tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63219560739697617562024-03-14T06:11:33.855-04:00mrr designMarniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04475036454364463323noreply@blogger.comBlogger523125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321956073969761756.post-60393345669998420672013-12-08T11:55:00.001-05:002013-12-08T11:55:09.000-05:00NEW DESIGNS - AUTUMN & WINTER 2013-2014<br />
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For the little ones</div>
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perfect to send back to new mom with the birth announcement</div>
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mom can then insert a beautiful picture of the bambino</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">thar she blows...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">yo ho ho & a bottle of rum...</span></div>
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and you can still order some fabrics from past seasons</div>
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Monograms are still at hit</div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/wellesleyboutique">The WELLESLEY BOUTIQUE </a>- Wellesley, Massachusetts</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://www.preppypinkpony.com/">PREPPY PINK PONY</a>, McLean, Virginia</b></span></div>
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Marniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04475036454364463323noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321956073969761756.post-12965042254013669402011-05-29T21:09:00.003-04:002011-05-29T21:17:26.637-04:00<img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 260px; height: 161px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVN8T0rhLGfMoFata6ICwVncuvIEU_BOBe7cXzlvnDniFay9Kfg4vPAGyDYM4YtsXy0_iZi6mJc5hFHh7RV_JmksWA-oD10O8_oDDW2yxC1Ja4ujOaSh8XPkUwl3tFcGxyfwjCA3g4m6RK/s400/6a00d8341c5aa953ef0148c87f455e970c-800wi.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612310142550599362" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN9NvnvOKGlJ7vteuvq0Mptd6usOY3l4MiVJbZuDIdjs8EksD_cBIMDmvBnBdFf9eEPY8MzC_4pw8MczxCqgA7BgzFRpx69-DPIrZBHlsXQgEHLegAQHAKy4PG7fqUkHz_wfMAKCocvopA/s1600/IMG_2665.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 285px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCFamC5M9eMsTEV37jfckiouDYq7fDpHQGPIJN5ftV23fcUyePl1DCpjaPP0Yei2xub-xorTtWckhZ0cFxQC2SCRM3I0NkVVZu2IvwPw7uq9VImohZ0daP87A8V4pN-5ir_qvhUgjPVRHP/s400/il_570xN.145152697.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604489088201176066" /></a>Marniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04475036454364463323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321956073969761756.post-24835030416384757462011-05-03T06:20:00.001-04:002011-05-03T06:20:00.580-04:00<img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_nFJJ0XN-2IapT2L2w9ysQt5VixYAReoFD6chHUWeSyVCzzllEyIAQlGxVnpqxJTuqt-NQp4Hl-xKl14S5UksxO5neUFtN3nqBpo-hfqrvqH9Xj8NSQu-LDOKMVxiTiwkrPi6E7xx7QRn/s400/p1000028_0.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602309242787192914" /><div style="text-align: center;">More Press today.</div><div style="text-align: center;">When it rains, it pours.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Full <a href="http://www.thedailywestport.com/home-garden/wilton-mom-tackles-paper-overflow">article here</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Thanks Fenella for the terrific article!</div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigBNoM3PPL-mP46G1cCb3gWxSUaTMR3c4zvrBImgvcaAG91WMwrlTkFYv3YXRF7mCSaC09krMZ1oMQmZVr2BfRTgt7CNOUesFd6j-MP6qwXqqrpFG7BJIQstTLxe9GKrwwDMiwQIA-9ljc/s400/p1000027_0.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602310702818835154" />Marniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04475036454364463323noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321956073969761756.post-3302333095960920662011-05-01T04:21:00.007-04:002011-05-01T04:21:00.313-04:00<img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 335px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLDiALc4maHfNIdQSRs6J9CdmULsHv5koLcsHDxIP_KXiAHYrQ4AP9EOnxG9fyxwAHgbadEZ8E1SL7nHM-CS5p8h3wcalUCOfmfuu4TghUfvoWGLrR65FjGfEW_HRCcrjbJFqnuKHrXL56/s400/GirlsWorldCover1.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582651397380184914" /><div style="text-align: center;">Very exciting news - my work has been published...in Sis Boom's new book<a href="http://www.chroniclebooks.com/index/main,book-info/store,books/products_id,9170/title,Girls-World/">: Girl's World</a>.<div>Run out to your favorite book store and get a copy or buy through Sis Boom's website.</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here is a quick peak</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiekzwWBL53YL4JsKqHLZMAIx7sdvnsoWBFJPG9xWSrR439wM7gugvhAbk9HCP4FVWUUxpsz1PQc0dW6AflRGHlSE2o7Zie2BkOPW4kYJ2dOO_VmaD4vY5ZDOwNz9uJ_NlMnNBkGWFLAPtW/s400/DSCN3469.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599632020395365330" /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">voila</div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHd9w0c_oZfoyHOoPJeMnP51J9m06jGs7qpS8LW6pIlxenRKjxQDoWlZmq52oCxKhQSUOyFDUjtuMNbpwd-F4hMyrveHm_rmgGSSYPJM16g_7rWeJRNrxxHWDN1vZ8KcrFpNCVvQhbVHGU/s400/DSCN3473.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599632099352380066" /><div style="text-align: center;">The book is chock full of great sewing projects for girls with patterns included and the most beautiful photographs.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 233px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-Dx2gF2xdKoGxRImRjHZXp0rgIifr_wkHr-lsOffXARPNTo3hC44KM_2ItPonQKX1jzwb6czFU07JT0naJJr-108iUUmVn_ag_bVUniUZ64G4jwDt3hOyKlgyoCV30AOqmW6eTqwdR-Xw/s400/BookReveal.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578853744771086114" />Each year <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><i>MRR DESIGN</i></span> grows a little more; publication of my work is another notch on the pole. It makes me so happy and proud and is testament to slow and steady wins the race. My race anyway. As I pass the three year mark of the blog, I note that the blog is the tool that ratcheted up the business. The blog allows me to showcase my work, and to communicate with other folks about what inspires me. It motivates me to plow ahead...to stay focused and informed. And to have fun. </div><div><br /></div><div>Over the years I have done a lot of work with Jennifer Paganelli of Sis Boom fame. This is Jennifer's first book and I am delighted to be part of it. It is full of how-to projects for all you crafty folks and seamstresses or just plain creative folks. You can see some of the other projects that I did for Jennifer<a href="http://mrrdesign.blogspot.com/2009/05/sis-boom-debut-remember-big-project-i.html"> here</a> and <a href="http://mrrdesign.blogspot.com/2008/12/anatomy-of-my-fun-cheerful-sis-boom.html">here</a>. And while my business is bumping along, Jennifer's is on the speed way. When I first met Jennifer she had two or three sales a year at her house; she got some great press in <i>Country Living</i> and then she got the dream of a lifetime: to design fabric. I think Jennifer has about 8 different fabric collections so far - check out<a href="http://www.sisboom.com/"> her website</a>. You will recognize many of Jennifer's fabrics on my frames.</div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"> My piece is on how-to make a quilted memento board - go to pages 158 - 163 -</div><div style="text-align: center;">and then read the rest of the book.</div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0mS0AYiWnqKeFi4Gh9Vg0X0Of8gDEyC6ocwR2KhsbcWofIZpoy8xRnBMDBj_gftqE4WMJjvtY6VF1Pon7E0Zb5keatEEFKQKSp88yYyi3Cnh_lMwA2ejkzbmhZ3qzMTLwG5VC9-EEhtht/s400/DSCN3468.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599631962319365682" /></div>Marniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04475036454364463323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321956073969761756.post-1406768119701981702011-04-30T06:50:00.000-04:002011-04-30T06:50:00.258-04:00<img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo4QMBPExvintPMd9zKLreN-9G-OjSi4TE61A1sz8TOlBH7Up5eZyueVBDWJ-Y7Jwfvtba4Clx8rw5Ykpph3RM3F-CNADXnZFQHWsK8wZb7vrUYA5cHPYDg-qEk4Ad93jeeDL8uuSssbIq/s400/DSC_0568.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5600585286982904786" /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Spring is my favorite season in NYC. I especially love the trees all over the city with the white blossoms. I am not sure what kind of trees they are, but they are everywhere. This is the East Side; photo taken from the<a href="http://www.kipsbaydecoratorshowhouse.org/index.htm"> Kips Bay Showhouse</a>. My last apartment in NYC had a wonderful view of flowering trees like this. <div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 226px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYReFmcMXytqUPzK5CpexGVnn7YtertbplqEWcQL-8BIdiZME497G2sbOluoBod4NGlLiH2LWT6Rm8nqIMfpnqvGiHbEOupjoNqrN_9Aw4DQnu4xkAKu3fZ5wyTBX2vaqLfPTkH7pRvFJQ/s400/tulips.480.