Stephanie
Saturday, May 29, 2010 at 08:07PM This could be one of the most surreal and outright FUN moments I've experienced as a blogger.
Amy, from A Commonplace Life, generously asked if I'd like to participate in her recent project. It took less than a millisecond to scream YES! A little over a year ago, I asked Amy to help me with a project that changed the trajectory of my life. That was the moment she switched from anonymous blogger to bloggy-friend. Then she did the redesign for Lula Inc, which became the moment she switched from bloggy-friend to actual friend. I think she's enormously talented and has created a radical (literally and figuratively) body of work this month.
My favorite thing she said about me was about my voice. Funny thing, when we first spoke over the phone I thought she sounded very serious and wise. Then we spoke to each other using iChat, and I realized her house is a three-ring circus of batshit crazy. Lovely people everywhere, handmade quilts on the wall, food, stuff, life, toys, happiness, ease. It reminded me very much of my Grandma Lula's house, the house I grew up in, the house I'm trying to recreate.
And since our interaction required visual documentation, she became a reason for me to wear fancy earrings and lipstick in the middle of the day. I did not, however, take a shower. Thank heaven iChat doesn't require a smell check.
entertainment, friends
Reader Comments (4)
Funny. I wanted to apologize and tell you that only a half hour earlier the house would have been a bastion of calm and quiet, but the truth is that it's mostly like you saw. Or crazier.
Thank you.
xo
And by the way - the first thing I said to Niall when we 'hung up' was 'now that was FUN'.
two very lovely posts: this one and the one i saw over at Amy´s, too. i love her series on women (or mothers especially) and was so surprised and happy to find you there, Stephanie.
you two a kindred spirits it seems, how lucky that you´ve found each other..
claudia
I'm so glad that Amy featured you - so nice to meet you! I think I'll stick around for a while :)