This has been a hectic month with the planning of our Halloween party and redoing our Wedding Vows on Halloween Night (our wedding anniversary). I had been waiting for the right time to order crystals and between that the photo shoot at Studio 19 was scheduled and cancelled at the last minute...
Construction began at the salon and was concluded 3 days later. Then, for three weeks, additional finishing touches were added; a complete re-paint as well total modification of seating and processing areas, pedicure stations and flat screen televisions which were placed in every conceivable spot for client comfort.
In the midst of this, Noreen Starr, one of our more colorful clients, offered to assist me in obtaining Swarovsky Crystals from her company in Manhattan. (They supply an amazing array of crystals, buttons and other items ( from the mundane to the luxurious) for the millinery, costuming and clothing manufacturers in NYC and abroad.) She took my order and brought it to the salon so that I could begin my work on the feather ornaments but I have not had a moment free to continue working on the ornaments since they were delivered. GLUE became the problem. My sister Marge (owner of the Botanica San Lazaro and Inner Peace Center in Clifton New Jersey) offered me what she said was the main glue used for attaching the crystals and I accepted her gift. After NOREEN verified its use in the industry I asked her about a location where it might be obtained and, again, she told me she had a connection in the city who supplied that particular glue: E-6000 clear. Turns out everyone knows about the stuff. but she obtained a dozen tubes and delivered them to me at the shop and I am grateful for her coming to the rescue again. THANK YOU NOREEN STARR! you are a gem to me, your boss and your other business partners!
The new Studio 19 (photos to be posted shortly) is the perfect place to relax, enjoy your services and feel at home. I do hope you will give us a try.
FACE MAGIC: remember the Fashion Week outing? Well...I took an image of myself wearing the feather ornaments when I got home that night and was horrified at my dangling jowls. The following day I started using 2 serums I ordered on line and my jowls have disappeared by 70% or more in less than 4 weeks. OK so the secret is Hyaluronic Acid and the other is Matrixyl 3000. Both are available through Elskabar.com or other places on the net. Prices are $30.00 for each one ounce bottle in an airless pump and are more effective than anything I have ever tried. Results are FAST for most people and truly remarkable.
For those of you wishing to contact Noreen Starr about WHOLESALE SWAROVSKY CRYSTALS please contact me through my email : Elskabar@Yahoo.com
For those of you looking to try an amazing facial line or products, please go to Elskabar.com and purchase your items there. Thank you.
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
MOTHER PLUCKER TO THE RESCUE!!!
This week I am expecting a shipment of special neck feathers from MOTHER PLUCKER whose staff I met at the International Gift Show in August. Their feather samples were exquisite and some of the feathers flowed life fine spider webbing...movement with the slightest breeze. As you can well imagine, my head is reeling with the possibilities for the line. I will spend the coming weeks designing the Spring line as well as adding to the web site for purchase.
PLEASE remember that my work is in very limited numbers and first come-first served is key to the way I sell.
Of course, personal orders are welcomed and you can have input as to the finished colors as well as details is the piece is for something special. The custom orders take several weeks to complete and are more costly than my other art pieces but justifiably so... When you own the only ONE of its kind, SPECIAL is an understatement.
The best thing about MOTHER PLUCKER is that they were very responsive to my needs and understand that I will be working with whatever they can offer me that is NEW and exciting. I think they want to be part of the inventive process. And who can blame them? I will certainly give them credit where it is due. Sharing their name will allow them to grow as well. I just hope they understand that I cannot have them disclose my purchases to anyone.
PLEASE remember that my work is in very limited numbers and first come-first served is key to the way I sell.
Of course, personal orders are welcomed and you can have input as to the finished colors as well as details is the piece is for something special. The custom orders take several weeks to complete and are more costly than my other art pieces but justifiably so... When you own the only ONE of its kind, SPECIAL is an understatement.
The best thing about MOTHER PLUCKER is that they were very responsive to my needs and understand that I will be working with whatever they can offer me that is NEW and exciting. I think they want to be part of the inventive process. And who can blame them? I will certainly give them credit where it is due. Sharing their name will allow them to grow as well. I just hope they understand that I cannot have them disclose my purchases to anyone.
