Etch a Sketch

Today was a magnificent day in Boston, perfect for perusing the shops on Newbury Street (Boston girls-- there is MASSIVE sale going on at LF Boston right now so get over there!). Fall fashions are out with a vengeance right now; However, the coolest thing I found today wasn't an article of clothing per se. It turns out that today and tomorrow the School of Fashion Design at 136 Newbury is having a "yard sale" of old sketches drawn by previous students. I found four totally different designs I couldn't live without. Check it:

a femme fatale

a '20s it-girl

a glamorous diva

and a Saks 5th Ave princess

How incredibly talented are the girls who drew these? They put my drawings to shame. So much detail in the clothing and the accessories:

That coat better be faux, Paula!

Also, look at this major sass machine:

I'm thinking of framing these and hanging them on my walls to make my room a little more interesting. At 5 bucks a pop, I could actually probably wallpaper my room with them.

Which one is your favorite? What would you do with these?

PKS

I recently got an email from a woman named Gretchen Peters. She saw my "10 things" post and emailed me to learn more about my sister, Lauren (or Lolly, as I like to call her). Gretchen has a 5-year-old son, Simon, who also has Pallister-Killian Syndrome. She has helped put together a non-profit organization for families of PKS children, called PKS Kids. What an incredible resource the internet can be!

Lauren and me around New Years 2009

Since the syndrome is so very rare I doubt anyone who reads this blog knows anyone affected by PKS, but if you do, I would recommend checking out this website. And if any of you have family or friends affected by any mental handicap I would love to hear your story!

Art supplies for the decidedly un-arty

Four years ago, I convinced myself I was an artist. I confidently signed up for IB Art as my elective class, ran out to Michael's and bought a bunch of art supplies, and immediately began dreaming of the day when critics would stare thoughtfully at my paintings and pencil sketches (which would be so lifelike, mind you, they would appear to be photographs) on the walls of the Hirshhorn and the Louvre and declare me a revolutionary. A genius! The greatest painter of our time!
Unfortunately there was absolutely no method to my madness (or knowledge, research, skill, conviction, etc.) and I learned far too late into the semester that art was not really "my thing". This was also apparent to the IB representative on the day of my final presentation when I failed to explain any of my random, half-assedly executed sketches, paintings, and sculptures to her liking.
So what's a non-artiste to do with the 10,000 sketchbooks she bought earnestly with every intention of filling them with portraits, landscapes, and collages?
Well, if that non-artiste also enjoyed fashion maybe she could let them rot in her desk for 4 years, stumble upon them in her drawer while looking for something else entirely, and use them as an inspiration/idea book for herself!

Images from LUCKY

She could paste in photos from magazines she's read (along with witty commentary)

Images from LUCKY

She could make illustrated wish lists (along with witty commentary)

It's wonderful albeit totally fortuitous when the cutest umbrella design just pops into your head...

She could put her ideas down on paper (along with witty commentary)

And in doing so she could even practice her sketching (maybe along with witty commentary?). Looks like this little rebel could be an artist after all! What do you guys think of the idea? Do any of you have an idea book?

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Random Shit I Do Sometimes with Emily Saltzberg!

5 hours of doing only Arabic homework fried my brain. To make myself feel better I put four dangly earrings in my ears:
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New goal for this week: find stud posts. Not even kidding. Why did I leave everything of value in Virginia?