Tilly Greene's Blog, page 45
February 9, 2011
Hump Day Reflections
Is it cold where you are? Need a coat? I'm sure, if you asked nicely, Justin Woltering would give you this one.
Tilly Greene
WARNING! Red hot romances ahead!
February 8, 2011
Want to make a spectacular book?
Then maybe one of Carol Barton's classes, where you learn to make your own pop-up and sculptural books, is in your neighborhood. Here's her 2011 calendar:
June 11, Free Family Day Workshop, National Building Museum, Washington, D.C., http://www.nbm.org/families-kids
May 7- 8, Pop-Up Workshop, Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, [412-261-7003]http://www.contemporarycraft.org/
May 16 - 27, Paper Engineering Workshop, Paper and Book Intensive, Oxbow, Michigan, http://www.paperbookintensive.org/
June 24 - 25, Carousel and Tunnel Book Workshops, Focus on Book Arts Conference, Forest Grove, Oregon (near Portland), Pacific University Campus, http://www.focusonbookarts.org/
July 31 - August 6, Sculptural Books, Arrowmont School of Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee, http://www.arrowmont.org/
Fun, fun, fun!
June 11, Free Family Day Workshop, National Building Museum, Washington, D.C., http://www.nbm.org/families-kids
May 7- 8, Pop-Up Workshop, Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, [412-261-7003]http://www.contemporarycraft.org/
May 16 - 27, Paper Engineering Workshop, Paper and Book Intensive, Oxbow, Michigan, http://www.paperbookintensive.org/
June 24 - 25, Carousel and Tunnel Book Workshops, Focus on Book Arts Conference, Forest Grove, Oregon (near Portland), Pacific University Campus, http://www.focusonbookarts.org/
July 31 - August 6, Sculptural Books, Arrowmont School of Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee, http://www.arrowmont.org/
Fun, fun, fun!
Tilly Greene
WARNING! Red hot romances ahead!
February 7, 2011
Naughty Thought for Monday
Crocheted urinary tract from Neatorama and I ask why?
That's all, just why?
Tilly Greene
WARNING! Red hot romances ahead!
February 4, 2011
Our Monthly Entertainment for 2011
as in our calendar, is the Fabulous Frogs by David McEnery.
He makes us smile and shall give us the giggles for the rest of the year! Now I just need to sit down with 2010's and transfer over the birthdays. I'm not late, am I?
He makes us smile and shall give us the giggles for the rest of the year! Now I just need to sit down with 2010's and transfer over the birthdays. I'm not late, am I?
Tilly Greene
WARNING! Red hot romances ahead!
February 3, 2011
SAG Fashion Thoughts
SAG, Screen Actors Guild, is another great award ceremony. Not to watch, but to feed my need for fashion, and I wasn't disappointed this year.
Most looked great, but I got a kick out of the risk takers. In black it was Julie Bowen in a Catherine Malandrino sleek one-piece, Christine Hendricks in a long sparkling smoking jacket from L'Wren Scott, and Dianna Agron in vintage vintage Chanel Couture. On the red side was Sarah Hyland in Max Mara Elegante and Julianna Margulies in Yves St Laurent. And then Hailee Steinfeld and Jennifer Lawrence brought it all together by keeping it fun, bright, and age appropriate in Prada and Oscar de la Renta, respectively.
My favorite couldn't be narrowed down from three.
Kyra Sedgwick in vintage Thierry Mugler, Rosario Dawson in J Mendel, and Tina Fey in Oscar de la Renta. All are great dresses and perfectly put together on the ladies.
Most looked great, but I got a kick out of the risk takers. In black it was Julie Bowen in a Catherine Malandrino sleek one-piece, Christine Hendricks in a long sparkling smoking jacket from L'Wren Scott, and Dianna Agron in vintage vintage Chanel Couture. On the red side was Sarah Hyland in Max Mara Elegante and Julianna Margulies in Yves St Laurent. And then Hailee Steinfeld and Jennifer Lawrence brought it all together by keeping it fun, bright, and age appropriate in Prada and Oscar de la Renta, respectively.
