Project for Rooms That Rock 4 Chemo

Last Saturday I did another installation for Rooms That Rock 4 Chemo- http://www.roomsthatrock4chemo.us. Designer Kimball Star asked us to make a Roman shade for the room she was working on- beautiful striped linen with floral bands in warm natural colors.

Lenses for your phone camera

That is a receipt that came with my son's order from Photojojo. "Rawwwwr" is the dinosaur that was included in the package as a gift.

The entire packing slip is very humorous.
This site has very useful phone camera attachments for interior designers (and anybody else), especially the combo wide angle and macro lens. Fisheye is also a lot of fun.

More and more people use phone cameras to photograph the site after installation. By adding various lenses to your phone, you can get wonderful shots.

A close-up of the texture of jeans.

Fisheye photo of the dinosaur toy.

Samsung Galaxy SII with a fisheye.

Feel free to check out the site! http://www.photojojo.com/

Christmas Wreath for Jingle & Mingle 2011

Last December, it was time to make another wreath for Children of Shelters. The thinking process started months before the due date; so many possibilities! When I realized that I cannot invest a lot of time into it on top of making our customers happy with pre-Christmas installations, I decided to go with a simple and elegant design that can suit almost any taste.
I started with a beautiful ribbon that I bought at Ribbonerie on Sacramento Street. The owner was so helpful and sweet; it is not easy to navigate through a store that offers hundreds of choices.
Here we go:

First I stitched "pleats" on the ribbon.

Then I folded "the pleats" in an origami style and secured the folds with beads. Thanks to my friend Zila Brand for this technic!

I wrapped a foam "bagel" glued to a ply wood base with strips of silk, stapled them to the back, and glued a gimp to conceale staples.

The pleated ribbon is sewn onto the body.

And here is the final result!