tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69027738623695281522024-02-06T19:03:07.828-08:00On repeatLeahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13118001379816420674noreply@blogger.comBlogger63125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902773862369528152.post-83268675246713687382013-11-04T17:19:00.000-08:002013-11-04T17:19:08.598-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Loving this collaboration: <a href="http://www.vogue.co.uk/fashion/spring-summer-2014/ready-to-wear/adidas-by-stella-mccartney" target="_blank">Adidas by Stella McCartney</a></span></span></div>
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<br />Leahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13118001379816420674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902773862369528152.post-87266261378129568272012-12-06T14:43:00.001-08:002012-12-06T14:43:44.516-08:00Animal spiritI don't know why, but lately I've been painting animals. Probably because it's fun :)<br />
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<br />Leahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13118001379816420674noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902773862369528152.post-90406906539858208662012-11-26T14:43:00.003-08:002012-11-26T14:43:57.334-08:00Mood boards II<br />
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<br />Leahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13118001379816420674noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902773862369528152.post-52852640429488487162012-11-14T16:58:00.001-08:002012-11-14T16:58:33.240-08:00Mood BoardsI spend tons of time browsing the web and collecting reference images. For ages these files have just been sitting around on my desktop begging to be sorted, so I finally spent a bit of time arranging and organizing. It used to be I would sort by subject matter, but these days I'm finding it much more useful to sort by color because then I end up with these great mood boards. Here's a few that I whipped up this afternoon:<br />
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<br />Leahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13118001379816420674noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902773862369528152.post-37518092050020079322012-10-01T10:34:00.002-07:002012-10-01T10:34:34.180-07:00S/S Favourites<a href="http://www.dolcegabbana.com/dg/fashion-show/" target="_blank">Dolce & Gabbana's</a> S/S 2013 collection is so fun and inspiring I just couldn't help throwing together a quick blog with some of my favourites of their featured prints. Enjoy!<br />
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<br />Leahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13118001379816420674noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902773862369528152.post-56636998688304837032012-08-08T16:09:00.004-07:002012-08-08T16:09:49.455-07:00Summer botanicalsWell it's that time of year again. A new season means new blooms at the <a href="http://www.vandusengarden.org/" target="_blank">Garden</a>. Since moving to the Pacific North West Coast I've really become aware of seasonal gardening and I'm blown away by the amount of planning and work it takes to maintain a large one of these types of gardens.<br />
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Lately I've gotten into doing these kaleidoscopic-type floral collages with the photos from my garden expeditions. I find they're a great way to loosen my brain up after spending a lot of time doing tightly controlled work. Here's a couple of iterations:<br />
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Okay, so I was reading some more through Johannes Itten's The Art of Color and he had an impressive looking plate of hue/saturation (color) chart.<br />
