5.26.2008
5.18.2008
SoWA, Zapatos, and a bare ring finger
We managed to get a lot done today, and it turned out to be quite a beautiful one weather wise too. It was raining when we first got up, but then the blue skies took over and we were actually hot at one point. And to top it off, we had luck finding parking every where we went. How crazy cool is that?! We ran out of quarters eventually, but hey, thank you parking angel.
When we bought our wedding bands a couple of weeks ago, we got them from Barmakian Jewelers where Tony bought my engagement ring. We were a bit disappointed when he went to pick them up and noticed that they did not do the etched design on the outside of the band to match my engagment ring. So we had to leave both the engagement ring and the wedding band there this morning so that they could fix the situation before the wedding. Alas, I have a bare ring finger and it feels so weird not having my engagement ring there.
Then after that, we had to stop by the Men's Warehouse Tux store to yet again fix another discrepancy that they had listed under our group's settings. This time we caught that they had two different suit jackets for the whole group. Aye aye aye! How difficult is it to get it right, people?!
Then unfortunately, Tony had to do some work stuff. Luckily we were already in Downtown Boston and near his office building. We found a metered spot but it wasn't adding time when we put a quarter in, so I told Tony I'd babysit the car while he ran into the building to take care of the problem. Of course, about ten minutes later, the parking ticket guy came around the corner so I had to move the car. Luckily, I was able to find a spot not too far away with a working meter, so I walked over to his building and went in to Sel de la Terre's bakery. I bought a croissant to snack on while I waited for him, plus a loaf of brioche to make French toast with tomorrow morning. (Of course, just realized that I began this post after midnight so technically it's already Sunday.)
After he put out the fire, we drove over to the South End because I wanted to go to the South End Open Market and see my friends Libby and Bonnie with their creations. They'll be there on the following Sundays this summer: 5/18, 7/13, 8/24, 10/5, and 10/12. There are always a lot of interesting vendors at this event.
The SOWA location is not too far from Tony's old rehearsal space, which has been gutted and turned into new condos called The 1850. It seems that they allowed a shoe store, Zapatos, to stay in the basement of the building. Tony wanted to go check it out but they do open houses by appointment only on Saturdays, so we popped into Zapatos instead. Of course, Tony was the one looking for new sneakers, and I'm the one that walked out with a new pair of shoes. Go figure. I didn't know that Esprit made shoes, let alone shoes for kids, so I was happy to snag a good deal on these cute black slip ons for $20.
What else, what else. Finally found some Bluettes. And took a French cooking class tonight.
Whew. I am ready for Sunday.
When we bought our wedding bands a couple of weeks ago, we got them from Barmakian Jewelers where Tony bought my engagement ring. We were a bit disappointed when he went to pick them up and noticed that they did not do the etched design on the outside of the band to match my engagment ring. So we had to leave both the engagement ring and the wedding band there this morning so that they could fix the situation before the wedding. Alas, I have a bare ring finger and it feels so weird not having my engagement ring there.
Then after that, we had to stop by the Men's Warehouse Tux store to yet again fix another discrepancy that they had listed under our group's settings. This time we caught that they had two different suit jackets for the whole group. Aye aye aye! How difficult is it to get it right, people?!
Then unfortunately, Tony had to do some work stuff. Luckily we were already in Downtown Boston and near his office building. We found a metered spot but it wasn't adding time when we put a quarter in, so I told Tony I'd babysit the car while he ran into the building to take care of the problem. Of course, about ten minutes later, the parking ticket guy came around the corner so I had to move the car. Luckily, I was able to find a spot not too far away with a working meter, so I walked over to his building and went in to Sel de la Terre's bakery. I bought a croissant to snack on while I waited for him, plus a loaf of brioche to make French toast with tomorrow morning. (Of course, just realized that I began this post after midnight so technically it's already Sunday.)
After he put out the fire, we drove over to the South End because I wanted to go to the South End Open Market and see my friends Libby and Bonnie with their creations. They'll be there on the following Sundays this summer: 5/18, 7/13, 8/24, 10/5, and 10/12. There are always a lot of interesting vendors at this event.
