02.13.09
Art journal #35
And the *new* thing I’m doing… for every new art journal page I’m painting a tote bag to match :) This one is up in my etsy store for sale!
I’ll also take requests :)
Happy friday the 13th! hehe!
02.11.09
Pinch me!
This must be a nightmare…
dear readers
It is with very heavy hearts that we say farewell. Over the last 4 years, in 28 issues, we have done our best to create a great magazine. We started with a real idea—that style is for everyone—and tried to carry it out with stories that provide inspiration and empower you to act on it. From your tremendous response, we know that we were onto something. In this tough economy, however, we simply weren’t able to get the advertising support we needed.
As domino evolved, we never lost sight of our original democratic premise. Looking back at the manifesto we published in the premiere issue, the first tenet of domino is still the truest: Home should make you happy. We hope we have played a part in making this come true for you.
Love,
All the editors of domino
Domino Magazine is stopping production :( I’m seriously going to cry… Domino was my absolute favorite magazine. Ever.
Not that the economy hasn’t been scaring the pants off of us lately and we knew that print mediums were going away but… wow. I didn’t see this one coming.
Also on the Domino website:
My Deco File Users:
The site will remain live for the next few weeks, giving you ample time to retrieve images from My Deco File.
Pulling the website, too? ugh.
I’m in total denial.
02.08.09
I Finally listed on Etsy!
After almost a year of procrastinating… I have put some items in my Etsy shop :) It was a lot easier than I thought! Yay!
Every name that I wanted was taken… Violets are Blue, Violet Cottage, Violet_Cottage etc etc… so… I’m Violet Cupcake on Etsy.
At least I got Violet in there somewhere! :)
I’m excited to get a few one-of-a-kind pieces on there soon! I’ve been painting canvas bags and doing mixed-media pieces. Seems like I’ve got a dozen things started but nothing finished. I need to work on my ADD :)
02.05.09
Cathi’s Book is Almost Available!
Cathi is my friend from SoCal who makes all of those glorious cupcake beads! Those beads turn into little works of jewelry art on my website:
She recently finished a book on how to make awesome jewelry using macrame. It’s available for pre-order on Amazon.com!
I can’t wait to get my copy! :)
01.30.09
Odd Question…
Those of you with ice makers attached to your refrigerator… Is your ice maker LOUD?
At 1:00 am, 3:00 am and 5:20 am every night, our ice maker makes a loud THUD followed by an insanely loud BOOM which makes me jump every time. It sounds like a bowling ball being dropped from the second story. Well, at least I think it does.
We might have to be an ice-free family soon.
:)
01.27.09
Epiphany in the Bathtub…
Do you ever soak in a bath and then *bam* you get an idea that you think is brilliant… although, I’m not sure HOW brilliant this is, I’m just thinking out loud.
So, I need some input…
I miss my store & I miss my customers. Duh.
Why not have an open house/trunk sale/tea party one weekend in October, November or December in La Crescenta, CA? Or sooner? :)
I need a venue. I’ll need tons of help. I need more vendors and I need a pack mule to help me move merchandise from this coast to the other.
Just a thought.
Is it any good? :)
01.26.09
Hide and go seek…
My usual definitive sense of style is hiding from me. I used to think I was locked into a shabby-chic-beach-cottage-vintage-kitsch vortex but as of recently I’m gravitating towards more modern and sleek furniture with scary elements of the 60’s and 70’s oozing out. Maybe it’s because I’ve been watching the Brady Bunch before bedtime? I think this started with my collection of acrylic grapes. My grandmother, Bobby, had them all over their lake house and I used to sit in the corner and fondle them when I was a kid. A week ago we had a two year old in our living room who was just as fascinated with the drift wood laden acrylic balls and I told her father, “Yep, in about 25 years she’ll be looking for these on Ebay… just like I did. We now have a new fan”. I need to point out, these handmade gems go for at least twenty bucks at thrift stores now. Ugh. Are we all products of our grandmothers’ taste? ;) And like many of you 30-somethings, I’d naturally pick up a magazine from the 60’s and fall in love with every over-the-top representation of pattern, color and gelatin product.
House and Garden, May 1965
I like the modern twist on the 60’s that we’re seeing a lot of these days. Very similar, but taken down a few notches. The moment I stepped into the Viceroy Hotel in Palm Springs, I wanted to live there. The trifecta of yellow, black and white was unusually comforting in my little blue/green-centric head. They call the style “a modern interpretation of the Hollywood Regency style”. Love it. (And ohmigosh you can buy chic hotel interior stuff from the Viceroy and other hotels on Kor Hotel Group’s website! Only $300 for three rolls of wallpaper!)
And take a look at the similar style at the Santa Monica Viceroy location (below)… too cool.
And all the color in design these days… the deep blue hues, rich pooling draperies… so neat… this calls for a montage.
In the past, more than one customer has come into the store with several decorating elements very seriously wanting to know the decorating style they are trying to achieve. “Is this French Country, English Country or Farmhouse?” Ohmigosh. I have no idea. Toile curtains, blue walls, ocean elements and white wood and you live in a 1930’s California ranch house bungalow. Ummmm… Catalina French?? I dunno! Makes me so nervous to put a label on such things. But it’s all sorts of entertaining.
With that said, would you say the above is this Rococo modern with elements of Victorian, Georgian and a twist of Minimalist chic? ;) In my house we call this “eclectic”… I was quoted in the local paper as saying my store was a baby nursery meets Fantasyland at Disneyland meets… was it…. a Tim Burton film? Wow. How very out of touch of me :)
So, I will continue to obsess on design… and hope to evolve with it :) Or, with my incredibly short attention span, I’ll be onto the history of sod tomorrow. Never can tell.
Hope your weekend was splendiferic!
01.20.09
ZOMG… it’s snowing!
And it’s like six inches DEEP!
I grew up in California… I’ve been in another state all of eight months now? They said snowing here was rare… but everyone in my neighborhood has a snow shovel, a mini snow shovel for their kids and the plow king is extra busy this season plowing the roads today.
Okay okay, it’s supposed to be gone in a day or two and every school and most businesses are closed, so that shows that this is rare. But dang it, I want my flip flop weather back ;)
It started with the frozen fountain at the mall on Saturday evening… which was totally whimsical and gimmicky… then after a few days of cold weather… we woke up to this….
I’m going to go play some more before it all melts :)
Oh yeah, I’ve been doing art, too… I’ll post that soon ;) Happy Inauguration Day!
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