A Sensibly Delightful Dinner

Last night I got a message from a Miss Sensibly Sassy asking me to dinner tonight. Of course I said yes! ... blue paw prints throughout the house. And just to show that the limited skill I do have just runs ... , that would be me in that painting. What are your plans [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 05:35:12

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Blue House in a Clearing in the Trees, Impressionist landscape painting

This little blue house sits across the plaza from my art studio in Old Town Spring, Texas ... Vernita Bridges Hoyt"painting the sauce of Texas"animals • flowers • people • placesBlue House ... to get to the comments section.NEW STORE! Giftware and Prints for Sale to Help AnimalsThe Animal News BlogArt Helping [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 14:38:00

Eater Giveaway EXTRAVAGANZA: Trip for 2 to the South Beach Wine & Food Fest

In times like these, who doesn’t like to get stuff for free? Lucky for you, the Eater Giveaway Extravaganza is underway ... Del Posto and Joe Bastianich's house in Westchester. Photo documentation, blue prints and other [more...]

Date: 2008-12-03 21:48:50

More on Michael Smith

Even if you or I can’t afford to hire Michael Smith to design our homes, we can all own a piece of the new White House decorator ... of Smith’s fabrics. Here are some glorious prints that remind me of an English country house: Top row: Indian Flower in Indigo on Red (hemp), Lacquer Stripe in Sage (hemp), Le Havre in Blue (viscose [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 20:51:11

A Little of Everything

  At some point, I'm going to finish something during the day, so that I can get some decent pictures ... this one is especially nice.  I also love the dark blue prints with the Mendocino fabric.  I ran ... on it.  Don't worry, Margaret, these are getting washed before they come to your house! [more...]

Date: 2008-12-04 08:06:55

Walking 'round In Winter Wonderland

Sure the title is a Christmas song, but it still applies this week/weekend. I walked around the complex again yesterday ... animals like I should. The prints were all around the house. I'm not sure what they were looking ... I have jeans on!!!! The sky was so blue. You would think that it was warmer then -30 outside, but oh [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 01:09:00

Beat the winter blues at local vineyard

This is an unedited version of my print column this week, so I thought I'd post it first ... ). Cape May Court House, NJ 08210. Saturday, Jan. 24, noon to 5 p.m., rain or shine. Admission is free ... COURT HOUSE -- Oh, the weather outside is frightful—finally, with the region receiving a light dusting [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 16:18:02

Gocco prints and interview!

Here are me and Ed's first Gocco prints! Mine turned out sort of lame because we didn't clean the glass before burning the image, ... and bulbs so more printing is on the agenda for this weekend.I did these a few days after the blue ... with it?Drugs,drugs,drugs....Haha Ummm I would first get my arms all sleeved up and put the rest down on a house [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 06:17:00

A Proposal for an Investment Strategy

By Ctein I would like to make a suggestion, with all appropriate modesty, that would alleviate a considerable amount of current financial woe. First, some background. Most stuff isn't really worth anything! Beyond the basics of food, clothing, and shelter that one needs to survive, the rest is pretty much discretionary [more...]

Date: 2008-09-19 04:03:27

Wallflower

Hubby and I have been married for nearly six years. We met a relatively short time ago, and he is MUCH older than I(he loves it when I say that) ... ); but about being alone. In a quiet house with no one to cook for, clean up after, or convince ... , and grainy prints of yesteryear. I love everything about it. Well everything until recently [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 05:07:00

Betsey Johnson at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week

“Making clothes involves what I like… Colour, pattern, shape & movement… I like the everyday process… The people, the pressure, ... throughout the entire tent & up through the seats. The models wore bobbed wigs of blue, pink, black ... was the collection? It ran an incredible gamut, veering from Little House On The Prairie gone awry [more...]

Date: 2008-09-11 17:40:05

Mark Your Calendar: Art and Handmade Holiday Events

Since a majority of the respondents to my poll on local events posts seem to enjoy -- or at least not mind -- reading about Bay Area happenings, ... . (While you're there, grab a slice of Pizzaiolo's fresh buttered toast with Blue Chair jam and a steaming mug of Blue Bottle Coffee. Yum!)On Saturday and Sunday, December 13 and 14, from noon [more...]

