My Library

 The Lemon Art Research Library at Phoenix Art Museum

My office... with a window and door!  I am still cleaning it out but it is definitely starting to feel like my own.  I was very stressed last weekend about starting in the Library, but after being there for a week, I am much more comfortable than I realized.  I am always amazed at how much I have already learned in school and can apply.  I counted today and realized that I am managing twenty docents and volunteers who make the Library run.  The place really couldn't function without them.  They are all very welcoming and I am looking forward to working with them.

The view from the back hallway looking towards the front.



The reading room and the Astaire Fashion Library

And the stacks - the library houses about 50,000 volumes!

I am very excited about my new position and feel like after this job, I will be able to work in any library.  I can't wait to show it off when I have visitors next :)

I also won tickets to see The Color Purple at the Orphium Theatre this weekend! 

Trick or Treat Bag for Reese

I decided on a whim in the middle of a trip to JoAnn's last month to make a trick or treat bag for Reese.  I don't know how it happened but it is already October, so I decided that I needed to get my bottom in gear.  Of course, I had a vision and thankfully I have Amy to help me make it a reality.  She helped with ideas, vocabulary ("you know, block letters" "applique?"), supplies (fabric, glow-in-the-dark ric-rac, ribbon) and talking me through the details.  She promised that I would have this done by Mad Men and sure enough, I put on my list stitches five minutes before Mad Men started!  Here is the process...

And the finished project...

the font

the back

stripes inside...

My wonderful friend, Maria, sent me a package to celebrate my new job!  It contained this bag and package of postcards.  I laughed out loud when I saw them!

Thank you, Maria!