Posts in the “TREASURE” category
Black Velvet + Silver Filigree
by angeliska on May 21, 2009
I got a new hat today. – velvet + silver filigree hat from Uncommon Objects – metal twig earrings from Parts + Labor – antler lady necklace, gift from Mlle. Verhext, made by Element Lux – watch chains necklace from (…)
Blueberry Honey
by angeliska on May 17, 2009
Good things: I received a surprise parcel this week from my long-lost friend Herr von der Goltz- it contained a disc- Music of the Tatar People and a book from 1903, German Wit and Humor. I love the nouveau cover! (…)
La Reine Masquée de Mai
by angeliska on May 1, 2009
A belated May day wish is better than none- I wished so much today to be dancing around a Maypole, garlanded in roses and festooned with flowers! Perhaps tomorrow? I wouldn’t mind swinging in the forest in frills and very (…)
Happymaking
by angeliska on April 16, 2009
These are some things making me extremely happy right now: I saw this taxidermied fetal miniature horse out at the antiques fair. He was hiding behind a fan and some other junk because the lady who had him didn’t want (…)
Late Night
by angeliska on April 3, 2009
I had a late night earlier this week, stayed up painting, pushing it all to the wall in order to have it done by morning. You reach the state of mind, alone in the studio, where time stops. It reverses (…)
Frozen Maidens in Folkloric Fantasyland
by angeliska on March 15, 2009
So winter has decided she’s not quite ready to hit the road, grey and glistening furs dripping ice-thaw in her wake! One last cold snap has popped us right in the jaw, but it brought lots of rain- which we (…)
Birthdee Glee
by angeliska on January 23, 2009
I am very happy and a tad abashed to admit that my 30th birthday was such a momentous occasion that it has taken me nearly two weeks to recover from the festivities! Our abode may never recover, in fact- we (…)
Black Forest Fashion
by angeliska on January 7, 2009
Okay, so- here’s a whole lot of inspiration for anyone attending the birthday party, and who is stumped on what to wear.. For everyone else- I wish you could come too! What would you dress as? (Clockwise, from top left) (…)
Black Forest Wishes
by angeliska on January 4, 2009
I suppose it’s a little late for making gifty wishes, but this is my fantasy wishlist, and hey- a girl can dream! First of all, I would like to wake up in this bed on my birthday morning! By Rodolphe (…)
Lone Grove New Year
by angeliska on January 2, 2009
It’s become a New Year’s tradition for me and mine to go out to Lone Grove, a ghost-town near Llano and my ancestral home. My aunt and uncle live there now, and before them my grandparents and great-grandparents lived there. (…)