all the pretty colors
i just added a bunch of new paintings in the shop..
all sizes.
including a bunch of 9 x 12's.
perfect for a punch of color in a lonely spot. (your heart)
peach class
9 x 12
blush class
9 x 12
yellow contrast
9 x 12
camel contrast
9 x 12
fruit flavored
20 x 24 canvas
blue contrast
9 x 12
coral contrast
9 x 12
green class
9 x 12
green contrast
9 x 12
purple contrast
9 x 12
pink contrast
9 x 12
and more here.
spring fever
oscars recap
well. in a nutshell that was the longest 17 hours of my life.
main thoughts:
that shit was boring.
and long.
dear god the categories. so many categories!
and i stayed up to watch the whole thing.
about 3/4 of the way through i was just too far in to turn it off. i was like muse in captain phillips. i was going to GET THAT FUCKING LIFEBOAT TO SOMALIA IF IT WAS THE LAST THING I DID! and i didn't care who died (my soul) in the process.
(also it took me 3 hours to fall asleep because i couldn't get the song "happy" out of my head)
in addition to the ice age that was the middle portion of the show i felt like i had to endure far too many musical numbers. and commercials. and ellen selfies and ellen in general.
all the winners that i predicted would win, won.
which just adds to the boring. i wish fassbender would have won and derailed the jared leto train. i personally thought fassbender in 12 years a slave was one of the most nuanced and powerful performances ever. don't think you would have gotten lupita's performance without his. and while i thought cate blanchet had one of the best performances of her career, meryl's performance in august osage county had me on the floor, dead.
gravity won all the technical awards.
and 12 years a slave won the important one.
but this happened:
which might have been worth all the time that i spent in hell trying to get to sleep.
i tweeted this last night:
"throw ewan, fassbender and leto in a room and lemme at em."
yeah. pretty much.
but for good measure throw in jesus... i mean bono.
also i'd like matthew mcconaughey in there to stand on the sidelines and analyze it as detective rust cohle.
and throw in ellen's pizza because SEX HUNGRIES!
ellen as host was dull. she is a better host on her own show. what happened ells?
john travolta called idina menzel "adele dazeem".
bill murray thought it was 2013. but his mention of harold ramis was touching.
lupita's speech blew the lid off the joint.
matthew mcconaughey gently and respectfully guiding kim novak through her moment on stage made his sex appeal go up 416 notches. i am in full support of the mcconaissance.
so on to the fashion:
as i said everyone looked really pretty. no real tragic misses unless you count liza minelli's cobalt ensemble a miss.
i call it a WIN! because as far as i am concerned that's what you do when you are probably wearing depends and you don't really know where you are. wear some bright colored satin shirt-n'-pants from the mccall's collection with sensible shoes. and add a blue streak to your hair too because FUCK everyone. take some pills, smoke some cigarettes, hide some scotch in your bag and have a good time. you'll be asleep in a few hours anyway. may as well enjoy yourself in your pajama set. and a bonus is you can totally sleep in your outfit.
best looking couples:
hands down the best looking couple of the night. of the ever. i seem to be the only one that likes brad douchey hair.
2 perfect wedding cake toppers.
he just keeps getting hotter. she is gorgeous but because her baby bump remains the exact same size at 3 months as it does at, what...12 months now?... and she is overall abnormally small for a preg, i don't owe her any awards. (her baby bump was my baby bump at 6 weeks.)
in addition to those men being part of the best looking couples i have to hand them all the best dressed men awards too.
the other best dressed dudes:
the perfect amount of style without being too weird.
pretty sure if i saw this in person i would faint.
i didn't love the red bow tie at first but it grew on me. that hair though. i'll bet it smells like roses and caramel.
these ladies looked real pretty:
i loved her dress on her but her hair was too severe. i wished it were looser and sexier. that body though. she looks like a fancy secretary. which isn't probably what you're going for at the oscars.
it was raining so unfortunately the bottom was wet, and the dress wrinkled up a lot but other than that she looks beautiful. her hair especially.
she looks like a goddess. the hair, the make up, the jewelry, the dress...so beautiful. BUT...i don't love all the tone on tone on tone happening here. i like cate a little less princess-y.
this is SUCH a charlize dress. and she looks stunning, but the pointy things just distract me too much. it's a little too wicked witch in a disney movie. i would not want to stand next to her though.
eh. i think it's the hair. i wish she would have done something else with her hair. i think that's what is killing this for me.
