the little whitman

photos by dominique hamilton


curious about jake's bass

his "innocent" face...but we know he's a devil!!!

Bizarre Bazaar May 16th and 17th

Fair Ophelia Designs @
The Bizarre Bazaar

I have a new summer design for the burlap bags and wrist cuffs!! I may bring out the button earrings as well...

School is almost out and sewing will be resurrected!!!!

What I've Been Doing...

I just got back last week from holy!holy!holy! east coast tour(s). i rocked the accordion for two weeks, along with my 8 other band mates making some beautiful ruckus music. so i'm back and have three more weeks of class before...SUMMER BREAK!!!! and then maybe i'll post here more than once a month. check out our band site and i'll see you all back here sooner than later.

xoxo
angela

the last month...

whitman and his che

fair at the rocks

hard-core whit

momma and fair

playing music and looking serious

all of these amazing photos are courtesy of dominique hamilton. we are recording holy!holy!holy!'s EP this sat. and school is crazy, so I'm sorry for the sparseness, but it will continue for only awhile longer. keep updated at the band's blog holy!holy!holy! i will be part of craft mafia's Green With Indie Show March 21st and 22nd. All bag sales will be halted until then, unless you say please...

xoxo

me and my accordion

Our first recorded practice... of the resurrected holy!holy!holy!
this is why i've been away for so long, but balance will be found...

out with the beard... and in with...

yes, my husband is one sexy vaudvillian.

sewing day

despite michael being sick and sleeping the day away, i was able to make two new bags. thanks largely to the christmas gifts from my dad that arrived today, keeping the kids occupied. i'm also posting a picture of the new coffee sack market bag. i had a few request for some non-messenger bags and decided to give one a try and it worked out nicely.
we watched "lars and the real girl" tonight and it was great! heart-wrenching and hilarious, a combo you can rarely go wrong with. and ryan gosling...(insert sound of my heart fluttering here)

i really wanted to keep this one...

oranginess

coffee sack market bag

i love using michael's painting as a back drop. everything is more dramatic...

last night...

last night we had a franklin house event with two amazing bands and a few special guests that popped in. a paper cup band is from minneapolis, mn. their drummer kyle (a.k.a rupert angeleyes, a.k.a. elsworth toohey) played our forth of a lie event earlier this summer. dirty fist! returned for their second show this year. fair was especially anxious for the chelseas (yes...both of them are named chelsea) to arrive. they are one of the reasons for why we gave fair her violin a bit early. and she snuck out with it to join a paper cup band. cute. johnny, from tin tree factory, and ryne watts showed up (visiting family for the holidays) and played as well. we had a full house and despite a heater that stopped working on one of the coldest days so far... it was one of the most lively and enjoyable shows of the year. i got to work on my accordion sqeezin' and it lit a flame under my rear to start practicing with the band again, now that school is out for the next month. here's to more nights of love...

fair's debut with a paper cup band.

tin tree factory





dirty fist!





xoxo
angela

Christmas Coffeesack Tree Skirts are here!

made from repurposed burlap coffeesacks and home decor fabric!

limited supply in my etsy shop

Bags are Here

www.fairophelia.etsy.com

catching up

michael latest metamorphasis

at the park

momma and whitman

fair

michael? ... nope.

his twin arrived on our doorstep last week, Bryce Midas is his name.

slowing down, speeding up

sorry I have been missing in action, but things are starting to slow down here... only to speed up for the holidays. i'm almost half way through my fall semester and the Franklin House is sparse, due to the coming cold. fair ophelia designs is getting really busy and will stay that way through the new year. i will be making my first trip back to Portland on wednesday. i am excited beyond words for this vacation.
michael and i have started to play music together. oh yeah, i have taken up the accordion and it has been quite the venture. it must be one of the most complicated instruments to play and on top of the playing, i'm singing as well! we may just become a gillian welch cover band with the amount of amazing songs she has. "miss ohio" was the first one we conquered.
i'll write more soon!
much love
angela

in my back yard

tuesday night we had a house show, of barbara arriaga's solo cello work. looping peddles and a delay can create a one woman orchestra. the franklin house is doing well and school is starting next week. we'll see how i survive. here's a photo from barbara's performance. by virginia. it pretty much captures the night.

fruits of our labor

this zucchini was hiding from me... and its a big one. (roughly 5 in in diameter!!!)

our garden is pushing out lots of cucumbers and now the zucchini are popping up. the tomatoes are a deep orange... a few more days...

my love

michael (photo by virginia harold)

come home!!!!!

holy!holy!holy! sunday aug. 3rd

the nifty flyer i made for michael's coming home show, for holy!holy!holy!, here at the franklin house.

sunday aug. 3rd
6 pm - ???

i love bansky.

unloading

i've finally downloaded all of the pictures from the last month..

garden time

the kids love the garden. whitman and fair are always eager to help water and weed. we let a few of our cucumbers get enormous and fair fell asleep with her new "baby." a few of our tomatoes are turning orange and the corn are growin' some nice ears.

skirt crazy

fair has been begging me to sew her some clothes and my first non-costume sew was this cute green skirt. her favorite color is red, so i added a nice polka dot patch to appease her. i must say her outfit came together quite well! mommy's necklace tied it all in...

bangs

the day after the boys left, i decided to take a jump and cut me some bangs. i was scared that it would come off as soccor-momish,. but i think it's a nice change.

camera obscura part deux

more photography by fair and whitman.

i love this one.

home alone again

it has been one week since michael left with his band, holy!holy!holy!, for tour. usually when he goes out of town i overhaul our home... organize, rearrange, clean, clean, clean but i haven't found the motivation. i'm missing him. one more week and i'll have him back. until then i'm going to try my hardest to be productive... i do have a reputation to uphold!

camera obscura

fair and whitman have been practicing their photography...

home alone

the boys took off this morning to trek on up to PAPA Festival. Holy!Holy!Holy! is the opening band for the festival and the boys are excited and nervous. It's their first big show and the kids and i are staying home, due to me being sick for the past few days. I'm looking forward to see all of the pictures and hear the stories.
on a sadder note, michael's dad went into the hospital on Father's Day, for more heart problems. michael headed up there on Monday and is getting picked up by the band on their way to the festival. his dad is feeling a lot better and will be going home tomorrow. we are most likely going to help him move down, from ohio, to be closer to us to help out. it will be hard, but everything works out in the end...
our friend virginia harold is an amazing photographer and has been capturing some beautiful shots of the kids and of the franklin housers. so i'll leave you all with one of her captured moments.