December 2010
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noel vallens: nestled in the georgia pines
for the past week, i’ve been visiting with the family in georgia. i’ve done absolutely no sewing, very minimal work on my knitting, and in my thrift store shopping found only one thing that i liked! but, i’ve been doing a lot of hanging out with my family and friends, cooking and eating the most deliciously decadent southern foods.
at dinner one night, after discussing...
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joelle van dyne: family matters
i hope you’ve all been having a wonderful holiday! i’m in ohio right now, visiting my family for christmas. i always go home planning to have loads of free time for projects like drawing, sewing, and this year, hoping to start my own personal blog/website as well. but once i arrive, i’m swept into the hullaballoo of family funnery (and witness to some family drama- UGH)-...
noel vallens: cold days
so, the past few days have been incredibly busy — wrapping up a ton of work in the office, sending out tons of orders in the jewelry shop, and travelling to georgia for the holidays. not to mention that every year i handmade about 80% of my gifts. in any case, i took a (very) quick snapshot in the middle of running errands this past weekend in union square, right before i hopped on a...
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joelle van dyne: blue blue christmas
i was in a rather bold move when i chose today’s outfit.
i had spent time earlier that day perusing two favorite blogs. maybe you can guess which ones just by looking at this outfit? it seems obvious to me anyway, as all these items are quite out of character.
i tend to never wear the color blue. but i took these in a hotel room and i was very inspired by the couch. i wanted to look...
noel vallens: wizard fashion + making things with...
hey guys! so, joelle and i are back at work for another usability test, with 12 hour days of back to back interviews…for the entire week! BUT the fun thing is that I get to run the tests, called Wizard of Oz tests. so, I get to be the wizard behind the curtain! this means it’s completely appropriate to show up to work in a wizard cape, long beard and staff. i was going to wear a...
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joelle van dyne: the sweater song
thank goodness for photos stocked up over vacation! this week is a crazy one. noel and i are doing some usability testing at work, and are both sore-throated, bleary eyed, and dealing with some infuriating, chauvinistic clients. no joke, one of them asked us at dinner the other night what our boyfriends think of us “being in the workforce”.
i have been so busy suppressing my...
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noel vallens: under the weather / cat fever
so, i’ve been a bit sick. i’ve spent the past 3 days under my covers in my bed, eating chicken soup and drinking tea, watching despicable amounts of rachel zoe, and watching the snow flurries (eek!) from my window. at this point, this picture is pretty much me. i think i’m feverish.
all i need now are some minstrel cats to serenade me. seeing as how i’m not fit to be...
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joelle van dyne: plain jane
happy friday all! i’m going to make this post quick today. first of all, i wanted to mention a talk mimi will be giving this coming thursday in NYC. she’s going to discuss her transitions between several design-oriented careers (installation art, graphic design, and fashion). so if you’re in the city, reserve your ticket! you can read more about it here, and reserve a ticket...
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noel vallens: rain, rain go away
today is an awful, rainy mess outside, and i’m staying in for the most part. i’m only venturing out later to finally get my locks cut, which is well overdue.
the last time i went i cut off about 12 inches of my hair…but this time i’m just going for a new style in the same length.
today’s hair inspiration is of this photo of irina lazareanu from a marie...