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Vanessa emailed me a few photos from her wedding. She is my first customer to follow up with pictures of guests playing with the cootie catchers. I was thrilled! I love how she used different color...
Celebrate the Pumpkin Festival in Downtown Elkin, NC this weekend. Be sure to stop in Eris' store In Every Room. She is hosting a "shoppy hour" from 4 - 8 pm tonight. She is previewing her new holi...
Celebrate the Pumpkin Festival in Downtown Elkin, NC this weekend. Be sure to stop in Eris' store In Every Room. She is hosting a "shoppy hour" from 4 - 8 pm tonight. She is previewing her new holi...
This past weekend, we went home for Brandi and Chad's wedding! We enjoyed seeing our family and all of the beautiful details of the day. The weather was perfect. Enjoy some of my favorite pictures....
If you are love books, letterpress and a fun party, be sure to check out BookOpolis this weekend in Asheville, NC. If we were, I don't know, say six hours closer and hadn't just returned from North...
Cama turns one today!When I last visited home, Lily and Connor went up to the playroom to play. I checked in to see what they were up to and found a couple of my very favorite books pulled out on t...
So I am sitting here wondering if I should do all of the things I usually procrastinate doing, or just dive in... I am working on my tenth and final project for church and I am feeling a little war...
Last weekend, Jason and I hosted a brunch for Shannon and Will's family to meet. I was worried about the fact that we don't really have a formal dining room, nor ten chairs! But once the 'rents got...
I couldn't decide between the above title or "Why didn't we think of this?" The recycled newspaper hut even looks a lot like a scaled down version of the jungle gym we played on at Germanton Elemen...
I believe that this week liturgical art is my personal favorite. Maybeit was because Phil Renfrow, an architect, ran up to me after serviceand said, "Before I read the description in the bulletin, ...
We're just sitting here hanging out. I can't believe it but I thinkthat I am finished. Must be divine intervention, because up untilabout fifteen minutes ago, I still had grandiose plans that invol...
If you live in DC, you have just under thirty minutes left to vote inthe primary. So go VOTE!
Look at this cute little surprise I found when I finally made it home from Paper Source last night. I should have been much more excited than I was, just because I was exhausted by all of the touri...
This week is very busy... So why can't I get going. I guess I am just waiting until the pressure builds a little more. Lots of late nights working this week. So Henry better make it to the gimnasio...
This is my school bus. I know that my photo is flipped, but I wantedto make sure I didn't miss the bus.I am taking The Sculptural Book at The Corcoran. As you can imagine, Iam extremely excited. An...
A big thank you to Taylor for helping me out with last week's burning bush. I spent most of the week creating tiny models that I thought would work. But honestly, by the time I got to her house, I ...
A big thank you to Taylor for helping me out with last week's burning bush. I spent most of the week creating tiny models that I thought would work. But honestly, by the time I got to her house, I ...
I think that I speak for most Americans when I say we are all relieved that Hurricane Gustav was not an eerie repeat of Hurricane Katrina. After making a huge group of friends in New Orleans, I was...
I have spent the last four hours or so carving "take off your shoes"out of this book board. Henry worked pretty late tonight, but not lateenough to have this step of my burning bush project finishe...
For the last few weeks spam has attacked my half-hearted attempt at self-publishing Art and Play. So tonight, I buckled down and published Art and Play, once again. When I graduated with my Masters...
When I read Ann's latest news from The Scrap Exchange, I was completely intrigued. I had heard of Elsewhere Artist Collaborative before (from Ann, actually), but still haven't been there. I am alwa...
Sarah is coming up for Shannon and Will's engagement party in September. I told her that she had to go see two exhibits or I could no longer be her friend. Then I changed my mind and told her that ...
I am always amazed when I meet couples who have marked milestone anniversaries. Yesterday Victor and Sallie Tupitza celebrated their 62 years of wedded bliss. When I saw their wedding picture, I wa...
I didn't really, but I wanted to make a grain reference, since this week is all about grain. I believe that this week's story relates to someone hiding a silver cup in a bag of grain, making it loo...
This summer I have really started to rely heavily on our local farmers market. No, it's not the one pictured above. But you may have seen it in our final issue of MerriMail. Our neighborhood farmer...
When we closed on our home last February, I stopped in The Container Store only to discover that they were having a sale on Elfa, their closet organization system. Our master bedroom closet was alr...
Day two of my art installation:I'm sitting here in the sweltering heat hoping that the painter's tapedoes not unstick once the a/c is cranked on Sunday.Yesterday it became pretty clear I was going ...
