tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-224645122024-03-13T08:55:32.033-04:00karma buttonJennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06967481825388747694noreply@blogger.comBlogger256125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22464512.post-67477536174213770752010-06-29T13:46:00.002-04:002010-06-29T13:48:33.293-04:00GREENish FRIEND inspired by A WAKE-UP STORY<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3568/3606273594_8c693f1598_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3568/3606273594_8c693f1598_o.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
For at least the last 3-4 years of my life, I have worked actively and steadily at making changes to provide a healthier, more enriching, safer, and greener future for my potential children. I've never been the girl to plan her wedding or contemplate engagement rings (actually, diamonds make my cry because I imagine little amputee children and it shakes me to the core)--but I have seriously thought about what type of mother I want to be, the life I want my kids to have, and the practical nature of how making small changes at a steady rate can exponentially help many around us. So, today I got lured into watching this video...suffice to say it made me cry but also inspired the impetus already brewing inside of me.<br />
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So as a friend (who luckily has quite a few wonderful friends who share info with me regularly)...here are just a few things I do to make a healthier present and future....and by no means have I reached my goal, but it's fun finding ways to get there!<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b> All-natural (as in NO chemicals) body products and when possible make them myself.</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div>My darling <a href="http://cyndyava.blogspot.com/">Cyndy</a> gave me the book <u><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Natural-Beauty-Home-Recipes-Revised/dp/0805070222">Natural Beauty at Home</a> </u>which has been immensely helpful. One thing I always do is I make my own shampoo (a little mixture lasts me MONTHS and I don't NEED conditioner).<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><u>Companies I like</u>: Tom's, Nature's Gate, Uncle Harry's, Dr. Bronner's</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Green cleaning products</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>There are so many easy to make products, but luckily in the world we live in now, there are so many eco-friendly products to purchase as well. Ultimately I would like to be at the point in which I create more than I consume, but if you're in a pinch, choose the eco-friendly option!!<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><u>Products to keep on hand</u>: Baking Soda, Vinegar, Apple Cider Vinegar, Lemmon Juice, Essential Oils (pure!!)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Community Supported Agriculture</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br />
</b></div><div style="text-align: left;">I am lucky enough to have a few green market options nearby, but even better is the vegetable share I just joined through <a href="http://statenislandcsa.org/">SI CSA</a>, a <b>friend </b>asked myself and another mutual <b>friend</b> to go in 1/4 each and what a joy!! So far our weekly share costs the equivalent of $10.28 a week for more veg than we can eat (at just 1/4 each!) and we are getting ORGANIC, LOCALLY grown food!! I am excited because the harvest is expanding and we are getting so many great things now that the season is booming! </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">SO friends, I would love if you shared some of the things you do to help spread a greener, healthier lifestyle. I will add more from time to time! xoxo</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br />
</b></div>Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06967481825388747694noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22464512.post-54992083249288263632010-06-09T18:12:00.000-04:002010-06-09T18:12:14.145-04:00TO PROGRESSIVE THINKERS: NIKOLA TESLA edition<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xISvTfJa3Ds/TBALq_R5Q4I/AAAAAAAAByE/Kg7v4CjUFcA/s1600/teslathinker2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xISvTfJa3Ds/TBALq_R5Q4I/AAAAAAAAByE/Kg7v4CjUFcA/s400/teslathinker2.jpg" width="311" /></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla">Nikola Tesla</a></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><i><br />
</i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Too often I have listened to gripes, fears, accusations and what-have-yous about the push towards clean and renewable energy. I don't understand how being sustainable, earth friendly, and financially savvy could be perceived in such a negative view--but regardless, these ideas and proven possibilities of clean and UNLIMITED energy are not new fashion, nor did the Obama administration concoct this notion purely to anger conservatives and corporations (ahem, BP). I have avoided allowing this blog to be a political launchpad, I have very little agenda other than inspiring...so I'll let the person of interest speak:</i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">“...Furthermore, an inducement must be offered to those who are engaged in the industrial exploitation of natural sources of power, as waterfalls, by guaranteeing greater returns on the capital invested than they can secure by local development of the property...”</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">"Electric power is everywhere present in unlimited quantities and can drive the world's machinery without the need of coal, oil, gas, or any other of the common fuels."</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xISvTfJa3Ds/TBALnhmfHGI/AAAAAAAABx8/tea6xc3-tu0/s1600/NikolaTesla.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xISvTfJa3Ds/TBALnhmfHGI/AAAAAAAABx8/tea6xc3-tu0/s400/NikolaTesla.jpg" width="352" /></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">“Out of this war, the greatest since the beginning of history, a new world must be born, a world that would justify the sacrifices offered by humanity. This new world must be a world in which there shall be no exploitation of the weak by the strong, of the good by the evil; where there will be no humiliation of the poor by the violence of the rich; where the products of intellect, science and art will serve society for the betterment and beautification of life, and not the individuals for achieving wealth. This new world shall not be a world of the downtrodden and humiliated, but of free men and free nations, equal in dignity and respect for man.”</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><br />
</span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xISvTfJa3Ds/TBALpRttgjI/AAAAAAAAByA/4iWxaotMKb4/s1600/tesla14_cr.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="305" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xISvTfJa3Ds/TBALpRttgjI/AAAAAAAAByA/4iWxaotMKb4/s400/tesla14_cr.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></span></div><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">“When the great truth accidentally revealed and experimentally confirmed is fully recognized, that this planet, with all its appalling immensity, is to electric currents virtually no more than a small metal ball and that by this fact many possibilities, each baffling imagination and of incalculable consequence, are rendered absolutely sure of accomplishment; when the first plant is inaugurated and it is shown that a telegraphic message, almost as secret and non-interfereable as a thought, can be transmitted to any terrestrial distance, the sound of the human voice, with all its intonations and inflections, faithfully and instantly reproduced at any other point of the globe, the energy of a waterfall made available for supplying light, heat or motive power, anywhere — on sea, or land, or high in the air — humanity will be like an ant heap stirred up with a stick: See the excitement coming!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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On September 17th (the day before my birthday) I am going to see <a href="http://www.vampireweekend.com/">Vampire Weekend</a> with my sweetie roomie-- this is an early celebration of year 29 and a gift for his recent Master's Graduation!<br />
