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Maureen’s Ikea Kitchen

Judi — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 23:42:51 +0000

[/caption] Maureen's kitchen is almost finished. We have knocked out two of the kitchen walls to open the kitchen up to the dining room and the den. We put in a large Island to separate the kitchen from the Dining Room. It feels so spacious and inviting now. We used Ikea's new, Nexus Yellow Brown cabinets which have a sleek modern look to them. I think they turned out really well. The kitchen counter tops went in today. I used Corian, Canvas. I got it through Ikea and it was only 38.00 per sq ft, installed. Maureen had been thinking Festival would be nice. That is the white with the little confetti colored specs. I actually used Corian Festival in my kitchen which looks great in my loft, but it would be way over the top for Maureen's, especially since we are using a colorful backsplash tile from from Susan Jablon Mosaics. You can mix your own custom blends on her website and voila, she sends it to you in a week or so.

Michelle Obama Rocked Tonight

Judi — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 04:13:41 +0000

Rainy Day Kitchen Design Shopping

Judi — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 04:00:59 +0000

Busy rainy day. I had to go to Ikea to pick up a few more cabinet knobs for Maureen's kitchen, which BTW, is almost finished ( pictures to come soon). While I was there, I checked out their farm sinks to possibly go in a fun cottage kitchen that I am doing in Inman Park. This sink is the cats pajamas, in both looks and price. Have you noticed that it doesn't usually happen like that? Whatever looks good, even if it is the simpler thing, is usually more expensive. But not the Ikea Domsjo Farm Sink It is 36" wide with double basins maybe 8 or 9" deep and the flat drain part behind the sink is fluted. It looks fabulous and it is a bargain at $299.00. They also have a 24" farm sink but it doesn't have that great fluted part.

658 Studio Launched with Great Turnout

Judi — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 16:37:38 +0000

[/caption] The studio opening party and artist sale continues today from 12-5 at 658 Angier Avenue. Mary has displayed Felted Heart baby clothes and dog sweaters, blankets, onsies and other items and some things are 50% off. I bought some beautiful and comfortable handmade damask covered shoes for 65.00 from Ann Roth, and four pair of fantastic earrings from Tracy Tirrell. I have been eying Jacqueline Sanchez's Lego jewelery but can't make up my mind which piece to get.

658 Studio Launch and Art Sale

Judi — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:53:23 +0000

Mary's Felted Heart Business is ready to roll in the 658 Studio building on Angier Avenue in the Old Fourth Ward. She shares her space with Emile, a soap maker whose business is called "Mama". It is a really great idea to share space with a soap maker because it smells divine in there! Last time I was there to drop off a few more decorative elements, Emile had just whipped up a tray of lemon soap and it had so much lemon zest in it that it looked kind of hairy which sounds bad but was really nice. MMMmmm...

Ganja Queen, Her Pot or Not Her Pot?

Judi — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 15:07:49 +0000

That is the question. I was scrolling through the list of on-demand HBO documentaries to find something to watch late last night and narrowed it down to one called Ganja Queen and another about child kidnapping in China. Duane's chose Ganja Queen so we watched the story of Schapelle Corby, a 28 year old Australian woman who was arrested and tried for smuggling 4.2 kilos of marijuana into Bali in a boogie board bag.

Photo Shoot - Christmas Madness in August

Judi — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 04:10:59 +0000

It is late and I am tired and the production people are just wrapping up for the day now at 11:55 PM. Today Fizz City Films did a big photo shoot here for a Belk's Christmas commercial. There were a million people - well at least thirty. And there was stuff and equipment and Christmas decorations everywhere.

The Green Velour Christo

Judi — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:55:19 +0000

I picked Amanda up yesterday morning from her red eye flight back from Rio. She had been going to school there for eight months and has been there since Christmas day. It is wonderful to have her home for a few days. She will be going back to New Orleans next week to finish up her last year of College at Tulane majoring in Latin American Studies and International Development. Amanda would have graduated last spring but she was a sophomore when Hurricane Katrina came through completely knocking her world. She had been looking forward to her sophomore year in a sorority, had gotten accepted into a special dorm for students doing community volunteer projects and was going to be taking pre-med courses that year.