I love The Scrap Exchange. I can't say that enough. I even stopped by on my way home from Penland and loaded up on supplies that I could use with all of my new tricks. I bought fabric for found obj...
This past weekend I took my first trip to New Orleans. When Amy asked me if I wanted to help her with a retreat at St. Charles Avenue Baptist Church, her previous employer, I jumped at the chance. ...
I guess that you figured out that I went to New Orleans from the series of posts and quick thoughts I had over the extended weekend. When Amy asked me if I wanted to help her lead a workshop with h...
We are about to begin and I am officially nervous. Leah told me thatbeing nervous shows you care.
Baesd on the markings in the neighborhood, her house was searched on9/12 after Katrina.
I have a feeling Henry is going to be so jealous about my lunch.(Alex, too.) We each got a poboy cut three ways - roast beef, erster,and catfish. All dressed. And a side of onion rings.
Thanks to Pikaland for this tip! You can make your very own set of pictures from Pictobrowser. Just use a tag or photo set from Flickr and you can automatically generate a show on your web site or ...
We decided to go out after Nadal's amazing victory at Wimbeldon. Go,Spain! Two weekends of wins in a row.Somehow we managed going inside to enjoy the outside. We are enjoyingthe Kogod Courtyard at ...
Not really, but we're feeling the Texas flavor as Hoover Alexanderfrom Austin, TX teaches us a little of what he learned about cookingfrom his mama.Be sure to explore Texas, Bhutanese monks and NAS...
I just left the Crafty Bastards at Pyramid Atlantic. I probably didn'tlinger as long as I would have if it wasn't so hot out. I saw a mantrying to comfort a crying baby. She was probably trying to ...
Even though Susan showed up how to fold an accordion fold more precisely, I still need lots of practice. My finished pieces are still coming up all wonky! But look at Matthew Shlian's work. I am in...
I have been working on this little book the last two days, so as notto lose my creatve habits and folding techniques I acquired atPenland. But I am struggling a little.I don't want to do pretty bas...
This is our giant Jacob's ladder box, which will also display ourtreaures from the session. Note the mini theater space in the secondrow. Margot is awaiting her debut.
I finally finished Cloud Hands. I am so excited. Time to go home to bed.
I found some caster wheels for my ONJ paper doll. They are on the bottom of this American Airlines suitcase. So that is very exciting. I paid $3.21 for it. My parents came to visit me today. We had...
I'm so excited about this book. I have been calling Henry asking himto email me an illustration of Mr. Pei. Although I am in completeheaven in my I have been in awe of the puppet my roommateis taki...
This is my book from the beginning of the week. I finally pinned it onmy body. We practiced our performance with Martha this morning. Ithink that I should do exactly what I normally do - walk aroun...
Okay, I forgot the exact title but it has been a very long day. Thereare six panels on the back as well. I might add a couple of morepanels to the flaps to create a cover of some sort.My teacher, S...
I made it to Penland after eight hours of driving and four stops. Iwas beginning to wonder if I would ever get there as I wound around 226.Despite being sticky from the humidity, Penland is amazing...
After spending the day helping brave souls tie-dye fabric at The Textile Museum, I've decided to move back my departure time for Penland. I'm leaving early in the morning - six or so. Mainly becaus...
Today was my last Tai Chi before leaving on a two week trip to Penland School of Crafts. I repeatedly told Mr. Pei that I would be gone for two weeks in hopes that he would remember. His response w...
This is the garden located at The Church of the Epiphany at 1317 G St., NW. Pick up a bite at the Au Bon Pain or the Pizza Pino and enjoy this great spot to eat. I love the vibrant greens and red d...
Still not named... Baby DavidMay 31, 2008. 11:08 AM. 5 pounds, 14.5 ounces.
Tension is building with the final two contestants in the Scripps National Spelling Bee. We are very tempted to walk over and hang out in the lobby of the Grand Hyatt Hotel, which is only four bloc...
My parents arrived just in time for lunch. And I was pretty excited to see my mom had remembered to bring along her bag of crewel wool. I just told my dad that we actually want to go down to 8th & ...
One of Mr. Pei's favorite things to say is "Zero to zero." When practicing Tai Chi, we should try to be round as possible - rounded shoulders, rounded space between our feet, fingers and even our a...
This morning we were pretty late in going out on our walk. So as I sat in my favorite shady spot checking my email, I decided if I wait only a couple of minutes more the Hirshhorn would be open!Las...
Today was my first Friday without my collage since the beginning of February. At first the main difference was our breakfast. We skipped the scrambled eggs. So after my walk and writing in my journ...
