last post of the year!

for the challenge on the "a beautiful mess" blog! here's my art journal page summing up 2007!

MY TOP 10 OF 2007!!!

1. my new uggs

2. moving to the upper west side! here's a pic with the roomies...

3. TRAVEL- i had quite a few trips this year...3 to london, 2 to paris, 1 to vegas, 1 to florida, 1 to atlantic city AND JAMAICA.
please note that my week in Jamaica (with M & C) was described by weather forecasters as a tropical depression. amazing!
caitlin got a sunburn causing nausea, etc., melissa got a heat rash, and i ended up with an allergic reaction to tropical fruit when mixed with the sun.
this pic is from jamaica...

this is from atlantic city...

florida...

4. a lot of important babies were born!
***in no particular order***
charlie, luke, jack, and hudson!
5. FAME ON THE TYRA SHOW- watch the video here!
undefined ME AND TYRA



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6. i went to my first yankee game with my dad!!!!

7. the blue pitcher!

8. ishmael beah wrote an amazing book, A Long Way Gone- memoirs of a boy soldier
read it, it's incredible and i know him.

9. the pigeon that found it's way into my apt.

10. my clown personality retired!


have a great new year! leave comments!
xoxo,
gossip girl

Soar!

for illustration friday!

a new collage...

A Moving Card...

my good friend Jenna just moved to Manhattan & here is the moving postcard I made for her!!!! (the other side has the new address!)

my little corner of the world....

i've never posted pics from my room before, so i thought i should as last night i decided my television needed some glam!

ho ho ho...

:-) baby charlie takes christmas!

happy holidays from the upper west side...

why working with designers is fun...

we like to make cards :-)

a blog you should be reading....

NIKKA'S BLOG!
and since i posted this i trust that nikka will become a frequent commentor on mine- yes yes?!?!?

buy this

cause i made it and it's on sale :-)

brownie cakes.

DAIRY FREE! (except the m&m decorations)
i'm basically emeril's soulmate.

:-)

i love pez.
and the disney princesses are my home peeps.
thanks mom!

online dating

as some of you know i am an active online dater...and although i don't want to turn this blog into a forum on that, i did just get one of the oddest emails ever through it and thought i should post it because, well, why not.
Here's the email- i'm protecting the author's identity by not posting his ever-so-creepy picture.

"Hi. I checked out your profile. Thought it was interesting. But I'm not too sure about you. Have you ever been scuba diving? Yesterday I almost got into a car accident"

what's scary about this email is that it's probably his form email.
OYE VEY.

a few more paris pics...

happy happy birthday!

happy birthday to my favorite cousin, kate!! (favorite next to phil of course)
how cute is this pic?! taken about 22 years ago!

Nick's Fireplace!

glad to see the ENORMOUS response to my fireplace challenge. hahahaha, just kidding. but- my dear nick didn't let me down.
LOOK AT WHAT HE MADE BELOW:

nick, you're actually my favorite person ever. good luck with the chemical peel.
love,
me

Bonjour!

I am baaaaaaaaack! Here's a pic from my trip!
and thanks melissa for your fantastic artistic interpretation of your week.

Ode to the Laundromat

So I was doing my laundry tonight and I thought it would be fun to illustrate the dryers. So I did. There's really no interesting story behind it because doing laundry is boring.

Fabulous Fireplace

At Margot's request, I decorated a fireplace. Again, it's another artistic masterpiece.

Also, I thought I would use Margot's blog as a platform to shamelessly show and tell the world how cute my nephew Jack is.

The Tree At 3E

Hello, readers of Margot's blog. Well, Margot is still here (for another 45 minutes) but she really wanted me to start blogging in her presence. Since this is, in fact, an artsy blog, I have created a stunning illustration to post here. It is the lovely holiday tree here at apartment 3E. Since most of you haven't seen our holiday tree, let me just tell you, this illustration is a 100% accurate representation of it. For more information on my artistic methods and inspiration, please feel free to comment. And no, I did not go to art school.

au revoir!

je vais à Paris et Londres pendant des jours en voyage pour mon travail! j'écrirai quand je retourne!
translation:
i'm off to paris and london for a few days on a trip for my job! I will write when i return!

in the meantime, my roomate/editor/friend has requested to guest blog! sooooo, ladies and gentlemen...introducing- melissa pastore! take it away melissa....

and just one more note, an image from my room today! hehe,
happy holidays- from my room to yours :-)

someone very wise once told me (named nick- quoting meg) that the state of your room and of your purse is symbolic of your life. i can't even show you my purse.

Baby Luke!

i've known baby luke since before he was born but i finally got to meet him this weekend!!!!!!!!!

Holiday Cards

Check out fashion themed holiday cards by a fellow illustrator- miss lana frankel- www.lanafrankel.com
and contact her through the website to order!

Happy Happy Happy

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY MOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
infinite x's and o's!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
a fireplace in your honor!

don't forget to make a fireplace and email it to me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!