Interviews and Social Networking

I was recently interviewed for the website/blog, Zavvi Rodaine. It was a total surprise and I was and still am honored to have been thought of highly enough to be included with the women who Yolanda Smith has previously interviewed for Zavvi Rodaine.  Kate Betts of the New York Times is one of the women she has interviewed previously as well as Helene from one of my favorite blogs, The Luxe Chronicles.

Yolanda really did her research, reading all about me on my website and looking through my blog. As a result her questions were thorough and a joy for me to answer.

On a social networking note she found me because I have a link to Zavvi Rodaine here on my blog. I love what technology has done for bringing people together. If you'd like to read the interview here is the link. ENJOY!!!

ART

 

This is a piece I have been working on for a LONG time, years actually.  I finally finished it enough to where I feel ready to start the next stage. I scanned it so I can document the process of what it will become one day.  I'm kind of in love with it.  It doesn't look like this anymore as I have recently coated it in a fine layer of gesso and water and have begun painting the lines in with a tiny brush dipped in black acrylic. I have an idea of what it will look like when done and hope to finish by the end of the year.  STAY TUNED, I will be posting more as I progress.

Meghan Byrnes is the BEES KNEES

I met Meghan Byrnes the summer after my freshman year of college. She went to high school with my friend, Jenny that I had met at CSF. I liked a guy friend of Jenny's so that summer (and after) I was thrown in with all of her friends from high school b/c I spent a lot of time in Delaware. I haven't seen Meghan in years but we've come together again through facebook, and now etsy and our mutual love for art, beauty and LOVE.

She's married and lives with her love in a small town in Massachusetts near Harvard. She enjoys nature, art, animals, moss, stars, fabulous shoes and wonderful vintage clothing and jewelry, which she sells on etsy and I can't seem to stop buying... the jewelry. I bought this necklace from her recently and plan to wear it with the shoes also in the picture.

When she sends me what I order she always does something unique, this last time she wrote to me on vintage class photos, which is something that I love about old pictures lost or now irrelevant, to see how they can be used creatively and loved again in some small way.  Nothing is forever.

Meghan is also an illustrator, and loves working in photoshop.  She takes amazing photos and posts them on the internet:

I made Meghan a pair of earrings specifically designed for her personality.  She is going to shoot a picture wearing them for me one of these days when she isn't super busy.  Hopefully one day we can collaborate together directly.  That would be the ULTIMATE Bees Knees.

Meghan's Etsy Store: Story Book Vintage

Meghan's Old Blog