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Chelsea Slaven-Davis
I am a mama, a reader, a writer, a picture-taker, a learner, a maker-of-things.
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I really, really wish tomorrow would be with these boys. +C Continue reading
Posted May 11, 2013 at lady i swear by all flowers
Alright! Must finish the thesis, but this is definitely on one of the burners. Thank you for the feedback! +Chelsea
Toggle Commented May 8, 2013 on ANALOG / ANYLOG at lady i swear by all flowers
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I've been feeling fairly brain-scattered lately, with all there is to do in the next couple of weeks. Here are a few of the (more lovely) places my mind has been: THERE IS a new wool people. This one is... Continue reading
Posted May 7, 2013 at lady i swear by all flowers
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This semester, I had the really awesome opportunity to take a masterclass with the really awesome Hannah Tinti, of One Story and NPR's Selected Shorts. The class was about the writer / editor relationship, and our final project was to... Continue reading
Posted May 3, 2013 at lady i swear by all flowers
Totally. It's hard to be patient, to let things fall into place slowly, but over time it all adds up into something that is authentically "home." +Chelsea
Toggle Commented May 2, 2013 on Thrifting a home at Buttons Magee Weblog
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welcome back! I'm so excited to hear more (and see more of that little sweety). +Chelsea
Toggle Commented May 2, 2013 on 2 May at barn raising
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*film shot last fall I'm very, very close to finishing my final semester of courses of grad school. I'm very, very close to scooping these beautiful little critters up in my arms for the longest hug of all the hugs... Continue reading
Posted May 2, 2013 at lady i swear by all flowers
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Every Day You Play Every day you play with the light of the universe. Subtle visitor, you arrive in the flower and the water. You are more than this white head that I hold tightly as a cluster of fruit,... Continue reading
Posted Mar 31, 2013 at lady i swear by all flowers
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What I pulled together, from my many, many musings on the matter. A set of pretty felted eggs from Katie's etsy shop, filled with yogurt-covered cranberries and dried papaya (because these were going through the mail and I didn't want... Continue reading
Posted Mar 29, 2013 at lady i swear by all flowers
Josie is an enormously wonderful friend. :) +Chelsea
Toggle Commented Mar 30, 2013 on LUCKY I AM at lady i swear by all flowers
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I highly suggest you do! They have some of it on amazon (if that is reasonable for you), and I've also seen some of their stationary at anthropologie... +Chelsea
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I received the prettiest, most thoughtfully composed package that I've ever received. And, of course, it was from Josie. She knew just the way to brighten up a bit of my baby-lonesomeness and school-work-stress. Included: Rifle Paper Co.Botanicals Labels &... Continue reading
Posted Mar 25, 2013 at lady i swear by all flowers
That girl! That second photo of her is fantastic. +Chelsea
Toggle Commented Mar 26, 2013 on bunnies at bread and buttons
this made me cry in the bathroom at school today. I miss you so. +C
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(some instagram photos from last easter.) As I won't be with the boys for Easter this year, I've been compiling ideas for a nice box to send their way. I've been sending lots of little things their way, mostly because... Continue reading
Posted Mar 4, 2013 at lady i swear by all flowers
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Just because. Taken in my pension in Bila Voda. Today I am sending in several applications for summer writer residencies -- fingers crossed something works out! I hope you have a wonderful weekend, +Chelsea Continue reading
Posted Mar 1, 2013 at lady i swear by all flowers
what a richly imaginative space to live close to, as spooky as they might be, I love wandering around old cemeteries... +Chelsea
Toggle Commented Feb 28, 2013 on POSTCARD FROM PRAGUE at lady i swear by all flowers
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That is one thing, especially, that I love about film -- that softness, the sort of dreamy quality, it is a complete product of chance (although, I'm sure more skilled photographers than myself can produce it willfully), something that isn't manipulated in photoshop... +Chelsea
Toggle Commented Feb 28, 2013 on POSTCARD FROM PRAGUE at lady i swear by all flowers
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Absolutely, Julia -- and this particular cemetery and space has a fascinating history of darkness and resurrection -- I hope to tell it soon! +Chelsea
Toggle Commented Feb 28, 2013 on POSTCARD FROM PRAGUE at lady i swear by all flowers
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Oh yes, they totally do! +Chelsea
Toggle Commented Feb 28, 2013 on POSTCARD FROM PRAGUE at lady i swear by all flowers
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Thanks, mama. +Chelsea
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thank you, SummerLily! +Chelsea
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1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. And a few more. These are mostly from Prague. Please do tell me what you think! Yours, +Chelsea Continue reading
Posted Feb 28, 2013 at lady i swear by all flowers
Thank you, Sarah! There is something really iconic about the Jesus figure in that photo... It's tricky to figure out what to order, what people will want, thank you for your input! +Chelsea
Toggle Commented Feb 28, 2013 on POSTCARD FROM PRAGUE at lady i swear by all flowers
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