
we wish were pressed against our lips instead of lattes. <br />
This life is spilling over with 85 year olds <br />
rewatching JFK’s assassination and <br />
7 year olds teaching themselves guitar over Youtube videos. <br />
Never again do I have to be afraid of forgetting<br />
what my fathers voice sounds like. <br />
No longer must we sneak into our families phonebook<br />
to look up an eating disorder hotline for our best friend.<br />
No more must I wonder what people in Australia sound like <br />
or how grasshoppers procreate. <br />
I will gleefully continue to take pictures of tulips<br />
in public parks on my cellphone <br />
and you will continue to scoff and that is okay. <br />
But I hope, I pray, that one day you will realize how blessed <br />
you are to be alive in a moment where you can google search<br />
how to say I love you in 164 different languages.<br />
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b.e.fitzgerald || Art is a Facebook status about your winter break.<br />
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via <a href="http://befitzgeraldwriting.tumblr.com">http://befitzgeraldwriting.tumblr.com</a>dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15814194868361872161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21205123.post-15051448852659320932014-11-12T15:28:00.002-06:002014-11-12T15:29:29.436-06:00four out of five books<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/dawnhouser/15773739991" title="in the shoppe by dawn houser, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5606/15773739991_5804baac8b.jpg" width="400" height="400" alt="in the shoppe"></a><br />
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four out of the five books are in <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/210875645/handconstructed-printed-post-cards?ref=listing-shop-header-0">the shoppe</a> now.dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15814194868361872161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21205123.post-65721746626137292912014-11-09T07:53:00.002-06:002014-11-09T07:53:39.291-06:00jotjoy<a href="http://etsy.com/shop/jotjoy" title="http://etsy.com/shop/jotjoy by dawn houser, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3945/15723545746_66f32ca2ff_c.jpg" width="400"alt="http://etsy.com/shop/jotjoy"></a>dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15814194868361872161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21205123.post-23165635111816497462014-07-09T10:14:00.000-05:002014-09-28T08:32:17.881-05:00with cracked tellicherry peppercorns<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/dawnhouser/14573138676" title="lemon velvet ice cream by dawn houser, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5538/14573138676_243694f1ea_z.jpg" width="400" alt="lemon velvet ice cream"></a><br />
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/dawnhouser/14616261693" title="lemon velvet ice cream with cracked tellicherry peppercorns. by dawn houser, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3842/14616261693_eca367b001.jpg" width="400" height="400" alt="lemon velvet ice cream with cracked tellicherry peppercorns."></a><br />
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life without an alarm and homemade <a href="http://jotjoy.blogspot.com/2006/07/lemonvelvetheaven.html">lemon velvet ice cream</a> with cracked tellicherry peppercorns--- it doesn't get any better than this.dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15814194868361872161noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21205123.post-77301184312962932902014-03-06T19:53:00.003-06:002014-03-08T16:55:09.062-06:00at the cut 'n' curl<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dawnhouser/12980654313/" title="shower curtains! by dawnhouser, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3677/12980654313_4fc0abf8cf.jpg" width="403" height="484" alt="shower curtains!"></a><br />
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i love these new <a href="http://society6.com/dawnhouser/shower-curtains">shower curtains</a>!<br />
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through march 9th, there is free shipping and $5 off certain items through <a href="http://society6.com/dawnhouser?promo=69feb9">this link</a>.<br />
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dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15814194868361872161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21205123.post-23753299510588522212014-02-24T13:10:00.000-06:002014-02-24T13:10:15.176-06:00showed some blue<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dawnhouser/12644251045/" title="new old sign and a clean worktable by dawnhouser, on Flickr"><img src="https://s3.yimg.com/so/7311/12644251045_1033a5a749_z.jpg" width="400" height="533.33" alt="new old sign and a clean worktable"></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dawnhouser/12644437473/" title="new old blue by dawnhouser, on Flickr"><img src="https://s3.yimg.com/so/7329/12644437473_828f72c869_z.jpg" width="400" height="533.33" alt="new old blue"></a><br />
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a couple of weeks ago, a winter wind blew a wooden sign over in an alley. the typography had been turned toward the wall, so i am very thankful for that cold gust that showed some blue. i asked the tailor's shop if it was trash. it was trash and ready for the hauling.<br />
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the sewing machine and spool of thread are stenciled and the script is handpainted typography. *swoon*<br />
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after admiring the yesteryear script painting, i decided where i would hang it. it was the reward for cleaning off the work table.dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15814194868361872161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21205123.post-37812607207800105392013-12-05T19:06:00.001-06:002013-12-05T19:23:46.422-06:00a cup of holiday cheer<a href="http://society6.com/dawnhouser?promo=69feb9"><img src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2874/11229338736_697f742a90.jpg" width="399" height="500" alt="society6_mugs"></a><br />
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free shipping and $5 off each of my products in my <a href="http://society6.com/dawnhouser?promo=69feb9">society6 shop</a>.<br />
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the promotion is NOT automatically available in my store and only available through this link to my <a href="http://society6.com/dawnhouser?promo=69feb9">society6 shop</a>.<br />
