We came back from S. Africa 3 years ago now…May of 2010. I was really looking forward to coming home, because of just that. It felt like HOME (in my head!). We’d come back & forth a few times, & it always felt like a sweet reunion & homecoming. Tho there were some bits of…
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I’ve been a little incognito these days…under the radar…to be found hiding out at my beach casa, cross-country skiing on a frozen lake with an early pink sky, gliding along my “childhood” lake in fall whilst perching in my kayak. ah. NATURE! I freaking Love it! We had serious culture shock upon returning to the…
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Saul’s (my husband’) home town:My “home town”: For more on all of this please watch HERE or, go to http://www.playjumpeat.com for basic yet out-of-date information! 🙂 I am now starting to shoot State-side (yay!) 🙂
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I LOOVE these dropcloths. These are the evidence of much wreckless abandon from Messy Monkey participants over the years. I’ve recently had to do a lot of culling, so I ended up donating these to my daughter’s preschool. I was so happy to see them draped over their outside banisters, as I’d always wanted to…
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In “Party in a Box”, you do the “Hokey Pokey”, but in our version you do the “Messy Monkey”, & instead of “shaking it all about”, you “PAINT it all about”! Here is young gal who finished doing just that! There were so many other CUTE shots of painted bums from this particular party, but…
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I had SOO much fun helping to put on one of my “Party in a Boxes” at my neighbor’s house. If I were 11, seriously, this would’ve been one of the best days of my life.
Read MoreHi there! Long story short, I have started a “bed-jumping” project in Cape Town, South Africa, where I actually got Archbishop Desmond Tutu, amongst others, to jump on a bed, with a percentage of sales of future books & prints going to a local charity (http://www.philani.org.za/). I am carrying the project to the States, &…
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I had a lot of fun writing this blog post on Creativity for Eventbrite, & am happy to say that it goes out to 20,000 readers! Thank you, Tighe & Eventbrite for the opportunity to share!
Read MoreAmazing poem from my friend’s 10-year old daughter: I am from the painting of a hummingbird hanging on the kitchen door From my cozy bed that I sleep in every night And blackberry apple crisp made fresh I am from the growing maple tree in my sweet smelling backyard Noisy, warm The loud noise of…
Read MoreI have to share this letter recently sent to me from the Fairy Godmother: Hi Kelly As I type this, I am sitting and looking at the palm trees and beach of the second happiest country in the world, The Dominican Republic. (The happiest is Costa Rica; the USA ranks 114; South Africa 118 and the unhappiest country is Zimbabwe) Read…
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Contemporary Artist: Kelly Wainwright 