jane winslett-richardson

I recently re-watched The Life Aquatic and have been a bit obsessed with Cate Blanchett's character, Jane Winslett-Richardson. I'm always inspired by the idea of packing the bare minimum and going out on an adventurous trip. Richardson is a simple character, but has such a strong demeanor. She always carries around an old-fashioned tape recorder and microphone and wears safari-like clothing. I've probably included too many pictures in this post, but how can I not when the entire movie could be made into a book of beautiful still images?











Converse Hi Tops $50
Vintage Panasonic Tape Recorder $16
Swann's Way $8.38 (Part of the 6 volume novel by Proust her character reads to her unborn child)
Waffle Weave Bathrobe $36
USN Canvas Sea Bag $18.99
Utility Jacket $168
Stamps of the World Poster $12

happy valentine's day

Happy belated Valentine's Day! I meant to post this yesterday, but ended up being in a cooking frenzy. I made Malachi and I a dinner of roasted chicken with veloute sauce, pea and potato mash, creamy carrots (which ended up being a favorite) and fried custard squares. No pictures since it was dark and we were too hungry to care, but it all turned out quite well. The second picture is of the wrapping on Malachi's gift. I should take pictures of the comic book I gave him because it is so sweet looking!

I hope you all had a wonderful Valentine's Day!

indian elephant card preview

A small preview of a new card series I'm working on.

desktop wallpaper

I sent this desktop wallpaper to the people who had signed up on my mailing list as a free gift a couple of weeks ago, but now I want to share it with my blog followers, too. If you like, here is a desktop wallpaper I made exclusively as a thank you to all of you who have supported my work this past year. It's a little late since it's for the month of February, but I hope you can still enjoy it as much as possible. It's not really very Small Adventure-y looking, but I wanted to reflect the month of February in a painting. There are links to the various sizes below. Thank you again for all your support and kind words over the past few months!
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almost to 100!

Hey everyone, I am at 99 sales on my Etsy shop right now! And although it may not seem like a big deal in the grand scheme of all that is Etsy, this is a big accomplishment for me so I'd like to thank my faithful blog followers by announcing that whoever is my 100, 101, and 102 customers will receive some extra Small Adventure goods in their package. And this is the perfect time to buy Valentine's Day gifts so you can purchase a gift for someone and get some free stuff for yourself. Or vice versa.

new books!

This past weekend I bought two sweet books! The Camilla Engman book I've wanted for a long time and Reform School in Silverlake had it so I bought it. Malachi and I were actually in Silverlake to drop off some of his comics to sell at Secret Headquarters, the nicest comic book store I've ever been in. I bought The Wolf's Whistle book (about a small wolf who loves superhero comics) there. It's published by Nobrow, an amazing company in England. The illustrations are incredible. I want to buy many of Nobrow's art books and comics.

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