Dancing Queen (this is for Madame One Tree)

just wanted to post this pic of me dancing like a fool from the Stir It 28 Haiti benefit in February. I am the one with no idea my pic is being taken so my back is to the camera. However it was a great band (The No Name Band and the singer Eva Kennedy) wonderful!

j

Visual and Written Inspiration 05/20/2010

photo by j

Be Nobody's Darling

Be nobody's darling; Be an outcast.

Take the contradictions of your life and wrap around you like a shawl,

to parry stones to keep you warm. Watch the people succumb to madness

with ample cheer. Let them askance at you and you askance reply.

Be an outcast; Be pleased to walk alone (Uncool)

or line the crowded riverbeds with other impetuous fools.

Make a merry gathering on the bank where thousands perished

For brave hurt words they said.

But be nobody's darling; Be an outcast.

Qualified to live among your dead.



Alice Walker

Playing in the Shop: Joi "Missing You"

Visual and Written Inspiration 05/18/2010

photo by Child Genius


“Ordinary riches can be stolen, real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you.”
Oscar Wilde

Pictures of my setup from The Porsche Go Organic Market

Close up of my table setup with custom coasters by me

setup of the entire table at Porsche Go Organic Market

picture of the way my mixed media signage looks setup on Child Genius's easel

j

Playing in the Shop: Mary J Blige "Just Fine"

so I woke with an entirely different Mary song but this is the one I needed to hear today.

j

Headless Revolutionary says...

photo taken in Grant Park by j

"May you have Faith in your worth and act with wisdom"

Pics from A Clothes Encounter Spring 2010

Ladies shopping at A Clothes Encounter spring 2010


Entrance to A Clothes Encounter with my candles mixed in with the gift bags


Jacquelyn Roberts of 3 Piece at A Clothes Encounter Spring 2010

j

Playing in the Shop this week: B.O.B. "Nothing on You"

Another word from The Headless Revolutionary...

Oh he's back and better than ever. Headless Revolutionary comes with another timely message.

"We are spiritual beings having a human experience"

j

New Packaging for Incidentals Candles

My latest mixed media painting that is also my new website background.



Love Child in 4 oz tin



Elixir in 2 oz glass votive

So I have been busy as ever between 6 shows in one week, attending all of Child Genius scholarship luncheons and prepping for the graduation party to end all graduation parties I decided to start over with my packaging. You see when I first started this here bidness I tried to pretend that I was something I am obviously not refined. I am Urban, an Artisan and this is my boutique. So to that end ladies and gentlemen may I present my latest package incarnation. I love it, it's simple conveys my vision and stays true to spreading love the 3 Piece way. Aaaaand these are my new product shots for the website I like these a lot because I captured the product in the morning light against the brick it just really represents me well.

j

Playing in the Shop: Janelle Monae Tightrope

I know Madame One Tree already posted this but I just had to. I've been doing the tightrope my whole life.


Enjoy,

j