Top Secret Cards: Clues For Life

Top Secret Cards: Clues For Life

A couple months ago I found these "top secret" cards at the thrift store. I wrote out 24 clues for life and put one on each card. I numbered them and glued a picture or sticker on the back. The past few weeks I've been leaving them places around Baltimore. Now that...

100 Ways To Be Creative: Paper Chain Countdown

100 Ways To Be Creative: Paper Chain Countdown

#43 on my 100 Ways To Creative list was to make a paper chain to countdown to an upcoming event or occasion. Halloween is my favorite holiday, therefore I felt like it was appropriate to choose this as the destination of my paper chain countdown.I cut out thirty...

Interactions With Strangers

Interactions With Strangers

I'm really enjoying the interactions with strangers I'm having through street art. I mentioned a few weeks ago that someone added to one of my yarnbombings. Recently I went back and there was another addition! I'm really excited about this. I'm not sure if it's from...

Weekly Happiness

Weekly Happiness

Here are some of the things that have made me happy this past week + preparing my keys for Halloween +knitting outside + typos on signs by my house + marking benches as mine   + not having to work on Friday + finding a photo of my patriotic yarnbombing on Flickr +...

Disposable Camera Installation (4)

Disposable Camera Installation (4)

I thought that Hampdenfest would be a good place to install some disposable cameras. I put up three that day, but it started raining and I had to go back and take them down. This camera was mostly finished except for four pictures, so I reinstalled it in Graffiti...

Happy October!

Happy October!

October is my favorite month for many reasons. The weather, for one. But there are also a lot of things that I look forward to this time of year. I get to plan the Halloween party at work, I get to celebrate my anniversary with Matt, and I get to watch the leaves...

Inspiration Board Update

Inspiration Board Update

Part of the large inspiration boards that I put up were interactive. I had some "take what you need" strips, but I also had a blank page for people to write what inspires them. I'm not sure if you can read all of them, but they're pretty good. + experiencing different...

Snail Mail Game Show: Round One

Snail Mail Game Show: Round One

I was really inspired by strange game show ideas after watching the show "Bunk", on IFC. It's fantastic and I highly recommend it. I decided to make a snail mail game show based on the activities they do on the show. In August I mailed an envelope to nine people and...

Uncustomary Collective

Uncustomary Collective

Part of the latter half of Finish This Book is to make my own manifesto. I felt really good about making this list. And now I will share it with you: The Uncustomary Collective + I am passionate about color and happiness + I stand for progress and enthusiasm + I...

Mini Inspiration Boards

Mini Inspiration Boards

I really enjoyed putting up the inspiration bulletin boards the other week, so I bought really small cork boards and made mini ones! There's not as much room to work with, obviously, but it's quick and still really fun. I put them really close to the big ones I did. I...