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5600587427261763586" /></div><div>And you cannot forget the magnificent tulips on Park Avenue every spring.<br /><div><br /></div></div>Marniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04475036454364463323noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321956073969761756.post-20428269202466411692011-04-29T03:00:00.000-04:002011-04-29T03:00:07.446-04:00<img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgacZ7noi6s-DstFas5Iu2yZpK9W7O9JelaIzmxD2Lv6Xc7kY9sbXBqpP05WayAxQCKWqhYG0eTLmBhLpj98xYj9BfOUyFhKci_XoU-wnlh_H96qynN9TdlxWMP-mL1yX9hkE4JfYJbljfJ/s400/IMG00009-20110317-0813.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587098424955331090" /><div style="text-align: center;">This cracked me up!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Or as the newspaper article claimed: "it will have you in stitches"</div><div style="text-align: center;"> Photograph credit, KG, fellow Wilton Knitwit, part-time London resident.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 199px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2496SkPvdTXqC6fmmBknESG2wLetLLN0EQIGRFfyT-qmGMrKvpb2f6I0fl2sGm38BUIccYtun51ShJIHBI4RpN7ST5KTxV3-nOH20Grr-ZKvs9-O21HB86FG_u-txPCky2jLV-2Gau-ch/s400/article-1365155-0D4B74D3000005DC-57_634x315.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587099894660788146" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 314px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglW-n4fGeIro7f4FkITwNhRZq1iORoosAVWiITpT0DcAQcqttRA1RJDFavsP8I2Wn3gaB7B_6rIPpCYFoOMr6rc00Dap2uULl5t6WEesRy_MepDIdHxRi4DJdMRM2F36uukEwYXXQ7iqf2/s400/royal_wedding-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599657463159252818" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>My fellow knit wit friend KG, has the knack of tracking down the most interesting knitting, crafting, needlework books and events and such. Just a few weeks ago KG attended the Stitch and Craft show in London where she came across the lovely author Fiona Goble who wrote a <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><a href="http://www.bust.com/blog/2011/03/14/knit-your-own-royal-wedding.html">Knit Your Own Royal Wedding</a></span>. The author and her talk were both delightful with amazing knitted royals in attendance as well. The Today Show was shooting a segment with the author and asked Kris if she would be interviewed too - because they heard she was an American - I have not found the interview yet but I am on the hunt and will air right here when and if I find it.</div><div>Click on the <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1365155/Royal-wedding-How-knit-Kate-Middleton-Prince-William-corgis.html">Daily Mail</a> to see all the pics of the Knitted Royal Wedding - a hoot - </div><div><br /></div><div>I did not quite get what Kris was talking about until I saw the pictures.</div><div><br /></div><div>Enjoy your day at the wedding via the tube. I did not watch Diana's but I will be up early today in Virginia, where I am working at a boutique, Daisy Days in Richmond. Thank goodness the time zones are in my favor so that I can catch a good portion of the wedding before the boutique opens.</div><div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhneqcPRQzhm1QY_pblvzJ0mdvmKxfdf-zCdMsJydP2VZ9nKJSv1bs1svBQPimzF128mF-T8Uj9yehw-PRTtkhBkY_100nVWJsMAlKCGQX67DRu7fkiqOi_dOq_eY4g04YKyGvCoXvza9uO/s400/willskate1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5600580328396460274" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://rococochocolates.com/occasions/mothers-day.html">Rococo Chocolates</a> designed a special chocolate box in honour of </div><div style="text-align: center;">the wedding.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The painting inspired by an imagined proposal by Prince William to Miss Kate.</div><div style="text-align: center;">By the way, Rococo has the most amazing chocolates, </div><div style="text-align: center;">located on the King's Road in London.</div><div style="text-align: center;">It was a haunt of mine when I lived there;</div><div style="text-align: center;">I limited my purchase to three truffles at a time </div><div style="text-align: center;">and savored every morsel.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>Pastel Royal Wedding Map via <a href="http://janetblyberg.blogspot.com/">JCB</a></div>Marniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04475036454364463323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321956073969761756.post-68148275222417592052011-04-28T06:36:00.000-04:002011-04-28T08:08:58.301-04:00<img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTFRxh274sH6V7ynG6zZ4F-cj0-So7heGpj3n91_-Ysbmm2GF-uskgdb5DpDGLhxdKm6r5MTxoYUADWqR4QL8uxil7ocUyWKikWeD9uQQFumjsjlJonkLNVYk8JM5MjH2wXmT9TJTfhxtq/s400/DSCN3454.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599654097716780866" /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The desktops are looking pretty good:</div><div style="text-align: center;">street plan of Paris</div><div style="text-align: center;">and </div><div style="text-align: center;">the naturalist's Butterflies (butterflies are so IN this season)</div><div style="text-align: center;">and </div><div style="text-align: center;">happy Sis Boom </div><div style="text-align: center;">to match the Sis Boom memento board I<a href="http://mrrdesign.blogspot.com/2011/04/spring-finally-some-fair-weather.html"> posted earlier this week</a></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpu4nctk_VmPfncUegkch2hkpa9GmxU2rHsLoKf3MgtLRyzMWC0XysjceYx2FzM7i2QIZ_KS2C4ZPh49HPYA-gJ9F2ONV8XTwQdKXi5fqcoL8NZnhO-ZOjbKrqzzXjov9TcukuKBX0eVPS/s400/DSCN3456.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599653942454444610" /><div style="text-align: center;">If you are near Richmond, Virginia</div><div style="text-align: center;">come on by and check out my wares in person.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Daisy Days at St. Catherine's School</div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 289px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2KlK20zK_kA4AnFpjyNiVAZ9hNyhu4v41CyLuVxR4gtNe-W8sU2CU71YTZgfv05k7G5D2KKUdGCHpV24EgRy6fBaOzVghHmOTDluXk12lyj4bbCj14ASpK7CnT0HDoI-qiIAcqs62hU9q/s400/012811-01_DD_online.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599655384330115122" />Marniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04475036454364463323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321956073969761756.post-51627065951747524632011-04-27T05:38:00.001-04:002011-04-27T05:38:00.375-04:00<div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Spring 2011</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtG1BzdWOlUkCBJTTOt1EnBHExrwYtHVihjHaJFSAUBTRb4dNzDciOc-SC9cgwfAA0INmgyd9TehMgrm18BdU_4kKxQ7fw2WAXR6v7YcEvlqow8KYHEufKndAErx1UUkQU_B5S-fs79hfl/s1600/DSCN3442.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtG1BzdWOlUkCBJTTOt1EnBHExrwYtHVihjHaJFSAUBTRb4dNzDciOc-SC9cgwfAA0INmgyd9TehMgrm18BdU_4kKxQ7fw2WAXR6v7YcEvlqow8KYHEufKndAErx1UUkQU_B5S-fs79hfl/s400/DSCN3442.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599644397318901058" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Watercolor Swirl in aqua and pink</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhybtlYGw35k1IqpTTwIk8gzjhTNGhoREXmSNTBwGDXc8Ex7G9FEQgAHjVrPgLw6XVmOM-9oylPNgZS9kCFJ468VCTKNICgA_LTdTmbaO7lPR7FiKYTekD0iiWvrfefo5W8CDmzuUr8m8Q-/s400/DSCN3448.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599644146387711554" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">front: Sea Glass</div><div style="text-align: center;">back left: Central Park Walk</div><div style="text-align: center;">back right: Clover in aqua</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbLjfc8J2LTTH1EpzDMs9L5Omg6s7TKbsrU2mpqUNKjV3p7ys1rYVsXVQWQtYGnbAfflF9nBHDG7ofepzhV0omnnBgiy9mVF0WQ-T6F8ZB5oqE5pHVLoex1plRBRsDBeNdxH-h1j9TAZdw/s400/DSCN3440.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599643975603196786" /><div style="text-align: center;">Blue Daisy</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIwl3ndZ_9IKKJIXj6ZCqbKNeiwET_ANpM0rSFzpEGZVaHcv8qUKoHvyj2esTvHFFFHDbw_22Kcz2NQjLWQXpJqxk5Gzm-FUfcLkXTtPr9EjparZJq2YB0v3TH7LDFDSEc2M0JOpWrp-zM/s400/DSCN3466.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599644027300397714" /><div style="text-align: center;">Fleur-de-lis</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH6vftBoq4zpyZz_6M5Tildsyo-ctzF4kqGRilcHpu1z1wcucEm6XScOCspxUsnqkcXLMj8mtIU6ZtbuqTvYwwYxCnBSNDShAy2MvgfBRuOr2qfgVaKfqOAd7xsSAccnC7Sjva3CRW4WZd/s400/DSCN3464.