Tired.

We have had a long week... crit this morning for half of us, and the other half go on Thursday. Besides some brutal, mean-spirited comments, it went great!

Fishs Eddy

When I was in NYC close to Times Square, I looked up long enough to come across this store- Fishs Eddy. I have no idea what the significance of the name is, and it's actually hard to say (try it, you'll see...), but it was SO GREAT! If I'm in need of any type of dishware in the near future, this is where I will go to get it.

They had some really great stuff- Floor plan and Section plates and glasses... how clever!

School supply patterned plates and glasses... I know at least one person that would DIE to have the graph paper glass-

NYC skyline glasses (and plates!)-

Wonderful (but expensive) cake stands-

Check them out on the web if you're into their stuff... fishseddy.com


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Reupholstered Chair!

After a monthish of off and on work on this chair, I am done! My parents are getting ready to move, and this chair was in the pile of things to get rid of.

Since I had always wanted to try my hand at reupholstering, I thought this was the perfect opportunity. I purchased some fabric, which was definitely not upholstery-grade... not a huge concern for me. I think I ended up getting 8 yards of the main chair fabric, and three of the cushion fabric. I spent an entire day taking the old fabric off- the amount of staples was just incredible! I had three full blisters on my hand after that day, in addition to the dreaded flare-up of allergies. You see, this was a poor life choice on my part to take apart a chair that had been festering in all of its dust-mite glory for the past 10 or so years. I'm REALLY allergic to dust mites. Two full weeks later, I had recovered from both ailments and was ready to start working again.(The nastiness that collected in the chair. pretzels, coins... you name it!)

I alternated between sewing the cushion and stapling the fabric to the chair... the cushion was super-hard to sew, but it got done. And the chair was stapled and put back together again. Just don't look too close- it's not perfect. All in all, if I could go back, I would reselect the cushion fabric... it just ends up being really busy. And I may decide to tackle that at a later time, in addition to painting the legs. In the meantime, it's finishing school, finding a job, selling and staging two houses, moving, and having fun in the midst of it all.

Should you want more directions or tips on how to reupholster from a definite non-pro, let me know!

Should you want to hire me and/or complete the rest of my to-do list, also let me know!! :)

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sweet, sweet otter.

i am way too obsessed with this!

NYC days 2-3

I'm getting tired of this neverending blogstream of NYC posts, so I'm going to hurry this one up and finish the trip in a nutshell. Friday, I was off alone again and ventured down to the SOHO area for the second day in a row. I had to find Steven Holl's stairwell in the NYU philosophy building, the DSW I had passed the day before, MOOD fabric store, and Crumbs bakery. Now, I was well aware that DSW should have been the first stop on this grand tour, because of the state of my feet from the day before. You see, I took the wrong shoes that had negative cushion. Because of this grave error, a new pair of walking shoes had to be purchased. Function won over style.

Before I found the philosophy building, though, I found this fantastic restaurant- Sweetiepie. So precious. Hot pink booths, mirrored surfaces... just so pleasant to be in. And the waitstaff was quite foreign and quite beautiful.


I found the philosophy building after some prodding of security officers and was able to take a few shots. Simple design, simple construction, big effect.

Traveled on to MOOD, the store where all Project Runway contestants purchase their fabrics... AMAAAAZING. Bolts of fabric were covering every surface in the store. Staff was not so friendly, and there was some strange Jersey-type designer there breastfeeding while purchasing fabrics. With no blanket covering. Awkward. (You can see the signage in the second story windows. Terrible signage.)


And then on to Crumbs. They were out of the Twinkie cupcakes that I was hoping to score, but I did manage a Brownie Cupcake. I finally recovered from the sugar overload and headed back uptown.

Saturday followed with a trip to the Guggenheim and a walk through Central Park. All in all, a lovely trip.
Much thanks to my wonderful friend, Sarah. She's the best hostess ever.

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more spring!

this flower dress by kuga designs is amazing! 

check out the process work here. 

and, yes, the site plays easy listening music.

happy spring!

woohoo! 1,000 sf kitchen garden.... for the white house. 

i'm excited. and so is this guy!