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I've heard of people trying to replicate this chart in order to test their color skills, and when I came across it I thought "Ok, lets give this a go".<br />
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I feel as though I might have done this same exercise back in my art school days. My eye has completely changed since then and I think attempting to replicate this chart with as much precision as possible is really helpful.<br />
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Here's something interesting:<br />
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I color picked my hand-painted chart in Photoshop. It was really hard to stay honest, especially since the watercolor paint that I used gave many of the squares an uneven shade and I could kind of pick from regions that helped me make the chart look more accurate then it actually was.Leahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13118001379816420674noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902773862369528152.post-30012059248666140262012-06-12T20:01:00.000-07:002012-06-12T20:01:18.418-07:00Basic Instinct<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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When I was in art school I didn't see the point of studying painting because it seemed obvious to me the process was instinctive, not something that could be taught.</div>
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These days however, since I've made Print and Pattern Design my focus, I've been struggling a bit with color. Instinct can only take one so far before you start asking yourself why your choices have the effect they do.</div>
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I borrowed a copy of Johannes Itten's The Art of Color to better understand the relationships between colors. He had a couple of interesting exercises pertaining to subjective color that I thought I'd try out. These are watercolor painting using colors I am most drawn too. Essentially using instinct/intuition to create "harmonized" personal color palettes. After doing about 10 different painting, I was surprised to see how similar they all are when placed side by side. </div>
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Apparently I've got about as much subtlety when it comes to color as Rainbow Bright!</div>
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<br />Leahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13118001379816420674noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902773862369528152.post-65966217589983310422012-05-28T22:29:00.000-07:002012-05-28T22:35:52.290-07:00Floral explosion!Getting in touch with my inner William Morris.<br />
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<br />Leahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13118001379816420674noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902773862369528152.post-79405077615813487492012-05-28T11:53:00.002-07:002012-05-28T11:53:33.412-07:00Graphics moments on the HighlineI was in New York about a month ago with my husband working on a photographic tour of the city. A highlight for me was the Highline Park. The park is built on an old rail about 1.5 stories above street level and winds in and amongst the buildings of the lower west side neighbourhoods. It's a great way to experience the architecture and gives you an idea of how much work, thought and design goes into a city like New York.<br />
