Mixed Media Piece

I recently got messy and made two mixed media pieces.  The first one I am posting today is my favorite.  I love the colors and the distressing.  

Laters Baby….

Blame it all on them...

You may have noticed that I haven't posted anything in the last few days.  Because it isn't MY fault, I wanted to tell you where exactly you to focus your blame.  

Let's start by blaming the staff…. isn't that the way it always goes?  Blame the servants...Blame Mr. Carsen, Mrs. Hughes or the Valet Mr. Bates.  The "T" in Valet is pronounced.  ValeTTTTT not Valayyyyy.

Maybe you should blame the Ladies: Lady Mary, Lady Edith, and Lady Sybil.  Everyone knows Mary and Edith to be nasty to each other…  so blame them.  Sybil…sweet, sweet Sybil is a nurse… nurses are perfect so we know she isn't to be blamed.

Need a young, good-looking, soon-to-be-rich Heir to blame?  That means it's Matthew. 

You probably should look toward the Lord and Lady Grantham….they own the place after all.

In the end, I'd blame the sharp tongued Dowager, The Countess of Grantham.  Her snippy tongue and hilarious lines drew me in and hooked me and kept me glued to the screen.  Plus it is fun to see Professor McGonagall say all of the scandalous and snarky things you know she always wanted to say to Professors Snape and Umbridge. 

Is it wrong that I am now thinking in a British accent?  That I can't get their stunning clothes out of my mind? That I wish I had a ladies maid?  If you haven't joined the legion of fans flocking to Downton Abbey, I suggest you run to iTunes and get caught up.  Seasons 1 and 2 have shown in the US and are available on iTunes.  I spent all weekend watching every. single. episode.  I tried to go slow….I tried to save them…I tried to make it last….but alas, I failed.  It was like trying to eat one potato chip…one candy Kiss….one piece of cake.  What?  You are supposed to only eat one piece of cake?  Oh…. well…um…Don't judge me!

The downside of watching all 16 episodes in one weekend?  The looooooooong wait for more; Season 3 does not hit the US until January 2013.  WHAT?????? 2013?????…..it will be a long….looooooong wait.  In the interim, don't be surprised if I blog in a British accent.  I promise to alternate between the upper crust accent of the Crowley's and the lower class accent of the staff.   

Laters…..

Brad, Les Mis, and A Flash Mob

Monday was the season finale of one of my guilty pleasures…and it's a reality show.  I know….I know…. but hang with me here…you will be glad you did.   I don't watch many reality shows… I mean for sure Project Runway and Top Chef are on my DVR schedule at all times but other than that I'm not fanatical about any other reality shows.  That is until I found It's a Brad Brad World.  You see, Brad stole my heart.  Brad is Brad Goreski the same Brad who started out on the Rachel Zoe Project as an assistant to celebrity stylist Rachel Zoe.  I adored him on that show and was sad when he left her company and TV show after last season.  I was thrilled to see he was doing his own show which premiered this year.  Frankly Brad charmed the pants off me- and a quick Google search of blogs show I am not alone in this feeling- and I am now adding It's a Brad Brad World to my DVR list.

The show is just plain fun.  But no matter how much fun the show was all season it truly went full-on F.U.N. for the season finale.  Brad and his partner of 10 years, Gary, celebrated their milestone anniversary with a big party.  We aren't even to the best part yet…because though the party was fun…there ware celebrities, family, and friends in attendance it was what happened at the party that was so special and the reason I am even blogging this.  You see, Gary- who is a successful TV writer- comes across all season as the uber serious... a little uptight even, older, successful partner.  The night of the party he surprises Brad with a flash mob….  a flash mob…. Megan Mullally…. and Les Miz….does it get any better than this? Enjoy…..