tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69852873704744228732024-02-19T06:22:19.812-08:00Design Imitating Lifenicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09476802558922930870noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6985287370474422873.post-6875319714073841582010-11-14T12:45:00.000-08:002010-11-14T12:52:01.434-08:00honored + lots of photos.first, i have to apologize for the lack of recent posts. i've gotten caught up in schoolwork, like i often do! but i enjoy blogging, so i'm going to try to make an effort to do it more often.<br />
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friday night was the awards ceremony for the <a href="http://www.emich.edu/cot/">college of technology</a> at my school. i was awarded with the norma &richard sarns scholarship, which is fantastic. this is my second year being a scholarship recipient, &it feels wonderful to be recognized for all of my hard work. i felt really special after hearing my professors talk so highly of me. my mom snapped a bunch of photos for me.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">since i didn't do a halloween follow-up post with my costumes, i might as well do it now! i had a great time putting together my costumes this year. i was a <i>corpse bride</i>-inspired zombie for a zombie walk, and an owl on halloween. matt was a zombie surgeon both days. he had an iv pole with a saline iv drip that he colored red with food coloring, but unfortunately that didn't make it into any pictures. i loved doing something different &unexpected this year, since we've dressed up as pirates in most years past.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09476802558922930870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6985287370474422873.post-48000147749380678312010-10-20T17:03:00.000-07:002010-10-20T22:23:11.304-07:00design a great halloween costume!it's no secret that i love halloween. in fact, it's probably my favorite holiday. i'm sure that has a lot to do with the fact that fall is the best time of the year (don't you agree?), with leaves changing colors, trips to the cider mill, &pumpkin-spice everything! but aside from all of that, i love spooky things, dressing up in costumes, &of course, candy! one of my favorite things to do around this time every year is to plan out my halloween costume. i prefer homemade costumes over bagged store-bought costumes, any day! my boyfriend &i have gone as pirates on a number of occasions, but sometimes i like to mix things up a bit. this year i'm planning my costume for a zombie walk &a dance party. i won't reveal what my costumes are going to be yet, partly because i'm still planning them out, but also because surprises are way more fun!<br />
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here are some of my favorites, tutorials included! (gotta love <a href="http://www.instructables.com/">instructables</a><span id="goog_144655728"></span><span id="goog_144655729"></span>!)<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.instructables.com/image/FPBHJ08G0OES9J6Z6Q/Be-a-Ghostbuster-for-Halloween.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://www.instructables.com/image/FPBHJ08G0OES9J6Z6Q/Be-a-Ghostbuster-for-Halloween.jpg" width="230" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.instructables.com/id/Be-a-Ghostbuster-for-Halloween%21/">ghostbuster with proton pack!</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">i hope that was inspiring! feel free to share any creative costume ideas you've seen!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_EgOuRx5N7yTQzejyWWtcRsCISHE6yz8QOy1ijE_tTTU7EmeMR0DRXsE-xNbEPqNnOINk6Dam14seEDBkxZVGN9Y6d3LofSObeMe9UamKoRtynfvnFv_OwGqvMFNkTK1uqhXe05digwQz/s1600/xoxo+nicole.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_EgOuRx5N7yTQzejyWWtcRsCISHE6yz8QOy1ijE_tTTU7EmeMR0DRXsE-xNbEPqNnOINk6Dam14seEDBkxZVGN9Y6d3LofSObeMe9UamKoRtynfvnFv_OwGqvMFNkTK1uqhXe05digwQz/s1600/xoxo+nicole.jpg" /></a></div>nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09476802558922930870noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6985287370474422873.post-35675054410781212632010-10-01T11:58:00.000-07:002010-10-05T21:51:12.318-07:00my bucket list.this isn't <i>exactly</i> design related, but it does have some design-related components! i was inspired by <a href="http://makingitlovely.com/">nicole</a>'s <a href="http://makingitlovely.com/2010/03/01/30-before-thirty/">30 before thirty</a> list, &finally decided to make a variation of the list for myself. this is a way to visually <span id="hotword"><span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;">recognize some goals i have, &to </span></span><span id="hotword"><span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;">acknowledge myself after having met them. (plus, i just like lists &checking things off of them!) i'll keep updating this list when i come up with more goals &check off the ones i've met. </span></span><br />
