Category Archives: about town

our sex and the city five-some

June 2, 2008

a expedition to hammond bay

May 28, 2008

On one of the evenings of our up-north art adventure, Aly & I headed a little further north to Roger’s City to dine with my friend, Mary Pritchard of Domaci Gallery. I knew Aly and Mary would hit it off since they’re both artists, have their own stores in historic buildings and love treasure hunting at estate & garage sales. Plus they both carry my line of goodies at their galleries too! Here’s .

more fun with miss hellmuth

May 26, 2008

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The last day of the workshop we continued working on our collage projects. Here’s a shot of the fun ladies at our table and cute Claudine. At lunch time, we got the opportunity to dine with Claudine and her mom. They’re both just delightful. These pretties are Catherine’s creations. And Aly’s sweet guys. My second piece was in honor of Samson. The edge of the canvas reads, "Samsonville: the land of car rides, ice .

a weekend with claudine hellmuth

May 24, 2008

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Thursday afternoon my two friends (Aly & Catherine) and I headed up to Art in the Loft in Alpena, MI to take a lovely little workshop from the talented Claudine Hellmuth. This is an example of one of her whimsical collage works. The first day we learned how to create any color we want by mixing the appropriate amounts of primary colors and black & white paint. Then each gal at our table chose .

the national stationery show

May 23, 2008

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Believe it or not, I actually worked while I was in New York. Here is our a.i. paper design booth where stores can see our full line and order our items. We had fun neighbors like… Fish Lips Paper Design who creates stylish 100% recycled gift wrap printed with soy inks. (the story of her business name is really cute) And Denise Cope of Hung on Words (who happened to grow up in Birmingham, .

a saturday in the city

May 22, 2008

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Whenever Steve & I have a trade show in New York, we always make sure we schedule in a day of exploring. Here’s a glimpse of some of our sites during our walk on Broadway from 35th all the way to Battery Park. The farmers market in Union Square. Aerial view of the market from the Filene’s Basement women’s department. ABC Home entrance This is just a glimpse of inside this amazing store. That .

strut’s girlfriends night out party

April 25, 2008

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Danielle, Dena and I had a grand time celebrating our win for the Strut Women’s Choice Award at the girls night out party. The Royal Oak Music Theater was packed with delicious food vendors, boutique tables and other great services like make-overs, hand massages and friend photo shoots. Danielle and I tried oysters for the first time from Tom’s Oyster Bar. I doused mine with a good portion of cocktail sauce, while Danielle enjoyed .

my artfest adventure in a nut shell

April 12, 2008

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Michelle and I arrived in beautiful Port Townsend late afternoon and took in some sights before our art adventure began. Artfest took place in Fort Worden State Park. We were lucky enough to stay right on the grounds with other art-festers in ‘dorm-like’ rooms. Being new to Artfest, I didn’t come prepared with trades. I quickly found out that many art-festers make small goodies to trade with other artists and in the end you .