27 August 2006
I think most of us keep clippings books, don't we? I have no desire to store years' worth of magazines, no matter how neatly catalogued they might be, but I equally don't want to forget the ideas I've gathered from them. So I've got my book (which will soon run out of pages).
I keep paging through the book as I think about the house I'll eventually own in Minnesota -- I'm an expert at dreaming and imagining, although it's easier when I can immediately follow through on my plans.
I would say that I'm not very good at keeping a written journal, except I've been writing this blog for nearly six years now (obviously, the archives aren't complete). Still, I've never become addicted to writing down my thoughts and feelings in little books, but I like that I can look through my inspiration book and remember what I was thinking at the time. The pictures I cut out just a year ago are different from what attracts me now. It's a subtle change, but it's there.
I've been doing more surfing around flickr lately, and I found this set, which I love. In some ways, the changes made to that house are small -- mainly differences in paint and some decorative touches. But the results are so clean and sharp; I love it. And I know how much work is required for even a simple change of colour!
I also rediscovered Astrid's photos: this set and this set. Such loveliness.
I was scrolling through my photos, in search of an image I uploaded a while ago (but never posted), and I'm tempted to start my own flickr account. I have issues with flickr -- it's so darn slow, and I can't stand when people display images from their flickr account on their blogs; we have a fast connection, and it still kerchunks along. But. There's no harm in putting together a separate album for people to go through, is there? No, sir.
Here's that photo I was looking for. Everybody else is making these; who am I not to jump on the bandwagon? Detail here.
Wow - your clippings book is so neat - my bits are torn not cut and haphazardly stuck with bitten odd chunks of tape. Yours is a work of art and I'm sure you'll find it invaluable when you get your new place.
posted by at August 27, 2006 01:42 PM
omg, I love the colors in your floor mat...stunning. If I had made something like that, I would frame it and hang it up on a wall to display, hehe, nobody's feet would be allowed near it!
posted by shirley at August 28, 2006 02:21 PM
such a beeutiful clippings book.So good.
I will prepare one for myself.hehe
posted by Peggy at August 29, 2006 06:13 AM
Lovely clipping book!
posted by Marieke at August 29, 2006 02:14 PM
your clippings book is such a great idea! And you've done it so beautifully, it looks like something you would buy at a bookstore. I was wondering how you pasted your pictures in their so neatly? Did you use glue?
posted by Stefanie at September 4, 2006 12:44 AM