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And, the astonishment hasn't event kicked in, but on September 30th I am going to see <a href="http://www.belleandsebastian.com/">BELLE & SEBASTIAN</a>!! In my world, this is quite a big deal!!<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Suffice to say, there are exciting and inspiring waves to come!</div><div style="text-align: center;">xoxo</div>Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06967481825388747694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22464512.post-43132328038663897482010-05-10T15:34:00.002-04:002010-05-10T15:35:24.221-04:00I SHAKE MY HEAD AT YOU NY!<div style="text-align: center;">Seriously New York, why?? </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Why are the first things cut always what benefits our future the most? Ahem, schools/education?</div>Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06967481825388747694noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22464512.post-41435642146840881062010-05-06T21:26:00.000-04:002010-05-06T21:26:17.432-04:00All is full of love...If I were to start sharing everything I would burst...but while walking on tight ropes with the wind blowing heavily, there is so much beauty! Here's to hope.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>"I</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>n the long run the pessimist may be proved right, but the optimist has a better time on the trip." -Daniel L. Reardon</i></span></div>Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06967481825388747694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22464512.post-15193577104021627142010-04-15T16:52:00.000-04:002010-04-15T16:52:04.789-04:00well.balanced.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xISvTfJa3Ds/S8d7i6SH8gI/AAAAAAAABxw/tupATbGsqMU/s1600/4436099293_0162f71cfa_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xISvTfJa3Ds/S8d7i6SH8gI/AAAAAAAABxw/tupATbGsqMU/s400/4436099293_0162f71cfa_o.jpg" width="266" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/7497460@N03/">Danielle Thompson</a></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">To laugh often and much;<br />
To win the respect of intelligent people<br />
and the affection of children;<br />
To earn the appreciation of honest critics<br />
and endure the betrayal of false friends;<br />
To appreciate beauty,<br />
to find the best in others;<br />
To leave the world a bit better,<br />
whether by a healthy child,<br />
a garden patch or a redeemed social condition;<br />
To know even one life has breathed easier<br />
because you have lived.<br />
This is to have succeeded.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">-Ralph Waldo Emerson</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Lately, despite life's general chaos, I feel quite balanced.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Success to all. </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>xoxo</i></div>Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06967481825388747694noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22464512.post-44854662684842859902010-03-30T15:11:00.000-04:002010-03-30T15:11:32.081-04:00TIME FOR A STORY: THIS AMERICAN LIFE<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://heartbrokedaily.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/this-american-life.jpg?w=300&h=169" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" src="http://heartbrokedaily.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/this-american-life.jpg?w=300&h=169" width="400" /></a></div><br />
Thank you for feeding my mind and soul. Thank you for your beautiful vignettes and cinematography. Thank you for valuing the story of humanity and making me remember that I started my journey to do the same. Thank you for inspiring me, making me weep, making me smile, making me think, making me remember. Thank you for reminding me that messages always come when we need them most...messages that are/were always there, but pop up at those delicate moments that will impact you the most.<br />
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Over the last two days I have watched all of Season 2 of the show (thank you Netflix and Spring Break!) What started as finding some background brain food to accompany my crocheting on a rainy, sinus-headache kind of evening became the obsession of the moment and that final epiphany that had been brewing for so so long. Personal epiphanies are always so hard to explain and end up becoming far too wordy for something that is just 'experienced'. So I will spare the twisted road that led me here to tell a short prelude to a yet unfinished story.<br />
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My entire life I only thought of becoming an 'artist'. In ways I was bred to do that. There weren't many other options though my parents would tell me I was capable of doing anything I wanted. Part of me never believed them. In the meantime I was made to sit home and draw, draw, draw. So, in the midst of teenage confusion I did the only thing I knew, I applied only to art schools. My dream school was Pratt, and I got accepted immediately. I will never forget the phone call to my dad and then sharp reality, how was I going to pay for it? So I went for my FIT interview/portfolio test thinking at a SUNY I could at least get financial aid. I got accepted immediately and began the enrollment process. And then I went home and didn't tell anyone that I wasn't really happy about the reality of being a 'fashion illustrator' just because a school wanted me. So I avoided picking classes. I let them call me and ignored them. My best friend starting grinding me about making a decision. I broke down and secretly went with her to enroll at the College of Staten Island. I had an epiphany. I wanted to be a writer. My 'private' art in a world saturated by art.<br />
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After I finished the enrollment process I went home with said best friend to tell my mother the news. I knew the result would be ugly--and much of the reason I wanted to write in the first place. Little did I know my mother was aware that I had been evading the prestigious FIT. Thus my big news became more reactionary than I had intended. I'll never forget her charging towards me screaming and asking why I hadn't scheduled my classes. I retorted, I did, just not at FIT. I finally sputtered out that I enrolled at CSI and that I wanted to write. I distinctly remember flinching, awaiting the barrage of screaming and hitting I had come to expect. But I actually ended up laughing at her reaction. She screamed, "Writer? Who reads books?" and then continued with, "Now my daughter's name won't be on the ass of my pants!" The reality was I read. Voraciously. I secretly stole books and lived with stacks around my bed--makeshift tables to hold more books and journals. I never planned on designing clothes at all, I was accepted as an illustrator...but her reactions were all typical of many parents, she was projecting her dreams for me onto me, despite their truth.<br />
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The irony? My dream was a projection of her. I wanted to write to tell her story. I wanted to write because she doesn't read. I wanted to write because no one else did. And somewhere I lost that spark. I became as insecure about reaching out as I did with my art. I graduated college with Professors ready to hand me phone numbers for editors at the New Yorker and agents in LA. And like that moment with my mother years before, I turned my back and went in another direction. The truth, I wasn't ready to tell the story I needed to tell.<br />
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You may be wondering what any of this has to do with a show. And I will tell you: Big or small, every story is significant. Every human being, every experience, every ounce of expression important. Every day we live stories, and our existence is part of a much larger story than we can imagine. Over time my blog has become more about art and craft, partially to escape from telling stories or being judged or losing readers. Whatever any of that really means. So, I encourage everyone to remember, everything we share is part of our story, and if anyone or no one reads this, it is still being put forth and that is what matters ultimately. I am listening. I am reading.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">xoxo</div>Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06967481825388747694noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22464512.post-61633890358522353662010-03-28T15:58:00.000-04:002010-03-28T15:58:13.364-04:00I WANT A PAINT-BY-NUMBERS WALL!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.designspongeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/scottafter2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="325" src="http://www.designspongeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/scottafter2.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Who doesn't??!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>I wonder if my school would let me borrow one of the old projectors...hmmm</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br />
