apron swap

SO THE VERY LOVELY, CLEAVER, CREATIVE LADY

CHERLY FIGLIOLA

DECIDE TO HAVE A APRON SWAP, OF COURSE BZ WANT TO JOIN

THE RESULT ARE IN PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AND VISIT ALL THE WONDERFUL ENTIRES.... I WILL BE WEARING MY APRON ON NEW YEARS EVE! 

ALL THE APRONS ON PARADE

EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED RECEIVED A GIFT FROM CHERLY

BOTH WERE TO DROOL FOR!  I GOT THIS ONE AND I HAVE ALREADY USED IT TO TOTE MY IPAD AROUND...JUST PERFECT...... THANK YOU CHERYL

OK THESE ARE ALL WINNERS  CAN YOU GUESS WHICH ONE I GOT?  IT'S FROM A BUZZYING BEEHIVE OF ACTIVITY OTHER THAN ME...... YES MIZ MARLENE FROM HONEYCOMB COTTAGE.....HOPE YOU ALL ENJOYED THE SWAP AND MUCH AS I DID.

THE SNOWMAN THAT ALMOST GOT AWAY

I'VE BEEN BUSY MAKING SNOWMEN FOR HOLIDAY GIFTS....THEY ARE MORE WORK BUT LESS CALORIC THAN COOKIES...... WELL YOU NEED TO SPRAY PAINT THEM WITH GLITTER NATURALLY.  SO I DO THIS ON THE BACK STAIRWELL OF MY APARTMENT.  DID I KNOW THAT GARBAGE WAS BEING COLLECTED TODAY?  NO!  SO I LEFT ONE LITTLE BUTTERFLY SNOWMAN TO DRY.....BEFORE YOU CAN SAY PRESTO CHANGO ( OK I WAS TALKING WITH GOLDEN BETTY BOOP BY SKYPE)   MY POOR LITTLE SNOWMAN WAS SCOOPED UP AND TRANSPORTED TO THE TRASH ( ONE MANS TREASURE IS ANOTHER MANS TRASH) BWANA..... WAS FINALLY TRASHING THE SUNDAY PAPER, WHEN I SAID WATCH OUT FOR MY SNOWMAN.....WHEN HE ANNOUNCED HE'S GONE......I FLEW OUTTA MY CHAIR AND RAN FOR THE SERVICEMEN.  IN TWO SECONDS THEY HAD HIM BAGGED AND GAGGED OUT ON THE CURB! BUT WE RECUSED HIM JUST IN THE NICK OF TIME.

TALK THE TALK

ON A CRISPY SUNNY MORNING THIS WEEK I MET THE AUSSIE AND WE HOPPED A TRAIN TO LINCON CENTER.  IT WAS A DAY OF ADVENTURE!  WE HAD GOTTEN TICKETS TO THE THE TALK DAYTIME SHOW!  WE GOT TO THE LOCATION AN HOUR BEFORE THE SCHEDULED ARRIVAL TIME.  WE WERE # 70 & 71!   AS WE WAITED ON LINE IT GOT A BIT NIPPY.  WE WERE GIVEN STARBUCKS GIFT CERTIFICATES! PECKING ORDER HAD THE VIP GUESTS  TOASTIE WARM INSIDE (PEAONS-US WERE OUTSIDE)..... BUT AS LUCK OR  GOOD FORTUNE  WOULD HAVE IT, WE BOTH GOT OUR LOTTERY NUMBER PICKED SO THAT WE COULD BE PART OF THE "INSIDE AUDIENCE".  BECAUSE OF THE UNFORTUNATE RUCKUS/ COMMOTION THAT BROKE OUT EARLIER THIS WEEK, THE OUTSIDE AUDIENCE WERE TREATED MUCH BETTER. YEAH!  THEY GOT GIFTS TOO!  IT WAS A TRUE CATTLE CALL OF MOVEMENT THOUGH. SIT HERE, NO LET'S MOVE YOU OVER THEIR....LATE COMERS GOT BETTER SITTING!  THE SHOW WAS A BIT DULL FOR THIS GIRL AS THE  CONVERSATION  OF THE DAY WAS ABOUT BULLIES/STANDING UP FOR YOURSELF IN SCHOOL A GOOD ONE! ( COULD HAVE BEEN VERY EXCITING, BUT SINCE THEY HAD TO BE POLITICALLY PC.....IT BECAME INSIPID).  AT THE "ROUND TABLE" WAS JULIE CHEN, A GREAT MODERATOR, AISHA TAYLOR, BREATH TAKING IN PERSON, SHARON OSBOURNE, A NATURAL DELIGHT; SARA GILBERT ( I DIDN'T KNOW SHE WAS MELISSA'S LITTLE SISTER!); AND SHERYL UNDERWOOD, A NATURAL, WARM FUZZY PERSON.