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Friday, September 10, 2010
Fashion Week Friday, September 10, 2010
Brian and I set out for the city tonight filled with questions about what it was really about. Well traffic was brutal on the viaduct entering the city so we detoured and took the ferry into town in stead. We both sported the men's hats I wanted to use as back drops for my hat ornaments. He wore a Ladies' ornament and I wore a man's ornament on mine. I also wore a lady's ornament on my attached scarf that draped across a black, velvet embossed shirt I wore under the tight KOREAN vest I ordered through EBAY. Tight black pants complimenterd and finished my outfit and he wore a checkered kiwi shirt with blue jeans and his black hat and matching feather and silk flower ornament in the same KIWI color.
Once in town taxi drivers made it difficult for us. One man refused to take us unless we were going to 96th Street. We were only asking for a ride to 45th and 5th. We asked a girl on line to ride with us as she was cold (it was windy and brisk tonight) and she was going to the same location but west of us.
We meandered down Fifth Avenue among the crowds of people that were obviously headed in the same direction and for, probably, some of the same reasons. It was VERY crowded there tonight. Stored were jammed with people like jelly rolls over filled with cream....they simply poured onto the street where guards controlled their entrances and exits carefully to avoid pilferage and possibly hazardous conditions in the shops. We got lots of smiles at our hats and many people commented on them. One woman had a long conversation with us about feathers and that was nice.
The stores all did not exactly know what to make of us walking through as if we didn't need comments...but they offered them anyway. At every store at least one sales person approached us to tell us how much they loved our hats. (Those are the very people we need to market our ideas to...) One man, whom, it seemed to me, appeared everywhere we went, turned out to be wearing his first hat ever that he purchased that day. He was trying on a pair of leather pants that, doubtlessly, would ultimately cost him 2500 dollars if they cost one. They were simply gorgeous pants in lamb skin...a deep, weathered forest green color. At the same store I fell for a wonderful pair of boots but at 1200 dollars I had to pass them up. Enough spending for shoes. I am NOT Amilda Marcos! (i am not amilda marcos...i am not amilda marcos...i am not amilda marcos...) OK the mantra is working. LOL
With cabs unavailable on the way home, we walked from 57th street and Fifth Avenue all the way tot he Ferry terminal on 35th Street and the Hudson River. It was a gorgeous night, cool and breezy so the walk was truly effortless.
I am going to keep myself alert for the next fashion week and make sure everything is in place for the coming seasons hats and clothing. I WILL BE READY!
Once in town taxi drivers made it difficult for us. One man refused to take us unless we were going to 96th Street. We were only asking for a ride to 45th and 5th. We asked a girl on line to ride with us as she was cold (it was windy and brisk tonight) and she was going to the same location but west of us.
We meandered down Fifth Avenue among the crowds of people that were obviously headed in the same direction and for, probably, some of the same reasons. It was VERY crowded there tonight. Stored were jammed with people like jelly rolls over filled with cream....they simply poured onto the street where guards controlled their entrances and exits carefully to avoid pilferage and possibly hazardous conditions in the shops. We got lots of smiles at our hats and many people commented on them. One woman had a long conversation with us about feathers and that was nice.
The stores all did not exactly know what to make of us walking through as if we didn't need comments...but they offered them anyway. At every store at least one sales person approached us to tell us how much they loved our hats. (Those are the very people we need to market our ideas to...) One man, whom, it seemed to me, appeared everywhere we went, turned out to be wearing his first hat ever that he purchased that day. He was trying on a pair of leather pants that, doubtlessly, would ultimately cost him 2500 dollars if they cost one. They were simply gorgeous pants in lamb skin...a deep, weathered forest green color. At the same store I fell for a wonderful pair of boots but at 1200 dollars I had to pass them up. Enough spending for shoes. I am NOT Amilda Marcos! (i am not amilda marcos...i am not amilda marcos...i am not amilda marcos...) OK the mantra is working. LOL
With cabs unavailable on the way home, we walked from 57th street and Fifth Avenue all the way tot he Ferry terminal on 35th Street and the Hudson River. It was a gorgeous night, cool and breezy so the walk was truly effortless.
I am going to keep myself alert for the next fashion week and make sure everything is in place for the coming seasons hats and clothing. I WILL BE READY!
Thursday, August 26, 2010
AN-R-KEYS
It was a long week and fruitful, if nothing more. The International Gift Show in NYC proved to be the stomping ground of NYC Fashionistas again with more than 20 hat vendors at the show this season.I managed to get a look at all of the upcoming styles and colors as well as the designs that people tended to gravitate more toward.
