15 February 2009

february. it finally snagged me.. i have been sick for 3 days and the shop had to stay closed and lonely.. i hope you didn't miss it too much. it feels so good to know that spring is right around the corner, and all of winter's loose, cold ends are getting tied back up. this was a difficult, cold, and sunny odd winter for me. i was saved by the nest of new and old friends near and far, ira glass, playing music, christopher's dinners, charley and amy's visits, bwana's smile, rachel's sweetness, scrapper's drunk shopguy antics, alli's hugs, customer's love+appreciation, kimberly's patience, jeremy+julia's support, marta's texts, audrey's shopgirl help, claudia and helen stoking the home fires, gretchen, erin a + m, katz, doozie, heather, and stoken's unconditional love and friendship, crowell's breakfasts and genius ideas, and endless magical karaoke nights with jen, mandy, kerby, bob, and kupp. i am looking forward to all the promises spring brings and a new fresh breath of air blowing at my back.
i have installations and ideas crowding my mind in honor of ringing spring in. reds. knots. anna's lights. erin's new baby. new music projects and tours to go on with all our bands. portland bike rides and picnics by the river. i'll miss the light coming through the bare branches.. but i am excited to get warm again. erin crowell modeled some new pieces i created last week.. enjoy











4 comments:

Lord Bison said...

I really like that first picture in the post. I also really like you.

Anonymous said...

so so lovely, the mix of the crystally beads and old metals,wonderfully pretty/sad for spring. Are you going to put any of these new ones on your Etsy site?

sword+fern said...
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sword+fern said...

yes! i can put these up on etsy asap.. also alwways feel free to inquire about prices of any of the pieces i post on the blog by email at swordandfern@gmail.com. also, i forgot to mention that lord bison's presence in the form of charming blog comments was a veritable glowing fireplace during my winter hibernation...xo emily


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