Current State of Bedroom & Sewed Pillows Yo!!...

Just wanted to share some camera phone snapshots of the current state of our bedroom! I moved in the 2 brass cubes as nightstands and the 2 lamps I got from the hotel liquidation sale. Total cost for lamps and tables comes to a glorious $40!! HOLLA!

(oh and that weird sheet behind the right lamp is actually covering up our broken gas heater! It's HIDEOUS so I got all gangsta and covered that boy with a SHEET! And bed's not really made but whatever you get the idea!!)

Sometimes I like an eclectic mix and match of lamps and nightstands but I'm in a symmetry mood these days. I remember in design school all my rooms had to have some symmetry... it just feels better to me. Plus I think my boss is rubbing off on me. A lot of the bedrooms we do have matching nightstands and lamps.

The two big pillows I sewed a couple of months ago and the pink one I sewed last night. These pictures don't show the finished pink pillow - I wrapped it around the pillow just to see if I liked it the other day and snapped some pics. These pillows may stay here or move over to the furnished rental I'm doing... I'll wait and see!

Above is my creepy "dead people over the fireplace" wall! The painting is from an estate sale and reminds me of floating faces/ghosts... weird but I love it. Above it is a picture of The Hubs' great grandmother we recently inherited. At first I found it really creepy but I think it looks cool over the painting! I like how it showcases the height of the ceilings.

(yeah, those are our clothes on either side of the fireplace - this is not our permanent bedroom and we have NO closets in this old ass house so these is our closets for now!)

Above is the camel hide I laid down in here to protect the inlayed floor until it gets sealed...and I really like it in here!

So there ya have it - Boo's ever changing house! Oh, design question: thoughts on the color of the lamps?? Might spray them white... you know I love me some spray paint! Let me know!



It's Carnival Time!

Today, being Twelfth Night (after Christmas) marks the beginning of CARNIVAL TIME! While most people around the country have the let down buzz from Christmas and New Years, in New Orleans those holidays just gear us up for carnival season! Plus today officially marks the first day to buy king cakes for the season!

Mardi Gras time in New Orleans is a magical, indescribable six weeks that has nothing to do with class, money, race and everything to do with eating, drinking and being with family and friends. Most out of towners don't realize how family oriented Mardi Gras is. I digress...

Since my blog mainly focuses on art and design, I'll skip my tourism rant and get down to my Mardi Gras costume!! The Hubs and I watched Immortals a while back and I LOVED the costume design. (Horrible acting but stunning visuals and great costume design)

So, I'm thinking about doing an abstract way more elaborate version of Mickey Rourke's character. Here's some images that are getting my creative juices going:

I'm going to paper mache or use plaster of paris to make my mask and form horns on the top as well. I'm definitely going to gold leaf the horns and possibly the whole mask... undecided yet.

And make a capelet similar to below:

And also add in a little Tina Turner from Mad Max in there:

So it's like a "End of the World Meets Greek God" type of thing happening here... it is 2012 after all! Hopefully we can get a group together on this one - it's always better to costume in groups - you get way more attention!

So, the countdown for costume is ON!! I have about 45 days left on the clock to get this bad boy ready! Can't wait to share the process!

Click HERE to read last year's recap of Mardi Gras.