</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">Check out <a href="http://www.designspongeonline.com/2010/03/before-after-scott-cheryls-mural-wall.html">Design Sponge</a> for the how-to!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">xoxo</div>Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06967481825388747694noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22464512.post-21376063518441186312010-03-09T17:25:00.000-05:002010-03-09T17:25:13.825-05:00SECRET OBSESSION: VINTAGE TIES<div style="text-align: center;">So, I believe everyone has some secrets...so here is one of mine: </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My modest vintage tie collection!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I started collecting ties about 15 years ago. Why do I call this a secret? Because sometimes when I let people know I am 'into' something, I end up getting tons and tons of that genre of item...thus my 'secret' obsessions or collections..my little quiet treasures.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Not that I would mind tons of vintage ties! But the lovely part for me if randomly finding ties that want to come home with me. I am actually rather particular! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I look for enticing patterns, textures, color families. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">And I love them all so much.</div>Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06967481825388747694noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22464512.post-87668944095854303372010-03-05T18:59:00.000-05:002010-03-05T18:59:55.132-05:00[SEW COMPLETE]: BUTTERCUP BAG<div style="text-align: center;">First I crushed on this fabric I found at the local <a href="http://www.joann.com/joann/home/home.jsp">Joann</a> Fabric and Craft store:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xISvTfJa3Ds/S5GX1da6odI/AAAAAAAABw4/Sp-DDBLYjuc/s1600-h/IMG_2079.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xISvTfJa3Ds/S5GX1da6odI/AAAAAAAABw4/Sp-DDBLYjuc/s320/IMG_2079.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"> And then I finally got to play 'for real' on my darling new <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Brother-CS6000I-60-Stitch-Computerized-Functions/dp/B000JQM1DE/ref=pd_ecc_rvi_cart_2">machine!</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xISvTfJa3Ds/S5GX1ul1PzI/AAAAAAAABw8/nHYuPzMVSkI/s1600-h/IMG_2080.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xISvTfJa3Ds/S5GX1ul1PzI/AAAAAAAABw8/nHYuPzMVSkI/s320/IMG_2080.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"> And here is the first bag I have made that I am actually proud of!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xISvTfJa3Ds/S5GX2EheD0I/AAAAAAAABxA/zjMYfz6w08Y/s1600-h/IMG_2081.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xISvTfJa3Ds/S5GX2EheD0I/AAAAAAAABxA/zjMYfz6w08Y/s320/IMG_2081.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The pattern is the <a href="http://madebyrae.blogspot.com/2009/02/free-buttercup-bag-sewing-pattern.html">Buttercup Bag</a> from the very awesome <a href="http://madebyrae.blogspot.com/">Made by Rae</a>.</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xISvTfJa3Ds/S5GX2mlCsZI/AAAAAAAABxE/3Y1RvZm0Nw4/s1600-h/IMG_2084.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xISvTfJa3Ds/S5GX2mlCsZI/AAAAAAAABxE/3Y1RvZm0Nw4/s320/IMG_2084.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The lining is fabric I thrifted at the local <a href="http://www.uniquethriftstore.com/index.aspx">Unique</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here are some of the firsts I accomplished with this project:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">1. Actually cutting and preparing a project in advance!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">2. Pin tucks</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">3. Inserting a snap</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">4. Making a pocket</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">5. Sewing a yoke</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">6. Mastery of attaching strap between lining and outer...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Suffice to say I am pretty happy...and although it has been quite a stressful few weeks, finishing this projected lifted so much! As much as I want to sew sew sew more, I have to crochet a scarf for my dad and rest for yet another work day! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">xoxo</div>Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06967481825388747694noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22464512.post-18917503408327508972010-02-28T11:41:00.000-05:002010-02-28T11:41:20.305-05:00CREATIVE VENTURES: WHAT I'VE BEEN SEWING<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2390/2300070424_957927e718.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2390/2300070424_957927e718.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/litlnemo/2300070424/">[source]</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>CREATIVE GOAL #???: LEARN TO SEW!</b></div>Of the many lists I like to make, one important one I have been developing is my "Creative Goals" list. I hate putting creating on the back-burner to all of life's other responsibilities, but I figured if I set goals, bit by bit I will reach them. Luckily I have friends like <a href="http://cyndyava.blogspot.com/">Cyndy</a> and <a href="http://www.reyney.blogspot.com/">Renee</a> who inspire my many ventures!<br />
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Being able to sew has been a goal of mine that has often been tossed aside since I was a wee-little lady. My mother always had a machine and baskets full of amazing buttons I would sift through-- but she rarely ever touched the thing and despite many promises, I never learned to sew on that old machine. I eventually learn some basic stitches and even hand-sew trinkets and doll clothes throughout the years.<br />
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Then I got my first machine about five years ago as a gift. Suffice to say, if I have made two or three things per year on my pretty lady I would be stretching it. But I am determined! I now have a relatively functional sewing space, loads of vintage fabric ( all thanks to the thrift revolution here on Staten Island) and even more old clothes to repurpose/upcycle. I have been slowly coveting inspiration, tutorials, and overall courage. I even splurged and am awaiting <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000JQM1DE/ref=oss_product">this baby</a>.<br />
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I find myself easily discouraged and often without time or energy, but I don't give up...I just make baby-steps...teaching yourself everything requires you be both a good teacher and student simultaneously, and well...I may have adult ADD when it comes to playing both roles! But here are some projects I have actually 'completed' and what I've learned along the way!<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://thegivingflower.de/?p=920">Purse Organizer</a></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs266.ash1/19375_299125050844_719700844_5041652_5579629_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs266.ash1/19375_299125050844_719700844_5041652_5579629_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>This was a gift for my lovely step-mom and although there were clear imperfections, I think she still loved it for the effort I put in. </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br />
</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><u>A lesson on materials</u>: Because I used thick vintage upholstery fabric, it was a total waste of time to put in interfacing, which made the project so thick I broke one needle trying to sew through the layers of the edge!! Plus, I definitely need better quality thread for this type of material! I will definitely make this again though!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br />
</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Zippered Make-Up Bag</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://hphotos-snc3.fbcdn.net/hs166.snc3/19375_299125035844_719700844_5041650_6897564_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://hphotos-snc3.fbcdn.net/hs166.snc3/19375_299125035844_719700844_5041650_6897564_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>This was another gift for my step-mom and the first time I tried to sew on a zipper. </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Suffice to say, I didn't totally nail the zipper business and had to rely on my trusty friend: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Beacon-BBCS12FT4-Fabri-Tac-Permanent-Adhesive-4/dp/B00178MNFO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=home-garden&qid=1267374405&sr=8-1">Fabri-Tac</a> for a few fixes, thus the decorative ribbon edge to hide some mistakes!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br />
