{"id":13578,"date":"2015-07-03T05:00:05","date_gmt":"2015-07-03T12:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/?p=13578"},"modified":"2015-07-02T20:18:57","modified_gmt":"2015-07-03T03:18:57","slug":"happy-friday-randomness-93","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/?p=13578","title":{"rendered":"Happy Friday + Randomness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/fridaclements-ohwhale.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-13580\" src=\"http:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/fridaclements-ohwhale.jpg\" alt=\"fridaclements-ohwhale\" width=\"800\" height=\"539\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/fridaclements-ohwhale.jpg 800w, https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/fridaclements-ohwhale-300x202.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Happy Friday! It&#8217;s been a long time since I&#8217;ve had technical issues. My laptop seems to be under the weather, and I can&#8217;t get it to snap\u00a0out of its sluggish, sickly mode, so I&#8217;m going to go back up everything lest I lose my prized files.<\/p>\n<p>Have you seen <a href=\"http:\/\/fridaclements.bigcartel.com\/category\/have-a-little-pun\" target=\"_blank\">Frida Clements<\/a>&#8216; work? Last weekend, when I participated in the <a href=\"http:\/\/urbancraftuprising.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Urban Craft Uprising<\/a>\u00a0(for a <em>Little Kunoichi<\/em> signing), I had the honor of meeting\u00a0this \u00fcber talented illustrator, albeit briefly. Frida has a fun book (aptly titled &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1452144168\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=1452144168&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=sanaishi-20&amp;linkId=NBP4HR3E6MBIL5IG\">Have a Little Pun<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=sanaishi-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1452144168\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>&#8220;) coming out this August, and I want a copy! Frida has a sweet presence and her booth was rocking it at UCU. In fact, she had a pre-order copy at the table where I was signing, and I&#8217;m sure that her book is going to sell gazillions, judging from the number of people that stopped to admire the book. Her detailed charming illustrations winningly combines with her folksy handlettering, and I couldn&#8217;t resist buying prints. My favorite is the &#8220;Oh Whale&#8221; up there, but I also got &#8220;Honey Bee Yourself,&#8221; and had I known about it, I would have gotten &#8220;Don&#8217;t be Koi&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/fridaclements-beeyourself.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-13579\" src=\"http:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/fridaclements-beeyourself.jpg\" alt=\"fridaclements-beeyourself\" width=\"800\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/fridaclements-beeyourself.jpg 800w, https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/fridaclements-beeyourself-300x203.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>*******************<\/p>\n<p>Off to address technical snafus! Have a wonderful\u00a0weekend, and for those in the US, I hope your Fourth of July celebrations are full of grilled goodness and sparklers!<\/p>\n<p><em>O Fourth of July<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Ping pong games and slip &#8216;n&#8217; slide<\/em><br \/>\n<em>We&#8217;ll have a par-tay*<\/em><\/p>\n<p>*My neighbor organizes a rip-roaring party for the Fourth every year, and there&#8217;s always an amazing feast. My stomach is growling just thinking about it&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Friday! It&#8217;s been a long time since I&#8217;ve had technical issues. My laptop seems to be under the weather, and I can&#8217;t get it to snap\u00a0out of its sluggish, sickly mode, so I&#8217;m going to go back up everything lest I lose my prized files. Have you seen Frida Clements&#8216; work? Last weekend, when I participated in the Urban Craft Uprising\u00a0(for a Little Kunoichi signing), I had the honor of meeting\u00a0this \u00fcber talented illustrator, albeit briefly. Frida has a fun book (aptly titled &#8220;Have a Little Pun&#8220;) coming out this August, and I want a copy! Frida has a sweet presence and her booth was rocking it at UCU. In fact, she had a pre-order copy at the table where I was signing, and I&#8217;m sure that her book is going to sell gazillions, judging from the number of people that stopped to admire the book. Her detailed charming illustrations winningly combines with her folksy handlettering, and I couldn&#8217;t resist buying prints. My favorite is the &#8220;Oh Whale&#8221; up there, but I also got &#8220;Honey Bee Yourself,&#8221; and had I known about it, I would have gotten &#8220;Don&#8217;t be Koi&#8221;. ******************* Off to address technical snafus! Have a wonderful\u00a0weekend, and for those in the US, I hope your Fourth of July celebrations are full of grilled goodness and sparklers! O Fourth of July Ping pong games and slip &#8216;n&#8217; slide We&#8217;ll have a par-tay* *My neighbor organizes a rip-roaring party for the Fourth every year, and there&#8217;s always an amazing feast. 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