9.25.2007
Please pardon my recent absence.
I've been quite busy getting into the swing of things at my new job,
updating the sulu-design etsy shop, hanging out with friends...
updating the sulu-design etsy shop, hanging out with friends...
9.20.2007
Happiness is...
...riding my bike for ten full blocks behind Ely's Rolling Grill, a Mexican food restaurant on wheels that smelled so good that I almost followed it on to the freeway.
...my new favorite lunch, inspired by the panino version at Random Order: toasted wheat bread, melty peanut butter, bananas, and cinnamon. They drizzle honey on theirs.
...my new favorite lunch, inspired by the panino version at Random Order: toasted wheat bread, melty peanut butter, bananas, and cinnamon. They drizzle honey on theirs.
...the "free table" in the basement of our apartment building, which has yielded some great magazines and two beautiful old tool boxes, chock full of wonderful tools. The table helped us in clearing out some post-move clutter, too.
...having a glass of wine with Barry last night at Cafe Castagna to celebrate job offers.
...the weekend. It's here (I start early). Enjoy!
...having a glass of wine with Barry last night at Cafe Castagna to celebrate job offers.
...the weekend. It's here (I start early). Enjoy!
Noun and List
I've mentioned here before that I love coincidences. Way too much. So you can imagine how excited I was to find out that Stephanie, the friendly owner of Noun on SE Belmont (the most recent Portland shop to carry sulu-design earrings as of yesterday!), is originally from Ohio, too. My dad will be especially pleased to hear that she grew up in Geneva and worked at Eddie's Grill, a favorite spot of his. Noun is my kind of shop, full of lots of vintage furniture and knick knacks, great glass pieces, and a nicely edited selection of handmade goods. Oh, yeah, the Saint Cupcake counter in the back ain't so shabby, either.
9.19.2007
Seeing Red?
Not quite.
If anything, I'm floating on air after a refreshing walk with Barry
around our new neighborhood in this lovely gray weather.
And this most generous post on Design*Sponge
didn't hurt my mood, either.
Thanks for your sweet comments, friends!
If anything, I'm floating on air after a refreshing walk with Barry
around our new neighborhood in this lovely gray weather.
And this most generous post on Design*Sponge
didn't hurt my mood, either.
Thanks for your sweet comments, friends!
9.16.2007
The Opposite Of Blue
Wonderful suggestions from you, dear friends, along with a fabulous event-filled weekend has indeed shaken me from my blues. Thanks for your kind words of support while I'm on the roller coaster that is moving across the country with no preplanned job. Things seem to be working themselves out... more on that to come. For now, I'd like to revel in the giddy happiness that was my weekend. Thanks for playing along. It all started with the arrival of the sweetest package from my sister-in-law, Jennifer:
More love came in the mail when I happened across a little feature on my old neighborhood, Astoria, Queens, in September's Lucky Magazine. Site and Loveday 31 (see my sidebar), two wonderful shops that both carry sulu-designs, were mentioned. Yea, Queens!
9.14.2007
It Was Loveryboy Who Said...
Everybody's Working for the Weekend. And they were so right. Today, I'm working on getting together a display for sulu-design earrings in anticipation of tomorrow's Alberta Street Fair. I'll be selling earrings outside of Tumbleweed. I would love it if Portland blogger friends stopped by to say hello.
9.11.2007
It's Not Just Our Kitchen That's Blue
9.10.2007
sulu-design, Home and Abroad
I've been anxiously awaiting the time when I could make official announcement, and today I'm so excited to be able say that sulu-design earrings will now be carried overseas - in Molmo, Sweden! Li, the bilingual blogger, designer, and shop owner extraordinaire, has agreed to carry my earrings in her fabulous shop, and I'm giddy with excitement about the arrangement. A box of sulu-design earrings are on their way to her now. And to keep sulu-design fresh here at home, I've updated the etsy shop with many new pieces, including these (click images for links to the direct etsy listings):
9.09.2007
Swift Settlement
Portland is already feeling like home,
especially after a weekend filled with such goodness as:
especially after a weekend filled with such goodness as:
an art sale at the Ace Hotel
curiously tart frozen yogurt at bleuet
this amazing sight (the source of my poor "swift" title pun)
sandwiches at Stepping Stone
planned antique mall grazing
And we've still got one more day to go!
I hope you're enjoying the weekend, too, wherever you are.
sandwiches at Stepping Stone
planned antique mall grazing
And we've still got one more day to go!
I hope you're enjoying the weekend, too, wherever you are.
9.08.2007
Little Suzy Seamstress?
Oh, yeah... the top of the chopped shower curtain became a curtain for the bathroom window.
On to Ikea. There we found a few curtains that were okay, but the ones we liked were on the pricey side (who knew Ikea did pricey?) and would still have to be hemmed. Feeling pretty defeated (the curtain saga has been going on for a month now), we were on our way out of Ikea when I spotted flat bed sheets for $2.99 a piece. Four of them, hemmed up to the perfect length (I had no idea curtain were supposed to "pool" - thank God for Domino Magazine) are now clipped to the curtain rods in our bedroom. Easy and breezy. And cheap. Perfect for non-seamstress Suzy.
9.07.2007
9.06.2007
Tumbleweed
A meeting yesterday with the lovely Kara and Leslie of tumbleweed boutique on Alberta Street in has resulted in sulu-design's debut in Portland!
And now, a thanks to you readers who left such sweet comments on my post of our apartment photos the other day. I am a nester supreme. I spend a lot of time arranging and moving and tidying in out place, and it felt good to know that so many of you liked what you saw. Thank you for your kind words. A few people posted questions about the apartment that I was unable to answer through e-mail (drats, Blogger!) so...
The shelf above the bed is from West Elm.
The whitish paint in the living room and dining area is Southern Shadow by Glidden.
The three heads of garlic on the kitchen cabinet are not hanging out there just because they look cute (but now that I look back at 'em, they are kinda cute, no?). I use garlic all the time in the kitchen. This week, I used first it in my version of a spicy ragu (using turkey sausage in place of beef) over penne and later in sauteed beet greens with toasted pinenuts and currants.
The Case Study Bed was wedding gift from my parents, and the eggplant-colored quilt on top of it was purchased years ago at a department store. (Maditi, who commented on these, was sweet enough to feature photos of our place on one of her blogs, maditi likes).
And photos of my new work space are coming soon.
Thanks again.
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