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599644302736343522" /><div style="text-align: center;">Mocha Hide</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMgvLad24oAi1dpSpiwQuh2ji6bwmJRdz8mWcvOLPAMXS-HRwjHmhsQHTE4eoQkSJLF6F79BuzK6e02j-XJIyfDfnTdYTnAsdt28ZL3xZKmg4MVK8H8hI4zOjs_XPpOwoSd5qyWjgE2zaV/s400/DSCN3460.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599643785541534930" /><div style="text-align: center;">Moroccan window</div><div style="text-align: center;">front - olive</div><div style="text-align: center;">back left - white with brown</div><div style="text-align: center;">back right - brown with white</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3lGhZa-upuo1G31rNs7uOcRVw8BaTffSUI6S13XKZWiVH-ryIRSZng7TmN5qF7XeU9rsBhMdhiavLBbVmYmKqIYqTOFiXhJ5iTC8EIAYObnL8EU8-_opn9eP_Re3Cgml92O-J-3Vv8Kjb/s1600/DSCN3451.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 225px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3lGhZa-upuo1G31rNs7uOcRVw8BaTffSUI6S13XKZWiVH-ryIRSZng7TmN5qF7XeU9rsBhMdhiavLBbVmYmKqIYqTOFiXhJ5iTC8EIAYObnL8EU8-_opn9eP_Re3Cgml92O-J-3Vv8Kjb/s400/DSCN3451.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599643891638680338" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Naturalist</div><div style="text-align: center;">butterflies and bees</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtYgysWxGq43LqkZUtnyo-eAIUwGlmjoX2KGljyo-uSCmmPeB6iAE8yxOECwzlGmuvxbu9ZQN5mPfJyasqWiMB2hDXn3LInPJdvQlYq7535AfYSPZsoeervX5xhvBjeJxcJwKhXDx-u3yl/s1600/DSCN3465.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtYgysWxGq43LqkZUtnyo-eAIUwGlmjoX2KGljyo-uSCmmPeB6iAE8yxOECwzlGmuvxbu9ZQN5mPfJyasqWiMB2hDXn3LInPJdvQlYq7535AfYSPZsoeervX5xhvBjeJxcJwKhXDx-u3yl/s400/DSCN3465.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599643835615507922" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">What difference a ribbon makes.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I prefer the black with white topstitching - how about you?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCL5GJNFIWCcFwi1RQZ3-VHhh9NEvYmY3-ftqlOh3xDwLZ3ce8bONgFtawABTivZQMx3UEUY-2IY5Bx_hRlKm0pZupX0H18pzJy3lwp6mVSl4jN8xuFW1XMPKNb_n5WXJW9mIoJCjrtSYH/s1600/DSCN3452.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCL5GJNFIWCcFwi1RQZ3-VHhh9NEvYmY3-ftqlOh3xDwLZ3ce8bONgFtawABTivZQMx3UEUY-2IY5Bx_hRlKm0pZupX0H18pzJy3lwp6mVSl4jN8xuFW1XMPKNb_n5WXJW9mIoJCjrtSYH/s400/DSCN3452.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599643699481049426" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">For the cabin</div></div><div style="text-align: center;">or </div><div style="text-align: center;">the friend who owns the cabin that you are visiting</div>Marniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04475036454364463323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321956073969761756.post-32659722936569333752011-04-26T19:16:00.002-04:002011-04-26T22:06:08.142-04:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtA21JC2-d4P6v8o_ltzjDdsy6mqb13t8qHtiA8tQKZsKFx4Og1u-iGQTjJW8XCajoUdYvFtlPLqamjiIipNxuwSMyLDEttaVsurEJz9mjY1_UIm2k30Anxp9C1qrvGwI9RugJhE5sOVlN/s1600/012811-01_DD_online.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 289px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtA21JC2-d4P6v8o_ltzjDdsy6mqb13t8qHtiA8tQKZsKFx4Og1u-iGQTjJW8XCajoUdYvFtlPLqamjiIipNxuwSMyLDEttaVsurEJz9mjY1_UIm2k30Anxp9C1qrvGwI9RugJhE5sOVlN/s400/012811-01_DD_online.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596509899789499970" /></a>Car is packed; ready to go; books on tape: <i>Sarah's Key </i>and <i>Freedom</i>. Trip will be 389 miles each way. I am looking forward to driving into spring. We still have lots of bare branches in the Northeast. Will post from the show, if I have the energy.Marniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04475036454364463323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321956073969761756.post-83053113835190855282011-04-26T06:12:00.001-04:002011-04-26T08:58:05.116-04:00<div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center; ">Graduation Season is upon us.</div><div style="text-align: center; ">How about a custom frame to remember the big event!</div></div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUXAdH3XuO1QCYjRzwjz9oyZGEyQWOW7DD58XBnk7fh5QJwX12DGwrnwLymZi1zUAQFzlXFmpjeeGKPWeEueYeYN2k9kqA754kG88DiIot8U95ldCp-H4sDfObgUhEOhxIR_GS27OLUKn7/s1600/DSCN3431.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUXAdH3XuO1QCYjRzwjz9oyZGEyQWOW7DD58XBnk7fh5QJwX12DGwrnwLymZi1zUAQFzlXFmpjeeGKPWeEueYeYN2k9kqA754kG88DiIot8U95ldCp-H4sDfObgUhEOhxIR_GS27OLUKn7/s400/DSCN3431.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599649678088896994" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"> Spoonflower fabric created</div><div style="text-align: center;">by a Wilton friend of mine </div><div style="text-align: center;">specifically for the Wilton high school market.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I think these frames will FLY off the shelf.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK26JT85aYm3HfaZaIu6CQBSvpWHmKopKhwyFnus_OHQSZUxxcRXqHzDPw79vuenAehpWCS25A2D4F1GnMrTupUfDJ8Tivf3-ytZ4cyG3EiMialgSINN2xBHTcg_cXhuTBV-lsT4zXfnHQ/s400/DSCN3436.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599649566520700178" /><div style="text-align: center;">Perennial favorites:</div><div style="text-align: center;">seersucker with monograms.</div><div style="text-align: center;">If you are interested, scroll down the left side to see monogram options,</div><div style="text-align: center;">then e-mail me.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Two week turn around time.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJbF_PmRVMLhkVyMzDCyIiYfafJmBucBBQjPVi_HvC_UzAulT_M34MnlzcvizcIBqMQPdXIbYJ_oRrYFSRwzl5u6rHENjnPk0wZRJKfE77ev95UmFaxIG-wOF50I5n3wJfYVQ3Es-bAZJQ/s1600/DSCN3438.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJbF_PmRVMLhkVyMzDCyIiYfafJmBucBBQjPVi_HvC_UzAulT_M34MnlzcvizcIBqMQPdXIbYJ_oRrYFSRwzl5u6rHENjnPk0wZRJKfE77ev95UmFaxIG-wOF50I5n3wJfYVQ3Es-bAZJQ/s1600/DSCN3438.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 225px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJbF_PmRVMLhkVyMzDCyIiYfafJmBucBBQjPVi_HvC_UzAulT_M34MnlzcvizcIBqMQPdXIbYJ_oRrYFSRwzl5u6rHENjnPk0wZRJKfE77ev95UmFaxIG-wOF50I5n3wJfYVQ3Es-bAZJQ/s400/DSCN3438.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599649620370340370" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">For the LAX nut, a frame for the the action photo.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><u><br /></u></div><div style="text-align: center;">and some frames from last year.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy4xmHuLTwDY4ngdL98bZEj7lfMKpN1kc7OfyqMz8xby7Sdd1Df4bnlgggKbij9MHu3Lh8u-EAv_EAP_62S9ef2PWmTGgJBCHxjkjgB7MQm7kyw-Nn8UDmiIjbq6uMWbpaglV7A28US_V6/s1600/DSCN2880.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy4xmHuLTwDY4ngdL98bZEj7lfMKpN1kc7OfyqMz8xby7Sdd1Df4bnlgggKbij9MHu3Lh8u-EAv_EAP_62S9ef2PWmTGgJBCHxjkjgB7MQm7kyw-Nn8UDmiIjbq6uMWbpaglV7A28US_V6/s400/DSCN2880.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554236072661451874" /></a><br /></div>Marniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04475036454364463323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321956073969761756.post-64056573910839076402011-04-25T08:22:00.002-04:002011-04-25T08:25:27.220-04:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZlgajqgf8ecr-lciOuiDto9Bxqrw5c9apAEq0c4iCgT4T9QfVRGVWgAVUyDMJ_pNuTTPpWKoJVWS1VIPlU0s4b5fi9757enwPI8tYk6Nb_b_UcPTeoD9a4lwecd5euZAcABf3YdLPblph/s1600/DSCN3406.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZlgajqgf8ecr-lciOuiDto9Bxqrw5c9apAEq0c4iCgT4T9QfVRGVWgAVUyDMJ_pNuTTPpWKoJVWS1VIPlU0s4b5fi9757enwPI8tYk6Nb_b_UcPTeoD9a4lwecd5euZAcABf3YdLPblph/s400/DSCN3406.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599495708758245106" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;">Spring, finally some fair weather.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Custom board for Sophie</div><div style="text-align: center;">to match her </div><div style="text-align: center;">desktop memento board.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Marniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04475036454364463323noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321956073969761756.post-34846055473997386492011-04-21T05:03:00.000-04:002011-04-21T05:03:00.852-04:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtQDzJP05VClIj0-HX9t-QeksqgS_KP-9Lvi2_RsRTzVgDPaZZSe8DCl1ruUEWR0oslIMSba2PWFW03RNs8gZE-0DJz0YDeHS2jiyl0J8q2YkP3veS9Zhv8oVpJORD8CxKteOLqccvwdm3/s1600/Globe.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtQDzJP05VClIj0-HX9t-QeksqgS_KP-9Lvi2_RsRTzVgDPaZZSe8DCl1ruUEWR0oslIMSba2PWFW03RNs8gZE-0DJz0YDeHS2jiyl0J8q2YkP3veS9Zhv8oVpJORD8CxKteOLqccvwdm3/s400/Globe.