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Serendipity NYC

The day when I was in NY after being in ABC Home I got a bee in my bonnet!! I had to visit Serendipity.

For those of you that have not heard of Serendipity it is a restaurant in NY that is famous for it's desserts.

Cute little store front.. but what I loved most was all the decor inside.. look at the Tiffany shades..

So, was it worth it?? Yes, yes and yes again... my advice to you if you do go is share as the portions are ENORMOUS..

...and then the last piece of advice is to try and walk a 1000 blocks after that to walk it all off!!

The Magnolia Bakery NYC

Last week, I was in New York for the day to see a good friend of mine who was on business in the city for a few days. I have to say in life we come across a few people that touch us and no matter how long we do not see that person there is always a connection. This friend of mine I have known since I was 18 years old at Art School. Most of our lives we have lived on different continents and yet when we see one another it is if time has stood still. So, there we were with only a few hours to spend together and one of the first things we did was head down to Magnolia Bakery in the village.

For any of you who do not know about Magnolia Bakery this is the time to get to know!!!!!! Wow! I am not a big cake person but I have a thing for cupcakes. There tucked away is a little corner bakery that does not look like much from the outside but boy oh boy this is one case of not to judge a book by its cover!!!!

The line of people waiting to get there fix goes on all day long... and let me tell you its well worth the wait.... and the calories!

The cupcakes are orgasmic and so is the banana pudding they are famous for.

My advice to you. If you are ever in NYC take the time to seek out a Magnolia Bakery closest to you. They have three different locations in the city.... and not to mention their own recipe book too.

mmmmh!! My mouth is watering just thinking of it all!

My last Starbucks

Okay so I challenged myself and its now my last Starbucks revamp for the week. I could go on and on finding new backdrops for the Queen of coffee but have so many new things to blog.. so on that note here is the last image I will have of the mermaid for a while... nestled on a vintage millinery flower.

 

and then made into a flower brooch..

 

Starbucks ... again

I am coming to the end of my personal Starbucks challenge to myself of finding new settings for the little Starbucks mermaid... this time I decided to should surround herself with other pretties ..

 

Yup she is now one of the official members of a band that was hand embellished using our vintage buttons on a hat made by my dear friend Albertus Swanepoel....

 

A Starbucks button brooch

Yes, I am still on my Starbucks idea week - day four!

Today I decided to give the Coffee Queen of the Seas another function... firstly I took her and glued her on to some of our Tjomies vintage stationery  Paisley print as a back drop.

 

After this I then took some really pretty vintage lingerie lace in a apple green and glued it making a skirt around the cutout circle.

 

I then found some vintage celluloid buttons in my stash and framed the mermaid .

 

I then cut around the brooch once it had all dried and stuck a pin on the back. 

 

I may even take it to  my local Starbucks up the road and hand it over to my favorite barista as a gift !!!!! 

A Starbucks doodle

Well we are now into our day 4 of keeping up with our obsession of the Starbucks mermaid logo !!

My partner in TJOMIES Stationery Warren who is the king of all doodles decided to join in the fun and this is what he came up with....

 

I think he is a bloody king at the way he doodled sweet Miss Sea Queen of Starbucks... don't you?

If you want to see anymore of his brilliant doodles go to our  Tjomies stationery website   and you will see a whole range of cards that have been doodled by Warren.  Here is a taste of some of the brand new DOODLE range he is working on (it fits in perfectly with my Starbucks theme)

Starbucks 3

Well, I am now on my third day of my Starbucks challenge to myself of creating new backrounds for the  mermaid.

Today I took a plain white tag and together with the logo that I had previously cut out in a flower shape got to work..

 

If you follow this blog you will know by now that I love drawing leaves!!!! Why ? I dont know I just do!! So , I decided to surround the cut out with leave forms.

 

Amazing what some color does ....

 

 

Add some vintage polka dot trim.....

 

It all comes together .....

 

Could see this hanging as a bottle tag

   

A Starbucks tag

If you read my blog yesterday you will see that A - I  have either gone totally mad or B I am  just another artist that is inpired by objects  surrounding me , motivating me to create!! ( I personally think it is A!)

Yes, I am still on my strive to give the friendly Starbucks mermaid a new place to call home. Today I made a tag using her image..check it out.

Firstly I decided to cut her out using a flower cut out

 

And then together with one of our Tjomies paisley gift tags the two did meet!!!!

  

It is amazing what a vintage buttons does to embellish most things..

 

 

Change the color of the button and add some vintage trim and voila...

 

   

   

More Starbucks tomorrow .. I am having so much fun  that I have decided to dedicate the blog to Starbucks this week. If any of you have any ideas let me know.

Starbucks

I have been extra busy with all my cut outs for the upcoming Scrapbooking show we are doing at the end of the month.. obviously it has gone to my head as I am sure you will agree with me after reading this post ( or maybe not - maybe I have just come up with a new look for Starbucks)

I was sitting minding my own business sipping on my starbucks when I sat back and had a look at the coffee cup. You know how there are some things you see all  the time but never really look at . The Starbucks logo is one of those things. I found myself really liking the mermaid figure!

  

I decided to add a bit of spark to her sea crown ...

 

 

and to soften the green surrounding her by using some of my cut outs  ( what else!!)

 

With summer coming up she needs some summery pastel color to surround her.

 

 

My own little personal homage to the Sea Queen of Starbucks !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!