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without further ado, my <a href="http://walrusbucketsaga.com/index.php?entry=entry070523-205512">bucket</a> list (in no particular order):<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">- learn to do crazy hula hoop tricks</div><div class="MsoNormal">- take an aerial yoga class</div><div class="MsoNormal">- practice yoga loyally for at least a year straight, perfecting postures such as crane, tortoise, wheel, eight crooked limbs, scorpion, headstand, etc*</div><div class="MsoNormal">- *once completed, consider getting a lotus tattoo on [hopefully more defined] back</div><div class="MsoNormal">- <strike>stop eating ground beef, once &for all</strike></div><div class="MsoNormal">- take a pottery class</div><div class="MsoNormal">- take swing dancing lessons with matt</div><div class="MsoNormal">- play djembe a whole lot more</div><div class="MsoNormal">- learn some songs &sing them with matt playing guitar<br />
- learn how to play cello or violin </div><div class="MsoNormal">- finish decorating my walk-in closet!</div><div class="MsoNormal">- spray paint my file cabinet [then, organize it]</div><div class="MsoNormal">- refinish my old nightstand</div><div class="MsoNormal">- <strike>make an eames hang-it-all-inspired coat rack</strike></div><div class="MsoNormal">- tidy up my website &make it look a whole lot cooler</div><div class="MsoNormal">- make some abstract paintings</div><div class="MsoNormal">- practice architectural hand drawing &rendering until it looks as good as candice olson’s work (HA!)</div><div class="MsoNormal">- get really good at adobe illustrator &in design</div><div class="MsoNormal">- finally finish my degree!!</div><div class="MsoNormal">- update my portfolio</div><div class="MsoNormal">- become NCIDQ-certified</div><div class="MsoNormal">- get my LEED Green Associate &LEED AP accreditation</div><div class="MsoNormal">- get more involved with CIDR</div><div class="MsoNormal">- intern with a cool residential designer</div><div class="MsoNormal">- visit designers I interned with in high school</div><div class="MsoNormal">- audition for HGTV’s design star</div><div class="MsoNormal">- open a home furnishings store with my uncle that offers design services</div><div class="MsoNormal">- get married &have a sweet diy wedding</div><div class="MsoNormal">- make a hot pink crinoline skirt to wear under my wedding dress</div><div class="MsoNormal">- live in a two-story town home in Lafayette Park in Detroit for at least a year</div><div class="MsoNormal">- live in an old house with a turret </div><div class="MsoNormal">- buy a house &remodel it!!</div><div class="MsoNormal">- make an official craft /sewing /drawing room</div><div class="MsoNormal">- trim cheap-o doors with moulding to make them look super classy</div><div class="MsoNormal">- make a tavern-y/pirate-y ‘man cave’ for matt in the basement of said house</div><div class="MsoNormal">- adopt up to 10 old, ugly, or otherwise ‘unadoptable’ cats to live in a ‘cat room’ /retirement center in my house</div><div class="MsoNormal">- grow a garden with more than tomatoes &cucumbers<br />
- get some goats &maybe some chickens </div><div class="MsoNormal">- make copies of /frame important family photos, such as grandparents’ weddings, portrait of grandma c, portrait of grandpa t, grandma t’s nursing photo, nana &nanu with grandma c &her sisters, mom &dad as babies, dad as a baby with his easter bunny, mom &her brothers &sisters as kids on Christmas, etc. </div><div class="MsoNormal">- put books on bookshelf in ‘rainbow order’<br />
- spin wool roving into yarn with my drop spindle<br />
- learn how to use a spinning wheel to spin yarn</div><div class="MsoNormal">- make a rug out of old t-shirts </div><div class="MsoNormal">- complete the quilt I bought at treasure mart</div><div class="MsoNormal">- make a quilt using anna maria horner /amy butler fabrics</div><div class="MsoNormal">- make a baby quilt using old plaid button-down shirts</div><div class="MsoNormal">- make matt a ‘captain hook’ pirate coat</div><div class="MsoNormal">- make a jacket for myself using a vintage pattern</div><div class="MsoNormal">- make myself a ‘sailor’ dress<br />
- finish my giant technicolor hexagon blanket </div><div class="MsoNormal">- create an art journal</div><div class="MsoNormal">- join a knitting [or another kind of craft] group</div><div class="MsoNormal">- make a couch out of a claw-foot tub</div><div class="MsoNormal">- mosaic a table with beer bottle caps</div><div class="MsoNormal">- make something with reclaimed wood<br />
- refurbish the two bikes i dumpstered </div><div class="MsoNormal">- make some string art</div><div class="MsoNormal">- submit artwork for the dirty show</div><div class="MsoNormal">- make something out of paper mache</div><div class="MsoNormal">- make ‘oilcloth’</div><div class="MsoNormal">- embroider a pillow cover with may’s flowers on it</div><div class="MsoNormal">- make more collage art</div><div class="MsoNormal">- make a purse out of an old record</div><div class="MsoNormal">- make a notebook out of an old book or record cover</div><div class="MsoNormal">- make more knit ‘graffiti’</div><div class="MsoNormal">- take more ‘artsy’ photos with my camera</div><div class="MsoNormal">- get a ‘nifty fifty’ lens for my camera</div><div class="MsoNormal">- go urban exploring &take a ton of photos</div><div class="MsoNormal">- get dreads</div><div class="MsoNormal">- <strike>dye my hair pink</strike></div><div class="MsoNormal">- cut my hair off [&into a severe a-line cut] &donate it</div><div class="MsoNormal">- get stocking seam tattoos</div><div class="MsoNormal">- go camping out west</div><div class="MsoNormal">- visit Italy &the rest of Europe</div><div class="MsoNormal">- visit Chicago again!