Date: 2008-12-11 21:00:00

Because if anybody knows how to make a whole blog entry out of checking the mail, it’s me

Alright, here’s the scoop: Tourism Queensland is searching for an experiential blogger/photographer/adventurer to spend six months on ... of the Great Barrier Reef, the Island Caretaker will live at Blue Pearl, a beautiful three-bedroom ... and laundry facilities. The Island Caretaker will enjoy Blue Pearl’s outdoor areas including a private [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 19:21:13

Toddler with big brown eyes found wandering around East Boston at 4 a.m.

Boston Police report a Good Samaritan picked the boy up when he spotted him toddling down Meridian Street at White Street shortly after 4 this ... , 2-1/2 feet tall, dark curly brown hair, big brown eyes, wearing a light blue pajama top w/ dog prints, blue jean shorts, black/blue sneakers, and white socks, who appeared to be in good health [more...]

Date: 2008-09-17 14:08:45

Harry's {New} Room

Skona Hem SR Gambrel James Michael Howard When it comes to boy's bedrooms I personally prefer a classic navy and white scheme with some red thrown in and even some pale blue thrown in - see inspiration images above. I have always decorated ... as it has the most beautiful old ceiling in the entire house. With his move comes new curtains [more...]

Date: 2008-10-28 13:07:08

Inaugural Art

In addition to hosting the Manifest Hope: DC Extravaganza, Shepard took the time to design the official Inauguaral Poster for President Elect Obama.  The limited edition prints are available as we blog, so hurry and get your part of history!  Don ... Inaugural Committee’s website. A run of only 10,000 numbered prints have been made of this special [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 01:48:03

A CBLDF T-shirt. You can buy it and wear it. It will love you and tell the world that you like the First Amendment. A deluge of mail this morning ... . They have books signed by me as well. Also Prints, and tee shirts... A CBLDF Party invitation. I've never ... . There are Entertainment Weekly photographers out here at the house. I thought they were [more...]

Date: 2008-12-24 20:04:48

The Tale of the Traveling Furniture

The “University of Texas Football House” – as I like to call this beautiful Mac Mansion for sale, located in the hills, high  above Lake Austin ... Football House,”  she emailed me a rather interesting link.  Apparently the UT house was was sold ... the same house.  It’s not often you get a chance to study one beautiful house done in two [more...]

Date: 2008-11-09 04:54:00

Migration stories from Siona Benjamin and Asian Arts with InLiquid

Siona Benjamin, See No Evil, in which the artist puts Queen Esther in her own shoes.We all have some dreamy idea of a Cheers kind of life in a single town where everyone knows your name. But that doesn't take into account the non-stop migrations around the world--people fleeing war or famine or hardship--or boredom [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 03:46:00

Chair Porn

In my old house I had a beloved assortment of unmatched chairs that had been carefully collected over the years from flea markets and yard sales ... do not own.) I like the idea of mixing colors and prints in a very careful way. And in my new house ... now, and lately I've been fantasizing about what chairs will be in my next house. Somehow [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 18:00:13

Christmas

I hope everyone had a happy holiday. I spent yesterday with my mom and stepfather (my sister was at her in-laws'; we'll see her for lunch on Sunday) ... , stuffing, etc. Then Mom and I go to a movie while my stepfather works around the house. This year ... "). See that blue pillow? That's what my mom made for me, and it is awesome. She called [more...]

Date: 2008-12-26 15:42:00

Celebrities Influence On Latest Fashion Style in 2009

Chic Tough Girl Looks, Military Influences, and Seductive Jumpsuits rule the Runway The New Year is barely in the door and we are already looking to ... jacket. This Sergeant Pepper inspired look will be hot in 2009, and will be seen in electric blue ... to be the enduring face of high glamour, as anything worth leaving the house for should be dressed [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 14:06:00

My digital conversion (part IV)

Let's go back to basics for a minute here ... for you, so even in the tungsten lamp of your house, white still looks white. All this was done ... your camera at a scene with a blue sky but found that while your foreground is properly exposed [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 05:23:00

16th November 2008 - Who's made a mark this week?

As you read this I'm around and about Somerset House sketching with Friends of the Royal Watercolour Society (but I'm still using my coloured pencils! ... ! Oddly enough, Turner would have sat on them at Somerset House - which was the original home ... Lakes Pastel Society - which has a featured artist on its home page which changes every day [more...]