</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://noodleheads.blogspot.com/2010/01/tutorial-messenger-bag-from-cargo-pants.html"><b>Messenger Bag from Cargo Pants</b></a><b><br />
</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4019/4395330814_53607ea02e_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4019/4395330814_53607ea02e_o.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>I immediately fell in love with this project and got cutting up all of my old cargo shorts that either don't fit or have paint etc. all over them. This project was rather ambitious for a real beginner like myself, but I took it on...and though I made a ton of mistakes, the bag is still usable!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br />
</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4015/4394562899_783a4fe3e6_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4015/4394562899_783a4fe3e6_o.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>I made my own bias-tape out of vintage fabric. (I used fabrics I wasn't too in love with for this project because I knew there was plenty of room for error!) Making the bias-tape wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it would be! The strap was probably my biggest issue! Having cut up shorts, it was hard to get strips long enough, so I had to sew two pieces together--luckily the nature of the material permits random sewn pieces without looking out of place!</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4062/4394563865_f6b48aa236_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4062/4394563865_f6b48aa236_o.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>The strap is probably shorter than I would like (it hangs to just above my hip), the flap is wider than the rest of the bag (which is evident from the awkward stitching on the back), I couldn't figure out the whole strap between the lining and exterior inside-out trick....so I awkwardly sewed them to the outside using the x-box method. Really it's a bit of a mess...but it's complete and functional...thus I am somewhat proud.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br />
</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Anyone else out there finding their craft endeavors daunting at times?</i></div>Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06967481825388747694noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22464512.post-2783597581928936652010-02-22T13:09:00.002-05:002010-11-11T19:49:55.322-05:00QUICK DIY PROJECTS<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here are two quick projects I finished up so I felt like I did something creative over the break:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xISvTfJa3Ds/S4LFyA8MOUI/AAAAAAAABwk/rhll3BPJDR4/s1600-h/Photo%20on%202010-02-21%20at%2020.45.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xISvTfJa3Ds/S4LFyA8MOUI/AAAAAAAABwk/rhll3BPJDR4/s400/Photo%20on%202010-02-21%20at%2020.45.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">1.<u> <a href="http://www.marthastewart.com/good-thing/no-knit-scarf">No Knit Scarf</a></u><a href="http://www.marthastewart.com/good-thing/no-knit-scarf">:</a> inspired by <a href="http://thinkliz.com/2008/11/19/no-knit-scarf/">Think Liz</a>!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">2. T-Shirt Recon taken from my trusty <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0761137858?ie=UTF8&tag=genet0e-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0761137858">Generation T</a> book! </div><div style="text-align: center;">Check <a href="http://www.generation-t.com/">their site</a> for tons of great ideas!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xISvTfJa3Ds/S4LGBDFbu-I/AAAAAAAABws/hjRlgH5bQCY/s1600-h/Photo%20on%202010-02-21%20at%2020.48%20%232.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xISvTfJa3Ds/S4LGBDFbu-I/AAAAAAAABws/hjRlgH5bQCY/s400/Photo%20on%202010-02-21%20at%2020.48%20%232.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Cute braided strap detail! Sorry for the photobooth quality!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;">What are people making out there? I am considering buying a new sewing machine so I can be more productive! Hmmm...</div>Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06967481825388747694noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22464512.post-80079876265613246082010-02-20T17:01:00.001-05:002010-03-11T17:40:14.665-05:00INSPIRED BY: [HOME INTERIOR VIGNETTES]<div style="text-align: center;">I have been practicing this art through many apartments and find so much inspiration around the internet. There is something so special about making the ordinary beautiful. I love looking at little vignettes around my home and those of others, and seeing art!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4070/4373236959_a55658e09c_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4070/4373236959_a55658e09c_b.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>On top of my desk in the office nook.</i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2762/4346640038_ed2a6703ea.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="277" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2762/4346640038_ed2a6703ea.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/16863012@N06/4346640038/">It's Great to Be Home</a>, whose flickr is infused with gorgeous examples of her styling!</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4011/4296258678_a6f1307c62_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4011/4296258678_a6f1307c62_b.jpg" width="273" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Yet another series of inspiring interiors by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/imacookoo/4296258678/">imacookoo/squirrelpearl</a>.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xISvTfJa3Ds/S4BTQtzDksI/AAAAAAAABwg/R4hvBM1jo6s/s1600-h/4290977439_e6ec153166.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xISvTfJa3Ds/S4BTQtzDksI/AAAAAAAABwg/R4hvBM1jo6s/s400/4290977439_e6ec153166.jpg" width="263" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="http://www.smileandwave.com/">Rachel</a> has to be one of my primary sources for decor eye-candy! <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/denbow/4290977439/in/set-72157607377990514/">This</a> is one of my favorites because she coordinates even the smalles details for impact!</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4062/4259216267_ea0f6ee872.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="315" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4062/4259216267_ea0f6ee872.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/frecklednest/4259216267/">This</a> one is by the uber-talented <a href="http://frecklednest.blogspot.com/">Leigh Ann!</a></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I get goofy happy and inspired by the attention to details and art everywhere...perhaps to the point of being obsessive/idiosyncratic about 'arrangements' around my home...but I find peace in artful juxtaposition of items.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family:georgia, 'bookman old style', 'palatino linotype', 'book antiqua', palatino, 'trebuchet ms', helvetica, garamond, sans-serif, arial, verdana, 'avante garde', 'century gothic', 'comic sans ms', times, 'times new roman', serif;color:#330000;"><span class="__gqs-tidbit __gqs-tidbit-0" style=" display: inline !important; text-decoration: inherit;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-;color:white;">"Art is the only way to run away without leaving home." ~Twyla Tharp</span></span></span></div>Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06967481825388747694noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22464512.post-48756273160611996102010-02-19T21:44:00.001-05:002010-02-19T21:45:44.656-05:00INSPIRED BY: [VINTAGE BUTTONS]<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2586/4004113947_79bae52fe9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2586/4004113947_79bae52fe9.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/frecklednest/4004113947/">[source]</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xISvTfJa3Ds/S39B3ZwWvZI/AAAAAAAABwc/qzfZp1UqLPo/s1600-h/3321694134_88d10878e5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xISvTfJa3Ds/S39B3ZwWvZI/AAAAAAAABwc/qzfZp1UqLPo/s400/3321694134_88d10878e5.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/33868321@N04/3321694134/">[source]</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/9/12875558_9bd00859a8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/9/12875558_9bd00859a8.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/craftapalooza/12875558/">[source]</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/210/499473527_7f05c3e296.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/210/499473527_7f05c3e296.