Discover NYC when everyone is away

The city is so nice and quite on the weekends now, so we have been having a great time checking out many different spots in the city.  This past weekend was a trip to the Museum of the City of New York.  Here were paintings by ANDREW BERRIEN JONES, an artist from the West Village. 

I was just mesmerized by them.  What a simple concept, to capture these beautiful details.

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE.  

Camo Ribbon Belt

I am something of a personal seamstress/designer for my friend Jen.  I love it when she comes to me with an idea for something that she wants but cannot find.  She LOVES camo, and wanted a fun ribbon belt for jeans.  

This is what I made for her.

This cuff makes a statement

I made this for a birthday gift.  

This is a 4" high cuff made of faceted glass beads, round glass beads and shells.

It may be a bit heavy because of the glass but it really does dress up the arm when wearing a simple summer shift.  

Wearing two will give you Wonder Woman powers. 

re-purposed shower curtains

This thing, the blog I mean, is like exercise.  You do it for a bit and it feels great.....then you stop for a day or two and bang!  It is three month later.  However it is not as if I haven't been busy so I am going to post a lot of stuff all at once.  For now I wanted to show the way for me to use up tired shower curtains.  Some of them are made from a nice sturdy cotton and after numerous washings they have a great faded look.  So just cut off the grungy bottoms and there you go, nice yardage for large MARKET BAGS.

I also use the nylon liner as a liner for the bag that way if any spills happen then it will be easy as pie to clean up.  

These are quick, cheap, easy and a great way to recycle a huge piece of fabric that one would otherwise throw out.