thank you mom for mom for taking care of ed after his little surgery.
thank you kate for posting funny cake pictures.
thanks amy for making some delicious eggplant parm & giving me her anthro catalog for inspiration.
thanks ed for sending me funny texts that make me envision him eating icecream on the couch.
thank you tom for fixing my nano. that's a huge deal.
thank you natural history museum for always reinspiring me.
thank you view for letting me see little tug boats go by all pulling HUGE massive barges. makes me think i can accomplish just about anything.
Some work from Work--Holiday 09
A lot of the work I produced when I first started at 77Kids is now in stores (well, online, my mistake). They seem sooo long ago and old!
riding under the stars tee here
dashing through the snow tee here
peace tee here
and these are some of my favorites done by other talented co-workers:
good for you tee by joe here
superstar hoodie by keith here
danger mountain tee by steve here
snow shoe crew by keith here which is merchandised horribly on the website by not showing the back which is the best part of the graphic.
77 hoodie by steve here (I really wish I could buy this for myself, but would probably be a belly hoodie on me)
These are my Everyday Heroes
Happy Veteran's Day Ed!
I hope you don't mind I stole these from your Facebook! :)
You pull off fatigues AND wearing an apron!
And Happy Veteran's Day to my Uncle Brian (Air Force...sorry my mistake earlier) and my late grandpa (Navy).
I'm so proud of all of them. xo
Getting back on the horse
I was going through old pictures from my cousin's wedding and fell in love with these pictures again. Something about Catholic churches, although very old-fashioned, is very comforting to me. 
Plus this church, SS Peter & Paul, in Hamburg, NY is a church I grew up with. This is the church my grandparent's belonged to, that my grandpa was an usher at, and where I could always zone out and read the stories in the beautiful stained glass windows instead. 
I see a trend starting...
This weekend, I was so fascinated by the signage that goes vertically against buildings, that I kept finding myself NEEDING to take their picture.
So here they are. 
Illustration Friends
Bouquets for me!
I'm a big nerd. I am admitting that right now.
I have always wanted to receive one of these: an Edible Arrangement.
Love the Idea, love how it looks and love that it's easily eaten without any peeling or cutting. Instant access to fruit.
Simply Daisies $52-62 here
So when I saw this write-up on NYTimes about owner of Edible Arrangements, Tariq Farid, I had to read it. The idea goes back to how his Dad would bring home fruit when he was little when they lived in Pakistan. It's quite an impressive story and also heartwarming what he did for his mom.
Berry Bouquet $44 here
Fruit Truffles bouquet $59-85 here
Berry Chocolate Bouquet $69-209 here
Go ahead and read it and maybe order an arrangement (for me. hehe)....
Scout Holiday
Gosh, such a great place to get lost....scout holiday's blog.
All pictures from her site. (not mine sadly)
Wonderful aren't they?
Dirty Pill
This came out of my pencil last night.
Thinking about it's color now.
Work it out Mami
The winter months are slowly slinking in and I am starting to feel like a slug.
I'm thinking of getting some peppy workout clothes to keep me inspired to get my butt moving.
here
bra by aerie here $19.50
these are a little ridiculous, but...they're still fun here $54
VS bra $18 here
What keeps you moving during the winter months?
Goodbye October. I will miss you. Until we meet again...
cleaning up in style
"Yoshi!"
Overheard on the subway after we got on the
Nintendo Magic
I hinted at Halloween 2009 here.
Overheard on the subway after we got on at 96th.
"Yo man, Yoshi doesn't end up with Princess Peach"
"But Yoshi has that magic tongue"
True story. People say anything on Halloween.
Hopefully more pictures to come with our full costumes.
Meet me at Grand Central
I see this every time I turn onto Park after work around 6pm. The view has only gotten better since it has become fall.
And that is just from the setting sun on the west side of Manhattan hitting it oh so perfectly.
New GapKids stuff
More of what I produced while at Gap that was recently posted on website.
Sunday Night Girl Time
We made peanut butter cookies, 2 apples pies (w/ the apples from upstate...soo many left!), and pizza. Yum!
Happy Birthday Adge!
Adrienne's birthday was yesterday, the 24th. She turned her age on her date of birth--24 on the 24th :) Love you Adge!
The List
I know I promised this a day or two ago...but the bday girl had to party a little, okay?
I've come up with my 24 for 24 that I need to strive after/achieve/just do:
24 for my 24th year.
1. Listen better (Tom knows this and I am working on this...)
2. Save money for my Greece trip when I'm 25
3. Take more pictures
4. Make 1 alphabet/month
5. Write one letter/weekend
6. Seriously look into salsa classes
7. Try doodle embroidery
8. Go to the aquarium w/ tom9. Go upstate with Amy and Katie (Did this 2 weekends ago) done Oct 09
10. Carve a pumpkin
11. Make brown sugar pecans
12. Make my own christmas presents
13. Take this specific photo at the Highline that I have in mind
14. Show my portfolio book to textile design firm
15. Get my website to work
16. Invest in better shoes
17. Take more fashion risks
18. Spend 1...gasp....1 week without looking at people.com 19. Put up wall frame collage done 12.11.09
20. Do this multi-panel animal art idea (it makes sense in my head, maybe not in writing) 21. Make red velvet cake done 12.12.09
22. Go to picture collection 2-3x's a month
23. Compose a favorite oldies song list
24. This one is my secret...