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promotion expires december 8, 2013 at midnight pacific time. *offer excludes framed art prints, stretched canvases and throw pillows with insert.<br />
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stay warm and cozy.<br />
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dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15814194868361872161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21205123.post-51830690274066351172013-11-20T13:22:00.002-06:002013-11-20T13:24:39.407-06:00outside the window<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dawnhouser/10882272043/" title="Untitled by dawnhouser, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7456/10882272043_01c970af6b_z.jpg" width="400" alt="Untitled"></a><br />
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shadowboxer sees a <a href="http://etsy.com/shop/dawnhouser">sale in my etsy shop</a> outside the window.<br />
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*10 percent off total with a mininum of $25 purchase through dec. 31, 2013. code :: 10PERCENTOFF <br />
(please take note that it can only be used during checkout.)dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15814194868361872161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21205123.post-25596441444194146262013-09-12T18:09:00.002-05:002013-09-12T18:09:03.383-05:00the world of lisa frank<iframe src="//player.vimeo.com/video/73328418?color=ff9933" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe>dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15814194868361872161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21205123.post-19475982768324245242013-08-27T18:03:00.000-05:002013-08-27T20:22:08.413-05:00layering spree<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dawnhouser/9530850780/" title="black and white on the rocks with a splash of colour by dawnhouser, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5546/9530850780_14c7299084_z.jpg" width="400" alt="black and white on the rocks with a splash of colour"></a><br />
the past few weeks have flown. youngest child deposited in her new dorm. the new singleton life commenced.<br />
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a couple of weeks ago, i went on a layering spree. i don't know why it has taken me so long to add more things to my walls, but it felt right. the new rug begged for a little extra graphic feel. my grandmother's rose still life painting hung and one of my prints (which i handprinted with my handcarved <i>franklin gothic</i> typography) now reminds me daily to be extraordinary.<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dawnhouser/9549913517/" title="extraordinary by dawnhouser, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2807/9549913517_b4ae14d292_z.jpg" width="445" height="640" alt="extraordinary"></a><br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dawnhouser/9524802263/" title="adding more color to the kitchen by dawnhouser, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5550/9524802263_0b77041064_z.jpg" width="400" alt="adding more color to the kitchen"></a><br />
the kitchen really started it all. i started adding to the wall and finished it up with vintage tin trays and typography. the process reminds me to play more. risk a few tiny holes in the wall because God made spackle for a reason. <br />
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i think that i was reacting to the close of one chapter and the beginning of another exciting one. or maybe i knew that once school started that i would be toast. whatever it was, i am happy that i did it.<br />
dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15814194868361872161noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21205123.post-75872419155238419802013-08-08T17:59:00.002-05:002013-11-18T19:45:39.280-06:00am, too<a href="http://www.instagram.com/dawn_houser" title="Untitled by dawnhouser, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3729/9465986713_46a1b3cd3c_o.jpg" width="400" alt="Untitled"></a><br />
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sometimes, i am too busy to find words to blog, and images seem to be an easier way to communicate my daily life. <a href="http://instagram.com/dawn_houser">my instagram</a> and <a href="http://flickr.com/dawnhouser">flickr</a> keep those images in checkity check.<br />
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this summer has been super. it seems that i write that every summer, but this has been one of those monumental summers.<br />
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my youngest child is off to university and this big change is at the forefront of our thoughts and our <i>to do</i> lists. with ten days before she goes off to college, we are crazybusy getting everything (and making all of the fun things) that she needs for her dorm and collegiate life. <br />
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i am crazyexcited for her and this new chapter in her life, as well as my own new chapter. for some reason, i equate that with having rugs–not that my kids would have peed on them when they were little (haha), but because rugs seem so incredibly grown up. <br />
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grown up. my kids are all grown ups and i feel like i am, too. <br />
dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15814194868361872161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21205123.post-56944517245266442332013-08-07T06:53:00.000-05:002013-08-07T06:53:08.527-05:00the photo man<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/69901302?color=ff9933" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen></iframe>dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15814194868361872161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21205123.post-47746443939598575382013-08-02T19:37:00.002-05:002013-08-02T19:37:43.094-05:00'flies dried<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dawnhouser/9425573212/" title="fly on the dry by dawnhouser, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5479/9425573212_af2bc2aa74_z.jpg" width="400" alt="fly on the dry"></a><br />
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this afternoon, i spent time in the studio making tiny collages on tags. i feel that i am really in the artistic process when i don't have an agenda, but i am creating for the sake of creating. after these butterflies dried, these tiny collages morphed into sets of gift tags which are now in the <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/158528506/set-of-five-handmade-colllage-butterfly">shoppe</a>.<br />
