And I can - WooHoo!
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Monday, March 16, 2009
Great Pie, Good Fortune
The Hoosier Mama Pie Company
…is open for business at 1618 1/2 Chicago Ave, just west of Ashland. The boy and I went into Chicago this Saturday for the opening of the Hoosier Mama Pie Company, which is owned and operated by Paula Haney, one of my family of friends. Obviously the city is aching for a good piece of artisan pie because when we got there at 1:30ish the line was out the door. Earlier it was down the street. They ran out of pie at about 11am and the people just kept coming. They were baking like mad trying to fill orders but a pie takes time.
We brought a hand crafted open sign but were unable to stay and deliver the gift as we had an illegally parked car (and after putting several hundred dollars into it in the last 2 weeks I couldn’t afford to have it towed) and another engagement. The next trip into the city we will be heading to Hoosier Mama again and hopefully we will be able to get the good stuff too.
After Hoosier Mama we headed north to a meeting of the Rogers Park Stamp Tramps. We gathered to honor, Vicki, one of our deceased members by going through her craft supplies and dividing them up. The newest member of the group was awed by the size of the collection of stamps, markers, ribbons and other card making paraphernalia. The rest of us knew what she would need to get started making cards and we all made sure she took home the paper trimmer, some cardstock, basic black ink, sentiment stamps and some bling. The more seasoned card makers added to our own collections. We each placed the items we wanted and knew we would use in our own boxes as we talked about the past, the projects and the future. Our bride-to-be will be using the Mr. & Mrs. Potato Head stamp for her thank you cards, looking forward to helping with that project.
This evening I inked some of those stamps. I made no cards. Just a few impressions on bits of scraps to see if I needed to trim the rubber back a bit and to see how well the older rubber worked. Vicki collected a lot of Asian themed stamps and I took a couple of them. One, a beautiful Japanese crane stamp, looked as thought it has never seen an inkpad. As I was looking at the stamped image on the paper I began wondering what the crane symbolized in Japanese culture.
According to the Japanese American National Museum website:
…is open for business at 1618 1/2 Chicago Ave, just west of Ashland. The boy and I went into Chicago this Saturday for the opening of the Hoosier Mama Pie Company, which is owned and operated by Paula Haney, one of my family of friends. Obviously the city is aching for a good piece of artisan pie because when we got there at 1:30ish the line was out the door. Earlier it was down the street. They ran out of pie at about 11am and the people just kept coming. They were baking like mad trying to fill orders but a pie takes time.
We brought a hand crafted open sign but were unable to stay and deliver the gift as we had an illegally parked car (and after putting several hundred dollars into it in the last 2 weeks I couldn’t afford to have it towed) and another engagement. The next trip into the city we will be heading to Hoosier Mama again and hopefully we will be able to get the good stuff too.
After Hoosier Mama we headed north to a meeting of the Rogers Park Stamp Tramps. We gathered to honor, Vicki, one of our deceased members by going through her craft supplies and dividing them up. The newest member of the group was awed by the size of the collection of stamps, markers, ribbons and other card making paraphernalia. The rest of us knew what she would need to get started making cards and we all made sure she took home the paper trimmer, some cardstock, basic black ink, sentiment stamps and some bling. The more seasoned card makers added to our own collections. We each placed the items we wanted and knew we would use in our own boxes as we talked about the past, the projects and the future. Our bride-to-be will be using the Mr. & Mrs. Potato Head stamp for her thank you cards, looking forward to helping with that project.
This evening I inked some of those stamps. I made no cards. Just a few impressions on bits of scraps to see if I needed to trim the rubber back a bit and to see how well the older rubber worked. Vicki collected a lot of Asian themed stamps and I took a couple of them. One, a beautiful Japanese crane stamp, looked as thought it has never seen an inkpad. As I was looking at the stamped image on the paper I began wondering what the crane symbolized in Japanese culture.
According to the Japanese American National Museum website:
For the Japanese, the crane—or tsuru—is considered a national treasure, appearing in art, literature, and folklore. The Japanese regard the crane as a symbol of good fortune and longevity because of its fabled life span of a thousand years. It also represents fidelity, as Japanese cranes are known to mate for life.Every time I ink the stamps I received this weekend I will think of Vicki and the good fortune I had in knowing her.
Thursday, March 5, 2009
what I did on my winter vacation
Norwegian Troll and 2 dorks
Originally uploaded by Kalyber
Disney World allows you to be a total dork and no one really cares. We do things on vacations we would never do at home. Like taking a picture with a giant Norwegian troll wearing hats with horns. Immediately after the pics we decided not to purchase the weapon or the hats. I would NEVER do the here. I would not enjoy a photo op and then not purchase the props. How rude. Like I said, "we do things on vacations we would never do at home".
I am currently trying to go through the 700 (yes 700) pictures from the trip. Some will be deleted - love digital cameras - some will be shared online, some will be scrapbooked and some will be printed, framed and given to Disney fans as gift. Grandmothers love that stuff, at least that boy's grandmother does.
I will be sharing a photo essay of sorts on flickr in the not too distant future called, "Give a 6 year old a camera and…" there were pictures of just cement, some that are too blurry to make out and some people without heads but then there were some that are wonderfully composed and perfectly framed. The range is pretty amazing.
Now it's time to get dinner made and homework done. Yes even in kindergarten you get homework. I don't remember that part of kindergarten but then I only remember using colored popcorn to make a thanksgiving turkey and being Mary in the classroom presentation of the Christmas story.
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