I did something today that I haven't in years-- I purchased a fashion magazine. It was a nice, thick special issue that promised to provide more inspiration per dollar than anything else I could find. Every now and again I realize that I haven't checked in with the rest of the world enough to know how the things I'm pursuing would compare to popular opinion. Also, the truth is, I work best with magazines. I'll find a piece of a picture that will spark my imagination, pair it with something else that's been floating around in my brain, and suddenly I've got something new and fun that I'm pretty sure will be fashionable.
But! I certainly wouldn't consider taking out a subscription. I guess I consider myself creatively independent enough to be able to check in a few times a year to find out the prominent palettes and silhouettes, and make it from there on my own. I think I would feel weighted down and overwhelmed if I succumbed to the need to follow everything that's happening every minute with everyone else. Because if I started, I know I'd be that way. This keeps my mind free for new things.
I also caved because fall is coming! After years of school shopping, August is the time that I crave new clothes--and ballpoint pens and bedsets. So in the next few posts, I'll try to finish out my run of summer thoughts, and move into the more luxurious flavors of autumn. I'm thinking maybe harlequin prints, if you want to learn to make them.
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Monday, August 22, 2011
Thursday, July 28, 2011
My Youthful Hope...Jeune Esperanza's!
Here at R&C, we LOVE international food. I don't know what it is. Something about living life and doing things the way they do in far away times and places is very exciting, and makes us feel more enriched as people.
Near our sister's workplace, there is a man with a little taco stand. Suddenly the idea seemed so fun to me. Just a little trailer that's a couple decades old, and small and clean and mobile, maybe with a few tables set up under an awning, a string of lightbulbs, and funny foreign music crackling out from a nearby radio. A place not many know about, but secretly has really great food for a ridiculously good price. In this little world of dreams there is a place called...
Every night of the week has a menu from another country, as well as classic American fare! Gourmet this isn't, but you'll find cherished favorites and everyday flavors from all over the world. It's dinner on vacation, any night of the week. So come chat, laugh, dance, sing, and of course eat with us at Jeune Esperanza's!
With local musicians as special guests, dancing space, silly games and prizes, I don't know what all... Plus, with all the international students from the nearby university, and an extremely high number of missionaries here who've served all over the world, we'd have a great resource for ideas and feedback. And it might be a way to bring everyone together. Practicalities aside, of course, as always, it sounds so delightful. Sigh...
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Near our sister's workplace, there is a man with a little taco stand. Suddenly the idea seemed so fun to me. Just a little trailer that's a couple decades old, and small and clean and mobile, maybe with a few tables set up under an awning, a string of lightbulbs, and funny foreign music crackling out from a nearby radio. A place not many know about, but secretly has really great food for a ridiculously good price. In this little world of dreams there is a place called...
Every night of the week has a menu from another country, as well as classic American fare! Gourmet this isn't, but you'll find cherished favorites and everyday flavors from all over the world. It's dinner on vacation, any night of the week. So come chat, laugh, dance, sing, and of course eat with us at Jeune Esperanza's!
With local musicians as special guests, dancing space, silly games and prizes, I don't know what all... Plus, with all the international students from the nearby university, and an extremely high number of missionaries here who've served all over the world, we'd have a great resource for ideas and feedback. And it might be a way to bring everyone together. Practicalities aside, of course, as always, it sounds so delightful. Sigh...
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Monday, July 18, 2011
A New Start
Beth and I began Rosewilde and Canderley a number of years ago; we were 20 and always dreaming about new things. Life took us in different directions for awhile. We went to separate colleges. Circumstances taught us that we had lots to learn about our goals. I served a religious mission MI, she in GA. We tried to grow up and develop better life skills, have practical jobs, etc. There were lots of great and wonderful changes! But we couldn't give up on that desire to create and imagine. So we're coming back.
The truth is, all these years, we’ve been piling up ideas, and never seeing them accomplished, due to their being too expensive, or because we don’t know who to turn to for help or knowhow. Through this, I’ve developed a sense of self-doubt that is often crippling. But I’m letting them sit and waste no longer! I’m posting them here. And if it benefits your creative pursuits, or if I can point to this and say ‘HERE is what I can really do’, or if I can break out of my private world by sharing it with someone, then so much the better. So it’s all going up! From clothing, costumes, interiors, to whimsy, stories, poetry, anything.
And we’re coming back even better prepared for the fun. We’ve picked up a few things along the way, such as an ever growing international music collection, a bad case of Hinduphilia (is that a word?), and a host of how-to, historical, and inspirational reference books—Thank you Sister, for getting that job in a bookstore! We’ll be wracking our brains for things to study, and ideas for unique DIY projects. And if we can’t put them into practice, maybe you can! Let us know!
On we go!
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The truth is, all these years, we’ve been piling up ideas, and never seeing them accomplished, due to their being too expensive, or because we don’t know who to turn to for help or knowhow. Through this, I’ve developed a sense of self-doubt that is often crippling. But I’m letting them sit and waste no longer! I’m posting them here. And if it benefits your creative pursuits, or if I can point to this and say ‘HERE is what I can really do’, or if I can break out of my private world by sharing it with someone, then so much the better. So it’s all going up! From clothing, costumes, interiors, to whimsy, stories, poetry, anything.
And we’re coming back even better prepared for the fun. We’ve picked up a few things along the way, such as an ever growing international music collection, a bad case of Hinduphilia (is that a word?), and a host of how-to, historical, and inspirational reference books—Thank you Sister, for getting that job in a bookstore! We’ll be wracking our brains for things to study, and ideas for unique DIY projects. And if we can’t put them into practice, maybe you can! Let us know!
On we go!
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