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dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15814194868361872161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21205123.post-61328646754209392372013-07-30T08:38:00.000-05:002013-07-30T08:38:21.245-05:00biergarten under lights<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dawnhouser/9394420154/" title="the biergarten under lights by dawnhouser, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3720/9394420154_decdb27080_z.jpg" width="400" alt="the biergarten under lights"></a><br />
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when the studio redo was under way, i had to remove all of the outside lights that were attached to it. the electricity to the studio was completely redone with no more janky cording connected from the roof of the house to the garage. legit stuff.<br />
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one of the splurges was an outside outlet in the biergarten for twinkle lights and music.<br />
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two nights ago, i finished rehanging all of the twinkle lights and then some. now, we don't need an extension cord to turn them on. <br />
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this photo makes me really happy and i love how the garden has matured these past five years. <br />
dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15814194868361872161noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21205123.post-28558945598498193402013-07-22T08:32:00.000-05:002014-09-28T08:51:17.989-05:00tuteuring ol' luckenbach<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dawnhouser/9333069317/" title="new old rose tuteur by dawnhouser, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7441/9333069317_336c0ba84e_z.jpg" width="400" alt="new old rose tuteur"></a><br />
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this summer has been half relaxation and half preparatory for change. with the womanchild moving off to university in less than a month, i have been readying this house for the next chapter. <br />
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having less stuff calms me. <br />
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saturday was the second of three garage sales this summer. at the end of the day, a customer was loading his stuff up that he bought and unloaded two old wooden ladders that goodwill wouldn't take. i knew exactly what i would use the six-footer for. <br />
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my <a href="http://jotjoy.blogspot.com/2012/04/luckenbach-rambler.html"><i>luckenbach rambler</i></a> has been growing like crazy this year and sending out long, thorny canes. she had been using the kumquat tree next to her as a structure to climb on. i know that next year will be balls to the wall and staying true to the old adage of "first year, they sleep. second year, they creep. third year, they leap." this old ladder is a perfect tuteur for it. i had been meaning to build another rebar one, but hadn't gotten around to it yet. <br />
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score! dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15814194868361872161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21205123.post-78234911952919951402013-07-17T13:59:00.000-05:002013-07-17T14:07:07.514-05:00bedroom games<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dawnhouser/9310227106/" title="Untitled by dawnhouser, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2839/9310227106_78d998cbcc.jpg" width="400" height="500" alt="Untitled"></a><br />
i bought a stack of vintage scrabble gameboards for $5 last month oh, the possibilities of five dollars gambled on possible future creativity.<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dawnhouser/9310210090/" title="new wall design with vintage scrabble boards by dawnhouser, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5539/9310210090_1bba9df252_z.jpg" width="400" alt="new wall design with vintage scrabble boards"></a><br />
it turned out that the stack was not enough for most of my walls in the house, yet the colors matched perfectly with my duvet. with some measuring, i knew that i had exactly enough for this little wall that frames my bedroom door.<br />
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after cutting them to measure, i hammered them lightly into the wall with dressmaker's straight pins. i bent every other one, so a yoga session would have helped me here. the paper game sheets are not glued square on the boards, so i just kept the cuts square to the board and not to the gameplate.<br />
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it adds just enough visual interest and ties in with the duvet. five dollars wellspent!dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15814194868361872161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21205123.post-72289673484182998672013-07-05T08:21:00.003-05:002013-07-07T07:19:33.350-05:00utilitarian femininity<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dawnhouser/9213669292/" title="workspace by dawnhouser, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5532/9213669292_01a6709c41_z.jpg" width="400" alt="workspace"></a><br />
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well, i finished the studio two nights ago. the only thing left to do is customfit a strip of polygal on the side of the toolshed and hang the business hammock. <br />
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once i hung up the antique horseshoe, i noticed the old signature on the doorframe. so love this bit of past.<br />
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the great thing about this rehab was that i had recycled and upcycled all of the materials that i had been saving. the old roof became interior cladding. the wood from the exterior back wall became the interior wall. the old garage door became the toolshed enclosure and the one of the old walls became my new worktable.<br />
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for years, i have been terrified of circular saws. fingers are not overrated and i kept it as such. when i set out to enclose the toolshed area, i knew that my trusty little jigsaw would not cut it and so i pulled on my handygirl pants and bought a saw. can i tell you that building the enclosed toolshed myself was the highlight of my summer? after framing it out, i recycled the old garage door to enclose it. making a curtain out of an old dropcloth that i had gives it just enough utilitarian femininity. dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15814194868361872161noreply@blogger.com1