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<br />Leahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13118001379816420674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902773862369528152.post-6379739262063239492012-04-05T22:43:00.001-07:002012-04-05T22:44:56.932-07:00Shape Crazy!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGzOpjjSZGhCQOxdpXSVbMpk7JBXgNnXVhYm82o3DirQe2o3Jcsl_KVWvigVai4M0GhkPnzPqRdWJKAtIoewd0c3V2HN28DyCdWpNLYs_9Eo_0Jv-QKVFnm9DGLIRA5SsY99XH3ZoO0sU/s1600/shapecrazy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 293px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGzOpjjSZGhCQOxdpXSVbMpk7JBXgNnXVhYm82o3DirQe2o3Jcsl_KVWvigVai4M0GhkPnzPqRdWJKAtIoewd0c3V2HN28DyCdWpNLYs_9Eo_0Jv-QKVFnm9DGLIRA5SsY99XH3ZoO0sU/s400/shapecrazy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728159605787683778" border="0" /></a>Leahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13118001379816420674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902773862369528152.post-87769822801851145132012-04-04T14:38:00.002-07:002012-04-04T14:47:55.873-07:00It's spring and I've got palettes to match!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkr4v2ghabhIcals7mBRLiVCO7zelPfL62mhP-hXpQiqXSjEO2xGA7PgIs8TexNGRDRB1LzSwbJ-G43YQc3ZxjO7veJ_wYmkuMpR-dzjvJC0Pdtu1OLKy_ehkNCQTiV0oPS3A4FYbo3SE/s1600/april-references1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 338px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkr4v2ghabhIcals7mBRLiVCO7zelPfL62mhP-hXpQiqXSjEO2xGA7PgIs8TexNGRDRB1LzSwbJ-G43YQc3ZxjO7veJ_wYmkuMpR-dzjvJC0Pdtu1OLKy_ehkNCQTiV0oPS3A4FYbo3SE/s400/april-references1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5727663583671654754" border="0" /></a><br />I snagged most of these images off of Pinterest and generated the palettes myself.Leahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13118001379816420674noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902773862369528152.post-86736614721783962782012-03-22T20:30:00.005-07:002012-04-03T16:28:59.852-07:00Latest shapesI have been obsessing about this shape for a while. It's wild and unwieldly, and I love it. But I didn't know how to use it.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnFPW_rZqr9k7WzBz5JPWIZ9HWtoO_QPPPb4KrML8DWS1END9qoyBni2fjtdkGV7OxjdMQk0gmJJguv2_iguIurb3R36ymF-Ox-9jZyX4kGqeIxjDDTXrJadeg-7m9-ZCXqsbBk2jqWKo/s1600/Blim_leahjanzen3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 291px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnFPW_rZqr9k7WzBz5JPWIZ9HWtoO_QPPPb4KrML8DWS1END9qoyBni2fjtdkGV7OxjdMQk0gmJJguv2_iguIurb3R36ymF-Ox-9jZyX4kGqeIxjDDTXrJadeg-7m9-ZCXqsbBk2jqWKo/s400/Blim_leahjanzen3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722931489143656930" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Then I signed up for this workshop at <a href="http://blim.ca/">Blim</a> and realized it would make an awesome screen print.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7hMxjBXj4XlKhBejfCJq-FVAk41bQYZn93s9PWuA-1udzu9Hr-jKBjfS-NLWKysZE-wLvHA2DPLBSoJmXmkuHD8eR418dtbApgujWtEwvC01Ub60-gHZH9uV1TzWhTPbsZYmfaP7xqMs/s1600/Blim_leahjanzen4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 291px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7hMxjBXj4XlKhBejfCJq-FVAk41bQYZn93s9PWuA-1udzu9Hr-jKBjfS-NLWKysZE-wLvHA2DPLBSoJmXmkuHD8eR418dtbApgujWtEwvC01Ub60-gHZH9uV1TzWhTPbsZYmfaP7xqMs/s400/Blim_leahjanzen4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722931491340565138" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The results are in...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc6031U3fQyD_n78kEufoZLQ1N8L1CohSoH09IW63bfqy9ldpkOQ8E51o-tnbCRXY4u9w4ZIDS20LlSsHSbYljGq7bW9NN0D_c3gfIfpS10-NUeCxA-q4HRkZBzxS4_R8VVfGbAj2Rxk0/s1600/02.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc6031U3fQyD_n78kEufoZLQ1N8L1CohSoH09IW63bfqy9ldpkOQ8E51o-tnbCRXY4u9w4ZIDS20LlSsHSbYljGq7bW9NN0D_c3gfIfpS10-NUeCxA-q4HRkZBzxS4_R8VVfGbAj2Rxk0/s400/02.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722930104102943042" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitwGlQ4R3PZI6i78BIqT3JYOmqA_MRRQnrNGtwgXvSxpPAwvT2CfYP4Bd-JEatzbjFzxg7bA3VS3sGtQiCRm1Vfuda_CNtw5ps7glcGXjti9gGgn8iVDooSy7cMzTohSCXfg6BisB_1Tk/s1600/01.