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Instead of a Flickr Favorites this week, I wanted to explore the world of We ♥ It to find some pretty visuals and I was not disappointed. Click for larger view.
Have a nice weekend everyone! I probably won't update until the middle of next week. Monday is a holiday and weather permitting, I'm going to try to be out and about.
Just got some much needed new music for my long commute to and from work...
Doesn't the singer Michael Poulsen look sharp? I love this look. Yes I've regressed back into a 16 year old fangirl.
While I do consider myself a metalhead, that's not all I like and I feel sorry for people who just limit their musical tastes to just one kind of music whether it's just metal, rock, punk, hip-hop, anything. I guess you can get away with it when you're 14. I just avoid listening to all of the garbage music record companies put out. I tend to not like a lot of newer artists and so I get excited I come across a gem that gives me hope for the state of music - which has seen better days.
So happy to put my Scarlet Love Bird in the mail yesterday. I put a lot of work into beading this necklace and was very pleased with how it came out. I especially love the diamond shaped rose bead I included. I was *thisclose* to keeping it for myself. I hope it's new owner will love it.
While reading one of my favorite blogs, A Beautiful Mess, I was happy to read that they are having a a 'pop up' dress shop at Red Velvet Art starting tomorrow.
Yes please! I think dresses have become my latest obsession. Right now I only have thirteen dresses, this one being the latest I purchased from ScarlettVintage.
Do you know what today is? Today is the first day of my week off! Sure it means nothing to you but I'm just giddy. My plan is to take it easy and not think about waking up early, rushing to catch the train, data entry until my eyes bug out, rushing to catch the train home, dinner at 8 pm, wash, rinse, repeat.
First order of business: New rings!
These rings are fun to wear because the size of the flower is big enough to catch one's attention but it's not too crazy. My boyfriend cast these and painted them. I'm always grateful for his assistance. The teal flower is just one solid color, I like how it came out.
Dig the green nails? I didn't want to wait until St. Patrick's Day to do them up again. :)
UPDATE
The teal flower sold within 10 minutes of me posting it. I think that's the fastest turnaround time ever for me. I may have to work on another one because it is a pretty awesome color. Thank you!!!
Flickr Favorites for this week (on a Friday no less). These dolls are more stylish that I am.
1. 128/365 Yellow, 2. - Ruleless -, 3. Noah (Pullip Cinciallegra), 4. Priya, 5. - Dálya -, 6. Lenore - Pullip Celsiy, 7. Zombuki Dia Outside, 8. Untitled, 9. sindy04 Created with fd's Flickr Toys
Happy Hump Day! I wanted to begin this entry with some new necklaces I added to the shop.
I don't consider myself much of a "trend" follower but I am currently really liking the long-strand necklaces I see being worn so you may see even more those popping up in the shop.
I made a couple of changes around here. First, I got rid of the Sponsorship space, it just wasn't taking off and I am not the type to push it every month. Second, in it's place, I installed a Formspring form. I just set up an account and thought it would be fun. Sometimes my mind draws a blank on what I want to say so here's a tool that may help. You're free to ask anything about anything (even anonymously!) and I'll try not to sugarcoat my answers. :)
As some questions start to come in, I'll post them along with my answers here. Let's have some fun!
Speaking of fun, I was having a little TOO much fun playing around with Photoshop. Here's me modeling a new dresses from Charlotte Russe.
Recently I spent a Saturday working at Clay, Wood & Cotton while Kristy and Kristen were on the road doing Renegade Austin. How sweet of them to trust me with the shop for a day. It helps that I am already familiar with a lot of the designers if anyone had a question, I had some sort of a clue. While I didn't have my camera with me, I did take some pictures of the shop during another visit I wanted to share (click for a larger view).
I'm gonna delay the post I had originally scheduled today to post about another great talent loss. Its only been a month since I posted about Pete Steele now here I am again paying tribute to a true Metal God.
I was so sad when it was confirmed yesterday that Ronnie James Dio lost his battle to stomach cancer yesterday morning. He was 67. His voice has to be one of my favorite singing voices ever to listen to and if you ask anyone about him, the first thing they'll comment on is the powerful, larger than life voice coming out of this little man. His interviews were some of the best. He was so articulate, intelligent, funny and poetic.