at least it's not pants.
usually with awards shows i like to pick the dress i would have loved to have worn. this one is it. not sure if it's vintage but it sure looks like it. she looks like outstanding.
super pretty. her hair seals the deal for me. she's just adorable. sidney bristow 4 life.
ok, now the worst.
forget the stupid wizard of oz shoes and striped tights..
the dress is exactly the same thing julia roberts wore to the golden globes as if interpreted by a pirate.
the fuck is this nonsense?
and finally..
this is my worst because in case you don't know...
this is margot robbie.
remember her from the golden globes?
this is just a major disappointment . maybe the dark hair is for a role?
i just don't think she looks nearly as good as a brunette.
but that dress and those drawn on eyebrows.
she could have done SO SO much better.
she missed a glorious opportunity.
and now my favorites...
apart from the lung cleavage she looks like a motherfucking princess in the best possible way. it was her night. didn't love the headband but i didn't hate it either.
amazing. the best red carpet moment ever for her. i honestly can't stop staring at this picture. there is nothing to fault. nothing i would change. if it weren't for the perfection of lupita this would be my best dressed hands down.
i am sure some people were just meh about this, and i get that but for me she looks head to toe perfect. it's not mind boggling or extraordinary or anything... but the hair...i LOVE. i love that it's down and looks stylish without being stiff (amy adams and jennifer lawrence), there is some structure to it. not easy to pull off. she is so tiny too and nothing here overwhelms but it's big and bold at the same time. i love the shoe and the bag and that is a hard cut of dress to pull off. she did. and her make up is perfect. so i guess in a way all these elements together are what make this a winner for me.
but lupita wins. her speech. her smile. her happy dance. she was the night's star.
thoughts?
and here is the dress i wore to my oscar party...
the dress is carmen marc valvo and the earrings are kenneth jay lane. bracelet is target.
i went rent the runway and can only encourage you to do the same.
smiling causes wrinkles.
i did a reverse smokey eye via this tutorial and it will be my go to smokey eye from now on. super easy and pretty.
all the things
the new spring issue of domino is out!
which is exciting in and of itself.
but...
if you follow me on the gram you already know..
yesterday i was laying on my couch like a sloth with snacks and my new domino
and i nearly choked on my chocolate chips when i came across my work on pages 48 & 49...
jamie meares designed this room for a teen girl and used my painting above her bed.
needless to say, she nailed it.
i had exactly zero knowledge of it being in this issue.
so imagine how awesome for me when i turned the page to see it there.
jesus!
it's domino!
it's the chupacabra of design magazines.
thank you jamie.
and..
many of you have probably already seen this real nice bathroom that amber and emily did..
it's so good.
but here's the issue i have with it.
it's going to die.
unless we save it.
how do we save it?
don't copy it.
seriously.
the end.
just stare at it longingly, and with admiration.
like brad pitt in fight club.
have a great weekend.
downton thoughts
this episode was the. end. and i can't say as i enjoyed it like one might enjoy a final episode. you know, like with closure to main plot points and/or sexy times between mary and tom. hell, at this point i might even take sexy times between tom and edith. or better yet, tom and thomas. in fact, in general there just aren't enough sexy times in this show. period. raping anna does not count as sexy times, JULIAN!
and no, i do not particularly want to SEE sexy times with mrs hughes and mr. carson. though i did love that that happened. and maybe they are going to kiss and stuff in a totally pg way that is sweet and not at all like watching your parents kiss. for now i'll take the hand-holding and be satisfied. i thought it were adorable. and i teared up a little. (in reality i might have cried like a baby because i have my period) mike, on the other hand squirmed in his seat in not-so-subtle discomfort.
so, yes! mrs. hughes and mr. carson!! this is why i love this show. for every wrong there comes a right, that's SO right it's blinding.
once again so much stuff happened that my hands are giving my brain the middle finger.
the whole family is in london for rose's quinceneara.
she looks really pretty. so does cora, who says things like "kerfuffle".
speaking of london, there is a grantham house. and it's full. and small. so small that people have to share rooms. and mary would rather sleep on the roof than with edith. i think she speaks for us all when she says that. because edith is the ugly one, get it?
though after this episode i would have liked to have pushed mary off of a roof.
all of the staff is at grantham house as well. all but ivy, thomas and tom.
