3 green dots - shop talk

What is your pledge?

Harry Truman once said that being president is the loneliest job in the world so Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore along with other celebrities put together a wonderful and touching video for President Obama, that he is not alone...Check it out, watch the video by clicking on the image... 

 

I am a bottled water type of person and I rely on plastic bags from grocery stores for grocery shopping. So, I pledge to be greener by using my own water kanteen (thanks to Imee and Stephen for giving me one for x-mas). I also pledge to use the reusable grocery bag I purchased a while ago. And hopefully this year I can trade my jeep for a hybrid.  How about you? what is your pledge?

Brown and Black - yes you can!

It was brought to my attention that it is a fashion faux pas to mix brown and black in an outfit.  Personally, I never thought about this.  I actually do mix brown and black – e.g. black pants with brown leather belt or black pants with brown shoes.  I trust my fashion eye and if it looks good to me then it looks good.  (Sorry Nicole).

And who else to demonstrate that it is ok to mix brown and black together? Michelle Obama. 

This photo was taken yesterday during the We Are One presidential celebration in Lincoln Memorial.  I also found this photo of Becki Newton (she plays Amanda in Ugly Betty) where she successfully pulled off a brown/black outfit combo by accessorizing a brown dress with a black belt and black boots.

Back to the We Are One presidential celebration…if you missed it, I strongly suggest that you watch it on uTube or find when HBO will replay it.  Surely they will show it again sometime before the inauguration on Tuesday.  A lot of great artists came out and demonstrated their support – the Boss, Jack Black, U2, Beyonce, Samuel Jackson, James Taylor, Stevie Wonder, Herbie Hancock, Tom Hanks, Forest Whitaker, and many others. It was a great celebration and I was touched.  It also made me want to get an Obama shirt. 

If you are like me and want to get an Obama shirt, I narrowed down the list from Google search and put together a new list of online stores that sell cool Obama shirts…

Obey from 80s Purple

Zazzle

Depresident.com

Obama shirts from Amazon.com

And the winner is...

...Mamma Made Designs.  The lion design by Rachel Galloway is the big winner of Spoonflower fabric of the week competition. 

  

This fabric is for sale on etsy this week.  Thank you to all who participated and voted for me. 

My final quarter at AI started this week.  It's going to be a busy 3 months as usual even with just 3 classes.  I can't wait to graduate! 

Spoonflower

 

My design (second from left) is up for vote at Spoonflower.com.  If I win my design will be printed on to fabric and will be available for a limited time on Spoonflower Etsy shop.  And moi? I will win 5 yards of fabric!!!

The competition is fierce...all the designs look great. But if you like my design, please vote for me at Spoonflower.com

If you don't know Spoonflower, it is a place where you can upload your own designs and get them printed on to fabric with no minimum yardage requirement.  So, if you like to create textile designs I suggest to go to Spoonflower.com and get started.

Heifer International

This christmas my husband and I received a wonderful gift from David, Charisse, and Franny.  In our honor they put in a donation to Heifer International for a goat. 

 

I love this kind of gift-giving.  It is very meaningful and doesn't cost much.  The best part is you know you are helping make a difference.