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitwGlQ4R3PZI6i78BIqT3JYOmqA_MRRQnrNGtwgXvSxpPAwvT2CfYP4Bd-JEatzbjFzxg7bA3VS3sGtQiCRm1Vfuda_CNtw5ps7glcGXjti9gGgn8iVDooSy7cMzTohSCXfg6BisB_1Tk/s400/01.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722930098952560834" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-VLZwOV9mKRjRzSmNrT_K9Lm7_LkJMiiyGfZ-ey-ny6rYFOHXmjz2TkLcyVDXQtJVEimEFLWKAVwjFWwGNZVb7blEhjnFa4y82vgnlSmTy6-5ahxWvwJhnbmDgT6Cbu4cAiMrnZmdigk/s1600/03.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-VLZwOV9mKRjRzSmNrT_K9Lm7_LkJMiiyGfZ-ey-ny6rYFOHXmjz2TkLcyVDXQtJVEimEFLWKAVwjFWwGNZVb7blEhjnFa4y82vgnlSmTy6-5ahxWvwJhnbmDgT6Cbu4cAiMrnZmdigk/s400/03.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722930105794960338" border="0" /></a><br /><br />and I'm very happy.<br /><br />Also, check out my latest collaboration with <a href="http://seamsfrench.blogspot.ca/2012/03/prints-and-patterns-pleats-and-circles.html">Seams French</a>!Leahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13118001379816420674noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902773862369528152.post-38263950272510754502012-03-12T21:35:00.005-07:002012-03-12T21:42:46.451-07:00New work with PS brushes<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHhqmwuOYn09KhswMIEkF82OmigtWn7Xj_KYFBqCVborqrJMSFy_6pwZfokzEA_XfOYlXEeGxfY1u9KWAoLSECedG9q83fgpQM8HVpSeD6S_kxu3qJY4QeqL8Ne6s_snhsiIu-_V-gEKo/s1600/yellowblack.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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This is what I see:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC2y8vpmN9913m-v5j2nbOL6cGyfBAU-csE8lQIuGhEwW591_3Ls3oQlnh1Q7jxKesR4btbSoY7OoomUbQu22bmh5J_dmXVokzaoB9niyuBZsSpz11cd5cJz1558S_te9DHzq-g1n2DAo/s1600/kaleido_tree009.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 299px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC2y8vpmN9913m-v5j2nbOL6cGyfBAU-csE8lQIuGhEwW591_3Ls3oQlnh1Q7jxKesR4btbSoY7OoomUbQu22bmh5J_dmXVokzaoB9niyuBZsSpz11cd5cJz1558S_te9DHzq-g1n2DAo/s400/kaleido_tree009.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5716969710805183058" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS1A-A-5BVPLwM_YGx3FyfggB1za-7fHZTIVx6dJvDqIIF-O0FWoVb_fVgbeHyquW6m0RnK1kjvyHhYF6xvURWsgNQTbuEAa8VYiKgmXDOmVhLLTubGbueSUEInvH8ARBWWpztiJQBMFs/s1600/kaleido_tree007.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 298px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS1A-A-5BVPLwM_YGx3FyfggB1za-7fHZTIVx6dJvDqIIF-O0FWoVb_fVgbeHyquW6m0RnK1kjvyHhYF6xvURWsgNQTbuEAa8VYiKgmXDOmVhLLTubGbueSUEInvH8ARBWWpztiJQBMFs/s400/kaleido_tree007.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5716969709651205618" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu_mpLRAvVOS4pYEI2xf51oca4hyTJhIhw29Avqjq7qK0n7T1tEU950Ka_CPiA-yT2t1JfczFOZAfKkpNSxgcLvTxqbkDNTm2g_ub6fKbQSrbk7xLd1Jw4_U8u5jmkRN0HdnpB94gkWZk/s1600/kaleido_tree003.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu_mpLRAvVOS4pYEI2xf51oca4hyTJhIhw29Avqjq7qK0n7T1tEU950Ka_CPiA-yT2t1JfczFOZAfKkpNSxgcLvTxqbkDNTm2g_ub6fKbQSrbk7xLd1Jw4_U8u5jmkRN0HdnpB94gkWZk/s400/kaleido_tree003.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5716969704467942626" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaTrytVi-I4SJ_9PMZ7Ihy4G2HnFAOF85DcdeDjYF9RzLYTkFvZ-Y_pn6GgOS9VQhSbJOdl9tndrpR-9l5oZ80xcaXPnOewa-xS723eb3xYtGcDtNW0D0gdgLJ91vWpFDpxmFEj2C9UG8/s1600/kaleido_tree002.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaTrytVi-I4SJ_9PMZ7Ihy4G2HnFAOF85DcdeDjYF9RzLYTkFvZ-Y_pn6GgOS9VQhSbJOdl9tndrpR-9l5oZ80xcaXPnOewa-xS723eb3xYtGcDtNW0D0gdgLJ91vWpFDpxmFEj2C9UG8/s400/kaleido_tree002.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5716969703372087634" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUMp8WZeiuSFaCqd6x-cvlM_T78B-3eGjkq3Twmq0zQ-kK8wH51SKbVdMFHGRhpgMTkwPyiTIEyAUsxhLfq-ltGDtpALC6KRcgSjHA3xy79BW611nk0Nup8Jd1OkMcaIGGTHcbjKen3KQ/s1600/kaleido_tree010.