I am lucky I got to see him when he reunited with Black Sabbath (as Heaven & Hell) and yeah, hearing that voice live left me smiling the whole show. I'm just thankful for the catalog of great music Mr Dio has left us. I hope he has found his place in his Metal Throne holding a gigantic sword surrounded by fire-breathing dragons and happy little frogs.
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1. EINE - Lettering - P, 2. letter U, 3. card letter l, 4. Educational Brick Letter P, 5. s plate 6, 6. letter U, 7. [ عسى عامك سعاده وحب وتفرح بالهنا كلّه ♥, 8. Scrabble Letter H, 9. typewriter key letter I Created with fd's Flickr Toys
Have a great weekend!
I do not have a garden, I know one day I will have a yard where I can go nuts and grow my own food. Been wanting to do this for a couple of reasons, 1) It's cheap! 2) You know exactly where it's coming from and 3) It seems fun and gratifying to eat the food you've grown. Then I came across this link:
66 Things You Can Grow At Home: In Containers, Without A Garden
We have a little deck just outside our livingroom, it's open and ground level, not very big (or private) but it's good enough. We can't BBQ on it but it's a nice little space to sit. I don't have the greenest thumb and in the past I have posted questions here on the blog on how to care for some of my plants. Like a proud mom, I must show off my pictures of my babies.
This is pretty amazing because growing up, we didn't have REAL plants, my mom didn't know how to care for them. So we had fake plants, fake, dirty, dust-accumulating plants. No way dude. When my parents came to visit me on Easter, it was their first time seeing my plants....they asked if they were real lol! They were impressed.
So yeah, I would like to try to grow some food, nothing too crazy but one or two just to see if I can. In addition to that, I have a blank canvas I can decorate for the rest of the Spring and Summer. I hope we can stay once our lease is up but in order for that to happen, the landlord is gonna have to make some changes I won't go into. In the meantime, here's some inspiration for my container garden...
The debut of the Craft Stand market in Beacon this past Saturday was a little delayed due to the passing rain but just as it was predicted, it was all clear by noon and the vendors set up at 1:00 pm. It was a beautiful day, not a cloud in the sky but the WIND was something fierce and we ended up fighting with it for the rest of the day. Here are some pictures I took before everything was blown around (click for a larger view).
It is a great location,very cool vendors, you get to enjoy great coffee from Bank Square, I would do it again. I would have posted this yesterday but I was not home Sunday night to prep a Monday blog entry. I spent Sunday with my mom (naturally) and my nieces - watching them both fight for my attention can be draining on me! =P
Instead of a Flickr Favorites this week, here's my month of April in pictures, give or take a couple of days I neglected to take a photo. Thankfully, no more snow photos!!
I love finding cool blogs to follow. My list of must-read links can never be too long. I started reading Sara's Girls Can Tell blog recently. This busy-bee from Philadelphia is such a talent! And a hard worker to boot. :) She was looking for suggestions of stores who might be interested in selling her merchandise. Of course Clay, Wood & Cotton came to mind so I passed along their info to her.
A couple of weeks passed and now you can find Girls Can Tell tea towels and notebooks in the shop. As a special thank you from Sara, I received a package from her the other day. I knew she was going to send some kind of thank you gift but I wasn't expecting this!
A set of Vintage Typewriter coasters, Super Double Cheeseburger tea towels, and an Exploded Power Drill tote bag. Can I tell you this totebag is really strong! I have already used it to go grocery shopping. I was giddy with excitement! Her diagrams are too fun and unique. There are plenty of ways to check out her stuff. She's on Etsy, you can seek her out in person, or visit one of the many retailers that carries her merchandise.
Check out my newest Vintage Cameo Flower necklace. Originally, this was a brooch but I popped the pin part off and thought it would look pretty snazzy hanging from a chain. I love the colors, great for the Summer!
Speaking of Summer, it pretty much kicked Spring's butt this weekend. I don't now how hot it became here in New York but it was soooo humid. I don't mind heat, it's the humidity that just slows me down to a sluggish, well, slug. I got to enjoy some of it sitting on my deck and reading my book. And watched a lot of baseball, because I love baseball. I hope next weekend will be just as nice. I will be selling at Craft Stand and it would be nice to not have to worry about rain. I'm just excited to spend the day outside of Bank Sq Coffeehouse, YUM!!!
