My friend gave me this charming print last year for my birthday and I felt having it framed would detract from it's homespun sweetness, however I did want to honor it. My website designer uses bull clips to hang his silk screen prints throughout his studio and home. They're temporary and don't mar the artwork. They're also handy hangers if ... read more
I believe I'm rather industrious when it comes to my hoarding practices. When I accepted that my empty frame affliction was in need of an intervention, I created an Etsy store. And after years of saving bits of wrapping paper - too big to trash, but too small to use, I've found a crafty & creative solution to salvage the scraps. The past few ... read more
Who doesn't like a pretty dressed package? (Well I do know someone, but he has since stopped receiving anything beautifully wrapped from me.) Sometimes the presentation of the gift is more anticipated than the actual present. When I prepare a photojeanie client's album for delivery, I'll wrap the album in simple craft paper with a big grosgrain ... read more
So you're walking behind a woman who is pulled together and appears to have spent time trying to look that way, but you observe the tag of her blouse is sticking out of the neckline, do you offer to tuck it in for her? What if it's the band of her bra (unintentionally) rising above the top of her maxi dress? Or what if she is wearing a light ... read more
My Etsy shop was never intended to be a money maker, but rather an opportunity to further market the apartmentjeanie brand while simultaneously ridding me of my ornate frame hoarding practice. Recently I had been approached by a potential customer who really liked the epoxy resin frames that fill the shop. She wanted the silver art deco ... read more
Do you have a co-worker, colleague, business constituent or perhaps career mentor who has the ability to make even the most challenging obstacles look effortless? That everything this person handles leaves you inspired, gob-smacked and a smidge envious. That this person’s obvious talent makes you want to pull a Malkovich just to see the world ... read more
I am just mad for decorative tape, although I never felt justified in purchasing a roll of the novelty versions I had seen in stores – if I am exerting the effort to post a package, I am certainly not spending addition time and creative energy in lavishly decorating the mailing box – that dedication is allocated to the gift. At least that was my ... read more
I haven’t been on the Bat Mitzvah circuit for close to 2 decades, so when the elaborate and (tastefully) embellished invitation arrived, I knew that this sacred Jewish rite of passage was in for a well-deserved makeover. The hostess of this Hebrew hootenanny was my best friend from high school with whom I shared a less pious, albeit equally ... read more
My first formal introduction to the absurdly talented Adam Wallacavage was on an incredibly humid July afternoon 5 years ago. He was signing copies of his photography book, Monster Size Monsters at the Jonathan Levine Gallery where my dog had been scheduled to ‘take down’ an art installation that was comprised of Mylar balloons to be later posted ... read more
A few months ago I had posted a photojeanie blog about a unique and innovated photo collage created for my mother who had celebrated a monumental birthday. Well, my father had one as well – in the same week turning the same age. As much as Daddy enjoys a cup of tea, I couldn’t present him with a visual time capsule set in porcelain. He needed ... read more
