I started out the week working on some more new art. I always sit on my floor to work so I can spread out all the scraps for collaging and here’s my view! Lee just nicknamed my office “Nubby’s Scrapbook Nook.” Ha!    On Tuesday night, I was chatting with Lee in the kitchen [...]

   ♥ Gorgeous greenery (my all-time favorite color)! + The Fashion Notebook set on Flickr.

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   In an age saturated with advertising everywhere you turn, you’d like to think that you’re one of the ’smart ones.’ You’re an individual that is impenetrable to the multimillion dollar marketing blitzes being doled out in an increasingly rapid succession.Though 77% of Americans claim to be very perceptive to marketing pitches, many still end [...]

I sort of forgot that I had these pants (circa 2004) and though they prompt some to envision Beetlejuice, I love them so! Cardigan, Isaac for Target (R.I.P.) Hotel key on chain, gift from Mistina Striped jeans, TRIPP NYC Heeled oxfords, ZINDA Purse, Miu Miu

   Question: I’m a photographer (who also likes to dabble in other forms of fine art and fashion design) and I’m starting to consider how to market my work as a brand. I am trying to decide whether to use my real name to work under, or whether to work under an artistic/business alias. My [...]

Yes, I have found true love in a camera. Being a faithful Nikon user since 2002, I just purchased the Nikon Coolpix P80 and it’s everything I could have hoped for. For the last five years, I have used the Coolpix 8700 and it held up amazingly well through 7 New York visits, a cross [...]

   The month of June from my self-designed calendar can be downloaded here.