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/24681937@N00/499473527/">[source]</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://elizabethholcombe.typepad.com/elizabeth_holcombe_whimsi/images/2008/01/12/bf_112_color_buttons.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" src="http://elizabethholcombe.typepad.com/elizabeth_holcombe_whimsi/images/2008/01/12/bf_112_color_buttons.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://elizabethholcombe.typepad.com/elizabeth_holcombe_whimsi/2008/01/the-january-big.html">[source]</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">...for their design utility, for the nostalgia, for the cuteness, and because I love sifting my hand through them.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; color: #003399; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />“<a class="sqq" href="http://draft.blogger.com/quotation/for_my_part_i_know_nothing_with_any_certainty-but/254951.html" style="color: #003399; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;">For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream.</a>”</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; color: #003399; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">-Vincent Van Gogh</span></div>Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06967481825388747694noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22464512.post-43040352907424042142010-02-17T21:24:00.000-05:002010-02-17T21:24:37.597-05:00INSPIRED BY: [THRIFTED TREASURES] Lately our local thrift shops have grown in number and quality and I love little more than going treasure hunting!! One of these days I will put together a user friendly local guide to my favorite 'treasure troves'...until then, here are some of my most inspiring finds of late:<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4044/4365823036_a332ae2355_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4044/4365823036_a332ae2355_b.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Awesome retro-printed vintage upholstery fabric around .50 a yard!!</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4015/4365104463_19b0551d7f_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4015/4365104463_19b0551d7f_o.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>The above from <a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/bay-street-thrift-staten-island">BAY STREET THRIFT</a>!</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4057/4365104781_4e4c9a9d5d_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4057/4365104781_4e4c9a9d5d_o.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>I better get on the sewing train with all of the fabric I find at <a href="http://www.uniquethriftstore.com/index.aspx">UNIQUE</a>.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4062/4365120483_fee66aa8a0_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4062/4365120483_fee66aa8a0_o.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4001/4365120761_f686322e63_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4001/4365120761_f686322e63_o.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>The fabric on the left is from my friend Cristyn's nonna! Just scored the brown fabric at UNIQUE and can't wait to make a bag from it!</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4011/4365105133_c75c6f55f2_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4011/4365105133_c75c6f55f2_o.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>These are my favorite UNIQUE fabric finds! I think I paid about $5 and there are at least three yards of the denim!</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>And then this napkin set:</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2782/4365854438_e21de79d25_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2782/4365854438_e21de79d25_o.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>I am thinking these would be great for embroidering...any ideas??</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br />
</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4030/4365863922_b76587a72c_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4030/4365863922_b76587a72c_o.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>The cashier and I shared a nice moment of understanding over this find! This will gladly join my 'She-Ra' thermos in exalted status!</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br />
</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2743/4365121659_38572083de_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2743/4365121659_38572083de_o.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>The shoes on the left were $4 at UNIQUE and the other super-effing cool pair are from a Swap Party I went to last weekend!! SUCH A FUN and cool experience!</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br />
</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>And then there are these special finds from my favorite little secret:</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4059/4365119367_bfd02673bc_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4059/4365119367_bfd02673bc_o.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4065/4365860776_5e28c003e6_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4065/4365860776_5e28c003e6_o.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>...<a href="http://members.statenislanddirect.info/p/grant-city-antiques-staten-island-1146-south-railroad/">GRANT CITY ANTIQUES</a>...</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>I love love love treasure-hunting here! These two 1960's enamel brooches were only $1.50 each!!</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br />
</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Sigh. So many lovely things to gush about and new creations to dream about!</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Anyone else finding anything special lately?</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br />
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</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal;"><span class="sqq" style="color: #003399; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><b>“In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage.”</b></span></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal;"><span class="sqq" style="color: #003399; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><b>-John Steinbeck</b></span></span></i></div>Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06967481825388747694noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22464512.post-77471158721450701112010-02-13T12:30:00.000-05:002010-02-13T12:30:08.230-05:00SOMETIMES I INSPIRE MYSELF...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">...is that wrong?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xISvTfJa3Ds/S3bgh0TP1iI/AAAAAAAABwE/5q7CgWdvikQ/s1600-h/mosaica7f2dfdd330c7889ad54df07e8b2ba926bd6ed58.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xISvTfJa3Ds/S3bgh0TP1iI/AAAAAAAABwE/5q7CgWdvikQ/s400/mosaica7f2dfdd330c7889ad54df07e8b2ba926bd6ed58.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">1. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jenn888/3577735970/in/set-72157606508465568/">My very own Glockenspiel!!</a>, 2. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jenn888/577163763/in/set-72157606508465568/">reflection of silver trees</a>, 3. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jenn888/3819622496/in/set-72157606508465568/">St. Paul's Ave. Garden Gnomes</a>, 4. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jenn888/577459426/in/set-72157606508465568/">2005 822</a>, 5. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jenn888/2721936976/in/set-72157606508465568/">Door of Glass shop on Van Duzer</a>, 6. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jenn888/2708471390/in/set-72157606508465568/">Alice Austen House: Isadora Duncan Dance Troupe</a>, 7. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jenn888/3769581025/in/set-72157606508465568/"><3...</a>, 8. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jenn888/3819623514/in/set-72157606508465568/">At the playground</a>, 9. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jenn888/3605456087/in/set-72157606508465568/">Something's Hiding In Here Booth!!</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I like to take pictures.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">To me, photography is an art of observation. It's about finding something interesting in an ordinary place... I've found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them. </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Elliott Erwitt </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #464646; font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">"The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."<br />
