written September 2nd, 2009 ·
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This past Saturday night I was in a museum. Oh yes I was. I was even there in the evening and until 11:30 pm! It was the long night of the museums here in Berlin and my friend and I wanted to go and participate in some drawing workshops that were going on. I think my expectations were pretty high after reading all of the descriptions in the event’s schedule, so I was sadly a bit disappointed. I was really siked about the drawing with experimental materials, which turned out to be drawing with ink! I actually had so many of my own ideas for drawing workshops afterward that I probably should get involved for the next time!
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Posted in Art, Life in Berlin
written September 1st, 2009 ·
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I sold my earrings at the Mauerpark market again on Sunday! It was a very cool day in Berlin and I think there was a good crowd there, but unfortunately not many sales. I sold half the amount as last time (the first time I sold my things at a market in Berlin). This time I mixed my products, instead of separating each style of earrings onto separate boards, I mixed it up and also had prices above each pair. So perhaps this was a mistake? Or perhaps it was just this time, this crowd turn out that wasn’t in the buying mood. One girl, as German, bought a pair of my paper/plastic creations and she said she really wanted to buy something special and extraordinary because she already has a huge earring collection, so that was a great compliment!!! I will be researching this coming Saturday and visiting other markets that I can potentially sell at.
Oh and something pretty funny happened actually. This guy is walking by and he stops at our table and leans over and picks up my cell phone, which had been lying a foot away from me. He takes it and examines it and completely seriously asks me if it is for sale!!! And I was just so stunned, I stammered I’m selling earrings! haha. Oh man. And then he was a bit embarrassed and gave it back. He was probably scouting the whole market only for cell phones! I didn’t initially say anything because the first time I sold at the market, this happened twice to Nina and I. But on those occasions the people were obviously joking! This guy was dead serious until he realized I was selling something far from cell phones!
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Posted in Life in Berlin, My Jewelry
written September 1st, 2009 ·
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Some nice Etsy sellers made treasuries of sellers who haven’t had a sale yet and I was included! Check them out. read more…
Posted in My Jewelry
written August 29th, 2009 ·
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So this summer I started making my own iced tea after getting a little bored with drinking ice cold water all day. I am not a big fan of juice or sugary drinks cause they always make me so thirsty! So I stick to beloved tap water with ice. But now I have something more interesting…and it has some sometimes much needed caffeine in it, or it can have none!
Anyhow, I finally decided to try to make my own iced tea. I knew it had to be a piece of cake, but I googled it anyways. Haha. The only rule of thumb to note is not to fill the glass with any more hot water than you need, otherwise it takes too long to cool down. I use either Earl Grey, mint tea (with lemon flavor is good!) or jasmine pearl.
Check out my step by step instructions.
Posted in Food
written August 27th, 2009 ·
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I just posted a treasury on Etsy.com. It is so pretty, I want everything in it:) Please view it here for the next 3 days only and leave a comment if you are an Etsy user!
In case you don’t catch it in time, here is a screen shot!
Posted in Drawings, Inspiration, Jewelry
written August 26th, 2009 ·
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Since I sold my jewelry at the market in Berlin almost 2 weeks back, I finally got some real life feedback as to which of my earrings were most attractive to buyers (which ones I sold basically), which was great because I haven’t gotten this kind of immediate feedback from Etsy yet. With this in mind, I created a ton more of my paper/plastic earring creations the other day. I wanted to post a little about my process, because it is so fun for me! Addictive actually. I sat for hours on my living room floor cutting out pieces of plastic, colored paper and recycled postcards into funky shapes and coordinating them with other colors and layers. I made a mess of my living room and I’ll be doing it again soon!
I took the suggestion of my friend to be a bit more wacky with my color combos and to add more layers with text (this is where it comes in handy to have tons of old magazines and postcards lying around). My next idea is to incorporate more images into my designs and maybe even of Berlin (since most of my customers at the market were tourists). So take a look at these fun process pics.
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Posted in My Jewelry
written August 26th, 2009 ·
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I had a wonderful day yesterday drawing at the Natural Science Museum (Museum für Naturkunde) in Berlin! I went with my friend Nina and even though half the museum was closed for restoration of some kind, we still found lots to draw in the Darwin exhibit and there was of course the largest mounted dinosaur skeleton in the world! I attempted to draw it, although it proved difficult to fit into my sketchbook. The dinosaur is so incredibly large!
It was fun drawing strange animals and sea creatures and it reminded me of my days back at RISD drawing in the Nature Lab. There were tons of kids there and they were very interested in our drawings. The most difficult question posed by a few of them was, Why are you doing that? Haha. They were cute. We were actually inspired to go to the museum by the drawings of Daniel Egnéus (his website) that we saw at a gallery in Berlin a few weeks back. His drawings are huge, probably about 3 meters long (~10 feet)! His style was so captivating and the drawing of the dinosaur (below) caught our attention and we have a hunch that he drew this drawing at the Museum für Naturkunde!
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Posted in Art, Drawings, Life in Berlin
written August 26th, 2009 ·
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This NPR Fresh Air interview with Lisa Sanders is so interesting! She discusses why around 50 percent of medical diagnoses are wrong. Sanders is an internist on the faculty of the Yale University School of Medicine, the technical advisor for the show House and an author. There is also a little bit thrown in about what to do with health care reform. This lady needs to be heard!
Posted in What I'm Listening To
written August 26th, 2009 ·
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Olga Desmond … a very interesting woman indeed. I saw an exhibition of her work in Berlin a few months back, and shame on me, I haven’t posted about it until now. But I definitely wanted to post this. It was really incredible. Sometimes you get glimpses of pure raw art in the most unexpected places, such as in this small gallery I stepped into. Only spent 1 Euro too!
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Posted in Art, Dance, Life in Berlin
written August 23rd, 2009 ·
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Yesterday I went to see Bodies in Urban Spaces created by Willi Dorner. It was part of the Tanz im August festival in Berlin. Check out his website for more info. It was so fun! My sister saw this piece in Philadelphia and suggested I go. I tried to go with my boyfriend on Friday, but the skies were a threatening gray and it had already begun to rain a bit. There was also a totally HUGE crowd (200 + people) and we didn’t want to have to leave our bikes where the performance began only to have to walk all the back afterward. So I decided to go back on Saturday and give it a go. This time the weather was perfect, but there was still quite the crowd! I was pretty shocked. Anyhow, it was pretty well organized and there were guides and police men all over. Don’t quite know if the police really needed guns on their belts, but whatevs…
The performance went from Potsdamer Platz all the way to Hallesches Tor through many green and overgrown backyards and playgrounds. I just couldn’t help trying to capture all the poses. They were so creative! And in some instances I think they had even coordinated the dancers and the colors of their outfits for the poses! Here are the pictures I took. read more…
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