My favorite couldn't be narrowed down from three.
Kyra Sedgwick in vintage Thierry Mugler, Rosario Dawson in J Mendel, and Tina Fey in Oscar de la Renta. All are great dresses and perfectly put together on the ladies.
Tilly Greene
WARNING! Red hot romances ahead!
February 2, 2011
It's Groundhog Day, Now What?
A few years ago my friends and I met up at the local diner on Groundhog Day. One of the Fab 5 brought Clarissa, the stuffed groundhog they just happened to have.It was a hoot of a breakfast and while we chatted, the five of us decided winter was over. We'd had enough. To mark the moment, we put a pair of sunglasses on our groundhog and called it done with a picture.
Well, I'm of the same mood this year. Winter has been long, cold, and I'm done with it, so out came the picture. Clarissa the groundhog stayed in her burrow, therefore winter is DONE!
Woohoo!
Tilly Greene
WARNING! Red hot romances ahead!
February 1, 2011
Ultimate Plot Point
Plots come in a variety of shapes and sizes. Some are a straight line, others whirl about like they're caught in a windstorm, but no matter what they look like the plot usually hinge on a finite point. As I was working on the latest WIP, it came to me that the ultimate point of the plotline in this one is hybris [sometimes spelt hubris]. A rare word to think about, but not really considering the piece is a part of my Mythological Messes Redux series, all of which have starting points in Greek Mythology.
Here's a bit more about hybris from Wiktionary:
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ὕβρις (hybris, "insolence, sexual outrage").
Noun
hubris (uncountable)
1. Excessive pride, presumption or arrogance (originally toward the gods).
2. Unchecked arrogance
Hmmm, are you wondering how hybris plays out in this one?
Tilly Greene
WARNING! Red hot romances ahead!
End of the Plot
Plots come in a variety of shapes and sizes. Some are a straight line, others whirl about like they're caught in a windstorm, but no matter what they look like the plot always comes to an end. As I was working on the latest WIP, it came to me that the ultimate point of the plotline in this one is hubris. An rare word to think about, but not really considering the piece is a part of my Mythological Messes Redux series, all of which have starting points in Greek Mythology.
Here's a bit more about hubris from Wiktionary:
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ὕβρις (hybris, "insolence, sexual outrage").
Noun
hubris (uncountable)
1. Excessive pride, presumption or arrogance (originally toward the gods).
2. Unchecked arrogance
Hmmm, are you wondering how hybris plays out in this one?
Tilly Greene
WARNING! Red hot romances ahead!
January 31, 2011
Time to Talk Big Organs
Not to long ago I brought up the Self Chek scheme and where I saw the article, Osocio [Social advertising and non-profit campaigns from around the globe]. Well, they've brought another program to my attention, and it has a fashion link: Marc Jacobs.Unfortuantely the article points out a few hard truths and questions what the motives are behind the campaign.
I have no idea why Jacobs put his name on this project and I don't care. It's creative, pushes buttons, and makes concern over skin cancer hip and wearable. What I do hope is that someone will push the designer to use his clout and get the shirts in stores. Shoot, sell them in Target, but get them out there and make the NYU School of Medicine's Interdisciplinary Melanoma Cooperative Group some money!
I'd buy the Sean Avery tee in a heartbeat and it's not because it's blue :-)
Tilly Greene
WARNING! Red hot romances ahead!
January 28, 2011
Getting Out and Talking Books!
The Romance Unlimited gang will be talking and signing books Saturday, January 29 from 2-5:00pm est, at Borders [1 North Galleria Drive, Middletown, NY].Who will be there?
Stella Price
Cat Johnson
Allie Boniface
and me, Tilly Greene!
The original four authors and it shall be great fun - we look forward to seeing you!
Tilly Greene
WARNING! Red hot romances ahead!