<span style="font: italic normal normal 14px/normal Arial;">– Winston Churchill</span></span></div>Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06967481825388747694noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22464512.post-91367156680989008832010-02-11T19:14:00.001-05:002010-02-11T19:39:19.525-05:00THERE'S ALWAYS ETSY<div style="text-align: center;">So, I am behind as usual, lots of life happening...no more excuses or explanations, just inspiration:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xISvTfJa3Ds/S3SWeVMteRI/AAAAAAAABvs/diS13DJ-vlM/s1600-h/camera.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xISvTfJa3Ds/S3SWeVMteRI/AAAAAAAABvs/diS13DJ-vlM/s400/camera.jpg" width="283" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=27134582">CB78: CHRISTINE BERRIE</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xISvTfJa3Ds/S3SW8o0z_AI/AAAAAAAABvw/Z0ZGXrWq5jg/s1600-h/ASHLEYG.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xISvTfJa3Ds/S3SW8o0z_AI/AAAAAAAABvw/Z0ZGXrWq5jg/s400/ASHLEYG.jpg" width="312" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">THE EVER FABULOUS <a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=27134582">ASHLEY G</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xISvTfJa3Ds/S3SXV7yRq0I/AAAAAAAABv0/eSXNcvS0CNM/s1600-h/free.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xISvTfJa3Ds/S3SXV7yRq0I/AAAAAAAABv0/eSXNcvS0CNM/s400/free.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=vl_other_2&listing_id=35765972">TUESDAY MOURNING</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xISvTfJa3Ds/S3SaTbePkoI/AAAAAAAABv4/gvAuR44yneM/s1600-h/il_fullxfull.106088472.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xISvTfJa3Ds/S3SaTbePkoI/AAAAAAAABv4/gvAuR44yneM/s400/il_fullxfull.106088472.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=35570418">ALYIOSIUS [KATE BANAZI]</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xISvTfJa3Ds/S3SdHG_VRtI/AAAAAAAABv8/vt-IfdkNluY/s1600-h/mybody.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xISvTfJa3Ds/S3SdHG_VRtI/AAAAAAAABv8/vt-IfdkNluY/s400/mybody.jpg" width="372" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/favorite_listings.php?page=3">BIRD AND BEAR [JOETTA MAUE]</a></div>Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06967481825388747694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22464512.post-40576960630116491702010-01-18T19:43:00.001-05:002010-01-18T19:46:03.010-05:00DESIGN IDOLATRY: ALEXANDER GIRARD<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; white-space: pre;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b>DESIGN IDOLATRY: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Girard">ALEXANDER GIRARD</a></b></span></span></span></span><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xISvTfJa3Ds/S1T9x3xyENI/AAAAAAAABvU/qYWttp_3ZBE/s1600-h/GIRARD_1_a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="236" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xISvTfJa3Ds/S1T9x3xyENI/AAAAAAAABvU/qYWttp_3ZBE/s400/GIRARD_1_a.jpg" width="400" /></a><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: pre;">Visit <a href="http://girard.houseind.com/girard.html">House Industries</a> for a beautiful homage to Girard and an array of amazing products and Girard fonts!</span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; white-space: pre;"> </span></span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; white-space: pre;">Of the many many artists/designers I adore, I cannot escape the unending inspiration I continue to get from Girard-- even posthumously!</span></span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; white-space: pre;"> </span></span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; white-space: pre;">But here is why I love him so much...</span></span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; white-space: pre;">Alexander Girard, besides being a pioneer of Mid-Century Modern aesthetics,</span></span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; white-space: pre;">...you were also an artist who lures me in with your mixture of folk and modern...</span></span><br />
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<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xISvTfJa3Ds/S1T9h98hvII/AAAAAAAABvQ/3eKibFfOLhI/s1600-h/plyprints-top.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="388" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xISvTfJa3Ds/S1T9h98hvII/AAAAAAAABvQ/3eKibFfOLhI/s400/plyprints-top.jpg" width="400" /></a><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">...who designed so many beautiful textiles juxtaposing geometry with the organic...<br />
</span><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xISvTfJa3Ds/S1T8S9ivdXI/AAAAAAAABvE/Z1HWPP08ApU/s1600-h/girard-fruit-tree.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xISvTfJa3Ds/S1T8S9ivdXI/AAAAAAAABvE/Z1HWPP08ApU/s400/girard-fruit-tree.jpg" width="400" /></a><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; white-space: pre;">...and used typography as an artistic form...</span></span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xISvTfJa3Ds/S1T8kARW2_I/AAAAAAAABvI/sKW3PUbpItg/s1600-h/girard%20floor%20mat%20maximo2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xISvTfJa3Ds/S1T8kARW2_I/AAAAAAAABvI/sKW3PUbpItg/s400/girard%20floor%20mat%20maximo2.jpg" width="400" /></a><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">...and you understood that art is a way of life:</span><br />
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</div><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><div style="-webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 20px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline; width: 480px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> “Art is only art when it is </span></span></b><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> synonymous with living.” </span></span></b><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> — Alexander Girard</span></span></b><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">For more on the impact of Girard, check out <a href="http://www.hermanmiller.com/discover/alexander-girard-timeless-textiles-with-roots-in-folk-art/">this great article</a>!</span><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And to seriously, <a href="http://search.urbanoutfitters.com/?q=alexander+girard">Urban Outfitters </a>has so many Girard products I want to weep!!</span><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Like these:</span><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xISvTfJa3Ds/S1T_PPTVS3I/AAAAAAAABvc/k-gMS-VZmcI/s1600-h/101.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xISvTfJa3Ds/S1T_PPTVS3I/AAAAAAAABvc/k-gMS-VZmcI/s400/101.jpg" width="270" /></a><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xISvTfJa3Ds/S1T_PPTVS3I/AAAAAAAABvc/k-gMS-VZmcI/s1600-h/101.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xISvTfJa3Ds/S1T_PE-q_VI/AAAAAAAABvg/PCoiVzIKSdo/s1600-h/alexander-girard-for-uo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="296" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xISvTfJa3Ds/S1T_PE-q_VI/AAAAAAAABvg/PCoiVzIKSdo/s400/alexander-girard-for-uo.jpg" width="400" /></a><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And here is serious wishlist item:<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My favorite one from <a href="http://www.electrabike.com/recall">Electra Bikes!</a><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hope you were inspired!<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">xoxo<br />
</div>Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06967481825388747694noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22464512.post-1116673142680273252010-01-14T22:53:00.000-05:002010-01-14T22:53:22.743-05:00KARMIC GOODIES: THE THIRD AND THE SEVENTH<div style="text-align: center;">Beauty of epic proportions by <a href="http://alexroman.com/about.asp">Alex Roman</a>. Hope this inspires you as much as it did me!<br />
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</div><a href="http://vimeo.com/7809605">The Third & The Seventh</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user1337612">Alex Roman</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #645f5e; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; white-space: normal;">Thank you to <a href="http://jasonjosephstudio.com/">Jason Joseph</a> for sending this my way!</span></span></span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, sans-serif;">xoxo all!</span><br />
