Beam, smile, grin.

{A collection of buttons that I am keen to find good use for.}

Today I am sporting an ear-to-ear grin. A grin that comes from a new gadget that is white, electronic, bookish and marked with an apple. 

I am the proud owner of a macbook and I am free of the table and chair. A delightful and portable piece of technology, I am typing this whilst lying belly-down on the floor. Yes, I am besotted with my most amiable companion, and my new love seems bound to last the distance. 

New gadgets may not make for a smooth spinning world nor cause the sun to shine but they do afford one a generous grin. 

And now, created on said gadget... come quickly quickly, A Collection of Objects await your Friday gaze. Louise, my Mum and I invited Camilla to join our Collective Noun Exploration. She proved an undoubted perfect fit. 

{A loose collection of things I may someday need. A recent collage for A Collection of Objects.}

An Organized Collection. 

Camilla's own beautiful and delightfully Organized Collection. 

Martha's s t i l l Collection, one week in June.

Enjoy, dear ones, and see you Monday.

Comments

[louise]

Oh those buttons are almost as gorgeous as your macbook. Love your new collages. xo lj

[tommy]

My favourite position is to rest the laptop on my belly but it makes it hurt after a while. I like doing the floor position too but it's not so great for my old back nowadays. Those buttons are lovely and I look forward to seeing what you come up with.

[shari]

enjoy your new mac. a collection of objects. so great! happy weekend. xox

[Elisabeth]

It´s intresting and exciting how every object in a collection builds a new whole picture together.

Those buttons makes me think of caramels.

[mansuetude]

love laptop freedom i smiled when you said i am free of the table and chair-- they are such "domestic" objects. I wonder who invented teh first chair.

[Molly]

Those buttons are lovely!

[yasemin]

What a wonderful blog! I just discovered it today. By the way, what is your profession? Graphic designer?

[amisha]

a new mac... yay!! i looked at the mac air the other day in the apple store and i was in serious mac drool mode... one day maybe :) xox

[Sally Rhodes]

cool! How about a collection of stamps? And a collector of such a collection.... a philatelist... what a perfect word :-)

[ciara]

Yay! Welcome to macbook world!

Love those buttons!

[Brydie]

A Macbook!!! Ah, Grache, welcome to the laptop world. Although I find them incredibly handy and portable, I always seem to find myself {purely out of habit} remaining stationary at the desk. Your collections are fabulous. I admit to being a bit of an organised hoarder myself.... I have hundreds of glass vessels still floating about the rooms of my house post last year's exhibition. But on a more unusual note, I have begun collecting my cats dropped whiskers... Perhaps I'll utilise them in a future project, but for the moment they look glorious nesting in a test tube. xx

[hrsj]

Gracia, your collages just amaze me, every time.
And how fun to have a new mac and be able to type wherever you'd like to be!
I hope your projects/prep for upcoming shows is going well!

[danica]

did you decide to name your new macbook? my laptop's name is "egg whites". i know it's a bit odd, but she is well loved. and i love your new buttons too.

[fanja]

the collection of objects is a delight and your buttons are very pretty indeed. hope you had a nice weekend with your new mac! x

[Cecilia Levy]

love that collage, the colors!

[Kylie]

found a use for those buttons yet? if you can't, don't hesitate to let me know and I'll take them off your hands for you, ok?! ;) Kx

[Kylie]

found a use for those buttons yet? if you can't, don't hesitate to let me know and I'll take them off your hands for you, ok?! ;) Kx

[gracia]

Collections, macbooks, buttons - I am most contented that you, my friends, share my enthusiasm for such things.

Yasemin, belatedly I answer your question (where did June go to in such a hurry, I ask?)... I make my artwork by day and by night and it is, in a round about way "my profession". In addition, I also do a little design work for others (exhibition catalogues created and web sites built) and teach painting via distance to university students. Thanks for your interest. You'll be able to find a little more of what I make and do on our site... http://www.gracialouise.com

As to those buttons, they lie still in a recycled jam jar awaiting a use. Something perfect will come along, I'm sure.

see you, grache xo