1. knitting needles. letterpress letters + tray.
2. blue bottle coffee and raw chocolate. mmmm.
3. a favorite stick we've kept around for a while.
brown is one of my favorite colors to explore. there are so many browns i admire.
a set of pencils we have
hardwood floors
tree branches
my favorite hat
the pony i got from astulabee
acorns
my sx-70 camera (that i have yet to alter properly, but still. it's pretty cute just sitting there).
my daughter's eyes and hair
my grandpa's forever tanned skin
cattails
wood chips
hot chocolate
pudding
sepia photos
my cello
i don't know. so many things.
2. favorite tools
these were taken with film that was still cold from the freezer and the results were quite unpredictable, but they're sort of painterly. kind of. i saw these gorgeous blueish photos somewhere, once, in blogland. polaroids, i believe. and the artist talked about how freezing the film created the blue tint in them. well, that obviously didn't work for me. i had originally taken these hoping for blue, so i could use them yesterday. nope. but they work for today, strange as they are.
and here is my lovely cello teacher demonstrating thumb position on my cello, which i am going to go practice right now. so exciting. and then i have 15 pumpkins to carve and cookies to bake, etc. big weekend ahead, you know.
well, that was fun. i hope you all enjoyed it! thank you so much for playing along. i've been wanting to host a color week for a while, but i was intimidated by the commitment. but i did it! i feel so accomplished. and inspired. and pooped. i think i'll take a mini wee break from this space to dive into halloween and spend a few days post candy madness tidying things that need to be tidied and also trying to organize some of the photos i have piling up around my desk. i found all these great photo albums at the container store and the poor things are sitting all lonely and untouched on the floor. tsk. tsk.
plus i have some other things i'm making. i'm in a making mood lately, cool windy weather and all, and if i sit here in front of the computer i accomplish none of it. so...
have a wonderful weekend and halloween and i'll see you back here sometime at the end of next week, probably.
take care!
looks like my comment disappeared. hmm...
thank you for hosting color week.
i took a week to do something and stuck to it.
you have inspired me to get film, lovely film
brown is my fav color. your browns are soothing and inviting.
xoxo
Posted by: christina | October 30, 2009 at 07:40 AM
Cool blog! Saw a link on bluebees flickr pic!! Will be back!
Posted by: jenn | October 30, 2009 at 10:56 AM
Thanks for color week! Stephanie! i loved it and love your photos!
Posted by: randi | October 30, 2009 at 01:07 PM
hi randi,
thank you so much for playing along this week and making it extra fun. and thank you for all your sweet comments! your photos and blog are wonderful. ive really enjoyed perusing. have a beautiful holiday and weekend!
best,
tifanie *
Posted by: tifanie | October 30, 2009 at 01:35 PM
hi there jenn,
just had a snoop around your delicious blog and etsy shop. yummmmmy. what a talent you are! thanks so much for stopping by and hope to see you again real soon!
oh, and thank you so much for the sweet comment.
have a beautiful halloween and weekend,
tifanie *
Posted by: tifanie | October 30, 2009 at 01:36 PM
I love these. I've enjoyed your colors this week, thanks for sharing ;)
If I had more time this week I would have loved to play along, maybe next time...
Posted by: Amanda mae | October 30, 2009 at 01:39 PM
hi sweet christina,
hmmm. i wonder what happened to your comment? weird. anyway, thank you so much for your wonderful words. and for playing along with color week and inspiring us all. it was fun. im so glad we did it. browns are my favs, btw, too. there are so many delicious shades. mmmm. your photos on your blog are spectacular. you should definitely dip into film!
have a beautiful holiday and weekend.
see you soon,
tifanie *
Posted by: tifanie | October 30, 2009 at 01:40 PM
I've got film envy myself, ladies.
Ahhh a film camera, Santa please.
Your browns are gorgeous!!! Thank you for the fun week of colour, I had to cheat on blue and brown due to being under the weather, had to use my stock footage!!! But I did love every minute of colour week.
Loved everyones take on it.
Enjoy your break now...ttys xoxo
Posted by: Gillian daSilva | October 31, 2009 at 07:47 PM
It's been a real treat to see your week of colours. I'm very intrigued by freezing film, I hadn't thought of that! Clever of you.
Posted by: alexandria | November 03, 2009 at 04:43 PM
Lovely brown and what a fun colorful week. Thanks for all your inspiration!
cheers.
ann
Posted by: amy and ann | November 04, 2009 at 07:54 AM
hi there!
thanks so much. i just peeked at your blog and its almost as if you participated in color week unknowingly! i saw purple and yellow and brown and blue... beautiful.
thank you for stopping by and for the lovely comment.
have a nice day!
tifanie
Posted by: tifanie | November 04, 2009 at 09:13 AM
hi alexandria,
thank you so much!
yes. ill have to play around with that film freezing thing. im not sure i did it right. let me know if you come across any other ideas...
have a beautiful day!
tifanie
Posted by: tifanie | November 04, 2009 at 09:14 AM