That's not a blur... just cigarette smoke. Rick and Cheryl back in the day.Before I had made my way out of my parking spot on I Street, Henry asked if I wanted him to read a story by David Sedaris,...
Right now I am wishing that all of homes of the future could shield us from pollen. My allergies are kicking my butt. I have a burning sensation on the top of my head. My legs get tired walking abo...
Today is Henry's birthday. I was thinking about my favorite picture of him as a little boy. Before I could craft the words, I received a call from Henry. He had some sad news. The abuela died today...
Maybe I have watched too many Oprah episodes, but I am trying a new approach to the issue with the Chinatown Market at the corner of 6th and H. No offense to the people who like to hang out on our ...
Every day should be Earth Day. In preparation, I went to the library to check out what's new. I picked up several books on a few of my favorite topics - gardening, art and the environment.I thought...
I got a little run in this morning. I was about to cross 7th Street at the Gallery Place Metro, when I noticed fire trucks pouring into the block and gray smoke billowing up above the white row hou...
On Friday, we did a few quick exercises in our collage The first exercise, I was completely oblivious with what was happening. I think that I didn't have enough coffee. I made it through the steps,...
Sounds like my birthday, March 29th, is an important date in North Carolina history for more than one reason. This is a video of Charlotte Representative Sue Myrick honoring Nature Boy Ric Flair on...
I felt a lot of pressure at the Chinatown Cultural Community Center today. First I arrived for Tai Chi to find Luba, a fairly new Tai Chi student, wondering where everyone was. Linda looked at me a...
On Monday, I was searching for for an illustration of tired eyes when I ran across this little guy: Numo. Talk about a cutie... Anyone who clicks on the site, will quickly realize that Numo didn't ...
Friendship moon projectI am so very close to finishing up my MerriMail issue that something made me start a new project. I have promised myself not to start anything new until May. Well, this proje...
Sarah is having a baby! So when it came time for planning the shower, I offered to do what I do best - not sausage balls or a fruit tray. You guessed it, the invitations. I love for Henry to illus...
Gmail's Custom Time has to be a April Fool's Day prank. Love it!I had my own little prank this morning at breakfast. I told Henry that I was worried about the delivery of his birthday gift on Frida...
China Boy gets a faceliftI am very excited to watch the progress of recent updates to China Boy, which is located 817 H Street NW.
Plague finger puppets I saw these today at Bed Bath & Beyond. They are also available as bowling pins.
I am pretty excited about my first Etsy purchase, which was also this budding artist's first sale. I work with David, aka Chauncey P Graham, at Paper Source. We catch the Circulator together after ...
I just ran across this sweet little video on cosasminimas, a Spanish illustrator's blog, which I frequent. I should say that it is to practice my Spanish, but that is not the case. I just love her ...
This morning I realized that I had accidentally overwritten my web site with the In Every Room site. Something had to be done before I left for my collage at 11. Fortunately I had just finished rea...
I know that I was a little lengthy in my blog post about my freak accident with my iPhone, so I thought that I would repost these tips of few things that I learned about water damage and my iPhone....
Squam Art Workshopsteacherslocated in central New Hampshire, September 10th - 14th, 2008.
Last night Nicolette hosted a gathering of creative women (and one gentleman) at Syngery Workplaces, which is her new home for Compass Point. When we pulled our business cards out, all eyes zoomed ...
This post on BoingBoing caught my attention now that I have an extra iPhone box to play around with. Scot Hampton created a pinhole camera from iPhone box. Scot's web site includes detailed instru...
Since Henry is having technical difficulties with his Blackberry, we skipped breakfast at home and stopped for a bagel as part of our walk. I had one more coffee left on my personalized gift card, ...
While I was playing around on Flickr, I found a link to this fun paper project, which is part of an online collaboration with hp. Essentially all you have to do is drag and drop your pictures from ...
Today is my grandmother's 84th Birthday. She is just over 50 years older than me and just shy of being 20 years older than my mom. That has made it very easy for me to remember her age. Kind of lik...
I fell in love with Karen Hanmer's work at the 2006 Pyramid Atlantic Book Arts Fair. So I was very excited to find that she was teaching how to create her Flag Books at Florida Atlantic University ...
When I was a child, I was obsessed with a couple of different toys that involved living in trees. I am not really sure why. Sarah had a tree house. Or at least it started out as a tree house and ev...
Today is Alex's birthday. I photographed these pictures the last time I visited Grandma. The first is of Grandma holding us on her lap, while somehow managing to keep her coffee cup balanced. The s...
