bricolagelife

looking forward

they tell me this space will continue to exist as a "microblog", where we can all look back fondly over the past four years we spent together. *sigh*

but now let's look forward. already lots of new projects are in the works around here. the work room is piling up with wonderful fresh listings for my bricolagelife shop, daisychain vintage shop and clubhouse books shop. my fabric design collection is growing at spoonflower. and i am preparing to load a selection of my images at society 6, where you can choose to order them as art prints, t shirts, cellphone covers and computer skins. i'm pretty excited about having all of these amazing outlets for my varied interests. i hope you will lke them as much as i do:)

to make finding me easy, i leave you with these links: bricolagelife twitter, bricolagelife flickr, bricolagelife pinterest, and in the future: bricolagelife tumblr + bricolagelife blogspot. you are welcome to stop by and say hey anytime.

many of the best (or most important) things have begun or ended for me on the 13th. so it goes for the final farewell here and the first day of my new adventures. it's been fun. you have been great. i thank you.

see you soon!

xo

six days to say goodbye

in the past few months i have mentally composed, edited and rewritten a thousand different versions of these goodbyes. i never did come up with one final concise way to say everything i wanted to convey. i scrapped the idea to close up and simply disappear from this space. hence, the seven days.

so this will be the post expressing my gratitude. a week of farewells would not be complete without my sincere thanks to everyone who showed up here to see or read what i was up to. whether i was showing you something i had made, collected or read, sharing an (occasionally thrifty) idea or enthusing over a tasty dish, i have truly appreciated every page view and each kind comment. those who know me in real life often took the time to phone or email me to say they liked a photo or essay, to let me know they got the humor or the pathos of a particular post. often, the positive encouragement i received helped carry me thru my day. or week. i thank you. what began as a desire for a creative outlet, a craving for communication and conversation grew into a productive habit and opened up a world. in the process i've happily found like-minds, read and viewed the work and ideas you posted online. i made new friends, exchanged art projects and met some amazing people. i hope we will continue to keep in touch.

the ending of this blog does not mean the end of my bricolagelife or that you won't be able to find me in good old cyberspace. tho this will be a blog sabbatical of sorts, i will continue to post daily photos (my visual diary) and converse via comments on my flickr page. my three etsy shops will remain open for business (and convos) and i can be reached privately via email here: bricolagelife(at)gmail(dot)com. thinking ahead, i have reserved a bricolagelife space at blogspot and one at tumblr for future projects.

lastly but not leastly, i want to thank the team at typepad, who have been totally awesome, helpful and generous. i would recommend them to anyone who wants to try this blogging stuff. 

seven days to say goodbye

the time has come. for many weeks i have been considering carefully if and when and how i would say goodbye here. i'm not really good at goodbyes. but there is no avoiding it - on september 13th this form of bricolagelife will end. once the decision was made, i imagined publishing a brief but fond farewell post on the day. and then that seemed too abrupt. so here we are with seven days to say so long... i'm not really sure how that's going to work. let's make it up as we go along. in the bricolage way :)

see what i see :: summer ending

at least, it's the beginning of the end...

collage a day: psychic shield

last week my horoscope told me "your sensitivity is extra acute so make sure your psychic shield is up". make sure your psychic shield is up - it struck me as a powerful phrase. and excellent advise. i jotted it down and began digging up images to construct into collages. these are the first two interpretations. 

my autumn leaves for you...

my autumn leaves collection fabric is now available for sale by the yard at spoonflower!

thank you so much for all the happy birthday messages - you are the best :)

a drum roll please...

it's my birthday! let's all have pie for breakfast. 

and because i think everyone should be happy on my birthday, please enjoy a 30% discount on anything you like in my bricolagelife shop! simply use coupon code august30 at check out. throw a little confetti in the air and have a happy day with me :)

noticing: first signs of autumn

it's not the golden leaves or boots and sweater weather. yet. but just now there is that familiar shift in the light, a welcome chill at nightfall, a hush when we realize the cicadas have stopped croaking. for a moment or two. a time to consider if i may be ready to finish unpacking my bag from vacation...

see what i see :: midwest landscapes

from the car window on our drive home from the beach earlier this month.

have a wonderful weekend!

 

making stuff :: collage a day reflections on summer

rising from the sea

embrace those shifting weather patterns

thirst

see more of my collage a day project in my paper works flickr set.