the lazy days of summer

ahh, the summer holiday is here at last. friday was the last day of school, so now we settle in for staying up late, getting up late, relaxing,  some good food on the grill, days at the beach, a bit of floating down the creek on an air mattress. and a good book and the occasional glass of wine. i'm not entirely sure how this is different than most days, but we're already enjoying it. 

how do you want to view?

 
have you tried out the new blogger views yet?  all you do is type "/view" behind the address of your blogger blog (or any blogger blog) up in the address bar on your browser and voila, a flipcard version or my favorite, a mosaic version. timeslide is pretty cool too.  it's all your choice, with a little drop-down in the upper righthand corner. how do you want to view? have i mentioned that i love and remain ever-loyal to blogger?  it's especially fun if you're used to using flipboard on the iPad. the web is changing. and change is good.

leather iPad case

i made a leather case for our iPad today (we still have only the original one - but we love it!).

i've had this cream-colored leather for awhile and have wanted to make this. i kept seeing pictures of it in my head.

so today i decided it was time to make it at long last. i listened to the leather itself, cutting as little as possible, wanting it to retain its organic shape.

i love it. and it was actually super simple (if you don't count the panic attack where i briefly broke my sewing machine trying to sew with thick leather thread). i'm still going to decorate the flap somehow, but that will no doubt be the next thing to appear in my head.  i was so excited, i just had to share.  next up, one for my macbook air.

wordless wednesday: or iPad worship

canon AE-1 - xpro expired fujichrome 400

same photo via ArtStudio for iPad