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friday.

Img_8847I do not know if I was delirious or blind last night, but turns out my little paper flower made it home.

I will try to get a photo of the whole display up soon.

Today’s first mission was to find very thin wood to letterpress on in my last class tomorrow. Google led me to here. But I have no idea how to get to their retail location. Or how to understand the information presented on their website. So instead I went to Home Depot. Now, not only does every single Home Depot employee think I am completely crazy, but I am also the proud owner of a roll of woodgrain patterned contact paper. Which is exactly NOT what I was looking for.

(But cool, none the less.)

Today’s second mission is to hydrate. As in consume over a gallon of water. I woke up today and could feel the blood slooshing like mud through my veins (Paul says the technical term is "venous stasis"). Bottom line, I feel sluggish and dried out and water is just the answer.

Ka-Bam.

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7 responses to “friday.”

  1. tracy Avatar
    tracy

    Are you looking for balsa wood or veneer? A big box craft store should have balsa usually by where the model car kits are-with dowels. You know, the boy craft area. :o) I don’t know if big box home improvement store have veneer or if you would need to go to lumberyard or “boutique style” woodworking store.

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  2. Breanne Crawford Avatar
    Breanne Crawford

    was just coming to say try balsa… someone beat me to it.
    lovely flower, dear.

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  3. stephanie c Avatar
    stephanie c

    LOVE your flower – can only imagine 280 of them :)!! Can’t wait to see!!
    XOXO Steph

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  4. Stephanie Howell Avatar
    Stephanie Howell

    you are so cute.

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  5. Cameron Yates Avatar
    Cameron Yates

    I will have to come to DC PaperSource to check out your display! Love the flower. 🙂

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  6. katy Avatar
    katy

    look through your yellow pages under hardwood stores / specialty wood stores (or something similiar) – if it’s a shop that specializes in wood, they should have a beautiful range of veneers. where i live, there’s a place called OP Hardwoods that would be along the lines of the type of place to look for – they’re only local, but that type of store should have what you need. there’s a crazy amount of beautiful wood out there, i had even thought about it until reuben started getting into woodworking!
    grizzly industrial is a nation-wide place that carries packages of veneer – they only have three retail locations, but if you can’t find any other store near you, they have a massive catalog. something like this? http://grizzly.com/products/Domestic-Exotic-Veneer-Variety-Pack-20-sq-ft-/H9802

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  7. Lu Avatar
    Lu

    the flower is most lovely!

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