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUMp8WZeiuSFaCqd6x-cvlM_T78B-3eGjkq3Twmq0zQ-kK8wH51SKbVdMFHGRhpgMTkwPyiTIEyAUsxhLfq-ltGDtpALC6KRcgSjHA3xy79BW611nk0Nup8Jd1OkMcaIGGTHcbjKen3KQ/s400/kaleido_tree010.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5716969714635186498" border="0" /></a>Leahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13118001379816420674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902773862369528152.post-9536151013246482872012-02-21T20:06:00.003-08:002012-02-21T20:09:40.449-08:00IN creases. Aka more origami fun<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8kIzXqZ1gcUSR0AQpcSvUMCAXAPknKeCU5zqpoYvX_fomA7lMFJm0KzLAs2CFBatYaDDEB64xuSsZyleqWGqWjeqNLrKZio52lXMVOHZpnp3dfCufGtcCaQQNsP1peca5Xrrn-IVsXh4/s1600/Origami_02-copy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 292px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8kIzXqZ1gcUSR0AQpcSvUMCAXAPknKeCU5zqpoYvX_fomA7lMFJm0KzLAs2CFBatYaDDEB64xuSsZyleqWGqWjeqNLrKZio52lXMVOHZpnp3dfCufGtcCaQQNsP1peca5Xrrn-IVsXh4/s400/Origami_02-copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711806956531849298" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitGF_lbZf0c6ptR2koLV1uy99z_IKgVpMFXZZwpOtGy1C7FYJ2eVkMwxJkTHlu4gExNPmLib69QVVBTUkvXGsuJZChba16lMbIgbQBnbpmTUtWReenvFD4djvtCCzw0GUnYw70uBpzPUE/s1600/Origami_01.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 284px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitGF_lbZf0c6ptR2koLV1uy99z_IKgVpMFXZZwpOtGy1C7FYJ2eVkMwxJkTHlu4gExNPmLib69QVVBTUkvXGsuJZChba16lMbIgbQBnbpmTUtWReenvFD4djvtCCzw0GUnYw70uBpzPUE/s400/Origami_01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711806953252870530" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-VueGSrJpD0ZHFNEmOLv8XFpENbhc_Vd1Tvxr9U4A-P60pwNy6Rs1SkXqTgT23D6Pg_Txtdk3TN4_j6eDPSYiPg3NyYI83o3HtKLq0ZGlJKfswMUB56nT7qhL5kHjhDbkwfzSipPyapI/s1600/Origami_03-copy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 291px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-VueGSrJpD0ZHFNEmOLv8XFpENbhc_Vd1Tvxr9U4A-P60pwNy6Rs1SkXqTgT23D6Pg_Txtdk3TN4_j6eDPSYiPg3NyYI83o3HtKLq0ZGlJKfswMUB56nT7qhL5kHjhDbkwfzSipPyapI/s400/Origami_03-copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711806961697908146" border="0" /></a>Leahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13118001379816420674noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902773862369528152.post-88012606215938752182012-02-09T20:13:00.000-08:002012-02-09T20:17:17.248-08:00It's Twins!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc_b0vV_EJCcloFTOJQE5y-uOKErmfqXxub5vqt-mCFAL0Bi0BVJe20cSqeRQg12x87_igsRVz8FdfASN-P7FE_-4p5mmS9jBz-JabgIOcQsFJcbe9jFn6WwTAvNvqLSURrBaJWSyY0zo/s1600/Twins.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc_b0vV_EJCcloFTOJQE5y-uOKErmfqXxub5vqt-mCFAL0Bi0BVJe20cSqeRQg12x87_igsRVz8FdfASN-P7FE_-4p5mmS9jBz-JabgIOcQsFJcbe9jFn6WwTAvNvqLSURrBaJWSyY0zo/s400/Twins.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707355631514041346" border="0" /></a><br />Just purchased this awesome pair of end tables for my living room. Shout out to <a href="http://www.maiwa.com/stores/east/index.html">Maiwa East</a> for donating part of their profit to the folks over in India who made them!Leahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13118001379816420674noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902773862369528152.post-9601043518148722582012-01-10T22:26:00.001-08:002012-01-11T13:45:32.394-08:00New year, new Idea<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCRwi1HLNgvRLoVdsUdfKfJfJFzdX2oq6sA_aQiwrlZvu83sDRm6oh2t-AeVHvlMvIyr5wdouyCd13SruhbnE3sXJ-QSHPBZhE50WajOI8zgRFNVSgUVyAjfgrDtO8Nh9ICfcSFsilaIY/s1600/bookcover1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 392px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCRwi1HLNgvRLoVdsUdfKfJfJFzdX2oq6sA_aQiwrlZvu83sDRm6oh2t-AeVHvlMvIyr5wdouyCd13SruhbnE3sXJ-QSHPBZhE50WajOI8zgRFNVSgUVyAjfgrDtO8Nh9ICfcSFsilaIY/s400/bookcover1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696257225293993650" border="0" /></a><br />Over the holidays I was given this great book on paper folding techniques by Paul Jackson. It's got some beautiful photography in it and actually gets its reader excited about origami.