Reflection

 

Happy New Year!

As we begin another year, we look back and are thankful for the blessings of family and  friends.  

We wish Peace for All in this New Year!

2011 was a Great Adventure!

Darling daughter and youth group traveled to Italy on Pilgrimage!

 

 

 

 

 

Then we explored America's Beautiful West and Southwest!

 

Grand Canyon at Sunset-Breathtaking!

 

Yosemite's Half Dome-Spectacular!

El Capitan-Yosemite 

 

 

More Yosemite

San Francisco Bay

It was difficult to return, but there was much work to do for shows:

 

Ball Pillow Production

 

Butterfly Flower Sachet Production

Initial Sachets with Butterfly Detail

 

 Butterfly Pillows!

Flaming Festival

Garden Deva Show

Garden Deva Neighbors

And a Blessed Christmas!

Wishing you much JOY!

HAPPY 2012!!

Spring In The City

Flower/Taxi Art on Fifth Avenue




New York is one of my favorite places to go for FABRIC, FOOD and INSPIRATION!
Last week darling daughter and I made our annual hop to NYC. This time we dragged  P man along! 

Convincing him to drop everything in the middle of tax season (P's a CPA), proved less difficult than we imagined, particularly once we sweetened the offer with tickets to the high-flying, controversial and thus far, ill-fated Broadway production of SPIDER-MAN Turn Off The Dark! 


Sadly, no pics allowed in the theater, so this Playbill will have to suffice.  The show was entertaining, the "flying", spectacular! The villains, though somewhat silly to R and I, were "true" to the comic book according to P.  

We loved the elaborate sets and even liked Arachne, the spider enchantress.  Her voice was magnificent.  There was a dream sequence which was breathtaking!

Bryant Park

We visited our usual favorite places and many of our favorite restaurants, including Bryant Park Grill, Asia d Cuba, Patsy's, Carmine's plus a few new finds!

P likes the New Year's Eve ball

And the view UPtown from ground zeroWe returned to the site to pay our respects and to visit the 9/11 visitors center. Even the darkest moments in our nation's history are essential to remember, as they define us. Seeing, hearing and feeling in this place reaches you  at your very heart and core...

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Grand Central Station

Pee-Wee

            Street Scenes

And windows....

Anthro Window-Rockefeller Center

                And more windows

Louis Vuitton

Fifth Avenue

And ahhh yes...the fabrics...

I believe I love the garment district even more than Fifth Avenue

Showroom after showroom of luscious silks, brocades, burnouts, stripes, beaded gorgeous handwoven masterpieces..just waiting to be snatched up, toted up the subway and back home to be stitched into...

 

call me crazy!! But these are beauties, don't you think??

by the way...ORANGE for spring! and yellow and ORANGE and green and blue and..did I say ORANGE??

happy spring!! -EE

Making Conversation

Two weeks of flu, snowmageddon (back-to-back record snowfalls of 2 plus feet), jury duty and little-if-any creative inspiration finally led to me face my (amazing) new giant screen laptop, which we fondly refer to as the "Admiral Twin" (after the historic Tulsa drive-in theater, think "The Outsiders" movie.....sadly, this landmark recently burned..), and my v6 software to make some last minute valentines!

sweet Bella girl

 

Embroidering the lettering, using London font, 

I stitch in the hoop, on layers of tear-away stabilizer and silk, 

 

 

 Then add layer of silk on top of hoop, which I tack down with large 4mm running stitch.  I then stitch outlines of the hearts, leaving openings to turn the hearts inside out after stitching, trimming and removing stabilizer.

 

After stuffing, closing and embellishing all of my little sweeties, 

I embroider a little red doily on which to place a couple of my favs.

Here is template for your own conversation hearts!!

Happy Valentines Day!!

-EE