happy saturday! isn't this such a beautiful video? i love it. makes me wanna have a baby... kinda...

today, i'm finishing up an order of new candles and ceramics for duo, and then we're hunkering down for what is supposed to be a potentially dangerous evening of storms. someone posted on facebook yesterday that "oklahoma doesn't have culture, it has weather"... i might have to agree with that. we get very excited about tornadoes around here...

happy easter! scenes from last week's early easter at the family farm...

more inspiring reads for the creative/entrepeneur/artist/etc., this time from artist michelle armas:

1. live according to your values. the end.
2. get over yourself (and your fear.)
3. more to come, so stay tuned to her blog...

a little saturday tuneage from dj vp...

sunday funtimes in clay... x

new stamps from karamelo.
listening to this... and this.

best thing i've made in a good while: chicken + dumpling soup. i used whole grain spelt flour for added health & flavor plus homemade turkey broth gifted from a friend. delish! x

my recipe:

SOUP
8 C stock (i used 4 C turkey broth & 4 C water)
2 carrots, sliced
2 celery stalks, minced
1 C chicken, chopped (i used organic free-range chicken thighs)

- heat stock on med-high til almost boiling, turn to med & simmer
- add veg and cook until tender
- add chicken, cook until done (5-8 min for raw)
- make dumplings while veg & chicken cook

DUMPLINGS
4 T butter
2 eggs
1/2 C flour (i used whole grain spelt)
1/4 C parsley, minced
1-2 cloves garlic, minced
1/4 C minced onion

- cream butter in a bowl with the back of a fork
- beat in eggs (mine never really mixed thoroughly, but that was fine)
- stir in flour + parsley + garlic + onion + s&p
- stir in hot stock (1 T at a time) until soft
- drop in 1 T dumplings, cook until set, approx. 5-10 minutes (scoop batter with a tablespoon, immerse spoon into stock to set batter a bit, then scrape off with another spoon. if your dumplings break up a bit, don't fret.)
- remove cooked dumplings to a plate until ready to serve

TO SERVE
- taste soup, season with s&p
- add dumplings back into soup
- ladel soup in bowl, top with chopped parsley + squeezed fresh lemon + grated parmesan

YUM!

carvin' up some new stuff for oui!

p.s. look what i got for valentine's day! xx

one of my favorite things in life is making goofy evite invitations. i think this particular one for my mom's upcoming shindig is a gem. :)

p.s. we just returned from a week-long trip to the motherland (a.k.a. new york city). it was wonderful. you can see pics from the journey on my instagram feed (i'm 'bauwau'). x

this is from my instagram feed (@bauwau). i finally enlarged a pic of the manhattan skyline that we took (via greenpoint) for our wedding invitation suite. got the idea via a desert fete long ago. just need to hang it.
anyhoo... gettin' on a jet plane and headin' to ny early tomorrow morn. haven't been in a full year. plans: eat luke's lobster. get haircut (for first time since last feb). see a few shows. eat good sushi (can not wait). eat yummy ramen. eat eat eat. see friends (yay!). go to the park. visit the met. visit the moma. visit shops galore... can't wait. xx

p.s. i absolutely can't shake m.i.a.'s born free, featuring suicide's martin rev. such a good song.

p.p.s. did i mention i haven't packed yet? it's 9:37pm. i leave the house at 5:45am. ...

Some days are better than others. :) This is a beautifully crafted handmade ceramic flute by local Oklahoma artist Albert Gray Eagle. Today, I got to discuss in depth with him how he makes them and tunes each one to a different key, depending on the song that it's meant to play.
Albert's only been working in clay for about 4 months. Previous to a serious car wreck in August (that left him with spinal cord injuries and limited use of his hands), he made traditional flutes from wood and rivercane. After the injury, he discovered a limited ability to make his wooden flutes... I met him in October, during this time of frustration and separation from his craft. He had also just been introduced to the idea of making his own ceramic flutes. Since then, he and his daughter have taken a crash course in ceramics, bought a kiln, found a source for fine Montana clay, and learned how to tune each flute precisely (not to mention developing a knack for sculpting and glazing). When I saw him today, I was so impressed with the development of his art and craft. I can't tell you how much I love process and creative growth.
I work with artists every single day and getting to talk about process with them just gives me a buzzzz...... xx

P.S. A nice little blog post from Myrtle.

our new curtains & pillow with fabric by caitlin.

week of light... and instagram. xx

it's only been one day, but i'm utterly addicted to instagram (i'm bauwau).

MERRY CHRISTMAS, y'all! xx

p.s. my friend, kaitlyn, and i both showed up to last night's party as andy warhol. we decided she was "eighties andy" and i was "sixties andy". i threw it together last minute -- reused the beiber wig!

it got chilly this weekend!!! i'm looking forward to breaking out this quilt that my mom made using some of caitlin's fabric. (soon, we'll have a few mociun curtains, too.) :)

morning beach stroll in florida last weekend, heading to mom's compost bin (pre-dinner), and late bloomers in mom's garden. :)

i love to go overboard for a good birthday. not pictured? mylar dinosaur balloons, mariachi band, streamer expolosion, party hats... :)

we spent the entire weekend with my husband's family. such a treat. baby nephews & baby sisters & much bigger aunts, parents, and siblings were in town. imagine a perfect saturday afternoon outside on the family farm, three generations lounging in the grass or old metal rockers, the babies climb in sand & pull up huge sweet potatoes from the garden, the patriarch (pictured) whittles, and everyone gets a turn on the old mare. idyllic, really.