A trip to London, in photos

Silver shoes on light blob

Afternoon tea at The Ritz Carlton

Wallpaper on the street

Flowering tree on the street

The Barbie Dream House-esque bathroom at The Ritz Carlton

Flower stand at the street market

I got teary looking at this Warhol piece at the Tate Modern. Who knew I liked Warhol so much?

My summer, curated

A mocha cappuccino at Recreo Coffee in West Roxbury, MA 

Hampton Beach, NH

My roommates left this waffle for me one morning :)

A diner in CT

Feathery, lush art pieces by Leika Akiyama

I stumbled upon this fabulous maximalist art by Leika Akiyama at Boston Center for the Arts.

Long Term Goals

I have very few long term goals, because it's hard to know what I want that far in advance, and if something is important to me, I usually prefer to find a way to do it sooner rather than later.

But it seems like a nice idea to have some long term goals, so I'm going to start a list here, that I'll add to whenever I think of one.

My long term goals:

• Get an honorary degree
• Earn a comfortable amount of money doing what I love and am passionate about
• Have a storefront for my zines and crafts and creations -- and make it creative and beautiful and fun to be in!
• Sell my zines/creations on every continent (except Antarctica?)
• Find ways of having fulfilling relationships with people that work well for me (especially romantic and sexual relationships)

Charming dining experiences, in photos

Tiny pie at Fornax Bread in Roslindale

Glowy table at Aurum in JP

Emma's Breakfast in Quincy

Trident Booksellers on Newbury Street

Birthday banner with collage and stamps

I've been working on this birthday banner for my best friend Christine for the past couple days, and I finished it last night! It is double sided so it can either be hung in a large doorway/opening, or turned around to the non-birthday specific side and used at any time of year.

It says, "Happy birthday Christine!" in gold sharpie. It is easier to read in real life.

I stamped white card stock with bingo stamps that I got on a recent trip to Florida where I went to bingo night with my aunt. Then I put purple "HAPPY BIRTHDAY" stamps on top of that with a label stamp that can spell out anything. I colored white ribbon gold with a gold sharpie.

The back is collaged with prints, flowers, and hearts.

This was the back of one of the collaged sides, and I tested out a stamp color on it (which I decided would be too dark), but I thought it was a beautiful composition, even though it was unintentional.

Overheard poetry book project, or: Book leaning casually against wall

I recently unearthed this book of poetry that I started making six years ago! The idea was to include "poems" that I overheard people say in conversation. Some of them were said by people close to me, and others by strangers. I think I'd like to finish it and make some copies, because it's always nice to share my creative projects.

"Poems" Various Authors, Previously Unpublished, 2010

The beginnings of winter, curated

My roommates gave me homemade cookies for Christmas!

A glass ornament

Collage journal gift

I made this journal for my friend for a holiday present.

The front

Open

The binding

The back

Close up

How I made this:

I used half sheets of 8.5" x 11" printer paper that I had left over from making zines (there is an odd number of pages in one of my zines that prints two pages to a sheet, so I am always left with a bunch of blank half sheets). Then I cute a piece of card stock in half so it was the same size, and cut out a bunch of magazine strips that had prints I liked. Then I arranged them all on the card stock so there was no white space left, and used a glue stick to glue them to the card stock. Then I put all the blank pages together with the cover (card stock) page, and stapled it in the middle (it's important to get it pretty much exactly in the middle so it will fold in half correctly) with the long stapler I use for binding zines. That's it!

Me looking at Valentine's Day things on Pinterest sketch

A New Years collage card

Today I made this card for my sister for New Years and Belated Christmas.

Happy New Year!