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A little bit about Anodyne Design and a little bit about the life behind it. I'm Shannon, and I'm in love with all things creative. If I can't do it, I wish I could, and I'll probably try. More...

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Photo from the Road

The drive home takes two long days. Here’s a shot from somewhere between Tucson, Arizona and New Mexico. The sky was full of beautiful clouds that afternoon.

Homemade Cinnamon Walnut Ice Cream

If this isn’t nice, I don’t know what is. (Thank you, Kurt Vonnegut.)

Pressed Flower Paper & Lampshades

When I got married, my very creative mother helped me to make my invitations out of fancy paper that contained pressed flowers. All the flowers at my wedding were gerbera daisies, and while these flowers weren’t quite the same, they had the same bright, lovely colors and the basic daisy shape. The invitations turned [...]

Glass Flowers

I took this photo a couple years ago. It’s a glass installation in the lobby of the Bellagio, in Las Vegas, done by Dale Chihuly. I love the colors here. Taken after so not-particularly successful gambling. (Unless you count the strategy of gambling slow to break even in free drinks successful. In that [...]