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm-uDewNiIjZBHlRwFE3OJ7mt2SRkMN-iu9t9HIUi-WgL0WEkf0GW1yDCtppqg0nRP9d97IuIlGqzQ2UXNXiiDdua0RNgywLT-C6M4zBt_nKNaydXK4XoJMgjbaamK6Rwkp4Fjjn8YCoI/s1600/paperfolded1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm-uDewNiIjZBHlRwFE3OJ7mt2SRkMN-iu9t9HIUi-WgL0WEkf0GW1yDCtppqg0nRP9d97IuIlGqzQ2UXNXiiDdua0RNgywLT-C6M4zBt_nKNaydXK4XoJMgjbaamK6Rwkp4Fjjn8YCoI/s400/paperfolded1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696258059881114914" border="0" /></a><br />The thing I'm most excited about is its potential application for fabric. I have seen origami quilts in the past but never really thought about pursuing it. Might be worth reconsidering though.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC2px2v5C6ghHNB7WU56W_rqwJVIUc6mhw6X0Fo9nlyrEe7ikOtOCY4f4DPY8QmVTampogQ6N9sIOsTigOytuzwdqsozcaPpU1d5oZkDN1ejlxMX8kih41HL-tlybyIXK11IlaPx3OvXw/s1600/collage1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC2px2v5C6ghHNB7WU56W_rqwJVIUc6mhw6X0Fo9nlyrEe7ikOtOCY4f4DPY8QmVTampogQ6N9sIOsTigOytuzwdqsozcaPpU1d5oZkDN1ejlxMX8kih41HL-tlybyIXK11IlaPx3OvXw/s400/collage1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696259024453223682" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv5fGcN2iDg0zNhVKno446T6RW6bZKoCRwKCoQV33ShP86_amsNJq-d2TDFFza0rjYC9QxAZ4VwEE3lYuGqMK5almhXDEl_bhhEoRZKlPHD7S_eKHNFCTL7wuv2ilM6XJ60FFKRjoOk4s/s1600/fabricfolded1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv5fGcN2iDg0zNhVKno446T6RW6bZKoCRwKCoQV33ShP86_amsNJq-d2TDFFza0rjYC9QxAZ4VwEE3lYuGqMK5almhXDEl_bhhEoRZKlPHD7S_eKHNFCTL7wuv2ilM6XJ60FFKRjoOk4s/s400/fabricfolded1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696259174464058050" border="0" /></a>Leahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13118001379816420674noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902773862369528152.post-58075426460055975992011-12-24T00:21:00.000-08:002011-12-24T00:22:40.526-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvW4igBDRYPmVQwFv83Jk11XSgegRJ50ZQgYvOfOQdBAHsB9Gb7Gfmj79kTaAOigGiE6INEph2U8Y8PY62IlzIq8kgOIyIilKh0Al0U6KH4-vc_NMO9NSmmEBbdK_UrabsqMaLTMgZjnw/s1600/yuletide2011.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 232px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvW4igBDRYPmVQwFv83Jk11XSgegRJ50ZQgYvOfOQdBAHsB9Gb7Gfmj79kTaAOigGiE6INEph2U8Y8PY62IlzIq8kgOIyIilKh0Al0U6KH4-vc_NMO9NSmmEBbdK_UrabsqMaLTMgZjnw/s400/yuletide2011.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5689607398004455986" border="0" /></a>Leahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13118001379816420674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902773862369528152.post-59103930389680559632011-11-22T20:31:00.000-08:002011-11-22T20:33:05.528-08:00PS Brushes part 2<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgN3NFWkQ9FUJCCpxJ7Hy3Q2e76SmRxEcPcv_mNQtU9DY5K4V17eny8ZXPdBvo0YYiVcfzoumsEI1JQRkt73K6ScnxWCbVOiGeva_8tZYNH5nUIsVHMGYBlO0433nPDisKxdlGoeRqhUY/s1600/iteration.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 227px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgN3NFWkQ9FUJCCpxJ7Hy3Q2e76SmRxEcPcv_mNQtU9DY5K4V17eny8ZXPdBvo0YYiVcfzoumsEI1JQRkt73K6ScnxWCbVOiGeva_8tZYNH5nUIsVHMGYBlO0433nPDisKxdlGoeRqhUY/s400/iteration.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678044568806756818" border="0" /></a><br />IterationLeahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13118001379816420674noreply@blogger.com1