Here is a piece that I have been working on for a while. I read this book in March and given the news coming out of Bangladesh, I wish everyone could read it. As someone long interested in design and fashion, I put Elizabeth L. Cline’s Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost Of Cheap Fashion on [...]
A Blog Sharing A Blog
I have mentioned before that Threaded, a Smithsonian blog, in one of my favorites. Here is an article that I don't want people to miss. It is entitled The Story Of Elizabeth Keckley, Former Slave Turned Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker. It has now been turned into a play. Threaded gives a good background on Todd's and [...]
Spinning a Yarn-Coffee With My Walnuts Please
No, I am not having dessert, just a bit of kitchen dying. Coffee and Walnuts Shibori silk lining Kitchen dying has been one of my activities this past year. Wanting to line a knitted scarf with [...]
Coffee With My Walnuts Please
No, I am not having dessert, just a bit of kitchen dying.Coffee and Walnuts Shibori liningKitchen dying has been one of my activities this past year. Wanting to line a knitted scarf with silk, I decided to have my fun in the kitchen rather than downstairs in the dye lab.The silk was from the bolt, so I [...]
Of Up-cycled Manis, Great Music And Art
Spruce Springsteen with a layer of gold sandwiched betweenMy post today proves why I am not a real nail blogger. My nail things are usually connected with something I am wearing or somewhere I am going. Up-cycle didn't start out that way, but that's how it ended. My beginning nail color started off as a multi purchase from an [...]
The Photography Of Edward Steichen
About three years ago, my daughter and I attended an exhibit of Edward Steichen photography. It was some of the most gorgeous photography I had ever seen. The work is so iconic, that people are probably familiar with him and don't even know it. Edward Steichen worked for Vanity Fair and Vogue from 1923 to 1938. He was considered one of the [...]
MeadowTree Style 