GUEST ON THE SHOW : THE FLAMBOYANT, PAUL SHAFFER IN A RED ZOOT SUIT, WHO BROUGHT NATHAN'S HOT DOGS FOR THE ENTIRE AUDIENCE AND CREW... YES EM, THE ZILLIONAIRE "THE DONALD" WAS HAWKING HIS NEWEST BOOK, YES WE GOT TO SEE THE FAMOUS HAIRSTYLE UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL ......

AND MY FAVORITE  ARCHIE PANJAB, BEAUTIFUL AND OH SO TINY.......

ALL IN ALL WE HAD A  FAB FUN OUTING!

THE AUSSIE SHOWS OFF HER WINNING NUMBER

JULIE CHEN, SHAKING HANDS WITH THE AUDIENCE

COLD NATHAN HOT DOGS WERE GIVEN TO EACH PERSON BY A BOY TOY ( THEY HAD NO SHIRTS ON AT FIRST)

SHERYL UNDERWOOD, BEING HELPED OFF THE STAGE, WITH HER BILLION DOLLAR SMILE

LUNCH AT THE GREEN TABLE IN CHELSEA MARKET ENDED A FABULOUS DAY

JUST BEFORE LIZ GOES ON THE AUCTION BLOCK

AHHHHHH,  WHERE TO BEGIN?  $30 TO ENTER THE FAMOUS CHRISTIE'S AUCTION HOUSE AT ROCKEFELLER PLAZA WAS THE PLACE TO BE THESE PAST 10 DAYS.  THIS WAS THE LAST VIEWING (THE COLLECTION TRAVELED THE WORLD INCLUDING MOSCOW) OF LIZ TAYLOR'S FAMOUS JEWELS ( WOW! WHAT A EYE POPPING FEAST FOR THE EYES) AS WELL AS, COUTURE ( A CLOSET FULL OF DESIGNER  HANDBAGS (what a surprise!) AND A JAM UP AT THE CHANEL CORNER) , FINE ARTS (paintings from rauchenberg & warhol to renoir and picasso), DECORATIVE OBJECTS  (daum)AND ACCESSORIES (all from her Bel Aire home) WERE DISPLAYED BEFORE THE GO ON THE AUCTION BLOCK STARTING 12/13 ( A LUCKY NUMBER FOR THOSE OF SUCCESSFUL BIDS)  PHOTOGRAPHY WAS NOT PERMITTED.  SO THIS IS WHAT I WAS ABLE TO GATHER TO SHOW YOU A GLIMPS OF ARM CHAIR VIEWING......

THE MOST DEVINE JEWEL WAS THE 'LA PEREGRINA PEARL" REPORTED WORN BY MARY TUTOR & QUEEN ISABEL OF SPAIN..... GIVEN TO ELIZABETH BY BURTON FOR HER 40TH BIRTHDAY, IT WAS THE LAST PIECE TO BE SEEN.... WHY WAIT THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE AT CHRISTIES YESTERDAY

DURING HER CAFTAN STYLE.  THE EXHIB SHOWED A CLOSET FULL OF FABULOUS CAFTANS

HER GOOD FRIEND MICHAEL JACKSON WHO GAVE HER MANY JEWELS TO DROOL FOR!

FIRST WEDDING TO RICHARD.... THE DRESS "SUNFLOWER" BY IRENE SHARAFF AND JEWELS WHERE ON DISPLAY ALONG WITH MANY OTHER TRINKETS  HE SHOWERED ON HER...

A ROLE THAT MADE HER HOTTER THAN HELL..... WITH A ROMANCE TO MATCH

A FASHION ICON?  WHO KNEW? SURELY NOT ME GROWING UP.   THIS HOLSTON RED DRAPED   DRESS WAS ONE OF THE MANY SURPRISE IN THE SHOW

TO SEE THIS FABULOUS PIECE OF JEWELRY IN PERSON.... BREATHE TAKING.... DIAMONDS AND SAPPHIRES TO DIE, NAHHH, DROOL FOR!  

LADY IN RED, DIAMONDS & RUBIES GALOUR  ..... BUT I'M NOT CRAZY FOR THE PIN IN THE TOP OF THE HEAD,  AS CHANEL WOULD SAY, DRESS UP, LOOK IN THE MIRROR AND TAKE ONE ITEM OFF.

CAFTANS ON PARADE AT THE SHOW

CUTE" LITTLE BAUBLE" THE FAMOUS TAJ MAHAL DIAMOND , REPORTEDLY ONCE GIVEN BY THE SHAH JAHAN TO HIS WIFE, QUEEN MUMTAZ OF INDIA (JAHAN BUILT THE TAJ MAHAL IN MEMORY OF HIS LOVE FOR HIS QUEEN)

VERSACE AT HIS BEST AND LIZ WORE IT!

UP CLOSE OF THE FAMOUS TAJ MAHAL DIAMOND (SEE IT AS THE CUTE BAUBLE ABOVE)

EMERALDS ,DIAMONDS AND THE  1979 ACADEMY AWARD, OH MY

TIARA WAS A GIFT OF MIKE TODD, HUSBAND #3 WORN AT THE 1957 ACADEMY  AWARDS WHERE TODD RECEIVED THE OSCAR FOR BEST PICTURE....." AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS"

FIRST WEDDING DRESS TO BURTON "SUNFLOWER" BY IRENE SHARAFF, AS DISPLAYED IN SHOW

COVER PHOTO ON THE $600 CATALOG, & IT WAS SELLING LIKE HOT CAKES!