The SOWA location is not too far from Tony's old rehearsal space, which has been gutted and turned into new condos called The 1850. It seems that they allowed a shoe store, Zapatos, to stay in the basement of the building. Tony wanted to go check it out but they do open houses by appointment only on Saturdays, so we popped into Zapatos instead. Of course, Tony was the one looking for new sneakers, and I'm the one that walked out with a new pair of shoes. Go figure. I didn't know that Esprit made shoes, let alone shoes for kids, so I was happy to snag a good deal on these cute black slip ons for $20.
What else, what else. Finally found some Bluettes. And took a French cooking class tonight.Whew. I am ready for Sunday.
5.11.2008
may fair + more cards
After we had breakfast at the Bloc 11 Cafe in Union Square, Tony and I walked over to Harvard Square to check out the May Fair (thanks to Liz for suggesting it last weekend!). It was pretty neat how they had parts of Mass Ave, Church, and Brattle Streets blocked off for the various vendors and restaurants. We got to meet artist Bren Bataclan, I bought a really cute dress from LF Stores for only $28 (originally priced at $236 - no joke!), and we saw some great sidewalk chalk art. Crazy to think that this fair has been going on for 25 years and this is the first time we've ever been to it.
I managed to make a few cards lately too. And I've started something called my Track Back Project. Check it out here.
This one is just like the one I made for my mom and sister for Mother's Day.
I just love how blue and brown go together so nicely. I used my QuicKutz tool to punch out the flower petals, and my new "word window punch tool for the "congratulations" message from Stampin' Up.
I couldn't think of a way to incorporate a sentiment on the front of this card after I was done putting it together. It would be useful for just about any occasion, so I think I'm just going to leave it blank on the outside.
Ever since Liz's Stampin' Up party, I've wanted to try the scalloping technique that Amy Corr taught us. So I went to AC Moore last week and bought one of these corner rounder tools, took off the guard, and voila! LOVE how easy it is to make a scalloped edge now! And to think, I've been handcutting them all this time.
I had this sentiment stamp made through Impress Rubber Stamps because I like the quote so much. I used a lot of scrap pieces of paper on this card. My mom has been able to sell a lot of cards at the salon lately so she needs me to send her more. Gotta go work on some Father's Day and graduation designs. But before I go, HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY to all you moms out there! :)
5.07.2008
some things are growing
Like, for instance, this pile of wedding presents from our registry. Yikes.
And my desire to be creative again. Yippee! Course, having some sources of inspiration helps. I made this card (and one for my mom) for my sister last night to send out with her Mother's Day gift. It's based on Kristina Werner's "Make a Card Monday" design from this week, although I just realized that I forgot to scribble something like "love you" on the front.
Another thing that's growing are trees that pollenate. Ick. Our allergies were going crazy tonight during the walk home.
5.04.2008
a good, productive day
Doesn't it feel nice when you've had a productive day? Renee, Liz, and I went to visit my friend and jewelry artist extraordinaire, Rebecca Scott, at the Joy Street Studios during the Somerville Open Studios event this afternoon. (This was after I took them to Bloc 11 Cafe for some coffee though.) Anyway, we spent a while gawking at all of Rebecca's beautiful jewelry pieces and all three of us walked away with something pretty for ourselves. Liz got a beautiful hand wrapped pearl necklace; Renee got a silver ginko leaf (I think it was the new ginko leaf design?) necklace to wear to our wedding (now just to build the dress around that - lol - don't you love our priorities?); and I got this pair of cute ginko leaf and freshwater pearls earrings.
I tend not to really wear a lot of jewelry but when I do, it's usually when we go out. I like to bring her pieces with me on my trips out to see my mom, but I've learned that those pieces don't always necessarily make it back home with me after the trip. So to say that my mom LOVES Rebecca's work is an understatement. Needless to say (and I think I can post this because I don't think she or my stepdad read my blog), her Mother's Day gift was taken care of during this shopping excursion.
After that, we drove over to St. Ann's Parish where our friend, Teeru, was selling her beautiful line of jewelry. Then we drove over to Harvard Square to check out the May Fair, only to find out that it has been postponed until next Sunday due to the rainy weather. We decided to trek around anyway and visited a couple of shops including one of my favorites, Black Ink. They always have the quirkiest things in there. I found a spring whisk for only $3 and a handy little, fold-up-able, step stool. Then we stopped at Papyrus and I couldn't leave without getting this sushi wrapping paper. Isn't it funny? I have a couple of card ideas brewing in my head now.
