There is a new exhibit at the Textile Museum in Washington, DC, Art by the Yard: Women Design Mid-Century Britain. This is interesting to me because these retro designs of the late 1950's - early 70's have come back in style as something "modern" today.* What's that saying, "Everything Old is New Again?" comes to mind. I'm eager to see the exhibit. Number 1) I didn't Continue Reading
Old Spice Brings New Spice (with Cajun Flavoring)
This Old Spice brings New Spice is a misleading title, but this blog post started out with inspiration from the recent and popular Old Spice commercials. These creative Old Spice ads, similar to the Target ads have helped to change advertising. Honestly, and stands to reason as they are both creations of the advertising juggernaut Wieder + Kennedy firm. Like many Continue Reading
Two Weeks In Tunisia
It's been more than a month since the end of my Tunisia trip and I haven't been able to write about it yet. So many other things to think about.The trip started out badly. I had a 7 hour delay leaving JFK, missed connecting flight to Tunis out of Rome which resulted in an 8 hour wait until the next flight (only two a day). I arrived in Tunis at 10:30 p.m. and Continue Reading
The Criss Cross
You never know where you're gonna see design ideas. I was pleasantly surprised to see a few lattice oriented, criss cross designs in my June issue of House Beautiful. Granted, they were not interior design views of lattice but printed fashion on pants and as a design on an accessory lampshade. I get design ideas from all sorts of places and this would be one. However, Continue Reading
Everything Old Is New Again
Don't throw the pa-ast away You might need it some rainy day Dreams can come true again When everything old is new again Peter Allen wrote the song for "All That Jazz" in 1979. There are a lot of videos of it but I thought you'd like his performance with the Rockettes.https://youtu.be/lM9H1eYz-lc Sister Parish said, "You can never achieve anything in a Continue Reading