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595639777168260818" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC0000;">Is that not the cutest picture of a baby checking out the action?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><br /></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;">The March 24, 2011 Boston Globe Sunday magazize featured a terrific article on the resurgence of knitting, sewing and handcrafts. The photos of the shops were bright and vibrant. I misplaced my copy of the article and had to make due with this photo, which is not nearly as bright and colorful as the original, but the sweet baby makes up for the lack of intense color. The article reported on the growing trend of do-it-yourself handicraft boutiques and interest in all things hand-made and the shift of today's generation away from the 70's anti-hand-craft woman's work to the pride of home/hand <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">made.</span></div><div style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><br /></div><div face="Helvetica" size="medium" style=" ">People are beginning to realize the importance of creating for yourself as our world becomes increasingly high-tech, digital and faster and faster and faster. The slow movement is a terrific counterpart to the fast-paced 24-7 world we live in today. I love the slow, methodical work of knitting and stitching; it is relaxing and satisfying. Hurrah for hand work. A fitting sentiment <span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:georgia;font-size:medium;">for earth day - getting back to basics - do it yourself kind of activities - slowing down - enjoying today as it is - keeping our world alive.</span></div><div face="Helvetica" size="medium" style=" "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:georgia;font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">If you are in the Boston area, check out the knitting shops below.</span></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">J. P. Knit & Stitch - Jamaica Plain</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Gather Here - Cambridge "stitch lounge"</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Stitch House - Dorchester</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Hipstitch - Newtonville</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Craftland School of Craft - Providence</span></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div face="Helvetica" size="medium" style=" "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; "><i>Post Script:</i></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; "><i>Here is part of an interesting interview with Lisa Borgnes Giramonti of A Bloomsbury Life - this excerpt dovetails with my comments on the hand-craft arts or "home-arts". I did a <a href="http://mrrdesign.blogspot.com/2010/05/amusing-clever-and-so-beautiful-who.html">post on Lisa</a> last year and featured her wonderful needlepoint tapestries that are very funny and creative - <a href="http://mrrdesign.blogspot.com/2010/05/amusing-clever-and-so-beautiful-who.html">click here.</a></i></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; "><i><br /></i></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; "><i><a href="http://yellsoftly.com/2009/11/17/interview-lisa-borgnes-giramonti-of-a-bloomsbury-life/">Full interview with Lisa Borgnes Giramonti on Yell Softly - here</a></i></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(122, 122, 122); line-height: 21px; font-family:Georgia, Times, serif;font-size:14px;"><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border- outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline- vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background- background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size:14px;color:transparent;"><em style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border- outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline- vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background- background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size:14px;color:transparent;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(153, 51, 0); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(150, 44, 63); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">You create modern, witty needlepoint art (a phrase many, who haven’t seen your work, may consider an oxymoron.) What drew you to this medium? I particularly love your piece “</span></span></span><a href="http://abloomsburylife.blogspot.com/2009/01/perky-boobies.html" target="_blank" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(150, 44, 63); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Perky Boobies</span></span></a><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(150, 44, 63); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">;” do you think that we are returning to an appreciation of the “home arts” like entertaining, embroidery and gardening?</span></span></em></p><p size="14px" color="transparent" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border- outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline- vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background- background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Oh, Sariah, I hope so. I think this recession has forced us all to turn inward and to realize that the It bag we all had to have five years ago is a hollow substitute for the pleasures of a meaningful life. In the last year, I have been much more conscious of living large on a small scale. Friends come over, we cook, we entertain, we talk, we laugh and we have a deep appreciation for each other’s company.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">In terms of my textile work, my embroideries and postmodern samplers are a compulsion; I can’t not create them. My mother and grandmother both embroidered, and I grew up watching them, but they always worked from kits and that never appealed to me. When I saw the <a href="http://www.bayeuxtapestry.org.uk/Bayeux1.htm" target="_blank" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Bayeux Tapestry</a>, I had a sudden epiphany that I needed to embroider MY life and my words instead of someone else’s. And that’s what I’ve done.</p><div id="attachment_881" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 1px; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 244); max-width: 490px; height: auto; display: block; text-align: center; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(230, 230, 230); border-right-color: rgb(230, 230, 230); border-bottom-color: rgb(230, 230, 230); border-left-color: rgb(230, 230, 230); width: 410px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><a href="http://yellsoftly.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/j1846x1247-09212.jpg" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><img class="size-full wp-image-881" title="J1846x1247-09212" src="http://yellsoftly.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/j1846x1247-09212.jpg?w=400&h=270" alt="" width="400" height="270" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; max-width: 490px; height: auto; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; " /></a><p class="wp-caption-text" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 11px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; text-align: center; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">"Purly Wurly Takes a Picture," 1998</p></div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><em style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background- background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size:14px;color:transparent;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(153, 51, 0); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size:14px;"> </span></em><em style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background- background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size:14px;color:transparent;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(150, 44, 63); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size:14px;"> </span></em></p></span></div>Marniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04475036454364463323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321956073969761756.post-65071983185716398462011-04-20T05:59:00.001-04:002011-04-20T05:59:00.350-04:00<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS-SUKn37Z20pvzjLtXlghZZq0XBmmiWObCbIXDcFKWZPqDGlNhKDUpiIGTSE5Q6sjuxUQEqoJjHGQNqyHsi2F5pxZGbFQbpCoMowwsa8Yf6wmoerd3rEhyphenhyphenGilNVHlym5-1uQh-QhHen7y/s1600/stamp_about.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 172px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS-SUKn37Z20pvzjLtXlghZZq0XBmmiWObCbIXDcFKWZPqDGlNhKDUpiIGTSE5Q6sjuxUQEqoJjHGQNqyHsi2F5pxZGbFQbpCoMowwsa8Yf6wmoerd3rEhyphenhyphenGilNVHlym5-1uQh-QhHen7y/s400/stamp_about.