</div>Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06967481825388747694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22464512.post-264222531984133062010-01-12T21:01:00.001-05:002010-06-26T11:41:41.583-04:00ART I HEART: TREY SPEEGLE<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: red;">A</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: red;">RT I HEART: </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://treyspeegle.com/gallery1/lookwithwonder.html">TREY SPEEGLE</a></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xISvTfJa3Ds/S00lrdaEv5I/AAAAAAAABus/lbGepu4__0w/s1600-h/Yes_72.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xISvTfJa3Ds/S00lrdaEv5I/AAAAAAAABus/lbGepu4__0w/s400/Yes_72.jpg" width="357" /></a></div>Thank you for <a href="http://poppytalk.blogspot.com/2010/01/this-week-from-lisa-congdon-list-of.html">Poppytalk</a> for introducing me to <a href="http://junkcultureshop.blogspot.com/">Junk Culture Shop</a> who introduced me to <a href="http://treyspeegle.com/gallery1/lookwithwonder.html">Trey Speegle</a>!<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Dear <a href="http://treyspeegle.com/gallery1/lookwithwonder.html">Trey Speegle</a>,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">...Your work mixes my love of kitsch Americana with a subversive attitude...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xISvTfJa3Ds/S00m_l2yCFI/AAAAAAAABuw/EoGzcI8mCRQ/s1600-h/whynot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xISvTfJa3Ds/S00m_l2yCFI/AAAAAAAABuw/EoGzcI8mCRQ/s400/whynot.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">...combining folk art forms with modern principles or aesthetics...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xISvTfJa3Ds/S00nthX8CsI/AAAAAAAABu0/64x4P_lKxjY/s1600-h/if-thencombo_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="297" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xISvTfJa3Ds/S00nthX8CsI/AAAAAAAABu0/64x4P_lKxjY/s400/if-thencombo_2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">...you channel <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Rauschenberg">Rauschenberg</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jasper_Johns">Jasper Johns</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Cornell">Joseph Cornell</a>...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xISvTfJa3Ds/S00orxRAv_I/AAAAAAAABu4/q4EpwlH2k4o/s1600-h/04-13-60-000013_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="340" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xISvTfJa3Ds/S00orxRAv_I/AAAAAAAABu4/q4EpwlH2k4o/s400/04-13-60-000013_2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">...you use iconography and typography to a profound effect...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xISvTfJa3Ds/S00o7Ah0EGI/AAAAAAAABu8/8MPSwiBsmA4/s1600-h/Speegle.HOPE08.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xISvTfJa3Ds/S00o7Ah0EGI/AAAAAAAABu8/8MPSwiBsmA4/s400/Speegle.HOPE08.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">sigh.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Send some love his way!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">xoxo</div>Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06967481825388747694noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22464512.post-22162583854563838302010-01-11T18:47:00.002-05:002010-01-11T18:49:33.372-05:00ART I <3: MARC JOHNS<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; white-space: pre;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">ART I <3: </span><a href="http://www.marcjohns.com/"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">MARC JOHNS</span></a></span></span></span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Dear Marc Johns,</span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So many of your illustrations:</span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">....inspire me to create...</span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xISvTfJa3Ds/S0u1eZ2s2gI/AAAAAAAABuU/6x2HZXcvGlo/s1600-h/4252122996_4d44eea9ab_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xISvTfJa3Ds/S0u1eZ2s2gI/AAAAAAAABuU/6x2HZXcvGlo/s400/4252122996_4d44eea9ab_o.jpg" width="282" /></span></a><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">...suit my love of irony...</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">...capture my whimsical fantasies...</span><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xISvTfJa3Ds/S0u2zDzlbcI/AAAAAAAABuc/FgMg2Q52v94/s1600-h/3048132897_24a202822c_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xISvTfJa3Ds/S0u2zDzlbcI/AAAAAAAABuc/FgMg2Q52v94/s400/3048132897_24a202822c_o.jpg" width="321" /></span></a><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; white-space: pre;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; white-space: pre;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">...make me chuckle from the gut...</span></span></span></span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; white-space: pre;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span></span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; white-space: pre;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">...and all around make me smile...</span></span><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xISvTfJa3Ds/S0u3f_P-0TI/AAAAAAAABuk/SSEU-FH4BvU/s1600-h/3160525286_b3149deca7_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xISvTfJa3Ds/S0u3f_P-0TI/AAAAAAAABuk/SSEU-FH4BvU/s400/3160525286_b3149deca7_o.jpg" width="278" /></span></a><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; white-space: pre;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Art makes me happy!</span></i></span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; white-space: pre;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; white-space: pre;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">...and...you love lightning bolts...</span></span><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xISvTfJa3Ds/S0u3u-486-I/AAAAAAAABuo/plteOLzLUsA/s1600-h/3002652967_342f943b25_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xISvTfJa3Ds/S0u3u-486-I/AAAAAAAABuo/plteOLzLUsA/s400/3002652967_342f943b25_o.jpg" width="320" /></a></span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; white-space: pre;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; white-space: pre;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">If you want to send some love to Marc Johns:</span></span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; white-space: pre;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> check out his </span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/marcjohns/"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">flickr</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">, </span><a href="http://shop.marcjohns.com/"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">buy some stuff </span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">, or peruse his </span><a href="http://www.marcjohns.com/"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">site</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">! </span></span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; white-space: pre;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; white-space: pre;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">xoxo</span></span><br />
</div>Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06967481825388747694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22464512.post-82477303870805971332010-01-10T17:19:00.003-05:002010-11-18T21:07:00.358-05:00KARMIC GOODIES: TO-DO LIST TEMPLATE FOR YOU!<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; white-space: pre;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: blue;">KARMIC GOODIES: </span></span></span><br />
<span style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; white-space: pre;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: blue;">TO DO LIST TEMPLATE FOR YOU!</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Lucida Grande';"><span style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-size: x-large; white-space: pre;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I really believe I have Adult ADD...or at least when I am home. Earlier today I started a new blog post for a series I want to start and it disappeared...rather than fret, I moved on to millions of other tasks. <i>Vacuum for a few minutes, then stop and craft, then more housework, stop and create...and so on.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">So...in the midst of everything else I want/need to do, and share, I made new pocket-size to-do list pages. (Which was on the to do list for this week anyway!) There are many awesome (and free) planner pages around the internet-- like <a href="http://www.diyplanner.com/">DIY Planner</a> and <a href="http://ahhh-design.com/diy-planner-templates/">Ahhh-Design</a>-- and inspired by the latter and <a href="http://www.etsy.com/storque/how-to/how-tuesday-weekly-planner-with-julie-schneider-aka-yoursecr-3118/">this great tutorial and template</a> I made my own to share.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">You can download my template and follow these steps, or just doodle like I did. Either way I find the act of using creativity for the daily rigamarole gives me incentive to actually commit to the things on the list!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xISvTfJa3Ds/S0pJCGEzMMI/AAAAAAAABtM/-OsQTCoiBaU/s1600-h/IMG_5640_2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xISvTfJa3Ds/S0pJCGEzMMI/AAAAAAAABtM/-OsQTCoiBaU/s400/IMG_5640_2.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">1. After doodling 8 list templates on cardstock, I made a copy and got my trusty bone-folder and Xacto.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>(You can use any straight edge for folds, I just love the ease and precision of the bone-folder.)</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br />
