Showing posts with label shoes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label shoes. Show all posts

27 April 2009

Project 365: Days 052-058

I have been MIA for a week, first due to
being busy then due to injury.
Thanks to those who expressed concern :)
you make me feel warm and fuzzy.
Follow my week to see what happened:


Day 052:
I found my wedding shoes! All the rest went back for FREE!
The shoes I settled on are a tad higher than I really wanted but for now they are the best choice. Since Zappos gives you 365 days to return, if I do find a better pair over the next few months I can still return them, YAYs!!


Day 053:
I love avocados and lately Amazon Fresh has been delivering the best avocados I can find. I order non-ripe ones and they are perfect each and every time. Yum!!


Day 054:
Lemons and limes are a staple in my kitchen. I love the smell and the flavor. I am addicted to S.Pellegrino mineral water with a squeeze of fresh lime. Totally refreshing and waaaaaaaaaaaaay better for me than regular soda.


Day 055:
I had to do a ton of research on Tuesday and Wednesday. I opted to do it in front of the TV with my laptop. Very bad move. I usually do my work on my iMac with a normal mouse. The laptop has a built in scrolly area that you need to use two fingers to scroll. I took this photo as I realized what had caused my pain. As you can see, I have very bad form and combined with too many hours of continuous scrolling, I gave myself a repetitive stress injury afftecting my right pinky and ring finger. Such a dork! It hurt all the time from Thursday through Saturday and I could not hold a mouse or type and even petting Zira hurt. Hence my MIA status last week. Please do not try this at home.



Day 056:
Here I am in what I call my Black Spidey glove. I have one for each hand. When I first started creating jewelry pieces, I was a bit of a mad woman going on for hours on end with the excitement. Well that's not such a great thing for your hands when you are not used to these new positions and holding pliers. I started to get carpal tunnel and had to get these gloves to help keep my hands warm and train them to be in a good position (there is a stiff metal brace inside of these from the palm to the wrist). Between the gloves, training myself to only do so much at a time and making sure I take breaks, I haven't had to use the gloves in ages. Until now. My right hand hurt so much after my scrolly injury, even when not doing anything, I figured I would try the magic glove.


Day 057:
Rocky Road ice cream makes me happy.
I had this bowl and I seriously think it cured my hand :P
At least to the point where I could mouse and type a wee bit
and that is the only time it feels sore now.


Day 058:
I can only work on the computer in short stints, so it has taken me all day to get this post up. Luckily it no longer hurts to pet Zira. But at this point, I do feel the soreness coming back so I will be laying off blogging for awhile again until I am fully recovered. I'll be back eventually and I wish you all a wonderful week!


13 April 2009

Zazzle Coupon Code

Zazzle is having a Tax Day Sale where you get 10.40% off all orders!!!

Use code TAXDAYZAZZLE during checkout.

Offer is valid from April 13, 2009 through April 15, 2009 at 11:59pm PDT.

You can save on my designs, shown below, as well as others on Zazzle.



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08 April 2009

Project 365: Day 039


These are definitely not the shoes. I decided I better start looking for my wedding shoes now. I've been to enough weddings to know such shoes are hard to find. I looked around Nordstrom, Macy's, etc. but nothing. Then I had a brilliant idea. I love Zappos and tend to buy most of my shoes from there anyway. They have the best service, really helpful customer reviews, free shipping and free returns within 365 days, perfect! I figure I'll try out shoes until I find a pair I like and that are actually comfortable. I can test them all I want on the carpet and make sure they don't pinch, dig or otherwise put a frowny on my face.

These are the first pair. They arrived today, literally, mere hours after ordering yesterday!! I thought the look of pleating would match my dress perfectly. OMG! You know they are bad when you just put on one shoe and don't even stand up and it hurts like crazy! Crazy! It was so bad I thought for a half second that maybe my feet were hurting before I put it on, LOL, and that was why it felt so terrible. No, my other foot was fine. I took the shoe off and my foot felt better. I'm a trooper so I even put it back on and stood. That was a mistake. Good grief, the heel dug deep into the back of my foot, they pinched my little toe like crazy, and the straps felt like cardboard being forcibly attached to the top of my foot even after adjusting the strap. I have normal feet. Some say, even pretty. Nothing out of the ordinary. These shoes are plain terrible and will get such a review on the Zappos site. There weren't any reviews for this shoe when I bought them but the box looks like it's been returned several times. This is not my usual experience with Zappos. Usually the box is pristine. I think too many brides-to-be were way too busy to write the review and just returned them. I will take it upon myself to warn everyone.

I really don't understand why someone would make such a horrible fitting shoe to begin with and especially for a bride who needs to be at the very least somewhat comfortable that day. They were not that cheap either. Conspiracy to get me to spend in the hundreds????? No way, José! I have time on my side and free shipping and returns, YAYs!!!

28 February 2009

Stiletto Races Around the Globe

O MY!
Back in the day,
I would have been a contender.
I ran everywhere in 4" heels.
Up and down the
San Francisco hills
for 20 years.
Today,
the docs ban me from wearing such beauties.
Just special occasion wear now,
that does not involve much walking or standing, LOL.
Girls,
be kind to yourselves.
Everything in moderation.
Including heels.
[sigh]


Amsterdam:


Berlin:


Moscow:


Sydney:



Worthing:


Georgia:


New York:

27 February 2009

Friday Color Reel: Chocolate

Chocolate: CMYK=70-90-100-40


Inspired by the cupcake I am devouring at the moment.
[nom nom nom]


W March 2009 Issue


Finsbury by L.A.M.B.




The best hot chocolate in Paris,
Angélina Salon de thé.


Thick and rich.
Find recipes here.




Godiva Suite, New York.




A true chocolate interior design!

13 February 2009

Friday Color Reel: Blood Red



Blood Red: CMYK=22-100-100-17



Arne Jacobsen Egg chair



Power 2008 by Mariuccia Pisani



Ladybug Toe Nails






Raïa by Gilles Alonso

















Red Carpet






11 February 2009

Wednesday Cravings: Only $6,295.00


A tribute to Marie Antoinette by Christian Louboutin

A couple more colors:

Art is beautiful!
Like so many other works of art,
I shall have to just admire these and dream.

<3

30 January 2009

Friday Color Reel: My Perfect Pink

This is the first of a new weekly feature. (yes, the 3rd of new weekly features launched this week)

It will be a sort of color inspired photo log consisting of a Color Block with the CMYK color formula and images I run across on the internet, most likely, but I may add other sources if I feel it appropriate, that represents the week's color. Hopefully you all will enjoy it as much as I like the idea of doing it :P

Please note, if I can figure out where/to whom the image belongs I will include a link. If you ever see an image without a link and know where it's from, please forward that info along to me. Unfortunately, many of the links I had no longer work because the item was released many years ago. I will try to minimize that in future posts.

This week, in honor of this being the first Friday Color Reel, I must go with my favorite color, Pink.



My Perfect Pink: CMYK=0-36-14-0






Retro Phone


Hello Kitty Laptop


Comfy Sofa







Old Skool-Typewriter!






Fauteuil Chair











and of course we need some Harajuku
love

<3>

02 December 2008

Limited Edition Shoes!




Foxy Monster limited edition shoes now available. The first (limited to 50 pairs worldwide) and second (limited to 100) in the series feature my original illustrations "Foxy Spring" and "Guero the New Blackest Black".

Being a picky shoe freak, I have designed these with the level of detail I expect from cool kicks!

The Slip On Keds come in women's sizes 5-13.

Be sure to check out all the views of the shoes, I am especially fond of the heels, hee!