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596505723934845234" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Redmond Aldrich</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Design</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>Another example of how a designer uses an inspiration board; this photo is from the website of <a href="http://redmondaldrich.com/index.html">Redmond Aldrich Design</a> and is a shot of her <a href="http://redmondaldrich.com/designkit_about.html">"design-kit"</a>. The kit is fitted out for an individual according to their design requirements; it allows an individual to use the firm's services without having the designer present - e-mail and telephone and this packet. Voila.<div><br /></div><div>Inspiration boards and their uses grow...</div></div>Marniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04475036454364463323noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321956073969761756.post-72060569107527360962011-04-15T22:43:00.001-04:002011-04-15T22:43:00.109-04:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8ozlEOJeosNz4m9aPM3FuM651Wk0dqKDvw58Onp8bQFQp2iRgEFD0N0zAr-wIfPCWu3GFAnLcsAK9wT3EO2wvGtvhTyINnmEQQGUB7zQtoyi4zPATRq5Zdrdow35W-fnJoNoCrJrxF4Es/s1600/012811-01_DD_online.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 289px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8ozlEOJeosNz4m9aPM3FuM651Wk0dqKDvw58Onp8bQFQp2iRgEFD0N0zAr-wIfPCWu3GFAnLcsAK9wT3EO2wvGtvhTyINnmEQQGUB7zQtoyi4zPATRq5Zdrdow35W-fnJoNoCrJrxF4Es/s400/012811-01_DD_online.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595635487047206770" /></a>Working, working, working after my winter hibernation, trying to get ready for my next boutique in Richmond, Virginia. My terrific monogrammer just embroidered 40 ribbons to get me ready for the spring graduation season. More photos after I finish a weekend of work in the studio. Can't wait to show you the 2011 spring line.Marniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04475036454364463323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321956073969761756.post-90156850125642577012011-04-15T07:05:00.006-04:002011-04-15T07:39:01.407-04:00<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;font-size:13px;"><div class="episode_title" style="text-align: center; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheggWhemYafxtOJ73gMQljFW5dYr4ipy5KLxuTDK5JcxDAxA_igT20pG3_wWqJQAIXtmqqS-JZt1wEb5QT7WXO02hwa9-ntX5Jq8yxVfcXjn7lvsAtdrag_WpTb5dDi8fnjtmaiRfIvBG5/s400/DSCN3417.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595770692620826946" /><h2 style="margin-bottom: -10px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal; font-size:medium;">I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud</span></h2><p class="author" style=" line-height: 1.2; font-family:arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;">by </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://www.elabs7.com/c.html?rtr=on&s=fj6,qd0j,dv,b4d,4lm8,ec10,luem" style="color: rgb(122, 11, 13); ">William</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><a href="http://www.elabs7.com/c.html?rtr=on&s=fj6,qd0j,dv,b4d,4lm8,ec10,luem" style="color: rgb(122, 11, 13); ">Wo</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><a href="http://www.elabs7.com/c.html?rtr=on&s=fj6,qd0j,dv,b4d,4lm8,ec10,luem" style="color: rgb(122, 11, 13); ">rd</a></span><a href="http://www.elabs7.com/c.html?rtr=on&s=fj6,qd0j,dv,b4d,4lm8,ec10,luem" style="color: rgb(122, 11, 13); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;">sworth</span></a></p></div><div class="work" style="line-height: 20px; padding-bottom: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; background-position: 50% 100%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; "><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I wandered lonely as a cloud</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">That floats on high o'er vales and hills,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">When all at o</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;">nce I saw a </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;">crowd,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">A host, of golden daffodils;</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Beside the lake, beneath the trees,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;">Continuous as the stars that shine</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">And twinkle on the milky way,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">They stretched in never-ending line</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Along the margin of a bay:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Ten thousand saw I at a glance,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;">The waves beside them danced; but they</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">A poet could not but be gay,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">In such a jocund company:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I gazed--and gazed--but little thought</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">What wealth the show to me had brought:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;">For oft, when on my couch I lie</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">In vacant or in pensive mood,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">They flash upon that inward eye</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Which is the bliss of solitude;</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">And then my heart with pleasure fills,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">And dances with the daffodils.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjQR-___jOybg6c5fR2k93m-PXnkQeKm4y-UuqbxiZn1xJyed4G65uKXyxRmi7P4E_fWvpdzpx8D95DKVFgH8Dro5XqP1J4KOMX-sXA0WLqAKMMcqE20U34l8_2FZnHgx8pSPe_9OAypxq/s400/DSCN3418.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595770561015027522" /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;">This poem was featured on the </span><a href="http://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Writer's Almanac</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> today; one of my daily reads.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The image of the daffodils "fluttering and dancing in the breeze" is perfect for today.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Years ago, my work commute was a long drive in heavy traffic;</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">the last leg of the journey was along a street lined with giant suburban houses, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">most built a long time ago with good architectural bones; </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">one of the property owners on this street planted daffodils along the roadside; masses of them.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The first year that I drove down that street in April</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> and saw all the daff</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;">odils in bloom</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> I gasped aloud at the sheer volume and beauty of the sight.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> I was inspired to give my own burst of happiness to travelers</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">each spring</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">so I planted clumps of daffodils down on the roadside of my property.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Today, they still look beautiful; </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">the sand and salt from the winters killed off many clumps,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">but for the m</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;">ost part</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">it is a sunny, happy display of spring.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Happiness can be yours just by looking at nature.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I smile and have a spring in my step each year when the flowers are in full display.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">People have stopped and told me how much they like the flowers too.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;">weekend planting...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfB4jJKAwgOluwpegrlBcQANTqpVlNlkN3we4fu-I4xUB9vCpjWQwduQ_Z1ctswLMTASmfqt3CaG_HtyiGVzVvgOyS4F1T0vOoQjWjAZ8AVHPwT0-2D86dxy_6dX76kLfTSnkMbVrPGxJw/s400/DSCN3420.