Most importantly, it gave me an opportunity to showcase my design ideas with the hat vendors. They received my hat jewels with great enthusiasm and offered to put my designs on their web-sites. I also made contact with a beautiful boutique in Manhattan on 72 Street and a buyer from Japan who wants to see the line when my samples are complete.
The jewels seem to elevate the hat to another level of fashion excitement. They take the mundane and transform it to glamorous in an instant. The same can be said for sweaters, blouses, jackets and overcoats. Scarves, purses, head-bands, hair, even shadow boxes benefit from the display. Ornamenting is about as easy as place and magnetize. If it holds, you are ready to go.
Pique your interest? Head on down to Elskabar.com to see what styles are available for your purchase today. There, you will find one of a kind embellishments as well as stock styles for your group, production or band.
Because of the strong magnetic attachment, these items are not recommended for use by anyone using life saving equipment such as pace makers and other biologically installed medical equipment. Everyone else go out and start your collection now. For more information, please contact me through Elskabar.com or write CrowAndDragon@AOL.com
Most importantly, it gave me an opportunity to showcase my design ideas with the hat vendors. They received my hat jewels with great enthusiasm and offered to put my designs on their web-sites. I also made contact with a beautiful boutique in Manhattan on 72 Street and a buyer from Japan who wants to see the line when my samples are complete.
The jewels seem to elevate the hat to another level of fashion excitement. They take the mundane and transform it to glamorous in an instant. The same can be said for sweaters, blouses, jackets and overcoats. Scarves, purses, head-bands, hair, even shadow boxes benefit from the display. Ornamenting is about as easy as place and magnetize. If it holds, you are ready to go.
Pique your interest? Head on down to Elskabar.com to see what styles are available for your purchase today. There, you will find one of a kind embellishments as well as stock styles for your group, production or band.
Because of the strong magnetic attachment, these items are not recommended for use by anyone using life saving equipment such as pace makers and other biologically installed medical equipment. Everyone else go out and start your collection now. For more information, please contact me through Elskabar.com or write CrowAndDragon@AOL.com
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
MOSQUE or NO MOSQUE???
I believe that the building of the MOSQUE at Ground Zero is the first true potential to unify the world's religions rather than its being used as a way to widen the gap between nations and their beliefs. It is imperative that we see this as an opportunity to set up the first American Center of World Religions at this very site and encourage the building of as many chapels as possible in one location, sponsored by the city and world religions so that people from every nationality and religion may come there to worship. There SHOULD be a MOSQUE and a SHUL and a CATHOLIC CHURCH and an EVANGELICAL CHAPEL and a BUDDHIST TEMPLE and MORE all congregating at the foot of the new structure. The chapels should be rationed individual space and allowed a specific size so that no one chapel claims more importance than the other. This is the way of acceptance and the way of yielding to a world community that is held together by the belief in one creator. This is also the way of tolerance and acceptance.
We can use this site to show the world that New Yorkers have a special way of dealing with lemons: LEMONADE, NEW YORK STYLE. This is the center of mixology: in food, race, religion, nationality and income. We have the poor and the rich, the leftists and the right wingers all living cozily under one name: New Yorker. It is about time we stopped whining about the past, stepped off the soap box and began making sense of the whole thing by finding new and constructive (rather than destructive) options. In stead of trying to kill the idea, GO WITH IT and make it Larger Than Life: greater than the Garden of the 8 Temples in Bali, Indonesia. THEY have the right idea: All denominations, together in one beautiful place. Think about it New York... a place that could turn you into the new paradise for travelers from every country in the world. A place to praise and worship one creator and all of his clergy. And, at last, a peaceful resolution to a special idea that could only have started in New York.
We can use this site to show the world that New Yorkers have a special way of dealing with lemons: LEMONADE, NEW YORK STYLE. This is the center of mixology: in food, race, religion, nationality and income. We have the poor and the rich, the leftists and the right wingers all living cozily under one name: New Yorker. It is about time we stopped whining about the past, stepped off the soap box and began making sense of the whole thing by finding new and constructive (rather than destructive) options. In stead of trying to kill the idea, GO WITH IT and make it Larger Than Life: greater than the Garden of the 8 Temples in Bali, Indonesia. THEY have the right idea: All denominations, together in one beautiful place. Think about it New York... a place that could turn you into the new paradise for travelers from every country in the world. A place to praise and worship one creator and all of his clergy. And, at last, a peaceful resolution to a special idea that could only have started in New York.
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