Me as a paper doll!

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At the last BUST Craftacular I had the good fortune of meeting one Bree Chumley of Pittsburgh, PA, whose craft is making custom paper dolls! I was so thrilled to receive mine today based on my 1981 Wonder Woman Halloween costume.C360_2012-05-21-11-39-46I also told Bree I wasn’t shy about being seen in my underthings and sent a pic of an evening gown I really liked and here’s what she whipped up — pretty nifty! I want this dress in my size.C360_2012-05-21-11-14-25And there are plenty of accessories you can treat your doll-self to like this pink typewriter, cotton candy, roller skates, nachos…C360_2012-05-21-10-48-12and even celebrity friends!C360_2012-05-21-10-53-34C360_2012-05-21-11-00-54I can’t wait to call Bree for the next bridal show or bar mitzvah or other fun personalize-able party I’m planning. What would you look like as a paper doll?  The possibilities (& Bree’s creativity) are endless!C360_2012-05-21-10-43-39

La France in Le Bronx

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nybg1Not even having had time to sort through my hundreds of pics from my Mother’s Day visit to The New York Botanical Garden, I headed back on Friday for the members’ preview of their newest exhibition: Monet’s Garden and oh…my…god…nybg-collage-2I can’t even begin to describe in words how breathtaking it is, so I’ll just let you walk down the Grand Allée as I did…from the exhibit: “Monet selected the green color of the shutters of his house; this shade is known locally as vert Monet, or “Monet green”.nybg-collage-3“Impressionist painters often placed strong colors side by side on the canvas rather than blending them.  Monet applied the same principle in the arrangement of his flowers in various parts of his garden.”nybg-collage-4nybg-collage-5nybg-collage-6nybg-collage-7nybg-collage-8nybg-collage-9nybg-collage-10nybg-collage-11They even recreated the famous Japanese foot bridge and I glimpsed a guest almost posing like the artist himself.  And the best part?  The exhibition will change seasonally for the next few months, so I’ll definitely be going back.nybg-collage-12

Real Hester Street Fair Recap

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SAM_000810:00 a.m. on Saturday, May 13th, all and ready to go at Hester Street Fair!SAM_0001…but prior to that, Friday afternoon prepping…hester-prep-1getting organized hester-prep-2and 3.5 hours later…21 arrangements for saleSAM_0013along with letterpress cards, floral photograph prints and mother’s day greetings in an antique library filing box, a present from years agohester-lastthe day felt like summerhester-collage-1the time flew bySAM_0026and by 6 p.m. it was ready to pack up and go home.  Thankfully my bags were lighter on the way back!hester-collage-2So happy that friends came by to make me smile, especially Helen, my first blog friend I ever met in person, last year just about this month, and she continues to be an amazing inspiration to me and so many others.  SAM_0019

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