new blog.

3 blogs? not sure what I was thinking, as I barely find the time to update one....

You can now find recent photos of wren, her friends, our creative endeavors, and other musings and adventures of our gypsy family at loveylaughy.blogspot.com.

spring art party.

love this.

we just got this old buffet at an antique store. we love the way its been worn and loved and used and used. the drawer on the left is crackley and crumbley, but still so solid. character you cant purposefully create. its real. person after person opening it and reaching for silverware. napkins. matches. keys. the little burn on the upper ledge. the way the legs swirl and curl. the entire aura of this guy makes it seem like an old friend. i barely looked at it but wanted it, because it felt as though i already owned it. i've always known it. and though its silly, i love this buffet. welcome home buffet friend.

to begin.

i have been feeling sort of awkward about this blog. unsure of what to post first. or next. or if i should post at all. especially now that i have 2 followers(yay erin and susannah!). i considered deleting it...but instead started adding some photos that recently made me happy. little things that are regular everyday yet so beautiful they needed to be photographed. so there. thats a start.

i need to make some of these.

its not just a place.

so, i guess i need another blog. seriously? yes.

i do like trios. cats. kids. not in weird innuendo ways (mike). three blogs seems about right. i love how it is an instantaneous record of my life. a quick way to scrapbook and document things that are important. i needed one more space to document what doesn't fit into the wren and children category. and although wren (and friends) is a huge part of my life, there are other parts. this is where everything else goes. no strict guidelines. no rules. just the way i like it.

studio 402. the studio i shared in lowertown with ekate. and my mom. the place where as an adult i rekindled my passion for creativity. and my friendship with erin. i learned to honor my art, and my much needed time for creating, as being more than a side gig. as being an essential part of who i am and who i always want to be.

this does not mean i want to mass produce any part of myself in order to make money. nor do i want any of my creativity to become a chore, or an inconvenience, or a career. i simply want to acknowledge that my brain and soul is not constructed exactly the same as any other single persons (although there are a few connections in my life who come amazingly close to sameness) and that it is most important to live my life being me. completely. creatively. nonsensically. passionately. perhaps paycheck to paycheck. possibly outside of societal norms. hopefully with overwhelming optimism. constantly seeking absolute happiness, and continually trying to evolve...into my whole self.

although we couldn't swing the cost of studio 402 (big surprise), we knew that the conversation, ideas, and art generated there were of utmost importance and needed to thrive. it was not just a place.

and thus, this blog. studio 402. a place for me to document my evolving. my creating. my inspiration. my family. my friends. my baby (what? she can be on all three blogs!) things i like. sights i see. sites i see. anything i dont want to forget. everything i want to remember. a quick and easy snapshot of life.