Window Displays at Selfridges in London

I love window shopping, the set up and display and the mood and ambience a store creates around it's clothing can be so interesting. While in London and passing by Selfridge's I snapped these pics of their windows.

Installation Art in Paris

My time here in Paris is waning and I just found this on a blog I follow...and now reaaaaallly want to run into one of these on the streets. It is potholes filled as Art Installation by Juliana Santacruz Herrera . TOO COOL...love stuff like this because it shows all the scraps of fabric that we cut and sometime throw out if small enough could be put to use creating something. (took these pictures from the blog Honestly WTF...but maybe I will see this somewhere and get pics myself!)

Finally finished this Monstrous Sweater!

Crazy and funky and everyone keeps asking me if I am going to wear it...which the answer is of course obviously yes! When I am cold in the studio in Syracuse next year I will put it on and lovingly think of Paris.

London Town

Just a few pics from London. I was there for the mayhem of the wedding!!

Can't say enough!

So these are just a few things that my Mother loves and I could go on forever about the things she has taught me, in fact this blog is kind of a tribute to all the things that I have learned from her, baking, sewing, creativity, teaching, individuality....a little bit of her shows through in each post. She is A-M-A-Z-I-N-G so HAPPY MOTHER's DAY to Jeannie Brown and to all the Mom's out there!

Pearls

Pearls are something that my mom and I share a love for. Here is the iconic image of Audrey Hepburn wearing pearls looking so chic. My Mom loves simplicity and classics within fashion.

RED

So my Mom's favorite color has always been red and what a great choice...such a powerful and beautiful color. It always makes a statement. Here are some dresses from the Met Gala honoring Alexander McQueen. My favorite dress is the one on Doutzen Kroes (first pic).

Gardening

My Mom loves to garden and is so enthusiastic about it that although none of her kids have a particular propensity towards gardening we always get persuaded to go help her in her garden. She grows us delicious vegetables to eat and always says she wants to be a pumpkin and raspberry farmer when she grows up. This is a quote from the movie Joe Dirt that is not my Mom's type of humor (a bit crass and stupid) but she loved the quote so much that she almost stenciled it in our kitchen and we of course though this was hilarious!

Hard Work

One of the most valuable lessons I have learned from my Mom is the value of hard work. This quote was hanging on our fridge all of high school and after to look at everyday and I made this in a class for Photoshop when we had to pick our favorite quotes.

Mothers's Day

So I have not posted in a bit but had to post today as it is MOTHER's DAY and my Mom's first day without her kids. There is a line in the movie Spanglish that always resonated with me and made me think of my Mom as I live here in Paris so far away. The Mother in the movie asks her daughter what she called the basic question of life, "Is what you want for yourself is to become someone very different from me?" And I think all kids wonder if they will turn into their parents and I have to say that I happily have adopted so much of who my Mother is and can only hope that I continue to learn and grow from her. I would say that I am proudly not so different from my Mother and actually become more and more like her each day. The following posts are going to be dedicated to her and the amazing things she loves and has taught me!

This first image is a Photoshop Poster that I made for her with her favorite quote and a person she admires (Coco Chanel.

Loving this art by Mark Chadwick...would love to translate it into a pattern some how...printed, knitted or dyed.

Nail Polish Trend

So I liked my funky pink and navy blue nail polish that I last posted so much I painted my nails super funky again with kelly green and a purpley magenta with sparkles over the magenta. Just a little spring time fun!