Weekly Happiness

Weekly Happiness

Happy Creamsicle Day! If you're into those, you should go celebrate with one. If you're not into those, maybe a close alternative... frozen yogurt, perhaps?   I hope you're having a great day so far. I'm making lists and doing laundry for my trip this weekend. Do you...

Monday Mailings

Monday Mailings

Are you writing postcards? You should be! Write down your to do lists, your dreams, the things you've accomplished in a twenty-four hour period. Share your life, your sorrows, your joys on a small piece of paper. Then, send it through the mail to a specific...

Art In A Basement

Art In A Basement

Through the grapevine of Facebook, I found out about an event where someone was opening up her home to artists so they could decorate her basement. That person was April, and she is a street performer/fire dancer. When we got there, she had already painted this Koi...

Glitter Pineapple

Glitter Pineapple

Some of you may have seen my status on Facebook last night. It would appear, that people with jobs don't like to go out on Wednesday nights. It's a very interesting phenomenon. So I stayed in, and I put glitter on a pineapple.   My dad had asked me earlier if I needed...

Weekly Happiness

Weekly Happiness

Did you know that today is Particularly Preposterous Packaging Day?! So go ahead and put a marker inside a wiffle ball bat and head on over to the post office... Or whatever else you decide to do. Either way, I hope that you have a marvelous Wednesday. You're...

Flower Posters

Flower Posters

On a dreary day, in a not-so-great part of town, it can be uplifting to catch a glimpse of color.   I blew up some photos of flowers I took a few months ago, and created portals to beauty on either side of the bridge on Preston Street. (close-ups)

Butterfly Dumpster

Butterfly Dumpster

For my birthday, JoAnna sent me some great gifts, including a bunch of magnetic butterflies. I decided that I definitely had to use them for an installation, so I started brainstorming what public things are magnetic. My friend, Janice, gave me a list of ideas and I...

Human Rainbow

Human Rainbow

When I was in fifth grade, the guidance counselor sat me down with another student, and asked if I had any ideas for the school. I immediately said that I would love to have everyone dress up in a color from head to toe, and for us to make a rainbow. So one day, my...

Spreading Magic On Street Corners

Spreading Magic On Street Corners

Sometimes I just cut out shapes from pretty paper. I never really had a plan for the pile of colorful shapes I've accumulated, but recently, I decided to paste them all to a poster. In the middle of the poster, I put the word "Magic", which is probably my favorite...

Celebrate August

Celebrate August

Happy August, everyone! I can't believe it's already here, but I guess we always say that. I hope you had a great July, and I would love to hear your Top Ten Things about your month! (Side note: it's officially been a year and a half since I started...