Date: 2008-11-16 10:00:00

A Well Designed Change

Its official, Change is coming to the White House. Yes, Michael S. Smith is headed to town with an entirely new agenda ... talking about the newly appointed White House decorator of course! Can he bring change? The cherry ... of scholarship.” Her results were absolutely fitting for the residence of the President... The Blue Room [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 04:02:00

Day 563's Scott's trip recap, part I

Wow, what a weekend! In three days, I hit the gift and home furnishings market, all of the cool shops in Atlanta (or at least most of them!) ... room in a house. And check out the detail of the hardware above -- gorgeous! AND this dealer ... out of this booth and I can't wait to show you.Lovely blue and white delftware and transferware (which [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 13:00:00

Reflections on the Best Christmas Ever

A few snippets and munchies from Christmas Eve and Christmas Day...I didn't bake nearly as much as I normally do, and you know what--it was okay ... to have an appetizer party at my house on Christmas Eve. Everyone's welcome but since I have no family ... the days of busting at the seams house full of people during our Christmas gatherings back in NY. The [more...]

Date: 2008-12-26 13:03:00

F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F-Friday

The “Friends and Family, Fun with Flying and Fighting, Festive, Fucking Fabulous Food, Floral Friday” Edition ... and received. Mr. Chili and Bruder bought each other mini helicopters - Bruder got a blue one and Mr. Chili ... the living room. I’ll be finding Nerf darts around the house for months. Now, I’m not one to brag [more...]

Date: 2008-12-26 18:50:31

Featuring Calypso Giano by Jaho Yalin

by Jaho Yalin RARELY do I stick with one designer when I blog - I usually cobble together some of my favorite things from different designers and ... classic styles in blues through blacks, and some other ones with prints on them. In a word ... - Rock my Life Shoes: hoorenbeek All Star - HiTop - Used - Blue I love this T-shirt. A heart [more...]

Date: 2008-12-28 11:13:50

Sing Our Own Song [VII]

In a book I read a very very long time ago (Star Signs), Linda Goodman mused that when we take the S out of Self, we end up with “elf.” The other relevant thing I recall Linda proselytizing is how elevating ourselves can be accomplished through rediscovering and singing the hidden language of creation. {*1} On the other end of the [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 02:11:12

Two tee shirts, a party invitation and talking fish

A CBLDF T-shirt. You can buy it and wear it. It will love you and tell the world that you like the First Amendment. A deluge of mail this morning ... . They have books signed by me as well. Also Prints, and tee shirts... A CBLDF Party invitation. I've never ... . There are Entertainment Weekly photographers out here at the house. I thought they were [more...]

Date: 2008-12-03 05:19:31

I wrote a story.

I wrote this for someone the other day. I feel as if posting it on my blog cheapens the gift a little. But I did ask for permission. And I made some edits. I had to balance out the wussiness I felt for writing it by listening to heavy metal and lifting weights. But I like it ok. It seems to have come from a real enough place [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 18:50:00

Where were you when the world ended?

Being a spoiler-filled (except for the final issue) narrative of your Winter Men reading experience, in nine (somewhat lengthy) parts. Part the First. Sometime around 10 August 2005. Your trip to the local comics-purveying establishment rewards you with a new comic written by a Mr. Brett Lewis and drawn by a Mr [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 16:25:10

the great couple meme - roomies edition

who would have thought the girl i thought is a senior during tuition in primary would actually become my classmate throughout most of secondary school and eventually become my roommate for 4 consecutive years? we've come a long way...rachel'sTell us about the first time you met and your first impression of him/her: [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 09:00:00

Pretty as a Picture . . . Postcard

I love to travel across America . . . by postcard!When I cannot actually get somewhere – or even if I do – I look for a beautiful picture postcard of the place. Not one of those overly bright and blue-sky-perfect cards made from cheap color slides, either. Even you and I can take better pictures than those [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 21:45:00

Now Available! Jason D. Moore Prints - 15% OFF

John Nack interview. It is very much appreciated! There has been some growth on the sponsorship front! As I announced last week, the Photoshop Interviews series is now sponsored in part by Towner Jones Photography and there has been interest in sponsorships for other ongoing projects which will be announced once the details are finalized [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 08:55:44

Living Small (part two)

Small space living has become (although not restricted to) a catch-phrase for those who desire to live in trendy, up-scale areas of a city (or decent apartments in any major city). Those who simply live in a small house because that's what they can afford or because they actually like nesting in a smaller house, don't really call [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 04:00:00

