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Sanae Ishida

A crafty little atelier in a grey city

I Can Do Anything, But I Can’t Do Everything

March 4, 2015

Throughout my childhood and beyond, my mom kept telling me that I can do anything that I set my mind to. I believed her wholeheartedly and set my mind to many career paths, and I have accumulated quite an eclectic background in various fields and industries. I jumped from corporate boardrooms to high school classrooms to theater productions to technology groups to the freelance life in writing, sewing, illustrations and photography. I seem to perennially be a Jane of all trades, master of ... Read more

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Happy Friday + Randomness

February 27, 2015

Happy Friday! A little illustration I made for a friend - I FINALLY started making progress on the custom illustrations and will start shipping them out over the next few weeks. Note to self: learn how to under-promise and over-deliver instead of the other way around. This illo reminded me of how, late last night, our neighbor texted me for help. A bird mysteriously appeared in her house and was flapping wildly around in her bedroom. The odd part is that nothing was open -- no doors, no ... Read more

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Beauty

February 25, 2015

  There is a beautiful woman I see nearly every morning during my walk. Her hair is the shade of honey-infused lemon and I haven't been able to discern the color of her eyes, but I'm guessing they're blue. Slim, with delicate, symmetrical facial features and perfectly shiny, unfrizzy hair (I'm a bit obsessed with shiny, unfrizzy hair, if you haven't noticed - my own tresses are channeling Einstein's), she looks like an aristocratic, polished Barbie. I've never seen her smile, but I'd bet ... Read more

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Happy Friday + Randomness

February 20, 2015

Happy Friday! I got this beautiful hellebore plant a little while ago and wanted to capture the lovely transition from creamy white to this gorgeous dusty pink. Since I possess an industrial-strength black thumb, it's already dying -- I love plants so much, but they all immediately wither under my care. I'm a little insecure about this inability of mine to nurture flora, as if it's some serious character flaw that reflects my ineptitude to nurture all living things (i.e. my ... Read more

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Happy Friday + Randomness

February 13, 2015

Happy Friday! So tomorrow is Valentine's Day, and I have no idea how that snuck up on me, given that Ute and I are hosting an exchange for this very day. I just found out that my SVE partner got her gift early (!!) and I'm beyond impressed with Switzerland's postal system, but then again, I should have expected that from the country that gave us the Swiss watch. I plan on doing more of an extensive recap in a week or two, but check out #2015sve on instagram and our Flickr pool -- I'm not ashamed ... Read more

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