music is always in my mind

so yet another area of my creativity that i love to share is MUSIC!!! i have been making compilations since high school and i learned how to from my older brother who i thought at the time was the tape maker master of milwaukee.  i have learned much more from other masters and i feel that i have become a yoda of music compilations in my world of tastes which are far reaching.

i thought i would share a list as we leave this heart felt holiday behind us.  this is a list i gave to two dear people and now to you.  enjoy the silliness of it always.

how do I love thee? let me count the ways

1.          nessun dorma – luciano pavarotti

2.          love me – the little willies w/norah jones

3.          let’s stay together – al green

4.          lovely day – bill withers

5.          heart skipped a beat – the xx

6.          take off your cool – outkast w/norah jones

7.          stay with me – sarah jaffe

8.          e ku’u morning dew – keola beamer

9.          this guy’s in love with you – herb alpert

10.   right next to you – elizabeth & the catapult

11.   words of love – jessica lea mayfield

12.   everybody hurts – r.e.m.

13.   yellow – jem

14.   love come – sarah mc lachlan

15.   my love – sia

16.   I do believe in love – katie melua

17.   tonight you belong to me – josh ritter w/blake hazard

recycle & reuse

been a whirlwind these last few weeks and this is just a quick touchdown in between trips.  one of the areas that i am also passionate about is the environment and protecting the earth's resources so that the billions of us who live on it will be able to enjoy it for a very long time.

with my arts & crafts i try to repurpose things - reuse paper/ribbon/boxes, use found objects  or find new uses.  one of the things i repurpose are cool magazine images or stock book photos for cd covers and gift wrapping paper.  one of my favorite craft stores that has the pleasure of accepting a lot of my money over my lifetime is paper source and they too shared the idea of repurposing with their calendars by stamping on the back of them templates for file folders, A4 cards, gift cards and pillow boxes.  

so of course i did that with my old calendar and attached is sample of a simple valentine pillow box that i gave as a gift.  endless possibilities with these beautiful calendars but what i loved is that they drew the outlines for me so all i have to do is cut away.  it's the little things that keep us happy and stress-free.
be well and cheers!
marlo