Alicia sent out the following WaPo review of Persepolis this morning. I can't wait to see it. I even added an alarm in my calendar to make sure I didn't miss it on the big screen. Sometimes that ha...
Sometimes I struggle when I introduce myself. I have gotten pretty comfortable with telling people that I am an artist/graphic designer. I used to just say graphic designer, but since leaving UNC, ...
Okay, I have really become obsessed lately with videos of people making things out of single sheets of paper. (I honestly almost renamed fortunehearts into single sheet something. I can't remember ...
Neither Henry nor I are morning people. There was a period for a couple of years when Henry tried to blame me for him not being a morning person. But after lots of travel for MerriMail within in th...
A helicopter made of paper from jasp on Vimeo.Following my previous cake entry, it's obvious that I love pretty much anything that involves a simple piece of paper and scissors. Even though I d...
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This pair of high heels got a lot of strange looks last night. We were taking the Orange Line from Metro Center to Courthouse. Everyone who stepped on the train looked at the seat and decided to mo...
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We all want to know what she's thinking!I am in the middle of watching Oprah and immediately had to share what I just saw. It is hard to believe. According to Dunstan Baby Language, babies make fiv...
The snowflake craft project was a huge success. Several people gathered around intrigued by the sample. When I asked them to join, they did. The design is so simple that Claudia easily picked it up...
Yesterday as we gathered for what would be our last Chinese Brush Painting in 2007, Linda showed us this beautiful snowflake ornament. Instead of getting out our inks and brushes, we spent about fi...
Last Friday night, Meredith and I ventured out to the Washington Craft Show. Neither of us had been before and we didn't really know what we were stepping into. Since we had less than an hour befor...
I am leading another gift-wrapping> this Sunday. I led one last year as part of a Sunday School series related to gift-giving. This week's is a three-hour workshop at Paper Source.I was telling Mer...
I only have three more Chinese Brush Painting before we take a break for the holidays. I have decided that I like painting animals. My fish were a little crazy-eyed, but I think that they can impro...
I was cleaning up my office today, which involves emptying all of my various bags. Look at what I found. Five opened packs of Orbit. That's what happens when you buy a box of 20+ packs for two people.
http://www.newyorker.com/talk/2007/10/29/071029ta_talk_wardAngry Middle-Aged ManIs Larry David funnier than everyone else, or just more annoying?by James Kaplan "Nature Boy" LarryLarry David went f...
Eric, Edward and Kimberly Moore, after Elliott went to bed, November 2005Last December, I went home to North Carolina for not one, but two television appearances. My first was on the local Fox morn...
Saturday night, we went to see The New Pornographers with Matt and Taylor at the 9:30 Club. I was pretty excited, but I wanted to make sure to prepare myself. So I listened to their album Twin Cine...
grocery store...I know that sounds crazy, but so true. I love living in Penn Quarter, but going to the grocery store can be quite challenging. Between CVS, a couple of markets and the farmer's mark...
I just finished a small makeover for my fortunehearts site. I say small, because I still need to reformat the pages so that they are more consistent, change the fonts of my CSS, and lots of technic...
Cama Louise BallOctober 4th, 20075:26 pm7 lbs 10 oz, 20 inFollowing is Cama's first letter to the world (actually penned by her Grandpa Ed)I just arrived at 5:25 pm on October 4, 2007. I was bigger...
Baby Cama should be here anyday now. She will be the seventh Merritt great-grandchild and the first addition to the Merritt Studios family. (Eris is my first cousin and MerriMail business partner.)...
Before we left for our trip, I called my Grandma Merritt. I like to check in on her every once in a while to see how she is doing. One of my New Year's Resolutions was to call her once a week. I th...
Ryan has posted photos from our wedding. I still haven't managed to organize all of our wedding photos. Just the initial set that I created from the photographer. But I still have extra pictures an...
We are back from our week-long New England vacation. It was so great! With the aid of Gellie, a Magellan 4040 and our favorite new addition to our family, we easily navigated our way from DC to Jer...
Please step right into my latest store front - Paper Notion. I hope that you will enjoy exploring a few of my new product lines that are in addition to ones available on fortunehearts. We are off t...
I still have plans to reveal the THS for Club 575 with my launch of Paper Notion in the next week or so. I was excited to read this announcement that Alex sent to me this morning. 100 Bridges: Haik...
Today is the last day to stock up on KrustyO's. I hate that we missed it. But it looks like there are over 18,000 photos of the 11 Kwik-E-Marts on Flickr.We haven't missed the movie. We went to see...