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595770751785184626" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p></div></span>Marniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04475036454364463323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321956073969761756.post-74133741548503843612011-04-13T07:10:00.010-04:002011-04-13T07:10:00.264-04:00<img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 140px; height: 140px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTXmAkJ3mfqlHaAMNSF8-vGY07ly6PZGzqPNQg1P70vjz3eaWIsvoRY0wZ4QT2h5llSR5vuidf9zeNcm9OD82qaBp1rCDbbXjhwu-7_ngYfAgi6JSqRRNz9BEl_zu0_rhNjL0wooYPZc-z/s400/040111_Collections_244_140.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594659938134444290" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq0ivt9Gk4kWAsAG73sZDqO3YyiNHK3hx98nqRjhrYXUQbQvhBZJGVMPYM5hMkKy2lqjtvQ_9vh1oWkYrMDbpI2j4-1OVVEeJc1PP54yAKVinB7W_G91Q25LRXZxNl9LzWXXIPJnYGvrni/s1600/Grandmothers_Flower_Garden_Quilt_Blk.-138x131.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 138px; height: 131px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq0ivt9Gk4kWAsAG73sZDqO3YyiNHK3hx98nqRjhrYXUQbQvhBZJGVMPYM5hMkKy2lqjtvQ_9vh1oWkYrMDbpI2j4-1OVVEeJc1PP54yAKVinB7W_G91Q25LRXZxNl9LzWXXIPJnYGvrni/s400/Grandmothers_Flower_Garden_Quilt_Blk.-138x131.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594661076333559378" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#660000;"><i>"....break them out of their narrowness."</i></span><div><br /></div><div>Harvard professor Laurel Thatcher Ulrich on the use of the tangible in academic study. Here is an exerpt from the Harvard Gazette on <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#660000;"><a href="http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2011/04/objects-of-instruction/">Objects of Instruction</a></span></b></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 10px; font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:10px;"><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 2em; padding-bottom: 1em; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border- outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline- vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.6em; font-family:Georgia, serif;color:initial;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#660000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">While Hamburger and Galison focused on the rare and the remarkable in Harvard’s collections, </span></span></i><a href="http://history.fas.harvard.edu/people/faculty/ulrich.php" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#660000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Laurel Thatcher Ulrich</span></span></i></a><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#660000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, the 300th Anniversary University Professor, and Ivan Gaskell, Margaret S. Winthrop Curator in the</span></span></i><a href="http://www.harvardartmuseums.org/" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#660000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Harvard Art Museums</span></span></i></a><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#660000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> and senior lecturer on history, extolled the virtues of the mundane and the everyday: a toothbrush, a chair, a piece of clothing. “My adventure has been to move into the realm of material objects and use them to study ordinary people in ordinary life,” Ulrich said.</span></span></i></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 2em; padding-bottom: 1em; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border- outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline- vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.6em; font-family:Georgia, serif;color:initial;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#660000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Ulrich, the developer of the popular General Education course and exhibition “</span></span></i><a href="http://www.fas.harvard.edu/%7Ehsdept/chsi-tangible_things.html" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#660000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Tangible Things</span></span></i></a><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#660000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">,” stood at the front of the classroom and pulled a quilt out of an old bookcase. The quilt, which was made in Missouri during the 1920s, was designed with dark blue hexagons. She said that she had students research the source of the design, which led them back hundreds of years to a study of Islamic decorative art, its migration through Europe and then to America. An examination of the cloth and its manufacture in the American South took students through the history of slavery.</span></span></i></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 2em; padding-bottom: 1em; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border- outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline- vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.6em; font-family:Georgia, serif;color:initial;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#660000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Ulrich said that she wanted her students to work with artifacts to “break them out of their narrowness” and help them make connections between unrelated things like a quilt made in Missouri and an Islamic tile.</span></span></i></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 2em; padding-bottom: 1em; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border- outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline- vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.6em; font-family:Georgia, serif;color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Observation is such an important part of learning. Connections: one era to an another. Everything repeats. We are inspired by the past. Read and See. See and Do. Listen. Start each day with the idea of learning something new. When I am in a funk and nothing seems to be working out I remember my mantra: make each day matter. What I mean by this is to use my senses to keenly observe the world around me. I am pleasantly surprised by something I discover. Small joys. All for free. Just open your eyes, your ears, your heart and you too will be amazed by a little nugget of wisdom or joy.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 2em; padding-bottom: 1em; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border- outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline- vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.6em; font-family:Georgia, serif;color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 115px; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#660000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">“You see cultural contact and exchange in ways that you cannot see in books and writing,” she said. “Students get really excited when you put them in touch with r</span></span></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 115px; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#660000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">eal stuff.”</span></span></i></span></p></span></div>Marniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04475036454364463323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321956073969761756.post-15891067558498597502011-04-11T05:12:00.007-04:002011-04-11T05:12:01.111-04:00<img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoXJA8bnU8HySgavHFI_8MiA-iIGB-Ld6Pv8S99tJhVxB6Rip1QWwADG8wBh4Si6liwbpRu1r9TPRvAKAuEa7rPtQIW3oJXApPvTOjuH5Ti899PbPY9GuCgMHaDY1sXl7C5JlLDf4GLIbt/s400/image1.400.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594144478210041426" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuakDBtJnZ1488s2qnpfzPCe-FEdfNqu4YfkjfV6V8A4wZupACS8gyzHjQtfA6f30mCf_1iaC-ZbbI5gRnvyjGAyDfSGXKZoRT1eCVj0B1zykwH2zMmvrXmizWZyY-6Vnpr7KlzAn2xlqs/s400/DSCN3359.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589180320711561506" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBN2AubCiTvUljZ-HortJD6YdUHwJoGlcqp5_PDs2TD6JcT-l5_BI2J4JjNL8UXSdo_bwT9DsAPCInJmO7ItQ5o2cLBCdCD6GX21bIS4-2butYyvgyirVCU1bzQIolxHVsheVpD5PBlOHS/s400/DSCN3378.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589180608341637202" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijAiw4wpOLWlhEeCS2tH196Zc3GcWdhezo1Nih6NfX8kQ5e7-Bhr-y281b5ORp3hkGbpp7iLhdquJ7fXN72-Bi3lOo31usQCcCdsxyrYTveFj8kJGHRjKmZRPI1o7dcVi-bjdh6jPL7Ij0/s400/DSCN3375.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589180515271152402" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXRvMWJTPlqbEsd2lQQ3cCJYEgeGRARnzaL3vey4ChrpdnjqYYvHvdJTnALqjq03KczpJgHLMC-QeB87CYUnDZ0MG9mixGf3NVnSSLqYZER7HcrBSOkKppJrghz0bu3ZwlsLNqdsGMYwhx/s400/DSCN3365.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589180405169028130" /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 220px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDV20UZW6NNyUlUI8Kkecnfy31IYq_JQhlhnu4RbshKYsy4BKRR1EpPjZ3AaHvUfouyKJXb6mH5BbbDM1GARKwBcuY3vEBPr_UCuR1xIixJ6_XBewcyFqfPLGkw7MbFfcIpHCSxDPLpIMF/s400/timthumb.php.