tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52721027068035439382024-03-21T15:03:56.389-04:00Aunt Gigi's Houseginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00732610498187496077noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5272102706803543938.post-8586632520024568992010-10-27T06:00:00.000-04:002010-10-27T06:00:51.983-04:00OK, so it has been a really long time since I published anything to my blog. My studio is renovated (but sadly, not a lot less messy but that's another story for another day). My friend Elizabeth from Altered Book Lover has been prodding me to get the blog up and running. So I thought I'd see how easy it would be to use Picasa to upload pictures.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZdNUE4oBpsWOAZjeg1P2D4b0O0QPbgx5WnSCuo0Ep5IjW7YCGYs4iIbE9agujIIlT0oy0YP5PUFsCfQxhyphenhyphenkNIc-3IVa1D8gorVmEMSQcuzZDa3zWGHgOROtZXiPqTIEXtKDMphDe47FGF/s1600/CIMG1665_edited-1.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; FLOAT: right; CLEAR: both" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZdNUE4oBpsWOAZjeg1P2D4b0O0QPbgx5WnSCuo0Ep5IjW7YCGYs4iIbE9agujIIlT0oy0YP5PUFsCfQxhyphenhyphenkNIc-3IVa1D8gorVmEMSQcuzZDa3zWGHgOROtZXiPqTIEXtKDMphDe47FGF/s400/CIMG1665_edited-1.JPG" /></a> <br /><br />This is a piece I made for Marlynn who is in my group Six Players Six Months. It's a RR but we're just sending pages and not the whole book. It's cheaper that way but I can already tell you that I wish I could see and touch the actual books. The work that has been posted so far is amazing, and my white pages from Elizabeth are so perfect. <br /><br />Let's see how this goes!<div style='clear:both; text-align:RIGHT'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>ginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00732610498187496077noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5272102706803543938.post-55675742165292856622008-06-22T21:09:00.003-04:002008-06-22T21:18:12.651-04:00The Explosion UpstairsI have let my work space become so cluttered that I have been having to do my work on the dining room table and the kitchen counter. Some time ago two dear friends offered to help me take out a closet so that I can expand my work space. Ours is an old, tall, square, house with long closets under the eaves. Of course I have to empty that very packed closet...... the place where I stash stuff when company comes since my work space is also the guest bedroom. I took some pictures during the rearranging process (which, as is usual with tasks like this one, is taking forever and is causing a bigger mess than what I started with....). I will see if I am smart enough to post them in a minute. It looks like the room has exploded. I guess it has. Luckily I have no particular plans over the Fourth of July weekend.....ginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00732610498187496077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5272102706803543938.post-17189223172528169052008-06-21T02:30:00.001-04:002008-06-21T02:48:08.508-04:00The Consequences of InsomniaThe other (sleepless) night I started a blog. <br /><br />I didn't intend to. <br /><br />I am constantly amazed at the beauty, creativity and imagination I see on all of the altered arts blogs I visit. I am always inspired by Dave Hingsburger's "Chewing the Fat" (the only blog I read daily). But I have never felt like I could do this myself. However one of the consequences of sleeplessness is poor judgement and impulsivity (not to mention a tendancy to fall asleep in your oatmeal at breakfast, but I digress). Thursday morning at 4:00am, this seemed like a good idea, easy even. Today, not so much..... but I thought I'd take the plunge and write my first post anyway. (I'm really not responsible for poor spelling and grammar... take a look, it's 2:30am for pity's sake.)<br /><br />Posting a picture of my house as the banner at the top has proven to be harder than I thought.... Oh posting the picture was easy, making it look cool, not so much. <br /><br />The title of my blog is inspired by my dear Goddaughter Chelsea who couldn't say Aunt<em> Gina</em> when she was a toddler. By the time she mastered the ability I was attached to being Aunt <em>Gigi</em> and I wouldn't let her change it. I like being Aunt Gigi, I like my house. One day my virtual house may be as cool, cluttered and unique as my literal one. But, until I figure it all out, it shall be relatively plain. <br /><br />Perhaps I can find a little sleep now.... I hope.ginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00732610498187496077noreply@blogger.com0