The holiday season has officially gone, and we are well on our way into 2012. I just realized I never shared the windows that we installed at Trohv for November, and December. They were a true collaboration of many on the Trohv team. Gary, the manager in Baltimore, came up with the concept. Katie laid out the text and got everything organized to go onto the windows. Finally I came in and painted the words. I think that they were some of our best windows yet!
Sunday night I returned from a fantastic five days in Salt Lake City for the Alt Summit. The summit was a great learning experience personally and professionally. I was also luck enough to travel with Katie of Petal and Print, and Carmen of Trohv. It was lovely to spend a few days away with the girls being inspired, eating good food, and making new friends. I thought that I would share some of my favorite moments from the summit with all of you!
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scotch in flight, photo by Katie McDonough
new business cards, designed by Petal and Print
a little surprise during lunch
wonderful in white, Tara of Tara Wilson Events, photo by Katie McDonough
big rigging in Utah with Katie | calligraphy with Melissa Esplin
Salt Lake City, photo by Carmen Brock | brunch at Market Street Grill
In 8 days I head off to Salt Lake City and Alt Summit. After talking about this for two years, I am lucky enough to finally be going and can’t wait. I have done all the fun stuff like signing up for camps, and picking what round table discussions I would like to attend. Now I am left with the daunting task of what to wear.
On Thursday night there is a large soiree Dinner en Blanc. Somehow I missed the en Blanc part and am now in a tizzy to try and figure out something to wear. So I have gone hunting for inspiration, here are a few of my thoughts.
1 Red Nails & Gold Clutch | 2 All in White | 3 White Coat | 4 Sparkle Back | 5 Ruffles & Pearls
I have recently received a few emails about how we created the pencils globes that were in one of the photos from the Trohv DC grand opening post that I did a few months ago. So here is my how to, you will need to gather the following items.
Sharpen all of your pencils. You will need tons, and tons. The size of the styrofoam globe will dictate how many pencils you will need. I think that there are upwards of 400 pencils on each of our spheres. If you will be hanging your globes tie some heavy twine around them a few times. Make sure that it can hold a lot of weight as these will get heavy.
Make a small pool of hot glue on a piece of paper, and dip the tip of a sharpened pencil into it. Immediately plunge the pencil tip into the styrofoam globe. I prefer to work in a grid, but you can be a little less retentive, and place the pencils as you like. The results will be about the same. You can always go back in and fill in holes at the end.
That’s it! Nice and simple.
spring garland & beyond measure tiding
Today I am up in New York City today attending the International Gift Show. This year I was over the moon to learn that Shanna Murray was going to be exhibiting. I have been a fan for quite a while now, and can’t wait to meet her in person.
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Second…
Fold the top of the pennants over the twine, or rope.
Third…
You can hand sew the pennants together, run them through a sewing machine, or follow the instructions on a package of iron-on fusing tape.
Ta-Da! Hang and enjoy!
Here is anther smaller version…
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