frippery + antiquated relatives.

firstly, i've been helping my mom move. the other night we were going through boxes of things and at the very bottom was this 8x10 photo of what i'm thinking might be some sort of may-day celebration play. it's dated 1913 and somewhere in it is my granny's cousin and maybe her cousin's sister. i'm not entirely sure who's who...i'm going to have to do some mathematics based on the year and my granny's cousin's age. they're all deceased now, so only deductive sleuthing will answer questions.

anyway, i think it's only THE GREATEST PHOTOGRAPH EVARRRR. i'm going to find a print shop that will blow it up to about 4 x 6 feet, have it mounted, and hang it somewhere in my haus. by the way, i took the above picture of the photo with my {precious} iPhone, thus the blurriness. also, i'm totally aware that enlarging it to such massive proportions as i intend will make it grainy and possibly a bit distorted...but i'm okay with it. this photo is my new inspiration for EVERYTHING i do.

speaking of helping mom move, here's the kiddo enjoying his new old bathtub. the haus my mom has moved into is one that lee and i restored (the longest 2 years of my life) several years back. so, naturally, the bathrooms are OLD SKOOL. that's right, i spelled it with a K. we gutted this haus to the studs and rebuilt it RIGHT. antique stainglass windows, wood floors, clawfoot bathtubs, beadboard and pressed tin ceilings....so i'm glad it's now in the hands of my mom who will totally appreciate all of the fanciness.


sometimes the sky explodes behind my workshop:

it happens to be my awesome-ness. and sometimes my awesome is dangerous™. (thanks, matt!)

this past saturday i set up shop at the new san marcos farmer's market. i wasn't sure how well it would go so the setup was what i like to refer to as katinka-lite.

it's really a fantastik and friendly market...a very austin-ish vibe with live musik to boot. it's small, but growing...and it happens EVERY saturday behind the courthouse so please make time to come out and support it when you can.

i sold a suprising amount of jewelry...including the 'entertaining in the parlor' necklace!

and now, some frippery: