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chicago, illinois…red linoleum ring

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picture pages

i am starting a new project called picture pages. picture pages will be my online book of people wearing my work. i am very excited to see all my amazing customers with their personalities shining & struttin their stuff on candid camera. i will upload images of customers wearing my goods here on my blog page. they will be in the category “picture pages”. if you want to just view the “book” of my work in action you can just click “picture pages” on the right side of the page in the categories column. if you would like to submit an image just email me the picture at info@jaimejofisher.com and include your city and state.

thanks for your efforts and submissions

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dirty laundry

what to do with that dirty laundry………wash out those greasy grimey gopher guts and hang it out to dry. i was inspired by my friend marianne when i ran into her a couple weeks ago. she told me that her and her husband had given up using their dryer. i have been thinking about the whole dryer conundrum a lot lately…whether it’s really necessary or not….seeing marianne was just the push i needed. line drying clothing is a lost art and with the movement of becoming more and more “green”, i hope it is making a come back. marianne said that the energy it takes to dry two loads of laundry is the same amount needed to run your air conditioner in your home for 12 hours. take your pick folks, we can’t have it all…give mother nature a break that she deserves.

bonus: i have found the line drying method to be relaxing…..you may too.

one trick i have learned….hang shirts upside down by pinning the bottom edge of the shirt on the line to prevent stretching and noticeable pin marks. the same with cotton pants or as chris likes to call them “quitters”. he has always teased me from way back when i would put my comfy pants on in the evening “you, feel like quittin”,

another thought…..all the chemicals that are put in our laundry detergent to make our clothes smell good after they are dried in an electric dryer will naturally happen by using the old fashioned method of line drying. are you worried about your skivvies being broadcast all over town. well, your neighbor needs a good thrill too :O)

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langdon graves

i found this amazing artist on the fecalface.com website. her name is langdon graves……find more of her work at www.langdongraves.com

enjoy!!

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clean-up

well, it’s way past THAT time for me, clean-up time studio style!!!! for any of you who have seen my “busting at the seams, i am surprised it can still hang on the wall, crap piled everywhere jewelry bench” you know what i am talking about, and if you haven’t seen it….my husband, chris doesn’t lovingly call me “crap hound” for no reason. motivated by my very skilled and generous hubby who made me a brand spankin’ new soldering station while i was in st. louis, i now have a “new”, fresh, clean, and ORGANIZED studio to work in….yippy!!!!! drum roll please…….

Ta Dah………………

here is a 360 degree view………

p.s.—don’t open the closet

p.s.s.–i will work very hard to keep my studio clean of debris and clutter….as for my jewelry bench?? i can’t make any promises :O)

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thankyou.thankyou.thankyou

thank you to everyone that came out to the webster groves’s art and air art festival. considering it was crazy hot that weekend and the storms/tornado alarms caused us to cancel the show on friday nite, it was really great to see you all on saturday and sunday. thanks for braving the heat and making my weekend much more enjoyable by stopping in to say hi, catch up and help pass the time. it is always an amazing and heart warming experience to do this show since i am from the st. louis area and my history is there. i know and see so many amazing people from my past. thanks for offering your support; for your time and effort, i am truly grateful. i hope you all enjoyed the show.

oh, thanks to me pops for helping me set up (in the questionable weather) and teaching me how to tie those invaluable knots with the bailing twine to help weight my booth……and for seconds, thanks for being “older”….you know what i mean :O)

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thrift or bust…SVDP in st. louis

here’s a pic of “my scores” at my all time favorite thrift store in st. louis.  st. vincent de paul thrift store on forest park blvd. is the best…….i llllllove going there when i go home.  that was my first stop in town after i dropped my mom off at work since she picked me up on her lunch break…….thanks ma!!  she would have gone with me if she would have been off work (yep, i get it honestly…from my mom and dad both) i am loving this color family….grey, creme, peachpink…..yum!!!  this could be my next triple pendant color family.

newsflash…..i love old luggage, old tupperware and anything peachypink and plasticky….the grey suitcase i needed for my booth display to put all my bags, pliers, receipt book and whatnots in for the show.   the tupperware container, well i just couldn’t resist…the pie slice tupperware container, come on!!!!!!  and, the purse…..i picked up at first thinking it would make great pillow making materials for my “float” pillow earrings….sorry folks, i can’t bear to cut into this gem.

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puffy fluffy whiteness

no sooner than i sat down in my seat on the plane and buckled myself in i passed out. this is high relaxation time for because i am away from my studio and seriously can no longer make work…….this is always a big relief to know that i can just “be still” for awhile. so i promptly fell asleep before the wheels of the plane even left the ground. i am always bummed out when there is a loud speaker announcement on the plane……..how many times can i really wake up from the P.A. announcement and actually fall back to sleep…..about seven times, i guess. my family has laughed at me since i was very little for being able to sleep just about anywhere. i had a straight shot flight just briefly stopping in houston to pick up a few other sky bunnies and off to st. louis we go.

the beautiful serene image of whiteness was taken out the window of the plane as i woke from my sleep. my emotion quickly went from frustration to joy. i was annoyed at the realization that my sleep would be continuously interrupted by very loud announcements “it is safe to move about the cabin”, “please do not form a line at the lavatory” but when i opened my eyes and saw this amazing view my heart was quickly filled with joy when i saw the blanket of clouds.

this picture reminds me of the quilt that i would like to make with my grandmother some day. an all white quilt with white stitching…….most quilts are really amazing and beautiful with color and pattern but i would like to make a quilt where the emphasis is on all the work that is put into it, the quilting itself. on the colorful quilts the stitching gets lost.

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art & air art festival, webster groves, mo

hello all,

i am off to bed to catch some shut eye before heading to st. louis in the morning.

come by and see me this weekend at the art and air art festival in webster groves, mo.

www.artandair.com

cheers :O)

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red polyp

here’s one more polyp piece. the red polyp double pendant…..with the added stitching detail. i love those stitches. i can’t wait until i get back from the art and air show so i can make more. i am getting down to the wire before take off. i leave early wednesday morning. now i am in the photographing, pricing, waxing & packing phase.

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