Gross National Happiness World Project

A multi-disciplinary celebration of worldwide happiness

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Well, this week I sold a sewer grate I was going to use on a piece to make a table. Who knew. #recycle #Upcycle #urban #Seattle #multimedia #artist

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Behind the scenes, on location for a recent shoot with two opera singers, in a fabulous alley. For photographers, location scouting is like place-stalking. #photography #onlocation #seattle #urban #alley #photoshoot #gritty #brick #behindthescenes #pacificnorthwest #location #photographer

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Aside from books I make a few home furnishings here and there as well. This is a reclaimed round 4 layer wooden beauty I found and have given her a happy new life with fresh paint and sealed her with a homemade soy wax and walnut oil recipe. She's ready to travel to her new forever home! She was a sad little girl when I found her but I give her a cheery coat of red and white with polkadots. If you are interested in purchasing this pretty girl, fire off an email to me. See my profile for address. @reclaimed @reuse @recycle @furniture @DIY @bookshelf @displaycase @polkadots @artisan @handmade @retro @vintage

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6 more reasons to work at home. Copyright 2016 Anjani Millet

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I'm really excited about this project that is almost complete and is going to be up on my brand-new store next week. Stay tuned!

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Started out a rough day. But chalk paint and Yo-Yo Ma make everything new again. #studio #artist #chalkpaint #yoyoma #vintage #upcycling #refinish #diy

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The gorgeous new antique box I just bought, a curtain fixture box with rotating lid. This will be a box for a new book I'm making about my mother who has this thing about curtains. Purchased in the littleish town of Grand Junction in, I swear, the best antique store I have ever seen.

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Sure, it was two days ago, but hey! Let's keep the love going, riiiight? Happy Valentine's Day! These little red beauties are wooden clothespins I painted red... they are going to make a little cute clothes line in my studio upon which to hang my vintage aprons. Oh, the cuteness! Stop it! #love #Valentine #artiststudio #retro #Vintage #apron #decor #holiday #studio

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I'm super excited! I had a junkie old hall closet that I converted to a sweet pretty little office and I can't stop looking at it. It's the first day I'm going to sit down and work in here. #Vintage #weddingdress and #Upcycled desk, clock, chair and silver glass candle and box. #antique purse and hat. It's teatime! #home #closetoffice #decor #artist #feminine #diy

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This was fun (and laborious!) to make. It's a boxed book, in which the book lives within this box. Every part of this, including the box, was made by yours truly. Because why? Because it's fun! It has a teensy tiny book on a bookmark, another time handmade book held with bookbinding thread. Rich brown, maroon, cream. #sketchbook #blankbook #journal #handmade #bookbinding #bookart #clamshellbox

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Yay! My pretty new baby book has arrived. This commissioned sweetheart is on her way to her new home. Watercolor paper, ink and red silk thread. #artist #bookart #handmade #book #love

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And so it begins! My next book is being born! Without the vagina pain. Good deal. #book #handmade #bookart #birth #artist

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My pretty, soft, thick #handmade book which I call Snowy Woods. It is now available on my Etsy store!! See link in profile. #bookart #book #handmadepaper #white #fauxleather #green #journal #blankbook #sketchbook (at Seattle, Washington)

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One of the things I love the most about what I do is all the little toys. Here is a collection of #tools I use as both a #bookartist and a #photographer, including an automatic awl, copper wire, #Polaroid backs, pressed flowers, photographic print, brushes, miniature knobs. Lower right is my #book '579', available in my #Etsy store. See bio for link. #artist

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"I'll Give You a Day's Grace" - handmade journal and red burlap sack. by Anjani Millet 201 #handmade #book #bookart #fabric #paper #seen #redthread  made with @flipagram #flipagram #art #pictures #artsy #gallery #creative #artist #drawings #paintings #illustrations #creativity #flipaart See full video at https://flipagram.com/anjani.millet

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Packaging up my book, "I'll Give You a Day's Grace" for shipment. I have to say I love this book. I hug it, I love it, I kiss it, and I send it to its new home. #blankbook #handmade #Etsy #journal #artist #bookart #love

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Detail shot of the pretty stitching on my recent book, "I'll give you a days grace." #bookart #artist #journal #blankbook #handmade #Etsy