</div><div class="MsoNormal">- visit mies van der rohe’s Farnsworth house in Illinois</div><div class="MsoNormal">- visit bleeding heart bakery in chicago</div><div class="MsoNormal">- visit Portland</div><div class="MsoNormal">- attend theatre bizarre</div><div class="MsoNormal">- attend music festivals other than dunegrass &farmfest</div><div class="MsoNormal">- buy a cool old VW bus [&convert it to biodiesel] or retro camper trailer</div><div class="MsoNormal">- volunteer with habitat for humanity</div><div class="MsoNormal">- blog religiously</div><div class="MsoNormal">- actually use my etsy shop to sell things</div><div class="MsoNormal">- get some good headshots taken of myself</div><div class="MsoNormal">- &maybe some sort of retro (pin-up?) photo shoot</div><div class="MsoNormal">- get a dollhouse (yes, seriously)</div><div class="MsoNormal">- buy a super cool retro one-piece bathing suit</div><div class="MsoNormal">- buy a molded plastic Eames chair</div><div class="MsoNormal">- buy a Barcelona chair [&maybe ottoman]</div><div class="MsoNormal">- buy a vintage retro starburst clock</div><div class="MsoNormal">- &a starburst mirror</div><div class="MsoNormal">- buy a retro chrome &formica dining set</div><div class="MsoNormal">- acquire some Syracuse meadow breeze china</div><div class="MsoNormal">- make fattoush salad from scratch [including dressing]</div><div class="MsoNormal">- have my grandma t teach me a bunch of her recipes</div><div class="MsoNormal">- finish the ‘a song of ice &fire’ book series</div><div class="MsoNormal">- redecorate my mom’s laundry room</div><div class="MsoNormal">- install a tile backsplash with matt in my mom’s kitchen</div><div class="MsoNormal">- come up with a design solution for the recessed wall above the foyer at mom’s house</div><div class="MsoNormal">- make mom a fabric-covered headboard</div><div class="MsoNormal">- recover mom’s green chair &/or matt’s recliner</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">wow, that's a lot of stuff!! =)</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div>nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09476802558922930870noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6985287370474422873.post-67318380870189490562010-09-27T22:46:00.000-07:002010-09-27T22:48:24.331-07:00i like chairs. a lot.just a quick post to report some chairs i want to sit my butt in.. over the weekend i came across a website called <a href="http://www.1stdibs.com/index.php">1stdibs</a>. they have lots of gorgeous vintage &antique furniture, &even though i had a very specific kind of chair in mind for a project i'm working on, that didn't stop me from oogling some pretty chairs that i'd like to put in my fantasy mid-century modern home. (you know, right next to the molded plastic eames chairs &the pink vintage sewing machine that i want to covet.) it has also occurred to me that i may be entering the same realm of obsession with chairs as i have with cats, judging by the number of chair-related posts i've made. i'm debating as to whether this is a good thing or not.. nevertheless, it's time to meet these pretty babies!<br />
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sooo mid-century mod &sooo lovely!! they're super funky but still a little classy. well, maybe except for the lina bo bardi chair.. she's all sass &funk, that one!! =) they're welcome at my house any time!<br />
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i realized there is vintage <a href="http://jewelry.1stdibs.com/jewelry_search.php">jewelry</a> on the website, too, so i may have to take a look-see!<br />
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i was watching a youtube video on how to tie an ascot (i <i>know</i>, but that's a story for another time!), i spotted some sort of cat pop-art on the wall behind the said ascot-tier. so, naturally, i did what any other sane person would do, &paused-backed-up-paused-backed-up the video trying to find out more about this mysterious art piece.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">super cute, if i may say so myself. i'm inspired to make some cat pop-art for my wall!*</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">*for those of you less cat-inclined, you could substitute the cat face for your kid's face, or if you don't have a kid, your dog /neighbor /favorite food. whatever! it's not just the subject matter that counts (not that your kid isn't important!), but rather the repetition of shapes &color that really make a bold, graphic statement. think andy worhol. i wonder if he liked cats..</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">anyway, i promise i'll take a break from cat-blogging now, since this isn't a cat blog, although i can see how it could easily turn into one! =)</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPQWtJMxaW5Dqs1eJRvEkBoEGT8udG-IOxyS16Z0uf29NA51froFcmbF-BUyqS59CBEtFJmXkacTaH8SlKD3Rx_j3PoL5fj92RMhhlAiHmgogtsHGim9NY1y8aaglLD0SrGU6vynlP_oG3/s1600/xoxo+nicole.