Random Thoughts for a Winter's Day

Most bloggers have this post around this time of year because, frankly, there isn't a lot to talk about running-wise. So, it's a good time to talk about other things that are happening in our lives and what races around our minds as we wait for the spring to arrive. So, here are some random thoughts for this cold winter day.First, an update [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 15:18:00

Quick Selection: Baby Leg Warmers

Holly writes…Baby leg warmers are a really useful buy, they can be used as either leg or arm warmers and some of them fit from baby to adult, ... so she wouldn’t get cold legs when sitting on the potty or walking round the house without a nappy ... 60 different prints and plain colours in stock, for £6.99 each, but when you buy three pairs [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 15:00:45

Real wedding inspiration: Anna + Sean

Anna and her husband Sean are one creative couple...I think their wedding speaks for itself!CEREMONY & RECEPTION SITE: Sean and I got married in a field in front of a cabin outside of Seattle that has been in my family for generations. My great-great-great grandfather owned the land between the cabin and what is now Kayak Park [more...]

Date: 2008-09-23 10:00:00

regional roundup: austin, texas!

yee-haw! it’s time for our next regional roundup! in our quest to feature smaller, yet thriving design scenes, our latest installment takes us to austin, texas. perhaps know best for their vibrant music scene and south by southwest festival (that has grown to include other forms of media beyond music), austin is full of creative folks [more...]

Date: 2008-10-28 15:00:33

September's Write-Away Winner

Thank you to everyone this month who participated (there were 41 of you) ... fiercely into a perfect sphere of blinding light; sparkling crystal sands, azure-blue ocean ... you like to wear red shoes or blue shoes?” I ask my two-year old, dangling the options in front of him. “Orange [more...]

Date: 2008-09-19 01:00:00

Edition 40: Fashion Friday

I’m on my flight home from Nashville and, while I had such a great time, I am so ready to see my people. It’s only been two days, but at my very heart and soul I am a homebody and there is nowhere I’d rather be than tucked into my little house with the two people I love the most. But, while I’ [more...]

Date: 2008-10-03 08:52:00

Save money by creating your own house plans

Architects are really expensive and time consuming people this everybody will second and in order to make a new home you have to pay them tons of money. This problem can easily be eradicated by your own house plans. What you can do in this way is to look for old blue prints and available for free on internet and then can surf through them [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 18:19:43

New Emerald Bay home to be worth up to $50 million

116 Emerald Bay/Cindy Yamanaka 116 Emerald Bay/Cindy Yamanaka A home now being built along the sand in Laguna Beach’s private Emerald Bay enclave ... , it will be in the top 10. A two-story, 5,000-square-foot beachfront house was demolished to make way ... others sit immediately above, each with its own beach-view terrace. One floor down, is the master [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 02:38:21

DYI Home Staging

DYI Home Staging At a recent staging consultation, I inquired about a "Stage your House For Sale" book (not actual title) on the client's table ... say you were given several 2 x 4's and were told to build a house. Don't worry, you won't need ... on the topic. You can just Google, "How to Frame a House." I'm sure Wikipedia has something on that topic [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 21:48:05

too many bridges

Seven Crows by Alex ColvilleA Gathering of CrowsOne crow for sorrow,Two crows for joy,Three crows for a girl,Four for a boy,Five crows for silver, ... all these guys from her days at Mount Allison. She had framed prints of all of their work hanging in her house. Alex Colville, Lawren Harris Junior, Christopher Pratt. She lived in a house filled [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 09:28:00

Morning Juice: Brewers remind fans it ain't over 'til it's over

This and every weekday a.m., let's rise and shine together for what is about to be the best two-season era in the past 100 years of Cubs baseball, no matter if they win the World Series or not. Today's Roll Call starts on Chicago's North Side, where the Cubs came from the deepest, darkest, [more...]

Date: 2008-09-19 12:25:56

THIS WEEK: A SELECTIVE GUIDE

SNAPPING, KNITTING AND FOXING AROUND | October 8th 2008 Our guide to what's on around the world, ... in the foreground, a square house with a peaked roof in the background. There is a chimney ... , horizonless blue-grey sea. If Opie's other work carried a whiff of gimmickry, if anyone questioned [more...]

Date: 2008-10-07 19:33:10

Redecorating Bedroom Update

My "new" bedroom (the former guest room) did not stay static for long ... out.I next added two of my experimental photograph prints done in grey-scale and framed them ... what to do with that space (plates? a new print or prints? some other decoration flanked by sconces [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 03:13:00

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