royal buffet: new menu
March 28, 2008 | Filed Under ordinary
we updated the shop all week . . . take a peek.
if only i could live in a messy house, then i would be able to make everything i ever wanted to make. it’s hard to sew when there are golden grahams underfoot, though. and jude wielding tacky glue, well, that just makes it sticky, tricky. when i was maybe 11 or 12 i used to smart off to my mom that when i was an adult i was going to have a maid named karen (which happens to be . . . my mother’s name). if we sell enough things on etsy i could get a maid named karen and then i could just do the fun things, like eat crackers in a spur-of-the-moment living room fort, and make things from paper and fabric all day while karen did the sweeping and the folding and the scraping of toothpaste from the bathroom sink.
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truly digging your blog! found you courtesy of the loveliest joslyn at simple lovely. will be back…
seriously, your work is brilliant and so fresh {as is the blog!}…karey m.
You mean to tell me I’m NOT the maid?
((((mollie)))) you’re so awesome! I feel the same way. I *have* to create. I just have to. But, I also need to feed kids, keep them out of harm’s way, and keep the house reasonably clean. And, for some reason, those simple tasks tend to take up most of the day! English ladies had housekeepers and nannies, and were able to paint silk screens and embroider and play the piano all day. Why shouldn’t we do the same?!
What IS it with toothpaste that has to be scraped off all the time! Have you ever tried using toothpaste to hold some of your creations together instead of tacky glue??? I bet it would hold just the same – and think of all the different flavors/smells you could add to your works of art…..
karey: thanks! joslyn was so nice about our stuff! glad you came by . . .
mom: you know that i was the indentured servant for years and years in your house. you may be the maid now, but . . . ::wink::
amy: i’d be happy to agree to knock silkscreen painting from the list . . .
cindy: no, i have not. jude may appreciate that idea, however!
yes! I feel that if I could live in the mess, my true artist self would break free and run loose.
Ohh…I want and need a maid called karen too…and I want a baby called Lola..or at least looking at her and reading your letter to her at six months brought back all my lovely memories and pressed my maternal buttons…