</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xISvTfJa3Ds/S0pM1dfu8CI/AAAAAAAABtU/bAWITqFLJ5A/s1600-h/IMG_5643_2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xISvTfJa3Ds/S0pM1dfu8CI/AAAAAAAABtU/bAWITqFLJ5A/s400/IMG_5643_2.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">2. Fold in half lengthwise.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>(If you are doodling your own, make sure to make your images facing in opposite directions so they are all even when you fold. You could measure your drawing or make fold marks with the cardstock so you know your drawing perimeters.)</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br />
</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xISvTfJa3Ds/S0pN3qSzpKI/AAAAAAAABtc/SrCQS8rv5ag/s1600-h/IMG_5645.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xISvTfJa3Ds/S0pN3qSzpKI/AAAAAAAABtc/SrCQS8rv5ag/s400/IMG_5645.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">3. Unfold and prepare to cut along the fold between these two points only!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xISvTfJa3Ds/S0pO0nOnWPI/AAAAAAAABto/RDXpndF0LYY/s1600-h/IMG_5644.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xISvTfJa3Ds/S0pO0nOnWPI/AAAAAAAABto/RDXpndF0LYY/s400/IMG_5644.JPG" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Just like this!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br />
</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xISvTfJa3Ds/S0pPhL_fgbI/AAAAAAAABtw/xvvgptA0Kfk/s1600-h/IMG_5646_2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xISvTfJa3Ds/S0pPhL_fgbI/AAAAAAAABtw/xvvgptA0Kfk/s400/IMG_5646_2.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">4. Then fold all of the pages in to make an accordion.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xISvTfJa3Ds/S0pQF9c3fjI/AAAAAAAABt4/fk2FbfX2rzA/s1600-h/IMG_5650.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xISvTfJa3Ds/S0pQF9c3fjI/AAAAAAAABt4/fk2FbfX2rzA/s400/IMG_5650.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Like this!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br />
</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xISvTfJa3Ds/S0pQeo2Y_OI/AAAAAAAABuA/Q1xD0avHXSs/s1600-h/IMG_5651.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xISvTfJa3Ds/S0pQeo2Y_OI/AAAAAAAABuA/Q1xD0avHXSs/s400/IMG_5651.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">5. Then open the slit and fan out like a diamond.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xISvTfJa3Ds/S0pRA88L22I/AAAAAAAABuE/ARC-mClUq6Q/s1600-h/IMG_5652.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xISvTfJa3Ds/S0pRA88L22I/AAAAAAAABuE/ARC-mClUq6Q/s400/IMG_5652.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Like this!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br />
</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xISvTfJa3Ds/S0pRlrCvIWI/AAAAAAAABuM/XaZH3oNn1fU/s1600-h/IMG_5654.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xISvTfJa3Ds/S0pRlrCvIWI/AAAAAAAABuM/XaZH3oNn1fU/s400/IMG_5654.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">5. Then fold your little book any way you want!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>(Notice I only put 7 lines per day, I read a study that if you give yourself only this magic number of tasks to do, you are more likely to accomplish what is on you list!)</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br />
</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">I hope you enjoy! I left these simple so they can be colored and played with throughout the week. I already started filling mine out! I would love to see what you do!! Link up!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">xoxo</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Here's the </span><span style="white-space: pre;"><a href="http://www.docstoc.com/docs/document-preview.aspx?doc_id=21753076"><span style="font-family: inherit;">LINK</span></a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> to the PDF! Let me know if there are any problems!</span></span></div>Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06967481825388747694noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22464512.post-72907866267050219932010-01-05T20:57:00.001-05:002010-01-05T20:58:21.596-05:00TO THE FINE 2009...<div style="text-align: center;">...I am not too sad that you are over! Don't get me wrong, I loved you in your own right, but I am excited to get to know 2010!!<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">So, a final farewell...thanks for the magical moments.<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xISvTfJa3Ds/S0PtHjx5xSI/AAAAAAAABs4/WWsTZ__VgNg/s1600-h/my2009.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xISvTfJa3Ds/S0PtHjx5xSI/AAAAAAAABs4/WWsTZ__VgNg/s400/my2009.jpg" width="400" /></a><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>I made this photo-collage with the intentions of sending it to my grandma so she could get a glimpse into my life this year.</i><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Lots to share....hopefully time will find me before I chase after it!<br />
Hope your 2010 is starting off with optimism!<br />
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</div>Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06967481825388747694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22464512.post-64697460466206524362009-12-30T22:15:00.010-05:002009-12-30T23:09:02.572-05:00A GIFT OF MUSIC {2009 STYLE}<div style="color: blue; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">KARMA BUTTON'S FAVORITE 2009 MUSIC </span></b><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>{as in the albums that came out this year because I can't possibly keep up with all of the music I listen to!}</i><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xISvTfJa3Ds/SzweHrcY9RI/AAAAAAAABsc/ndAbyyjNsmE/s1600-h/2009collage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xISvTfJa3Ds/SzweHrcY9RI/AAAAAAAABsc/ndAbyyjNsmE/s400/2009collage.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="400" /></a><br />
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<div><div id="c_s01tbrVG7FA1eux4n2bDw4E8ZzK_h8C0BI1ANlSkT5GAGGpzElI0G6V_RKdm_ZbaRD8rJKuw29EHnAgHB4XUNBgvYd5hVzvBe63b7aBngGJdLE="><div class="ilike_content"> <ul class="song_list_preview" style="list-style-image: none; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: none;"><li style="overflow: hidden;"><a class="song_play_btn" href="http://www.ilike.com/artist/Monsters+of+Folk/track/Goodway" title="Goodway">Goodway</a> by <a href="http://www.ilike.com/artist/Monsters+of+Folk">Monsters of Folk</a></li>
<li style="overflow: hidden;"><a class="song_play_btn" href="http://www.ilike.com/artist/Camera+Obscura/track/French+Navy" title="French Navy">French Navy</a> by <a href="http://www.ilike.com/artist/Camera+Obscura">Camera Obscura</a></li>
<li style="overflow: hidden;"><a class="song_play_btn" href="http://www.ilike.com/artist/Cymbals+Eat+Guitars/track/And+the+Hazy+Sea" title="And the Hazy Sea">And the Hazy Sea</a> by <a href="http://www.ilike.com/artist/Cymbals+Eat+Guitars">Cymbals Eat Guitars</a></li>
<li style="overflow: hidden;"><a class="song_play_btn" href="http://www.ilike.com/artist/The+Dodos/track/Troll+Nacht" title="Troll Nacht">Troll Nacht</a> by <a href="http://www.ilike.com/artist/The+Dodos">The Dodos</a></li>
<li style="overflow: hidden;"><a class="song_play_btn" href="http://www.ilike.com/artist/TV+On+The+Radio/track/DLZ" title="DLZ">DLZ</a> by <a href="http://www.ilike.com/artist/TV+On+The+Radio">TV On The Radio</a></li>
<li style="overflow: hidden;"><a class="song_play_btn" href="http://www.ilike.com/artist/Beirut/track/La+Llorona" title="La Llorona">La Llorona</a> by <a href="http://www.ilike.com/artist/Beirut">Beirut</a></li>
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>"If music be the food of love, play on." -William Shakespeare</i></b><br />
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DISCLAIMER: Ok, so The Big Pink addition was last minute, I haven't heard the album, just this one song that I obsessed over it while watching the BBC series "Being Human"! </p><p style="text-align: center;">
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<b><i>"If music be the food of love, play on." -William Shakespeare</i></b>
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