So good,  and best at 7 minutes til the end.

if you liked this, try part two.

I'll admit I started the day very late, again.

I did however do plenty of hand sewing.  I painted this new sign to display at my booth for upcoming craft fairs... and I went to Goodwill. 

To start with the sign.  It's painted on 1/2 a table runner -- I cut it in half and I plan on using the other identical side as embellishment on this denim jumper I bought today.  The flowers are gray stemmed and composed of TONS of little golden French knots.  Whoever made this is my embroidery role model.....  I sloppily stenciled and painted the name on it, but I think it looks good that way.  Yea?

And hey, did you note my beaded Goodwill footwear in the photo above? I LOVE them.

I also scored an adorable apron (well, two actually), and numerous amounts of clothing... but the most amazing find was this adorable little organ that is completely, wonderfully functional!

I was really looking forward to putting out some sort of music / talk compilation of my own this summer -- well mostly I was looking forward to doing the cover art.  But now I have a feeling that with this little dude around I'll start putting tunes together sooner than later.

That is.... if I ever finish making wholesale croissant orders.  Ho hum.

LOTS TO DO!  Change money for the fair, display materials, and plenty more sewing.  Wish me luck.

(ps it's 2 am Friday morning right now and I'm watching luminous air make-up airbrush informercials -- I CANNOT imagine anyone doing this at home, it's... well actually here, you can watch for yourself.  If you want to.)

I can't believe I hadn't shared these yet!

Man, I've had quite a busy few past days traveling both the cities and country sides of France.  Friday and Saturday were spent in Paris.  Saturday and Sunday in Arles.  Sunday and Monday back in Montpellier for class, then last night and today in Lyon for an autechre concert. 

I only took a few photos and they're still not even uploaded yet so I'll share a few relevant videos.  First, in Lyon this morning we went to the "Musee Freres Lumieres" or the Lumiere Brothers' Museum.  These boys were by-definition inventors and also created cinema in Lyon.  Here's the first film EVER filmed by them :

The black and white, and Frenchiness of that reminded me of this little edited piece that I enjoy a lot and it's one of my goals, before I leave this country, to do this dance, somewhere!