Day 30: Carve by Becca

This is a candle holder that Mike's boss gave him when he left Bradford Woods in 2004 (and the location of which we are getting married in less than 5 weeks!) It is made from a fence post originally from the Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia...near the Appalachian Trail. I have always admired people who can carve wood...it is a beautiful art.

Day 30: Carve by Taylor

When I was driving home from work today, I was thinking that I would show off this sweet bear I carved out of a bar of soap about 5 years ago when I worked for the Boy Scouts that was still sitting in the glove box in my truck. And then I found it and realized that its not as sweet as I thought it was (from the front anyways, it does have a sweet behind)

So then I busted out some stamps I made a few years back for letterboxing that never made it to a location, and just ended up living under my desk in a box. This one is of the Swedish Chef, but you know that, because you know Bill from Pawtucket. It was carved by hand using an exacto knife and using some Steadler carving material (think oversized white eraser). I wanted to show off my topless princess leia playing guitar hero stamp made for a NWWBW challenge, but I can't seem to find it anywhere. you can see the printed version here though if you like. NOTE - the nipples are true and they will entice you.

Day 30: Carve by Em

This one was hard for me. If it were winter, I might have found a ski hill and photographed a skier carving her way down the mountain. It's not winter. And there are neither skiers nor snow to carve to be found. So, I thought I would go up to campus and find a picnic table that someone had carved into. High schoolers do that, right? Well, apparently not. Every picnic table I came across was in pristine condition. Hmmm ... How about the artist who carved her name into the bottom of my favorite coffee mug ... it's really more etched than carved, though. Then I remembered that we have this. Have you seen these? They are made by a company called "Willow Tree." Little figures carved out of wood. Willow wood? I don't know.

Day 30: Carve by J.

I instantly thought of big chunks of meat, but we don't really have any in our refrigerator. We did have a tomato though.


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Day 29: Coffee by Taylor

Fittingly, I'm extremely tired right now and can't really think too well, and could probably benefit from some coffee right now. I'm not overly happy with this one, as this was one of those themes that I've known about since the beginning and was excited about and had some ideas for it, and then the big day arrives, and...nothing. never got around to doing the original idea, and this one seemed alright.

Also, FYI, September themes are loaded into the calendar, so the "upcoming themes" section is fully stocked. I will post a pdf of the themes tomorrow, but if you are jonesing to know what is coming, you can check out the official ASAOTC Google calendar.

Day 29: Coffee by Em

These are coffee beans. Mmmmmm ... they come to us every month from New England, Vermont specifically. When J and I moved to Virginia and went to the grocery store, we were very, very disappointed in our coffee selection. Since we had found deliciousness of the coffee variety when we lived in New England, we figured "Why not just buy the good stuff?" Why not indeed.

The scruffy looks comes from clipping my photo to a mask of that shape.

Day 29: Coffee by J.

Here's a coffee machine duel. Shot from the point of view of one of the coffee machines. This one is sizing up his opponent. His vision is a little poor though.


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Day 29: Coffee by Becca

This weekend we attended a reception in Rockport, MA. It was beautiful! We stayed at a little B&B called Pleasant Street Inn. Though we were not there for long, we had a nice time! Here is a picture of their coffee bar.

Day 28: Girl by J.

Today was board game day again, so there weren't any girls anywhere nearby. But we do have an amazing painting of a girl in our living room. This is my favorite painting ever (even more than the smoking cat wearing a hat).


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Day 28: Girl by Taylor

We are in Rockport MA this weekend attending a wedding, and are staying in a bed and breakfast in the pouring rain....yup. This is Becca by the way, putting on makeup.

Day 27: Block by J.

More from the block figure project I've been working on. These are tests of the 4.5" versions, which are twice the normal size. Once September/October comes I should have enough money to really go forward with a short, short run.. unless I win the Mega Millions tonight. 1 hour and 10 minutes until they pull my numbers.


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Day 26: Book by Taylor

The last two days have been pretty non-stop for me, with a 15 hour day followed by an early AM 11 hour day, leaving me pretty much wiped from doing anything productive aside from incoherently yelling and drinking beer. nothing new I guess, but its a lot harder when your tired. Anyways, great book with one of our first wedding gifts - the crowbar.

Day 26: Book by Becca

Day 26: Book by J.

The person who used to own this book is awesome.


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Day 25: Fly by J.

Lando stole a better skiff.


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Day 25: Fly by Em

Pssssst! ... Your fly is down!

Day 24: Plane by Becca

In 2002-2004 I worked at an outdoor center in central Indiana. I absolutely loved living and working there. During the summer we had 10 weeks of camp working with kids and adults with various types of chronic conditions.

Camp Little Red Door was one of the camps...and a lot of fun! It is for kids with cancer, in remission from cancer and their siblings. One year the theme was geared around a contest with balsa wood airplanes...this was our camp shirt for 2004. Elwyn decided to pose with the shirt.

Day 24: Plane by Taylor

Home Depot is a wonderful place full of things that I don't think I will ever need, but could find some amazing uses for. Like the nail guns, so many uses, none of them practical. Anyways, this is a plane.

Day 24: Plane by J.

I sat outside waiting for planes tonight. They fly by our house just about every minute or two at dinnertime. It was rush hour on land as well, and I was right out on the main street. Nobody yelled anything at me, but I got a lot of looks.

I also took a picture of the moon and there was a little tiny plane in front of it that must have been taking off. With a better lens, I could have had a really cool picture.


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Day 23: Bus by H

A bit of graffiti-public-relations-style propaganda on a bus-stop in Perth. (Hi Luke! Hi Suzanne! I am on your side of the island, breifly.)