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594144553875378290" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5yOTNCuLpQE9bdm9bG1Icwy4FPi3Q21RJy_sUEH9intZ49eIfaTIPQz0MhSJHbFD8dB-7XGrqWWeLXaiq9uVLB8mHRysciBGjyv7RU5e4Xh-xaxCAfl70cdiboPuLnvmhGC4FFQ9_DHsg/s1600/577255_300x300.jpeg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><br /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://mrrdesign.blogspot.com/2011/02/interesting-variation-on-memento-board.html">A few weeks back</a> I started to tell you about a woman who designed</div><div style="text-align: center;">perfect little houses</div><div style="text-align: center;">or</div><div style="text-align: center;">"in scale houses".</div><div style="text-align: center;">Her name was Barbara Garfield.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The houses are all clustered together in a seaside community in Connecticut</div><div style="text-align: center;">called Rowayton.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> I was finally able to get some photos</div><div style="text-align: center;">and <a href="http://www.homeportfolio.com/GetInspired/GreatAmericanHomes/07.19.01/fulltext.jhtml">here is an old article </a>about her work</div><div style="text-align: center;">and a<a href="http://thedailybasics.com/house-garden/shelter/2010-08-20/15754/were-you-raised-in-a-barn-or-do-you-just-wish-you-were">nother article with more great photos here</a>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Each summer we attend Shakespeare on the Sound;</div><div style="text-align: center;">the production is staged in on a grassy hill next to the Five Mile River,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> across the street from Jo's Way, the cluster of houses</div><div style="text-align: center;">designed by Barbara "Jo" Garfield.</div><div style="text-align: center;">And each year I peak through the hedges to get a better view</div><div style="text-align: center;">of these tiny treasures.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I love the long windows, french doors and compact and efficient size.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Her houses were generally 1600 sq ft.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I am a small house person; my house is 1,500 sq. ft</div><div style="text-align: center;">and it is just right.</div><div style="text-align: center;">My little antique has been home for 20 years.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Finally Americans are learning that big is not always better.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The country seems to be in a downsize mode these days.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The pendulum is swinging.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Barbara was ahead of her time.</div><div style="text-align: center;">She started designing these houses in the 80's</div><div style="text-align: center;">as "a reaction to the McMansions",</div><div style="text-align: center;"> soon to be the white elephants of the 21st century.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Marniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04475036454364463323noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321956073969761756.post-80664990562456786942011-04-10T11:16:00.005-04:002011-04-10T11:28:24.587-04:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn9RaUCfH8X8v-teoBqzTwiU73ZngM7MTzyK9Cv5HTofVpfXNdY-q1ZqSb4dgavcINaj4H0kFDMfg3YNkkN9JkZriuRGE-XTmn29hvVw5dta8Ds8dCACNyTvif9BF4MsIGyZ_csuLGMEDK/s1600/MODERNLOVE-articleLarge.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 210px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn9RaUCfH8X8v-teoBqzTwiU73ZngM7MTzyK9Cv5HTofVpfXNdY-q1ZqSb4dgavcINaj4H0kFDMfg3YNkkN9JkZriuRGE-XTmn29hvVw5dta8Ds8dCACNyTvif9BF4MsIGyZ_csuLGMEDK/s400/MODERNLOVE-articleLarge.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593975519996242114" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Photo caption by Brian Rea for Modern Love column</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; ">,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; ">New York Times, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; ">April 7</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; ">, 2011</span></div><div><br /></div>Being a mother is the best thing about my life.<div>This morning I read the most amazing story in the<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/10/fashion/10Modern.html?scp=2&sq=modern%20love&st=cse"> Modern Love</a> column of the New York Times.</div><div>It is a powerful story of love and anguish. </div><div><br /></div>Marniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04475036454364463323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321956073969761756.post-15758070421627195892011-04-08T07:18:00.009-04:002011-04-08T07:18:00.676-04:00<img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 63px; height: 84px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHRI_GbF0dmo_MJt0hGt1DhvSD7g4QFG0jWoX4aTLXEmsI5QuxCQttT0AHyxz_ArWgQ4anQgunT3zcgb3BtvRYvr2LsM_fqQFaIPoreIEqveCv7jgMV2S8ZBYqyABUCH5Tu8Qsl6-73SAB/s400/DownloadedFile.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591422735224569490" /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrFNme3n4aW-cKolO8XnFVsjtPtGi564rDvEBxroR_B6mv8Uyz2JfX11aaGL1OAPpF-0ogVyhVJKXcFEoyM6kc8fvq3fc_5RW3VsHHe6pXEK7vwMmA6lWh6npYWdt9ncKIEKat65rVRNFf/s1600/DownloadedFile-1.jpeg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 52px; height: 94px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrFNme3n4aW-cKolO8XnFVsjtPtGi564rDvEBxroR_B6mv8Uyz2JfX11aaGL1OAPpF-0ogVyhVJKXcFEoyM6kc8fvq3fc_5RW3VsHHe6pXEK7vwMmA6lWh6npYWdt9ncKIEKat65rVRNFf/s400/DownloadedFile-1.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591422848196871602" /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 18px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;font-size:-webkit-xxx-large;"><a href="http://www.thestylesaloniste.com/2010/08/photographer-i-admire-vicki-topaz.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;">The Style Saloniste aka Diane Dorrans Saeks conducted an intervi</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">ew </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 18px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;font-size:-webkit-xxx-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">with photographer Vicki T</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 18px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family:Georgia, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:-webkit-xxx-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">opaz on her new book: </span><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://www.thestylesaloniste.com/2010/08/photographer-i-admire-vicki-topaz.html"> Silent Nests</a></span></b></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://www.thestylesaloniste.com/2010/08/photographer-i-admire-vicki-topaz.html">.</a> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The interview</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> is interesting and the photographs are beautiful, however, it was the author's description of a book that she is currently working on that captivated me; the book is called</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> Silver: A State of Mind - here is what she says about it.</span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 18px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family:Georgia, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Diane Dorrans Saeks: What are you working on now?</span></i></span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><i></i></span></span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Vicky Topaz:</span></span></i></b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> My current work, entitled ‘Silver: A State of Mind’, is a series of portraits of women who possess one of the most distinctive outward signs of aging--silvering hair. The project deals with the transformative and challenging aspects of aging and aims to reveal the core energy, vitality and allure of these women and how they are moving through this time in their lives. I find the silvering of hair is an entry point to a diversity of thoughts and ideas on the subject. This is a different sort of "landscape"--women who are aging and the vistas they inhabit.</span></span></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">So today, my birthday, I am reflecting on my age. Awhile back I made the decision not to change the color of my hair - I am aging as God intended - silver sparkles in my hair now. I like it and I love the idea that "the silvering of hair is an entry point to a diversity of thoughts and ideas on the subject".