NYC Day 1, Part C

Well shoot. I lied. One more part to day one. When I got back from my travels during the day, Sarah took me to Columbia Teacher's College, where she attends class. She was telling me that people there complain because their building is so old and everyone else gets these new "fancy" buildings. Little do they know how incredibly beautiful their building is. Check this out- in the lobby alone-


The following photo is of St. John's church, I believe? Such an amazing church that I had to go back when it was light outside so I could get a good shot of it.


And lastly, the biggest lie known to man. The Seinfeld restaurant. Seriously, it's a farce. The producers only film the outside of the restaurant!! The scenes inside the restaurant are filmed elsewhere. It really got under my skin and I decided never to eat there because... basically... it sits on a throne of lies.

Day 2 coming soon!!! Finally!

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NYC Day 1, part B

So after all that mess, I headed on to Parson's. I noticed while I was there how incredibly difficult it is to find things... For some reason, it's super-easy to miss what you're looking for. Parson's was in a nondescript dark grey building with no real indication that it was actually Parson's. Jerks.
(Architecture student's work on display at Parson's... GREAT way to communicate your work without words!)

I left there after an hour or so, and then proceeded to get incredibly lost in SOHO/ Greenwich Village for the next 2 hours or so. Walking. Stopping into an occasional store. More walking. Trying to find the Storefront for Art & Architecture by Stephen Holl. I got so fed up and tired of walking that I stopped at Eileen's Cheesecake Shop for a snack.


AMAZING. Seriously, this is a place to go to if you're in NYC. They don't have a ton of variety, with an even smalller store, but it's fantastic. After my treat of goodness, I turned the corner and lo-and-behold... the Storefront for Art & Architecture.



Disappointing!! I had hoped for something fancier, maybe? Maybe something that sparkled and glittered when the sunlight hit it? I'm not sure what I hoped for, exactly, but it was just okay. I'm glad I got to see it, though. After all that mess, I got to go back up North to my friend's house. Long day. And my dogs were officially BARKING.

Good news, people. There's still 3 more days to this trip!!

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NYC Day 1, part A

The NYC trip... Day 1 was killer. I flew in and had my bags by 7:15. 1 hour flight from IAD to JFK... then I took on the task of schlepping my bags to the Upper West Side. This took a mere 2 hours and 15 minutes. That's right. My subway trip took longer than my plane flight. But I was excited to figure out how to use the subway. So no big deal. Dropped off my bags at my lovely friend Sarah's house, got some breakfast at the bakery across the street, and then started my adventure. I wanted to go by a few places on 5th before heading down to Parson's... and I would also have to get lunch.

On my walk, I found Columbus Circle, which in reality, just looked like one big mess. I know it was designed to be this great moving circular wonderfulness, but I could not even imagine attempting to drive in it. There were lanes that corresponded to certain traffic lights, and lanes that took you to certain offshoots... I don't even know.

Also found Hearst Tower... which is crazy good. It was the first skyscraper to be built after 9/11. By the ads on the outside of it, though, it looked like they were in dire need of some inhabitants.

And then I found the Apple store. Uh-Maze-Ing. Really incredible. I read that it took a mere $7 million to create the glass box. Not even counting the store below it. Just the box was $7 mil. But it was so great to look at and created such a beautiful experience that I might almost say it was worth it.





And then I figured I would get the true NYC experience and go for a hot dog from a street vendor. Terrible idea, really. The vendor was getting in a fight with some other guy that was hanging around, and I got the nastiest version of a hot dog... luckily, there was no need for tums. Just a note to self never to do that again.*k

clueless!

i have an appointment with my amazing stylist jeanette at acclaimed appearance in williamsburg this friday... what should i get??

love this, but doubt i can pull it off... probably all time favorite straight hair look.

next is a series of shoulder length cuts i LOVE. nicole's might be the best.

here are two shorter looks i like too.

Baby Do's and Don'ts.

Found this today on facebook.



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