day 226

understandably appealing only to carnivores

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day 225

loved this one!  i had been thinking of this for a long time and it finally came to be.  it was a happy surprise that my daughter (right) and her friend have hair exactly the same length!  i love the straight vs. curly!

day 224

ok, so the bruise was just a start, but with a little eye shadow  you would swear it really was heart-shaped!

day 223

it was a "what am i going to do?!" night .... and, predictably, the inspiration was there

day 222

one length of ribbon and two beads...

day 221

i don't know why there are random "v"s cut into our curbs, but they do make a nice start to a heart

day 220

     confession:  i do love my occasional     Meal of Happiness.  french fry love.

day 219

     Pizza trying to be a heart.  It's a stretch (but it was tasty).

day 218

after spotting a promising-looking bush outside a local restaurant, I crept over on an early sunday morning with my clippers - my daughter as an accomplice - and (feeling quite the mischief-maker) with a few snips transformed it ....... i hope diners are pleasantly surprised

day 217

playing with positive and negative space

day 216

my maple tree didn't mind being used for heART's sake

day 215

this only took a few minutes but this banana started aging almost instantly.  not one for saving.

day 214

this one quickly threatened to burn out of control...lucky it even resembles a heart!

day 213

the sweet Shelley poem we printed on the program for our wedding ceremony 25 years ago, recreated on this vintage typewriter

day 212

a magnetic mosaic of nails

day 211

tiny antique ivory dice and favorite family board game, Pollyanna

day 210

carved out of a block of clay

day 209

I folded white paper, made very thin cut-outs, and backed it with orange paper

day 208

this tiny cross stitch took 4 hours to make!

day 207

after fiddling with a toilet paper tube i had sitting around, i decided it would look most fun doing its intended job.  i wrenched the tube out of a fresh roll and re-inserted the heart-shaped tube.....t.p. at its funnest!

day 206

I carved a round piece of soapstone, which took a bit of effort!

day 205

playing with paper at Pour La France........... et voilà!

day 204

the sun was shining through a patio chair onto a  post and I thought it was cool so i quick cut out a paper heart and taped it to the chair to make a heart shadow before the sun changed (bonus: a fantastic demonstration of a run-on sentence)

day 203

happiness is a heart-shaped foil thingy with little colored ball thingies in it

day 202

looks like blood but it's food coloring  :)

day 201

I hacked away at our fence post with a saw and chisel to make this permanent heart

day 200!

dear dead fly in my window, if i trim off your wayward legs you become a heart for today!  yes, i will pin you down and make a specimen of you and call you the latin translation for  "heart fly".  happy day 200.

day 199

waking up the grass with a bit of love

day 198

i collected these dandelion puffs blowing around the parking garage at the airport in Denver, thinking future heart thoughts.  somehow they take on a blue tinge against the black paper

day 197

i wrenched these big pine cones off a discarded branch by the side of the road, and they fit together perfectly <3

day 196

an anniversary sentiment from my husband

day 195

a collection of faced plastic flowers found blowing around an old cemetery near Mendocino, CA

day 194

on vacation and what to do?  weave my napkin through the tabletop during lunch!  done!

day 193

a little collection of foreign coins on a vintage map

day 192

let there be heart-shaped light by putting black paper behind the lamp shade

day 191

i'm on an industrious streak....using a stepping stone languishing in my garage, i made a mosaic using broken dishes and some beautiful pottery pieces i found on a trip to new zealand years ago.  it took all day, but i made it happen by midnight!

day 190

millie's ears.  well, just the extra fur i cut off the bottoms

day 189

one of my faves - i spent a lot of time visualizing how to make this - i cut away a box so one corner was left then pierced the sides in the shape of the top half of a heart.  i wedged a washer into a slit in the bottom to anchor thread which I sewed through the holes.  ta da!

day 188

i invented this heart by draping a chain over 2 bottles then adding a crystal to weigh down the center, and another to create the point at the bottom (i also had to empty my china cabinet!)

day 187

a paper window becomes a heart when it's opened