Hey Hey Ladies.... & Gentlemen * We got some new items up in the shop - 5 necklaces - 3 totes & 2 tank tops. Well im off to Utah now - Im flying out there to see some family but the main reason for the trip is to pick up our new little puppy. She is a Yorkshire Terrier and we named her *Stella* .....oh bytheway - Orders placed from the shop will still be mailed out regardless of my absence! Have a great Memorial weekend everyone! xo Roxy*
Written here is what it says in the picture : Supersuccessful entrepreneurs may differ in personality, but they all have one trait in common: A striking lack of self doubt. Where the dreams and goals of others become immobilized by too much analysis and worry, the enterprising business woman ( or -man) lives in a state of blue sky possibility. - this came from an article title "Queen of the hamlet" by Lynn Hirshberg from this months (?) New York Times magazine- What she said about entrepreneurs instantly struck me that I had to write it down and share it with you all. Let's all divorce the doubt in our minds and see how far we can get in life! :)
Suggested by my Vogue a couple months ago - I am now reading "Circle of Sisters" by Judith Flanders. It takes place during the Victorian period with four sisters Georgie, Agnes, Louie, & Alice. They all marry artists except for Louie who marries pretty well. Their Husbands were well known artists/poets, and the children they bore became even more so. I have always loved Europe in the 1800's and their way of living. Here for example is something interesting that they did when a child was born : The mother should remain in a darkened room for ten days, and that the baby should not be exposed to strong light or much fresh air during its first month :( another bit of info : Throughout the Victorian period, almost 35 % of the population was under fifteen. Mothers were told that they should 'on no account' sleep in the same room as their babies: children required such a large amount of oxygen that if they breathed the same air as an adult they would not be able to get enough. This book has been soo intriguing along with the photos, the ones of the children have really touched my heart! I've added some of my favorites from the book. One is a sketch of Georgie by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, made in 1860 to celebrate her marriage to Burne-Jones, the photo of the boy reading is Louie's son Stanley in 1876, the house was Georgie's home from 1867 to the turn of the century & the last photo is of Alice's grandchildren Elsie, John, & Josephine - All three had short lives.
Hey lovers of reading - Ive just designed some new bookmarks and have 4 to give away to anyone who would like one [one per person though please :] just send me an email through contact@roxymarj.com with your address - xo.....roxy*
So last week I expressed my frustration with Hiro for not wanting anything "second hand" ...... well I acknowledged his feelings but went ahead anyways and got a dining set on craigs list :) ahahahah lol ----- Hiro was so upset about me buying it so much so that we got in a fight about it [now the only reason im even divulging this much info about us is because there is a moral....or perhaps not :) but our fight did last a day and a half - I had to stick to my guns people - and the outcome was great] All I said to Hiro was "trust my vision" If you can't trust me for some interior design work then how can you trust me for any fashion design - I belive both go hand in hand more than we think....anyways Saturday he and I went to Rosen & Chadick's to get some upholstery fabric to swap with the piggy fabric that was on the chairs [yes piggy fabric :/ ]....we had to put on whole new brackets , felt guards, scrub the set down & now they look as good as new - pretty similar to West Elm style I think, but that's beside the point.....I guess what im trying to say is, don't be like the home owners on Trading Spaces and complain and whine about the room while your in the process of transforming it. Wait Until it's completed then make a response. So Hiro's response to the dining set........... HE LOVES IT! :) ahahahahah lol.... Oh do I love him! p.s. This is just a temporary set up with the dining set - next project... finding a really old cabinet to paint and spruse up so I can start using my vertical space.
Student at Parsons School of Design - starting my sophmore year fall of 2006 ~ I love to walk around the city, eat out for breakfast, gorge myself in sweets, sew, draw, read, rollerblade & now ride my new bike that I just got! And I ELLE - O-VEE -EE to meet other talented people!