CROWDS AROUND THE BLOCK TO THE VIEWING

AN ADDITION AUCTION WILL TAKE PLACE ON LINE, FOR THE BAUBLES THAT HUMANS CAN AFFORD AND THEN FINE ARTS WILL TAKE PLACE IN FRANCE, BUT OF COURSE.....

TOAST THE HOST....APRON SWAP

A FEW WEEKS PAST, I WAS DELIGHTED  WHEN I HERD MY FRIEND, MIZ BEE MENTION AN APRON SWAP!  FUNNY THING IS  LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME I HADN'T TOUCH A SEWING MACHINE IN.... WELL LET'S SAY MANY, MANY BLUE MOONS. .... AND NOW AFTER TAKING SOME CLASSES WITH THE GIRLZ FROM RHODY.... LINDA AND TRACY.....I SAY WHY NOT!

ON MY CUTTING BOARD, THE APRON IS PINNED AND READY TO SEW 

CLOSE UP OF THE TOP OF THE APRON

A LITTLE GIRLY BOTTOM OF RUFFLED TOOLE IN COCKTAIL COLORS

GIFT WRAPED WITH A VINTAGE PIN AND HAND PUPPET MEOW.... ALREADY TO GO TO CHERYL'S  HOUSE

CAN'T WAIT TO RECEIVE MY APRON IN THE MAIL,  OF COURSE I'LL SHOW IT OFF.

FIVE ART GALS IN THE BIG APPLE

IT WAS ON OF THOSE GLORIOUS DAYS, CRISP BUT NOT TOO COLD, SUNNY WITH A SPARKLE IN THE AIR, KNOWING YOU WHERE WITH GOOD FRIENDS AND HOLIDAY SPIRIT WAS ALL AROUND YOU.

I GOT TO MEET THE ART GALS "UNDER THE CLOCK" AT GRAND CENTRAL STATION.

FIRST STOP WAS THE HOLIDAY MARKET  IN VANDERBILT  HALL, COFFEE IN HAND SAL , COLOURFUL AS EVER, BLENDS RIGHT IN WITH THIS FEST BOOTH

DRAMA

ART, AN ERA GONE BYE

HAT'S TO DROOL OVER,  

HEARTS AND PINS

PERFECT FOR A LOVER OF HEARTS AND KNITTING......... BROWNIE  I'M THINKING OF YOU!

 AFTER A PERFECT LUNCH (THANK GOODNESS THEY HAD MORE THAN FISH, OR IT WOULD HAVE BEEN VERY SLIM PICKINGS FOR K NESI & BZ) AT ATLANTIC GRILL....YUMMY , CRISP WINE FROM NEW ZEALAND... WE HEAD OUT DOORS AND  BRACED OURSELVES FOR THE GROWING CROWDS AT THE UNION SQUARE MARKET.....THE SCENT OF  WHITE PINE PERFUMED  THE AIR.

MRS POM & KN IGNORING THE CROWDS AND FINDING SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT

STILL SMILING AFTER FINDING TREASURES

SAL AND KJ DROOLING OVER THE TEXTILES FROM INDIA

AS YOU CAN SEE WE WERE ALL SMILES AND THE DAY WAS A PERFECT SUCCESS... ONLY MISSING?  YOU,  PLEASE JOIN US ON OUR NEXT ADVENTURE

THE PIER SHOW

THE BEGINNING OF THE WINTER SEASON MEANS THE PIER SHOW IN NEW YORK.  IT ONCE ENCOMPASSED THREE PASSENGER PIERS, BUT ALAS LIKE WITH LOTS OF GREAT BEGINNINGS  THE BLOOM IS GONE AND  NOW ONLY ONE PIER ..... I WENT WITH MY FRIEND SUSIE AND WE ROAMED THE ISLES FOR MILES....ERRR HOURS.

HIGH LIGHTS WHERE:

USING HER IMAGINATION.....THIS LOVELY GAL FROM GEORGIA, TOOK OLD TEA TOWELS AND MADE THEM INTO SWEET  SACHETS...... WHAT A TREAT FOR YOUR DERWEAR DRAW

M IS FOR MAGNIFICENT IDEA!

SCARRY BABIES?   NO, JUST THE MOLDS THAT MADE THEM

VINTAGE DARLING,........WELL YES, BUT NOT AS  NATTY AS THIS PICTURE....
 MY  CHARMING FRIEND MARTIN FOUND A SENSATIONAL FRANK SINATRA  FEDOR WITH FEATHER INSTEAD OF A RIBBON BAND.....JUST SMASH AND SMARTY  MARTY.

MARCH IS THE NEXT ONE!  DON'T MISS IT.