Liz brought over the products I had ordered from a Stampin' Up party she held at her house a couple of weeks ago, so I had this lovely little box of new ink stamp pads to play with when I got home.
I don't know if it's the nicer weather (read: non-snowing and the occasional sunny day) or being away from Spark, but I've been in a card making groove these days. Well, in this case, these two were made for Mother's Day and for my friend Jeff. But still. It's kind of neat having my creative mojo back. :)
Lastly (wow, this is a rather long post), a shout out to my friend, Kate, who did the Walk for Hunger in Boston today. Hope you had fun despite the icky weather!
I tend not to really wear a lot of jewelry but when I do, it's usually when we go out. I like to bring her pieces with me on my trips out to see my mom, but I've learned that those pieces don't always necessarily make it back home with me after the trip. So to say that my mom LOVES Rebecca's work is an understatement. Needless to say (and I think I can post this because I don't think she or my stepdad read my blog), her Mother's Day gift was taken care of during this shopping excursion.
After that, we drove over to St. Ann's Parish where our friend, Teeru, was selling her beautiful line of jewelry. Then we drove over to Harvard Square to check out the May Fair, only to find out that it has been postponed until next Sunday due to the rainy weather. We decided to trek around anyway and visited a couple of shops including one of my favorites, Black Ink. They always have the quirkiest things in there. I found a spring whisk for only $3 and a handy little, fold-up-able, step stool. Then we stopped at Papyrus and I couldn't leave without getting this sushi wrapping paper. Isn't it funny? I have a couple of card ideas brewing in my head now.
Liz brought over the products I had ordered from a Stampin' Up party she held at her house a couple of weeks ago, so I had this lovely little box of new ink stamp pads to play with when I got home.
I don't know if it's the nicer weather (read: non-snowing and the occasional sunny day) or being away from Spark, but I've been in a card making groove these days. Well, in this case, these two were made for Mother's Day and for my friend Jeff. But still. It's kind of neat having my creative mojo back. :)
Lastly (wow, this is a rather long post), a shout out to my friend, Kate, who did the Walk for Hunger in Boston today. Hope you had fun despite the icky weather!
5.01.2008
color inspiration card
I was reading this month's ScrapSupply newsletter earlier tonight and came across the guest designer section featuring Kristina Werner. I was curious by the caption that said, "Kristina's Make a Card Monday video was just made a YouTube Featured video". What's 'Make a Card Monday'?, I thought to myself. Low and behold, they are some pretty cool videos that Kristina has posted on YouTube -- to the tune of funky music I might add -- where she shows how to make a card from start to finish. Brilliant!
Then I went perusing even more and found her blog. Ahhhhhh! [<--- this is where that godly sound from heaven kicks in] She's got some really cool project ideas and a weekly "Color Inspiration Challenge". This week's palette is based on this:
It's a 3" x 6" card. The base is made out of chocolate card weight paper from Paper Source. I punched out a gazillion little flowers from cream cardstock and glued them to the scalloped background piece. I made the scalloped background piece by punching out two scalloped squares (using the Marvy Uchida pink punch) and then taping them together on the backside as they overlapped a little bit. I covered the seam with the flowers so you can't tell it's two pieces. Then I added some of the chipboard alphabet stickers by Heidi Swapp to spell out 'mom', and put some rhinestones in the middle of some of the flowers. I used the new bird stamp and embossed onto some of the chocolate cardstock and cut it out closely around the edges.
Then I went perusing even more and found her blog. Ahhhhhh! [<--- this is where that godly sound from heaven kicks in] She's got some really cool project ideas and a weekly "Color Inspiration Challenge". This week's palette is based on this:
It's a 3" x 6" card. The base is made out of chocolate card weight paper from Paper Source. I punched out a gazillion little flowers from cream cardstock and glued them to the scalloped background piece. I made the scalloped background piece by punching out two scalloped squares (using the Marvy Uchida pink punch) and then taping them together on the backside as they overlapped a little bit. I covered the seam with the flowers so you can't tell it's two pieces. Then I added some of the chipboard alphabet stickers by Heidi Swapp to spell out 'mom', and put some rhinestones in the middle of some of the flowers. I used the new bird stamp and embossed onto some of the chocolate cardstock and cut it out closely around the edges.
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