tom has to stay back to take care of isis. (jeez! why don't you just draw dicks on his face while he's sleeping, lord grantham. no respect.) and to take short-n-stocky on a tour of the big house. thomas isn't happy about it and does things like squeeze his fists in rage. i wish thomas would stop acting like a big ol' queen. also i wish i knew baxter's secret because that shit is about as clear as the water in mr. drew's pig trough. soon to be baby edith's bathtub. more on that in a minute. or never.
the levinson's arrive in london and martha is the same as before only she seems even less interested than last time, if that's possible. also, was it just me or did it seem like shirley maclaine swallowed half her lines? like she would have rather been on a prairie somewhere chewing on peyote and counting her crystals. WHO WOULDN'T?!
harold levinson arrived slinging his american all over everyone with his "ain'ts" and "why i oughta's" and it was all...."i can't".
harold brought his valet, that guy from 30 rock, with him.
that guy loved daisy. like more than anyone has loved daisy other than that guy that died. and maybe that guy's dad. ok, so a lot of people have loved daisy, just not the ones that daisy wants to love her. her little fit of happiness at the beach was about the cutest thing ever. watching daisy is like watching your daughter. you want to scold her for being rude and hug her when she's made good choices.
lord merkin asks isobel to the ball and she's like, nah…me and my soup'll just hang here. then she realizes how really lame that is and changes her mind.
they will probably get married. which is sad for dr. clarkson, because he is way sexier than merkin and like TOTALLY loves her.
the ticket.
so bates didn't take the ticket he bought for london to MURDER green out of his dumb pocket and anna gives the coat to mrs. hughes who gives it to charity.
that pretty much seems like the dumbest thing anyone who has ever murdered anyone (and i oughta know!) has ever done. he can forge a letter in the blink of an eye. he can retrieve a GIANT letter out of a man's pocket while standing in said man's face and yet he can't think to burn the most incriminating piece of evidence EVER in a fire?!?!
thank god mary did it for him.
but then, thank god he saved the family from ruin. AGAIN! thank god for mr. bates. and thank god for fire. and thank god for reese's peanut butter eggs. they're DELICIOUS!
edith's decision to have mr. drew and his wife raise her baby with regular visits from edith was probably the smartest and ballsiest thing edith has ever done. and i couldn't be happier about it. the end.
still no idea where mr. gregson is other than he gots beat up by some bandits? ruffians? "some bad men in brown suits." UPS drivers?
rose and the letter.
UGH! i get it. we needed this story so that bates could ultimately find it for them so that his incriminating ticket could be burned but UGH! why you gonna give me new story-line when so many story-lines are still open!?!
overall i was like, is that it?! that's the end? surely there is a sneaky episode somewhere lurking in the shadows that they're going to thrust on us next sunday?! but no. believe me, i checked.
the case of mary and her suitors- i guess i am glad that she didn't "pick" one. because i don't like either of them. so, charles blake is actually SUPER rich. like, richer than everyone. which means a great deal to mary because her main goal is to take care of george forever. or something.
tom asking granny to dance and granny saying "i know i can trust you to steer" = best ever.
i will miss this show. because for all it's faults and my thoughts which usually are.."no way that would happen" and "why are they so stupid?!"- i still love it so hard.
i love the characters, flaws and all and i care about most of them. i love the house. the land surrounding the house. the clothes. i will miss the bickering between violet and isobel. i will miss tom and his well fitting tweed. i will miss thomas's smirks. i will miss cora's clueless face. i will miss lord grantham's tan suit. i will miss edith's finger waves and STELLAR dresses. i will miss mrs. patmore's platitudes. i will miss molesley's debbie downer attitude. ultimately i will just miss their world, their atmosphere.
i have heard that julian fellowes is going to create a show similar to downton abbey called the gilded age for NBC. i can't think of anything more wrong. two things bother me about that most..
1.) the reason downton abbey works is because it's PBS and NOT NBC. among many things, the actors are english (mostly) and unknown to americans (mostly). it feels like people are trying to capitalize on the downton success. not make a surprise hit. which is what downton was. a surprise. no one ever thought it would be as big a success as it was. and while that might be due to julian fellowes's writing and knowledge of the era, i suspect it has just as much to do with the fact that he didn't have a lot of american executives over his head telling him "no one in america will get that".
and
2.) the writing of the gilded age will occur only when downton is over. which means that the end is nigh. and i can think of nothing sadder than getting rid of downton in favor of a watered down american version.
i hope i am wrong on all counts.
the end. for real.
