Ace Camp - Tif Fussell - dottie angel dearies 2

As Tif would say - "a peachy workshop, indeed".

A little thrifting after the most extraordinarily long taxi ride through downtown Seattle at rush hour on Friday to the largest thrift store I have ever seen in my life followed by two days of crafting and sewing. Thank you so much, Tif and thank you dearies 2 for coming from all over the U.S., Canada and even Holland.

These photos are images taken by Lisa Call. I'll have mine up soon but am on my way to Morocco this very minute.

Angela searches the world wide web - March 19, 2012

I'm getting ready for an onslaught of travel - which is incredibly awesome but I'm making sure all my "t's" are crossed and "i's" are dotted. In a few weeks I head to Seattle for the Ace Camp with Tif Fussell and the dottie angels dearies 2, then off to Morocco with Suzanne Northcott and 11 other women and after that I return back to Whistler for a few days followed by an Ace Camp in Sweden with Camilla Engman.

I have a few days - like 5 or so before I arrive in Sweden so have been trying to figure out where to go and what to do while in Europe - so I came up with some of these ideas below.

Do I stay in northern Europe and ride a bike around Copenhagen, or go to Amsterdam and visit the flea markets or do I head back to Paris and chomp out at Galeries Lafayette again? Do I take a ferry, or camp on a Greek Island, or train it to Belgium or Stockholm?

Oliver Jeffers

Stockholm
Copenhagen
Paris

In my search and as often happens I spent some time getting lost and ended up on the site Welcome Beyond looking for future accommodations for Ace Camps - so then I started thinking Belgium.

Welcome Beyond - Belgium - La Classe


Tunisia - Dar Hi — Séverine: “Yes, it’s very much like a retreat. When you’re there and you see the sunset and hear the mosques, it’s just an amazing experience.


France - Chateau Du Chiron


This came right out of the blue as one search led to another and really, no absolutely, has nothing to do with my Europe search...but I liked it so am sharing the work of Emily Fischer. Emily runs a custom quilt studio called Haptic Lab and has designed a Great Lakes quilt. If you grew up in this region, you might feel as fondly about this as I do.


Tourist Magazine - "When did expensive and impossible to find become so unbearably cool? I look to my 5 year old niece for inspiration when it comes to fashion and my 90 year old grandma when it comes to attitude."

Travelettes - I stumbled on this website and discovered the work of Ana Cabaleiro and spent a fair bit of time searching for Euro inspiration...where to go, where to go....?

image: Ana Cabaleiro
image: Ana Cabaleiro

Wandering off course again I discovered the photography of Thomas Hauser.


...and found this postcard - A Platform Journal


I haven't made my mind up yet...but stay tuned.

You are invited! Here's your chance to meet dottie angel.

photo above scooped from Jessie's facebook page credit: Jessie Senese

LOOK! A photo of all the "dearies" in the Seattle Ace Camp last year in Tif's book.


Look for your little lucky bunny inside the glassine envelope of dottie angel goodies that comes with each book.

The stories of dottie angel are also right here.