PLEASE UPDATE! New website and blog

Hello! And FYI!

As of today, my website and blog are at a new home.

The two bits are now integrated together on the same platform, which means that to keep following the blog, you’ll need to update your link to it. Here’s the info and options to make the swap:

• Website: www.tinajett.com (same URL, directs to new site)

• Blog: www.tinajett.com/blog (same URL, directs to new site) – You may need to re-enter this URL on your blog reader service (Feedly, etc.) to make sure it points to the updated version.

• To update the feed for the blog, please use this URL: http://feeds.feedburner.com/tinajett-blog

• To start/continue receiving blog posts by email, click here to (re-)enter your address.

• Need to get on the newsletter mailing list? We can fix that, too. Click here to subscribe.

See you on the other side!

Tina

New prints in the shop!

After a long bout with my printer, we have come to an agreement. It will finally print things in the right colors, and I will finally not want to smash it. Yet. To celebrate, I’ve rolled out some new prints!

You may recall my Adventure Scouts project that finished up earlier this year. The 84 hand-painted badges from the program were grouped into seven sets. Those sets are now available in the Etsy shop. Huzzah!

Procrastinations: Last week’s slack fodder

• From the guys that brought you “Whole Foods Parking Lot”, it’s “Mixologist“

• A sandwich. That’s made out of paper. That’s really a book.

• Dogs in shopping carts, being pushed by dogs

• Old photos of ice cream trucks. Delicious.

• Oscar Meyer’s new ad campaign gold for bacon

• A guy walks into a bar…

• A cat verbally expressing love for corn-on-the-cob. You’re welcome.

• Nothing like videos to spy on life in decades past. The Look at Life series of films are some of my favorites.

• Viva la vacation – A history of getting away from the everyday in the U.S.

• This one did me in a little – 21 Pictures that Will Restore Your Faith in Humanity

365 illustrated blog posts – No. 148 Big Ben

365 illustrated blog posts – No. 147 Things I Made Out of Triangles

365 illustrated blog posts – No. 146 Things I Made Out of Squares

365 illustrated blog posts – No. 145 Things I Made Out of Circles

Procrastinations: Last week’s slack fodder

• Slide show! Projecto – The mini projector for your Instagram photos

• Photos of famous landmarks while they were still under construction

• File under “Beautiful Things No One Does Anymore” – Remembering Esther Williams

• Done (with a few lyrical liberties) – A capella version of the Game of Thrones theme

• Starbucks Coffee Perfection – a bean-to-cup papercut video

• Smoking kids and skeletons with French horns – Unexplainable Black & White Photos

• Bike lock yarn bomb

• More of this, pleez – Seattle’s Urban Food Forest is Open for Foraging

• Six art installations that bring out your inner child

• A moment of silence – Rest Stops: Vanishing Relics of the American Roadside

365 illustrated blog posts – No. 144 Areas of Study I Find Interesting

Things I gleaned from my dad

Giving in to my whims, 1981

Things I gleaned from my dad:

• Love of movies
• Love of photography
• Love of old things
• Love of festivals
• Love of DIY and interior design
• Love of ice cream
• Love of sport
• A firm handshake
• Work for what you want
• Aspire
• Explore
• Have manners
• Be considerate
• Don’t take yourself too seriously

He never thought I was too young or too old to learn and experience things. He encouraged a balance of femininity and strength. He never got angry when I could never take a picture without a goofy smile.

He left too soon.

Miss you, dad.