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPQWtJMxaW5Dqs1eJRvEkBoEGT8udG-IOxyS16Z0uf29NA51froFcmbF-BUyqS59CBEtFJmXkacTaH8SlKD3Rx_j3PoL5fj92RMhhlAiHmgogtsHGim9NY1y8aaglLD0SrGU6vynlP_oG3/s320/xoxo+nicole.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div>nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09476802558922930870noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6985287370474422873.post-35207200707560112442010-09-17T20:51:00.000-07:002010-09-17T20:51:15.235-07:00todd oldham's take on eames.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgalbaPyFcOx0rnMnHvXubWbz52-_lBRdTHTCO6jLd88XuuGBl5vIpr8r5EbR98qtA8hzOAxcJ2wmeSeH82P-9J8hLSuduLvTw1h3yd_t899Y7zLPBfh8QxTx1_vj5nCiFJjo5L8V_d3071/s1600/eames+todd.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgalbaPyFcOx0rnMnHvXubWbz52-_lBRdTHTCO6jLd88XuuGBl5vIpr8r5EbR98qtA8hzOAxcJ2wmeSeH82P-9J8hLSuduLvTw1h3yd_t899Y7zLPBfh8QxTx1_vj5nCiFJjo5L8V_d3071/s400/eames+todd.jpg" width="301" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>(credit: <a href="http://livingedgeblog.wordpress.com/2008/06/10/eames-afficionados-take-note/">living edge blog</a>)</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">this is old news (new to me!), but i just had to share this amazing chair! it is todd oldham's take on the classic eames molded plywood lounge chair. the chair was for an art auction sponsored by herman miller, where 11 designers revamped this popular chair, in order to raise money for charity. todd's chair, above, received the highest bid.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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<i> (credit: sorry, can't remember!)</i></div>check out this neat lego room! it has the green lego bases attached to the wall, so you can create anything your imagination desires. perfect for kids &adults who are big kids.. my brother would have loved this when he was litttle!<br />
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<i>(credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/commonhumans/2910094271/in/faves-xoxo_nicole/#/">commonhumans</a>) </i></div><div style="text-align: left;">sweet 'x-ray' desk! this is what the creator has to say about it: <i>This is my home made x-ray light desk. My Dad and I made it from an old wall hanging x-ray back light that I found at a university surplus store. All we had to do was buy some wall brackets and mount it perpendicular to the wall and now I use it as a light table rather than an x-ray viewer! The light table really helps when I need to do tracing for graphic or interior design, every designer/illustrator should have one. I recently painted the wall to make my desk pop and now my work station is clean and complete! If you are wondering where store all of my stuff, I have a one drawer filing cabinet and a few storage boxes in my closet, most of my work is on the computer to reduce clutter. This shows the lights off. I uploaded another image showing the desk with its lights on.</i><br />
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those of you who aren't avid HGTV-watchers may not have heard about emily henderson winning <a href="http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv-design-star/show/index.html">design star</a>, (&maybe don't give a hoot about the show) but i <i>haaave</i> to share how much i love this girl's design style. she has such a wonderful ability to put things together in an elegant, yet completely understated manner. emily was my favorite design star contestant from the beginning, probably because i was able to relate to her eclectic style. she mixes pieces that most people would most likely not think of putting together, yet she makes them work, &they look like a million bucks. she doesn't try to make things look perfect; instead, she appreciates a quirky, kind of off-kilter style that reflects her personality.<br />
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some of emily's secrets (of a stylist, ha) that i thought were especially great dealt with the relationship between colors &patterns, &with the use of accent items. she tries to keep patterns from being overly-masculine or feminine by sticking to a complementary palette. in the first episode of her show, she illustrated this by using <a href="http://img.hgtv.com/HGTV/2010/08/25/HDSW1_Guest-Bedroom-Bed-Pillows_s4x3_lg.jpg">wallpaper</a> in a feminine pattern with a masculine color for ian's guestroom. a gender-neutral feel is created by maintaining the masculine-feminine balance. emily also suggests combining antique &organic objects with new accent pieces, in order to create a lived-in atmosphere, &avoid the dreaded &impersonal 'catalog syndrome.'<br />
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through her designs, she has rekindled my love for linen, &may have contributed with my new slight obsession with the lovely blue color that seems to be her signature. i must admit, i really want to curl up on her gorgeous blue sofa!<br />
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emily's show is called <a href="http://www.hgtv.com/secrets-from-a-stylist/show/index.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">secrets of a stylist</span></a> &her blog is called<br />
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