Alice + Olivia

Hi peeps,

Hope everybody had a wonderful V day and that you got to enjoy such special day with your special one.

I've been having a mellow extended weekend since I no longer work in the service industry and I now am officially a FULL time student.

Having said that and being the procrastinator that I am, I had a little extra time to take a look at some of the looks from Fashion Week at Style.com.

I love a lot of the collections I saw, but I LOVE,LOVE,LOVE the Alice+Olivia one in particular. I could literally see myself wearing every single look they showed. It's such a feminine and romantic collection.

As an unemployed student I'll keep dreaming of them....

Here are some of my faves: (and a few from uber talented Jason Wu)

 

Alice + Olivia

 

Alice + Olivia 

 

Alice + Olivia

 

Alice + Olivia

 

Alice + Olivia

 

Jason Wu

 

Jason Wu

 

Jason Wu

All pictures by www.style.com

Happy V Day!

Happy Valentine's everyone!

I found this adorable picture (by dottie angel) that I wanted to share today.

Holiday Sale

This coming weekend, The Studio is going to be part of a wonderful Holiday sale at Clay Space in Brooklyn, NY.
If you're out and about come visit!
You'll see great ideas for your holiday gifts!

Clay Space holiday sale

Clay Space is located @1205 Manhattan ave  Greenpoint, suite 2-4-1

Obsessions

Because I have absolutely no time to write elaborate things, I thought I would just share my new obsessions with you guys:

- My Pictorial Webster's - a Visual Dictionary of curiosities by John Carrera - That I wish I could just stare at all day and night (Pictures by Vicky - her blog is great by the way)
- And 1800's to early 1900's type. I just ordered a copy of Type: A Visual History of Typefaces & Graphic Styles and I can't wait to receive it already! I collected a few pictures online to show you why I'm having an anxiety attack! (Here are some more great pictures and description)

I hope you enjoy it as much as I do!
xoxo

Picture of Pictorial Webster's by Vicky

Type: A Visual History of Typefaces & Graphic Styles

T&T - year 2

I know the subject today is not so design related, much less The Studio's business, but I really felt like sharing this very special day that was my 2nd anniversary!

Last Friday my husband and I took the whole day off to celebrate OUR day, and it was great. So here are some pictures of what we did together. Things we rarely do these days because we are so busy. 

Next week I hope to have pictures of my newest projects to share with all of you, and hopefully get some feedback on them!

Have a great rest of the week and weekend!

xoxo

The beautiful autumn bouquet my hubby gave me

Message in a bottle in a shape of a heart. My gift!

I can never not cry when I read his cards!

On our way to lunch!

The place for lunch! If you are ever around Brooklyn Heights you have to try out this restaurant. Not only the food is superb, but the view is gorgeous.

The view

Us!

The beautiful centerpiece

DESSERT!!! We were fighting for the last bite. Pistachio ice cream with dark chocolate cookies! To die for!

Us and the view

Posing for the photographer on Love Lane!

On the way home

        :)

        

Mi amor

Dinner at Jack and the Horse tavern

The car

In line to see Too much light makes the baby go blind! Hysterical!

Our ticket!

The theater and the end!

{ The Saga of the first month }

 

A cup of coffee to wake myself up in the morning, and a cup of tea to make me go to sleep!

As I mentioned on my last post, literally a month ago, I took on the adventure of going back to school. I thought: You know, I'll do school work Monday through Thursday, make nice soaps on the weekends, update my blog and my Etsy shop on Sundays along with my usual "cleaning day" and life would be busy but great!

Wrong! I was totally wrong.

School is great and yes, I'm learning a lot of good new things...but let me tell you I was not expecting to have "brain pain" like I do every night!!! It literally hurts when you have to think so much and so deeply into details of every single thought you have.

So yes, I haven't had a life, and not even 5 minutes to write a quick blog post, nor read one from any of my favorite blogs list, which is kinda sad. But I hope it's all for a good cause, and that in the end it'll be very rewarding.

A couple of great things that did happen last week in school: 1) I found THE MOST  beautiful typography book of all times, and it's called "Phillips Old Fashioned Type Book". I took a few shots with my camera to show you guys some of the old type that back then was drawn by hand. It's 250 pages of pure art. I could just stare at these pages for hours looking at the details. Just beautiful...

    

2) I got to go to the Cooper-Hewitt to see the "Why Design?" Exhibit.

"Inaugurated in 2000, the Triennial program seeks out and presents the most innovative designs at the center of contemporary culture. In this fourth exhibition in the series, the National Design Triennial will explore the work of designers addressing human and environmental problems across many fields of the design practice, from architecture and products to fashion, graphics, new media, and landscapes." 

If any of you that is reading this post right now live in New York, you HAVE to go see this Exhibit. It is probably the most intelligent show I've seen in a long time. The level of thinking that goes behind the development of each item or material is absolutely incredible.

I couldn't resist to buy these beautiful Japanese masking tapes at the museum store. They will look beautiful on my holiday cards!

 

I can't decide which one I like the best!

 

This is a special collection that Cynthia Rowley designed for Band-Aid that was also being sold at the museum. One dollar from the sale of each tin will go to Design Ignites Change, an organization that engages high school and college students in design and architecture projects that address social issues in their own communities.

 

It is a beautiful collectible item!   

So stay posted because I really hope to have a little more time to share what I'm learning with you all, since I haven't been making much progress on my business side!


Have a great weekend everybody!
xoxo

Yes, I do!

Gift basket for my friend's wedding

Here you can see their names on the products

An improvised basket that turned out pretty nice!

Since I started selling at Etsy, and by that I mean really selling, and not just having my shop name registered, I've been asked by a lot of people if I make gift baskets. YES, I DO!!!

I love making those. I can custom make them, and print names on the packaging as well, which makes it feel even more special.

The picture you see above is the first basket I put together for my friend's wedding (see pictures of the wedding bellow!). I was in Brazil and because of that I didn't have all the resources I have here. I bought the heart shaped tray/basket at a local market and just finished it with some of my mom's supplies. The lotion's packaging had to be improvised because I couldn't print on fabric there since I didn't bring what I needed with me (you can see the final lotion's packaging at Etsy). But overall, this is one idea for a basket. I'll be working on some new ones for a couple of orders that I already have (from friends) and I'll post new pictures as soon as I have them.

I just started school yesterday and I'll be overwhelmed with the projects I already have and The Studio, but I'll make sure to share it all with you.

The Wedding ceremony

by Marina Lomar (the website is in Portuguese, but you can see her beautiful pictures)

Love!

Enjoying the party!

Dessert table

Very special friends

Bride . Me . Groom

Have a great week!

xoxo