Oh my gosh, I am on Design*Sponge today!

So today after some conversations with Grace over at Design*Sponge I was so overjoyed to see I fit the bill to be shown on her fabulous website. If you haven't checked it out yet please do. There are many fun ideas of things to create, places to see, and many homes to dream living in. I hope that you visit her site and support her. I will continue to try to submit projects to her for sure.
ps. If you couldn't tell, this made my day!!!!!









*** Here's a little bio of the site if you aren't familiar (I got this off their "about" section, check out how awesome Grace is!) ***

Design*Sponge is a daily website dedicated to home and product design run by Brooklyn-based writer, Grace Bonney. Launched in August of 2004, Design*Sponge features store and product reviews, sale and contest announcements, new designer profiles, trend forecasting and store/studio tours. In addition, Design*Sponge features a unique section dedicated to covering student design, national and international design shows. The site is updated constantly throughout the day (with an average of 6-10 posts a day), and attracts a core group of devoted readers. Design*Sponge currently has over 30,000 daily readers



Design*Sponge editor Grace Bonney has a unique angle on the industry, working as a contributing editor at Domino Magazine and CRAFT magazine, and as a freelancer with top publications like House and Garden, New York Home, Food and Wine, In Style, Better Homes and Gardens, New York Magazine, CITY Magazine, Time Out New York Kids, Archinect, The New York Post, Everyday with Rachael Ray and others. In addition, she wrote a weekly design column for the Philadelphia Inquirer for two years and has worked as Style Editor of HGTV’s Ideas Magazine.
In addition, Grace has been a featured guest on Good Morning America and the Martha Stewart Radio Show and has been invited to speak with wide variety of organizations ranging from design schools to professional trade organizations. Recent engagements: “Design and the Media” (RISD, 2007), “Getting Your Work Online” (SCAD, 2007), “Design and the Internet” (AIGA, 2007), Design and Marketing Online (FIT, 2008), and Design Panel Discussion (SURTEX, 2008).
Grace also runs a national series of meetups for women running design-based businesses called the D*S Biz Lady Series. Grace hosts and speaks at these events designed to connect local designers and provide free advice on the subjects of PR/marketing, legal concerns, business/financial decisions and wholesaling. Meetings have been held in Brooklyn, Chicago, Philadelphia, Portland, Seattle, San Francisco and Los Angeles with 6 additional cities coming in 2008.

Patio set from start to finish

These are the after pictures of our patio set...


So this is what I started with. We needed a patio set to eat dinners outdoors on hot evenings. I didn't realize to find a nice patio set you would be paying quite a bit of money. Last week on a fun visit to a suburban thrift store we found this 3 piece set for $40, which was much less than I was thinking I was going to spend! The great thing also about this set is that it folds up so it's easy to transport in my trunk. I was sold!!! I just knew I had to use some imagination, usually in the form of color to make this piece pop.


I started by washing the set in a mild detergent to get off dust, some rust and some grease.
Next upon recommendation by my favorite Mom & Pop hardware store was told to make a 50-50 concoction of white vinegar and water and spray the set down for maximum paint stick. This helps you avoid primer! I left this outside to dry which was really quick since it was 90 degrees outside. Here I am sprayiing down the table. This photo certainly shows the rust better too.
Here's the Krylon Satin Touch in "Catalina Mist". I ended up using almost 4 cans. I was told this holds on both metal and the plastic arm rests.

Overall I am very happy with the end results and think that the small amount of paint really made this table perfect for us!~

Chihuly and S.F.

For my Mom's Birthday I took her to S.F. for the night and we did whatever she wanted, which included The De Young museum's Dale Chihuly exhibit, the Legion of Honor and lots and lots of eating. Enjoy the pictures.

xoxo Rosie

Bow Ribbons play Luna's 7.31.08

Bow Ribbons at Luna's, yes I realize I am veering off topic, but it was a really really good show.