Inside the Venetian Hotel, where the shops are, is an Italian canal, where you can ride on a Gondola boat. The ceilings are painted to look like a blue sky, so it feels like daytime even in the middle of the night! It is just beautiful and NIck loved looking at everything. We spent an entire day here and there was so much to see!
Sunday, March 8, 2009
Saturday, March 7, 2009
The Fiori di Como by Chahuly
I love Dale Chahuly! He is one of my all-favorite artists. The Bellagio hotel has several pieces of his, including this centerpiece exhibit that was commissioned in 1998 just for the hotel. It consists of 2,000 pieces and weighs 40,000 lbs.
"Steve Wynn started talking to me about the ceiling at the Bellagio long before construction even began. He wanted me to make a “spectacular” piece in the lobby of the hotel that would rival the aquarium at the Mirage, and generate more interest. Back in Seattle, we built the entire seventy-by-thirty-foot ceiling, full-scale, at my studio. The commission, as contracted, called for a whole new armature type and about a thousand new “flowers.” Steve visited several times, loved it, and wanted even more glass. Finally FIORI DI COMO was installed with over two thousand handblown glass elements.
— Chihuly "
"Steve Wynn started talking to me about the ceiling at the Bellagio long before construction even began. He wanted me to make a “spectacular” piece in the lobby of the hotel that would rival the aquarium at the Mirage, and generate more interest. Back in Seattle, we built the entire seventy-by-thirty-foot ceiling, full-scale, at my studio. The commission, as contracted, called for a whole new armature type and about a thousand new “flowers.” Steve visited several times, loved it, and wanted even more glass. Finally FIORI DI COMO was installed with over two thousand handblown glass elements.
— Chihuly "
FAO Schwartz Vegas
We stopped in the FAO Schwartz at Ceasar's Palace. There is a wooden Trojan horse that is three stories high, that you can go into! Nick loved this place, there were lots of pretty colorful things to see!
My Favorite Part of Vegas....Gelato!
All of the shops and casinos have these wonderful cold cases where you can buy had made gelato. MMMmmmm! So far I have had Pistachio, Amaretto and Dulce de Leche. I think the amaretto was my fav. I did sample the Bannanas Foster, which was divine as well. Good thing they sell it in tiny little cups.
Monday, February 23, 2009
Vintage Wallpaper Ad
I have been doing some serious drooling over vintage wallpapers lately. When I came across this wallpaper ad, I had to laugh!
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Sunday Studio Straight
Here is a great You Tube video on a good method for folding all that wonderful fabric we can't live without!
Playing catch up!
I have been so swamped since before Christmas and I have been wanting to get back to my blog. I have been trying to decide what kinds of things I would like to start including and the direction I want my blog to grow. I love tutorials. I am always trying a new medium or technique and I am going to start highlighting my favorites every Thursday.
I am also completely crazy for fabric! I mean, isn't everyone? I am sure I will never have enough or a good enough way to store all that "treasure" that I just can't live without. So I am searching for new and creative ways to store or stay organized in my studio. Having said that, I will start highlighting those great ideas on Sunday.
Mickey
I am also completely crazy for fabric! I mean, isn't everyone? I am sure I will never have enough or a good enough way to store all that "treasure" that I just can't live without. So I am searching for new and creative ways to store or stay organized in my studio. Having said that, I will start highlighting those great ideas on Sunday.
Mickey
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