Cool Atomic Wallpaper

Judi — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 05:43:17 +0000

Sam Young sent me this link to Bradbury & Bradbury, wallpaper manufacturers who have a line of Fifties-inspired wallpaper.

I got me some WordPress Upgrade Blues

Judi — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 01:45:16 +0000

First they let you know that there is a new upgrade. The write up is enticing in that it promises that THIS version will fix so many little things that have been driving everyone crazy. So I get reeled in. I kind of remember how much of a pain in the ass it was last time i upgraded the software.

I Love my Moo Cards

Judi — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:28:01 +0000

I'll admit it I am a blatant, copy cat. Shannon Baird, my new best friend from Portland Oregon had these moo cards as her biz cards. I adored them and had to have some myself. So I went to the Moo Card site and ordered some. Of course I used my own name and address on mine. You can use over 50 templates or you can use your own photographs that are divided into little moo sized bits. They are very cool. I also bought the little white moo card dispenser about the size of pez, which is fun to whip out to present someone with your card. Check it out.

Everybody Loves Trailer Trash

Judi — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 21:33:43 +0000

The other day at Danneman's Coffee Grant Henry was royally obsessing about Hollis's upcoming party for the release of her new book, Trailer Trash and he was blathering on about hoping that at least 25 people would show up for the party. Grant was especially worried after the AJC's Access Atlanta came out last week with the wrong date!

Eileen Gets Gussied Up

Judi — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 22:37:24 +0000

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After catching a look at Lucious Lamar, who it turns out is only a step-brother she has never met, Eileen decided to get dressed up in case he drops by for a visit. Problem is Grant hasn't seen Luscious since someone borrowed him and Grant can't remember who. So if you know where Lucious ran off to please let me know. Grant would like him to come home and Eileen is waiting.

Meet Lucious Lamar

Judi — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 04:06:16 +0000

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Grant Henry is wicked funny. I just about died laughing when I got his e-mail with several pictures of Lucious Lamar, Eileen's horny, alcoholic brother. Oh my god, they are funny and damn, so is Grant.

Meet Eileen

Judi — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 22:26:19 +0000

This was one of my better finds. Sam Crawford was moving his video production studio, Mamarama, from 130 Krog Street to LA last month. I bought a couple of big items from him for Mary's studio while he was moving out. When I came to get my things from his office, Sam pulled out a large box and gave it to me and said you can have this wooden model, I have never put even put her together. He said, your sister can have her if whenever she sees her she sends good thoughts to my for my company. Friday afternoon when I went to the Felted Heart studio, Mark, Mary and Sean had put her together as a surprise for me. It made me smile. Mary's husband, John, named her Eileen because she does.

Mark Needelman, The Art of Construction

Judi — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 15:02:15 +0000

Mark Needelman is an artist first and a construction person only by happenstance since he really is an artist in everything he does and he one of those people who can do anything ( welds, sews, makes airplanes, fixes cars, does concrete sculptures, dances, does CPR on people choking in restaurants, listens carefully). I have had the pleasure of working with him on Mary Sweeney's Felted Heart studio. It was a dumpy little cinderblock cave and together we transformed it into a wonderful work space in the 658 Studios on Angier Avenue.

Only One Left!

Judi — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 04:25:48 +0000

Heres how it works. I have done so many open houses at the Wigwam that it looks like I live there. I have spent mucho dollars on advertising and also Realtor caravans. I have had postcards printed up and have had several magazine articles about the Wigwam Annex. Everyone loves it but but but...

Colour Lover

Judi — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 14:47:03 +0000

I found a really fun and addicting website yesterday, www.colourlovers.com. It is a site where you can play around with different palettes of colors and then create patterns based on those palettes. It will then give you all of the html (or other color identification systems) labels for each of the colors so that you can use them elsewhere.

I would really recommend that you not go to this site until after all your bills are paid. If you don't you may never get back to them,

said a voice of experience.