A Little Wall I Like A lot
Ever since the whitening of the studio walls, I've been trying to keep it a little more "minimal" than it used to be. I'm not a minimal person, but I need for the studio to not overwhelm me.
This is one particular mini-wall I like quite a lot (it's in between two doors, hence, "mini" status). The shelf is vintage, and spray-painted a beautiful gloss cherry red...it holds lots of my favorite little things.
A Henry Darger image in a beat-up frame, a felt tree I made a few years back, those two gorgeous vintage-style (but new) plush chickies, Jenn's Frozen Charlottes, treasured vintage tchotckes, and one of my two beautiful Babette dolls.
Down on the right, you'll see a tiny framed sticker, which is my favorite sticker in the world (it came with that blonde Babette!) and I have known a lot of stickers in my day.
The wall also holds tiny embroideries from two of my favorite girls.
I have an irrational attachment to these wooden initials and old spools of thread.
And there's my little wall o' wonders!
We're winding down the weekend at the Black Apple flat, and I thought I'd share one hilarious photo from the proceedings. People always email and ask how I stay productive...but it's really "helpers" like this that make it all possible:
Nice one, Miette.
You've commenced to attempting to just bite the things that take my attention away!
xoxo
Meow!
Posted by: Lily | March 16, 2008 at 06:47 PM
I love your babette doll, I so want one. Such a pretty wall:)
Posted by: susan | March 16, 2008 at 06:50 PM
Agh! The squirrel with the little mushroom drum is adorable.
Posted by: Lisa | March 16, 2008 at 07:01 PM
LOL I think the kitty munching on the corner of the painting makes me want to buy it more! Those kitty teeth prints are priceless! :o)
Posted by: Lauren | March 16, 2008 at 07:24 PM
A peaceful and perfect wall.
xx
Posted by: .girl ferment. | March 16, 2008 at 07:54 PM
beautiful wall, so inspiring!
Posted by: t. miyashiro | March 16, 2008 at 08:37 PM
the shelf is adorable. I have that same Frozen Charlotte bear! I bought it in a little town in Hawaii!- It came with out the box- do you recall who made it? I'd love to buy more!
Posted by: hobocampcrafts | March 16, 2008 at 08:53 PM
...very q-ute.
I think my favorite is........the tree :)
It's all put together so nicely.
Thanks for sharing...
OOOoo..... is that a new painting miette is nibbling on??
Have a great week!
xo~michelle.friend
Posted by: miss.michelle | March 16, 2008 at 09:15 PM
I love everything on your wall emily. Bekki and I both had a wonderful time watching you on Martha. You are just as sweet as we imagined you to be. Our cats are just as helpful as you can see if you look at my flickr pictures sometime. (knitalatte11 is my flickr name)
Posted by: Margie Oomen | March 16, 2008 at 09:15 PM
Oh for the love of kitties! Mine love to do this to my canvases,wood panels,paper.... you name it. Just never leave them facing the ground or someone will have a roll and claw fest!
Sometime get a small yardage of natural canvas and leave it on the floor and see what your kitty does. Its hours of entertainment and it keeps them from hitting up your already completed surfaces.
Posted by: Katie | March 16, 2008 at 09:27 PM
Hee hee.... I can relate with your "irrational attachment" comment on the spools and initials. Most of the time it isn't a monetary value that adheres us to these sorts of things, but rather, an emotional or sentimental value. My husband fashioned a ring out of a dollar bill for me back when we were still dating in high school, and it is worth for more to me than the dollar it was created with.
P.S. I love the wall display!
Posted by: Elizabeth Kleidosty | March 16, 2008 at 09:56 PM
Thanks for sharing about the wonderful little things on your favourite wall! I think my favourite thing is still that squirrel with the mushroom drum. You didn't really mention it, but I still remember when you thrifted it. I like the jar of thread spools too. :)
Posted by: Marie | March 16, 2008 at 11:30 PM
What a wonderful little wall of treasures. Where in the world did you get a Henry Darger illustration?!
XOXO
Posted by: Annalise | March 17, 2008 at 12:53 AM
i think miette
clawed my dolly...
Posted by: kim* | March 17, 2008 at 12:54 AM
I do believe the Miette is actually marking the painting as his posession and saying he loves it. There are scent glands around his mouth. Maybe some day in the future, dna will play an important part in verification of the original artist. Be sure to lick it before it sells. :-)
Posted by: Janet | March 17, 2008 at 02:19 AM
It is indeed a marvelous wall Miss Emily!! Aren't white walls the best in the studio? I love my white walls too!! That shelf is magic, pure magic!!! And all the treasures it holds!! xxoo
Posted by: A Fanciful Twist | March 17, 2008 at 04:46 AM
the little shelf and things are so delicate and magical and the kitty is the cutest!
Posted by: Francesca | March 17, 2008 at 05:45 AM
That photo is great! What a character your cat is :o)
Posted by: Starashan | March 17, 2008 at 07:35 AM
OMG that cracks my up! LOL
Posted by: Ana | March 17, 2008 at 08:40 AM
ooo is that the start of another new painting for the update?
Posted by: Projectblancoyd.com | March 17, 2008 at 09:01 AM
Great wall...
Happy St. Patrick's Day...
Posted by: Diana Evans | March 17, 2008 at 11:45 AM
I love it when you share pictures of your home. :)
Posted by: Marilyn | March 17, 2008 at 11:54 AM
Heh, our cat Teagan chews on everything to get our attention as well. He seems to especially like wood, porcelain and metal objects, things that make a lot of noise :) That and my headphones, he always chews my headphones. Wacko. :)
Posted by: Dave | March 17, 2008 at 01:10 PM
my kitty bites all my favorite things if I do not give him attention! he knows exactly what will make me maddest if he bites it. he teaches me he must be loved or else! what silly creatures....
Posted by: Laura H. | March 17, 2008 at 02:18 PM
Miette is just using cat language for "I'm adorable. You should paint me sometime."
Posted by: Persephone | March 17, 2008 at 03:14 PM