it's the middle of the week, isn't it?

i finally went to buy black paper and already my mind is filling with so many ideas. i was able to make backgrounds for some of my papercuts and i made a couple of things for a few mail swaps i'm involved in. i made a little papercut necklace and a paper bird mask, each for two different friends. i am happy with the outcome and am thinking of ways to continue to create them better so that i can put them in the shop (i already did a felt bird mask for it). of course, she liked the mask and had me make her a little paper one too.

also, the days have been nice and bright and this is her last week at preschool. next week she officially begins junior kindergarten at the school right across the street. that is going to be so nice to just walk her to and from school, enjoying a little sunlight and air.

what a rainy friday brought...

little paper cottage...

houses, as i have mentioned before, have special meaning for me. i still am haunted by dreams of houses, that are majestic, quiet, still but have a looming character. of ages beyond my life, of stories of life that belonged there. i don't know quite how to explain it. they tend to have some magic for me. some of the dreams collide into each other, some are distinct but they come and come again. for years even. it's the mystery of dreams that i will never understand but i can say, they are some of the sweetest, leaving behind a sort of residue on my mind, one that i often desire to feel again...

i have a papercut...

i decided to put my hand at paper cutting a bit. i cheated a bit by folding the paper but i do like my little foxes and the rabbits underneath. the foxes don't have much cut out but i did cut lines for the fur. maybe i'll work on it a bit more or maybe i'll just try my hand at another cut out...