There are many things I enjoy about Glee, and many things I really hate about Glee, but Emma Pillsbury never has a bad moment. She's loony, and her doe eyes are almost too enormous, but in a show loaded with bad behavior, she's often the only adult in the room. She pronounces the word "gosh" with an extra little twinge of "r" in the middle, and manages to make that sound charming. She sterilizes everything she touches and cringes away from ugliness, while still handing out sound advice for balanced, healthy living to everyone else. More than anything else, though, she's a seriously snappy dresser. There are whole blogs devoted to Emma Pillsbury's wardrobe and how to get it. One of her more wondrous necklaces inspired something special I made for Shana a couple of months ago, and may lead to more new designs for me this winter. While I personally can't rock any of her sweater-clipped, giant-ribboned, rosette-laden looks, I wouldn't miss obsessing over them for anything.
I spent several hours at the metal studio on Friday, practicing basic techniques on scrap metal pieces. I'm most interested in texture, so I did a lot of damage with a roll press, several hammers and stamps and a really beat up metal brush (I think I'll bring my own next time...). And let's confess, I annealed my copper unnecessarily at least twice because I just like torches and the pretty colors that the heat makes and that nifty snuffing sizzle that happens when you drop hot copper in water. Didn't really come out with anything finished, but I did amuse myself by making two sets of matching copper tags that say grr on one, and argh on the other (I got carried away and added one too many r's on grr. Extra fierce.). For those of you in the dark about why that's funny, I venture to suggest that you may be watching the wrong tv shows.
Afterwards I went to Margie's for an ice cream shake, because nothing's better than metal studio followed by ice cream on a hot summer evening.
There are many things I enjoy about Glee, and many things I really hate about Glee, but Emma Pillsbury never has a bad moment. She's loony, and her doe eyes are almost too enormous, but in a show loaded with bad behavior, she's often the only adult in the room. She pronounces the word "gosh" with an extra little twinge of "r" in the middle, and manages to make that sound charming. She sterilizes everything she touches and cringes away from ugliness, while still handing out sound advice for balanced, healthy living to everyone else. More than anything else, though, she's a seriously snappy dresser. There are whole blogs devoted to Emma Pillsbury's wardrobe and how to get it. One of her more wondrous necklaces inspired something special I made for Shana a couple of months ago, and may lead to more new designs for me this winter. While I personally can't rock any of her sweater-clipped, giant-ribboned, rosette-laden looks, I wouldn't miss obsessing over them for anything.
