written September 2nd, 2009 · 0 comments
I was flipping through the advertisements with the weekly sales on Saturday when I came across these funny pictures! I literally burst out laughing. The first two are just hilarious. I mean, the models look ridiculous! I love the two really different looks on their faces and the hands in the pockets. Oh man.
Posted in Life in Berlin
written September 1st, 2009 · 3 comments
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!
Posted in Life in Berlin, My Jewelry
written September 1st, 2009 · 0 comments
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 · 3 comments
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 · 0 comments
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 · 0 comments
I am featured in 2 places online right now, but only temporarily, that’s why I’ve taken screen shots:)
I am featured in a treasury right now (on treasury west)!!! My first feature… These treasuries are very temporary, so I def wanted a screen shot of this. It is a very nice treasury to be in.
Posted in My Jewelry
written August 26th, 2009 · 0 comments
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.
Posted in My Jewelry
written August 26th, 2009 · 0 comments
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!
Posted in Art, Drawings, Life in Berlin
written August 26th, 2009 · 0 comments
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 · 0 comments
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!
Posted in Art, Dance, Life in Berlin
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