12.31.2012 ... calendar box

this is our version of

a 10 year calendar box.

ev made the box.

he also cut and 

date stamped every card.

scout decorated the month cards.

and special day cards.

i chose the month cards

from a vintage pack i found.

we decided to use 

a mixed color index card

palette.

this box we made

for jon cody, val & sammy baer

for Christmas.

today we are 

making our own.

ev is stamping dates as i type.

to use this memory box

you simply write the year 2013

on the first line each day.

next to it jot a phrase

about something that happened,

you created, you made for dinner,

you did for the first time...

{you get the idea}

on that day.

make it a habit.

it's easy.  really.

each year repeat this.

in 10 years you will

have a miniature

calendar journal

all in one small box.

so what are you waiting for?

you still have time to make yours.

if you need a box, you can

substitute a small fruit

box - like blueberries

and raspberries come in.

let me know 

how yours turns out.

thanks for stopping by.   

until next time. 

 happiness to you. 

from me. 

with heart.  

 ox joon

12.15.12 ... mr. rogers wisdom

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12.1.12 ... disneyland ii

i know this is a month overdue.

              but here i am, as promised.

making the collages turned out to be a 

bit of a challenge and life kept getting in the way.

better late than never.  

i do like them.  

hope you enjoy them, too.

evan had to have red velvet cake.
it was delicious.

i love the cleanliness and the
wonderfully designed and 
individualized trash and recycling bins.

disney california is just
another spoonful of genius.
love it there.
we feel fortunate that we happened
to visit just before the tim burton
frankenweenie display left.

as you might expect,
it is incredible.

yes we are disnerds. 
these photos are from our second visit.

we've since gone another five times.

can't wait to go back.

and i'll return at some
point with another plethora
of photographic memories.

and this is before my new iphone
arrives.  i'll be a mad woman with
tha camera once it is in my 
hot little disney lovin' hands.

sweet dreams, everyone.  
thanks for stopping by.   
until next time.  
happiness to you. 
from me. 
with heart.   

ox joon

11.01.12 ... scout flynn rider

*** we interrupt the disneyland posts to bring you a special edition***

i love that scout is still as creative and fun loving as she has always been.

18. not a speck of bah humbug here.

oh that we all could catch a piece of that.

she started off by going so far as to have me move her long awaited hair cut up a few days. 

the plan has been that she would cut her hair once she has her official college acceptance.

so it has been on hold since january.

dedication to the craft.

she had pascal and he was her first inspiration for the flynn rider choice. having always been a phoebus fan, she has a life long history of admiring the men in disney's life.
flynn was the natural identity.

now she had the chameleon and the hair. 

how did she pull off the costume?

of course she needed the soul patch.

perfect smolder.

found the great jacket (which i modified once we were home),
boots and extra belt at a local thrift store. 

and lucky us they were 50% off yesterday!
(for example the boots and belt were a whopping $1.50 each.)
the pants and blouse we had.
the satchel is crazy fate. it's a vintage coach bag i found years ago.
we use it for our movie camera bag. i removed the black 1990s camera strap
and whipped up a more natural fit
using a perfectly suited long fabric scrap.

frying pans. who knew, right?

and she, pascal and her trusty frying pan were off to music class.
they had a wonderful time. 

it was a lovely halloween. 

how was yours? 

sweet, i hope.

***i'll be back with disneyland part ii in a day or so***

thanks for stopping by. until next time. happiness to you. from me. with heart. 

ox joon

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10.27.12 ... best week update

after 326 days in california we finally fulfilled our dream of 

bringing scout to disneyland.

here she is with her first visit pin and her sparkling new annual passport.

it's beautiful and the weather was perfect, too.

 

and we were ready to roll!

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ev had never been to disneyland either. 

and he'd only been to disneyworld once. 

he was pretty excited.

after walking down main street u. s. a. and enjoying the sights there 

we headed right to adventure land and ...

...the tiki bird pavilion.

it was such fun seeing this attraction again after so many years. i first visited disneyworld during its premiere year and the last time i was there was spring 1983. my one and only single day disneyland visit was in spring 1985. seeing the tiki birds through ev and scout's eyes was precious. a great start.

we had a superb day.
here's scout loving her second run on autopia - a definite favorite for her.

disneyland deserves its reputation as the happiest place one earth.

i can't believe we are a mere 40 minutes away. 

the next 12 months are going to be one of our happiest years on earth!

tomorrow i will share a little bit of our second visit. 

so stay tuned. 

and i'd love to hear your disneyland or world memories. 

hope you'll leave a comment.

thanks for stopping by. until next time. happiness to you. from me. with heart. 

ox joon

ps: thanks to scout who took all but two of these photos.  

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10.17.12 ... beach day

a few weeks ago we finally took a drive back to santa monica. we brought along our first completed chair set to take photos for ev's new mission beach woodwork etsy shop. you can visit that HERE.  but first we walked along the beach and scout spent time feeding her beloved birds.

 they are waiting just for her.

i am always picking up little beach treasures and ev is always good enough to serve as my pack mule.

here they come to meet scout and her bread bits....

... which she saved from our wonderful-as-always lunch at rae's,one of our first and favorite california finds.  especially tony who is one reason we arrange our trek only on a day he is working.

we still find it hard to comprehend that we can visit the ocean in just 30 minutes.  we hope to drive over more often now that we are finally settling in to our new california life - which still seems surreal.  that's a good thing. 

thanks for stopping by. until next time. happiness to you. from me. with heart. 

ox joon

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10.10.12 ... icy hot bags

a few months ago i designed and stitched up some handmade hot or cold bags. ev and scout surprised me with this pretty fabric well over a year ago and i finally got around to using it. doesn't it make beautiful covers?

the bags themselves are made out of muslin and filled with rice. we stick them in the freezer in summer and over the hot spot on the stove in winter. they are nice and small. we haven't had a microwave for a few years now so i chose to make them smaller than my original bags.  i lived with those things during those freezing new england winters.

we won't have that problem here. 

it just gets a bit chilly.

they'll come in handy. 

i like them because i made them with fabric from my housemates. :)

thanks for stopping by. until next time. happiness to you. from me. with heart. 

ox joon

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