</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">When I turned 50 my dear friend June said to me: "50 allows us to say and think whatever we want - we have earned it". So silver shots in my hair and lots of years, I have earned it. And you know what? All the hairdressers love my shimmery silver - mixed in with my light brown.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">And my body thanks me for it - no chemicals. And Mother Earth thanks me too.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Read this </span><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/24/fashion/24Mirror.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">NYT piece</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> by Dominque Browning of </span><a href="http://www.slowlovelife.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Slow Love Life</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> blog. It is about long hair on older women but also about graying hair.</span></span></div></span>Marniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04475036454364463323noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321956073969761756.post-79056956164139220362011-04-06T05:55:00.005-04:002011-04-06T06:59:01.745-04:00<img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicgQhl0QI0RceveuG6LVS1_pnnnRFBbbnrNflQiia_dl09Mitirs_A3hGaewIKiGj2I4pTrm-5HmU35WqqhOucNGLEZuluLFb9QLb2rMD5ojmD1L4frPD_qGLWuaOWq_KTGxGU-6Y2xD5e/s400/DSCN3347.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589178533766566258" /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>My perch...in case you are curious.<div><br /><div>Three years since I took the leap into the blogosphere.<div><br /></div><div>Wish you could join me for a cookie and a cup of tea to celebrate </div><div>my 3 year blog day. </div><div><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 170px; height: 135px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP5se6115DwnEdTa0oz-bZzXeCQGvDB28tptzq__B5si2L_vnjPoOenTWPphXaRaj4nqKHNuwTq0Gw71ps7L4VdRFY5teNCjejxihw2S4IITsPij2-or9XlhmRnD4lt9yLAYFqUkaRsopB/s400/il_170x135.214315179.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592295177346659218" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">image from</span><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/ParisBreakfast"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> Paris Breakfasts</span></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Thanks for reading and returning.</div><div><br /></div><div>A few weeks ago I wrote about this blog and how it has evolved <a href="http://www.blogger.com/I%20am%20documenting%20my%20days.%20This%20blog%20gives%20me%20great%20joy.%20Here%20I%20share%20images,%20thoughts,%20ideas%20with%20like%20minded%20people,%20and%20that%20makes%20me%20happy.%20People%20can%20read%20and%20take%20what%20they%20like%20and%20leave%20the%20rest.%20I%20hope%20you%20enjoy%20it.">(click here)</a>. </div><div><br /></div><div>Looking up and looking out for inspiration and motivation.</div><div>Seeing, listening, feeling, doing. Passing it along to someone else.</div><div>Take what you like and leave the rest.</div><div><br /></div><div><div>Here is a quote from Eleanor Roosevelt that I read yesterday. On target.</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> “One’s philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes. In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.</span></span></span></span></div></div><div><br /></div><div>Other blog day posts: <a href="http://mrrdesign.blogspot.com/2010/04/i-like-flowers-and-i-like-cake-and-i.html">April 6, 2010</a>, <a href="http://mrrdesign.blogspot.com/2009/04/happy-blog-day-to-me-backwards-look.html">April 6, 2009</a>, <a href="http://mrrdesign.blogspot.com/2008/04/hello.html">April 6, 2008</a></div><div><br /></div><div>PS - Paris Breakfasts sells her art <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/ParisBreakfast">here</a>. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div></div>Marniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04475036454364463323noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321956073969761756.post-63935511994106634282011-04-04T05:55:00.000-04:002011-04-04T07:18:30.242-04:00<img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQSQLyUSDl6Xryg5QoPnSV4fWL2lwpe6ynAVXB1FCRm3oHdVuc8DnBGbAvfhSHc5Y3Mj9cBwX0Qa64BnfbqVLrS59ehVXIQW65GVMnTIrP2nV5HVd7H-1JEMKMpZLGBR4HzM_eKuSe1yBJ/s400/IMG_2936.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586729368726339266" /><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center; ">Cobblestones randomly placed in a grid</div><div style="text-align: center; ">(do not remember where I found this image)</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Central Park Cobble</div><div style="text-align: center;">one of the fabrics from the Spring 2011 line</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS0pf7nTj3LX2GRhr-Hv-_CoVQg3taGq_nFwsDDbY2DsRLLV3yrQLZiQa0oLYmqTkgvWTVTUn8F25TFAWacS1rFHwXqMAqGnbDIpJHgJSZAxowM8Dhv_VPZBOv7uKBFdJjFVozxHsw7i2M/s400/MODA-27070-11_MED.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586729411244612242" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Finally the weather is cooperating.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The chill and damp was not too bad in the studio,</div><div style="text-align: center;">aka garage.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Spent yesterday afternoon in the studio </div><div style="text-align: center;">with my mini space heater.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Marniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04475036454364463323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321956073969761756.post-73743356039363597102011-04-01T22:32:00.003-04:002011-04-02T08:23:58.555-04:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMiPx7xzN5vbuQt3rEql_QWR-DbUVO9gc_Bc337ppPmYjx74YjW0XzzY6Z1Ex-KwbQosw5CWhm_krfy-BCMGp_wgQl9XgaDM2G3YGo5RH73SmWNOF_1Hb5yNIIMnef9BAvsLpYzZwXe8_J/s1600/April+Food+Day+2011_thumb%255B8%255D.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 219px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMiPx7xzN5vbuQt3rEql_QWR-DbUVO9gc_Bc337ppPmYjx74YjW0XzzY6Z1Ex-KwbQosw5CWhm_krfy-BCMGp_wgQl9XgaDM2G3YGo5RH73SmWNOF_1Hb5yNIIMnef9BAvsLpYzZwXe8_J/s400/April+Food+Day+2011_thumb%255B8%255D.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590808857299935682" /></a><br />A little late in posting about <a href="http://pigtown-design.blogspot.com/2011/03/third-annual-april-food-day.html">BLOGGERS FIGHTING HUNGER </a><div>but hunger does not go away</div><div>8.8% of our population is unemployed - that is 13.5 million people</div><div>15% is the true percentage of our population that is unemployed which includes those who have given up looking, and those who are still looking for jobs.</div><div><br /></div><div>Please do something today...or tomorrow...or the next day.<br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>Marniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04475036454364463323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321956073969761756.post-30763582967218295072011-03-30T07:44:00.000-04:002011-03-30T07:44:00.086-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipRComIMqKoLEDFoVETJaGIakFfnNuBl1YgaV0efxCZqq8vRy_6oxjJesVsNWWPDVgad7HR35MgnLsQ_hpdZKt45dKL63TlbqkbjngVwRVVNH_uXgqe16X4DInvKIu6lP9lC6rI1kF0QeI/s1600/DSCN3005.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipRComIMqKoLEDFoVETJaGIakFfnNuBl1YgaV0efxCZqq8vRy_6oxjJesVsNWWPDVgad7HR35MgnLsQ_hpdZKt45dKL63TlbqkbjngVwRVVNH_uXgqe16X4DInvKIu6lP9lC6rI1kF0QeI/s400/DSCN3005.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554229084301437778" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">College acceptances are pouring in...</div><div style="text-align: center;">this is a fun way to celebrate the next phase.</div><div style="text-align: center;">This one is for a soon to be freshman at Middlebury College in VT</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVfOej02kQrvNryC0wMa60HUS65wI17aBQusEUbphvORaneLr-c65NCpM2zJyD2Gs3ADw0f_rS1cNYUpG2pUggT_F3x0EnnoySB-mZ0MNfoUNKRnxcfpwwo560Q8T6snSJ5Ex8OMOwjbqD/s1600/DSCN3004.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVfOej02kQrvNryC0wMa60HUS65wI17aBQusEUbphvORaneLr-c65NCpM2zJyD2Gs3ADw0f_rS1cNYUpG2pUggT_F3x0EnnoySB-mZ0MNfoUNKRnxcfpwwo560Q8T6snSJ5Ex8OMOwjbqD/s400/DSCN3004.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554228965384603362" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center; ">e-mail me for details</div><div style="text-align: center; ">marnie ruane at g mail dot com</div></div>Marniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04475036454364463323noreply@blogger.com0