telepathy

Bubbles: "I'm leaving, but it's not the last time we'll see each other, promise..."
Claire: "But how do i know that Ray isn't going to leave me in the shop after close?"
Bubbles: "I know you don't have opposable thumbs, but just call me and I'll pick you up, maybe even give you a chicken wing."
Claire: "Deal."
*hug*
*hug*

peace out, bubbles

no, this is not urban outfitters. or your local kwik-wash. it's our final window. it looks better in person, TRUST me!

bright idea

the new April display...


starbursts, lightbulbs... bright idea.

new display

less stapling, more foraging...

after the fact

a few notes about sing.

1. if you are going to use smoke/dry ice, your act had better be good. otherwise, the presence of smoke merely reinforces that you used props as a last ditch effort to make your act seem reasonably good.

2. produce is very, very cute in the form of dresses.

3. the pun is underrated.

4. girls who weigh 175+ do not mix well with spandex.

5. more people does not always equal more energy or better production.

6. if you are going to put in 2 hours a night for months preparing for your act, you might as well try to make it good. too cool and aloof does not work at sing.

7. fred flintstone was not amazing in his original form. giant light blue ties over orange sacks has never been a great look. there's no need to re-hash. it's like re-producing the popples or slap bracelets or the pet rock.

8. no matter what, pi phi 4 eva! bubbles was fabulous.

great fun overall, it's a really lovely tradition...

disclaimer: this is not for sale

the always lovely bubble girl, sporting what looks like a costume from hee haw, a junior high choir cummerbund and tap shoes. . .but she's workin' it, so grand ole opry meets cracker barrel chic!

claire: "it's okay, i get it..."

the big (adam's) apple

we just got back from nyc. we went to coterie, where we bought merchandise for fall 09. the season will be really stunning and bubbles did a great job helping to buy and edit. vendors mostly gave great reports - the shops that are making it are looking forward to a strong selling season. we are really looking forward to the shoes that are due in, it will change the landscape and feel of the store.

on another front, we went makeup shopping. bubbles experienced nars and kiehl's for the first time. ray experienced what it was like to be perceived as "older". while in a cab, bubbles turned to ray and said, "oh, i wish we brought a camera so we could post pictures on the blog!" that didn't happen, but some memories are best left in the mind (insert cheesy john mayer song here).

in addition, ray's sister took ray and bubbles to a heated ashtanga class at pure yoga, on the upper east side. it was easily the hardest yoga session that any of us had ever been to. a girl in the front displayed such pliability and strength (and AMAZING bone structure) that ray shed a tear when the girl struck the bow pose. ray fell over during crow pose and bubbles fell asleep at the end. nice.

now we're back and determined to bring a little bit of new york back with us.

Take a Journey...

the unveiling of the february display.
work in progress...
the stapler and i developed a love/hate relationship.
the final product= JOURNEY.
and yes.. we did learn how to make origami cranes.. :)

how do you know that stars are a trend?

bubbles' new obsession is the stacked ring. but not stars, stars will never be her obsession. or earrings that look like they are pooping. right.

the unveiling of the february window display, coming next week...a clue: "read all about it".

the next big thing

bubbles doesn't know what the biggest loser is. nor has she heard the name barbara mandrell. we have some work to do.

"what a terrible, tragic first sale!"

bubblegirl worked her first saturday. on the one hand, she learned how to wield adobe creative suite and made her very first sale. but, sadly, the very dress she sold had been previously promised to a friend of ray. the friend had previously mentioned that the selling of "the dress" would be equal to being absent at the birth of her child. of course, it wasn't bubbles' fault and she knew that, but she still proclaimed, "what a terrible, tragic first sale!"

the dress in question:

introducing...

bubbles started last week. on the agenda, the spring newsletter, window displays and getting intimate with the label maker. ray, having had a spotty history with interns, is pleasantly surprised. she is also surprised that bubbles seems to know more people in the city than ray, a 5 year resident.