I seem to always notice patterns that pop-up in my life. This week, the trend seems to be people leaving for Africa. On January 24th, Sadie Healy left for Zimbabwe, where she will train women to se...
Thanks to Nicolette, who sent this out to our Ladies Who Launch DC Listserv. I received an email from a fellow Affinity Lab member noting a DC cab that is a Prius and suggesting our patronage and I...
... when I don't want to work. Specifically, I need to create an invoice for a challenging project. So I procrastinate by checking out a ton of books at the library and then creating this Simpsons ...
Henry just sent me this email. (I don't think that he thinks I am working.) I believe that this all ties into what Ryan was commenting about earlier. While you are watching your Flight of the Conch...
it would have to be "Sello Tape" by Flight of the Conchords. This song was featured in Episode 4. And I am excited to report that the lyrics to each episode are available online. My second favorite...
Press Your Luck was one of my all-time favorite game shows. I would watch it every day in the summers while I stayed with Memaw. Later the show served as inspiration for some lame made-up PE activi...
You may have noticed that I have finally added a banner to my blog and I even have a new template. For those of you who have not visited DC, this is the Chinese gate that graces H Street in Chinato...
The last couple of months have been incredibly busy for me. Things are just starting to settle down. One night I was tossing and turning with all of the work that I needed to complete on various pr...
Last Wednesday, I meet Amy for lunch at Wok 'n Roll. As we were catching up, I told her that I had signed up for a Tai Chi at the Chinese Cultural Community Center. It is free and meets every Tuesd...
On Friday morning, the beginning of the Memorial Day weekend, I worked at Paper Source. I circled the second floor to make sure that all of the customers were doing okay. There was one older man st...
I have been in Chapel Hill for the last 24 hours preparing our apartment for new renters, who I have yet to find. After getting over the blahs of being a landlord, including scrubbing down the cabi...
I was exceedingly optimistic about finding a renter in Chapel Hill. But miraculously it worked. Last week while talking to Kyle and Peter, I admitted that my marketing plan was to post an ad to Cra...
How exciting! My cootie catchers were featured on the blog Parisian Party, which features tales of Kimberly Peyt, American wedding planner in Paris. We had the most amazing time in Paris this fall....
Send Cat in the Hat a birthday card and give the gift of literacy to young kids. For every card sent, Random House will donate a book to First Book, a non-profit that gives children from low-income...
I didn't have problems turning 30. It was actually 31 that got me. For some reason, I was able to justify that I still had an entire year of reaching some of the goals I had set in my early years. ...
I picked him up from the airport yesterday around 3 pm. I had several hours of meetings at Paper Source. So by the time I got home at 10, he was sleeping away on the couch. He did wake up briefly e...
I have been trying to write more lately. Actually, I write three pages everyday in my journal. I started doing morning pages sometime in 1998 or 1999 when I attempted to do The Artist's Way for the...
Kigali, Rwanda from WikipediaI finally realized that I can call Henry for $.17 a minute using Vonage. The probably best thing that it has been good for. Henry enjoyed hearing my voice even if it ha...
I just received an email from Henry. I thought that I would share his update. Amani, my host from the Embassy, took me over to the genocide memorial, and then the driver and I went over to La Galle...
Wow! Look at these amazing shipping containers that have been transformed into various new building projects. They are quite inspiring. I believe that there are several rusted out versions on the l...
Our big news is that we have a signed contract with the apartment next door. Literally next door. I am very excited because that means I won't have to buy tons of boxes and bubble wrap. Instead I c...
still recovering from so much family funI honestly believed that once we finished our non-stop holiday travels, I would coast into a new year with ease. But it has been action packed. Today is my f...
We are checking out the cover story of today's Washington Post Magazine in the PBI Airport. We are on our way back from West Palm Beach to DC, where we will turn around and drive directly to NC. I ...
This artwork created by Diem Chau is simply amazing. I spotted the small figures Chau carved from crayons in the October/November issue of Readymade. I especially love Chau's statement about her in...
This has been a productive week for me with MerriMail. Look at the lovely animation, which I have featured above. If the bird is already on her perch, hit refresh and she will fly across the screen...
We had an amazing Thanksgiving weekend mainly filled with Meredith and Nevin's two weddings. The Christian ceremony was held on Friday at Red Bank Missionary Baptist Church in Germanton. On Saturda...
I am pretty excited about going home to visit my family for Thanksgiving. We are waiting to drive home. But I am hungry and it is raining. There is a chance that we still may wait to leave in the m...
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