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Glass Blown
If you can’t handle the heat, stay outta the workshop!I went to my very first glass blowing class in Hollywood and made some fantastic glass globes aka Christmas ornaments! The instructor, Kathy Reimer has been doing this for over 10 years and loves glass as a medium for so many possibilities. If you are in LA and intersted in doing some ‘grounding exercises’ – I highly suggest this class! I signed up through the LA City College’s extension courses but I am sure you can sign up directly with Kathy too.
We learned 3 techniques, the basic blowing a sphere, heat it up while turning it like a mini rotisserie chicken. When it gets ‘red hot’ you remove from flame, blow while turning it – not too big! Cuz the glass is super thin, it will break for sure. This is one of my faves that I made but it was way too big, and so it broke 🙁
and then sometimes it looks perfect but then it ‘pops’ because it wasn’t heated all the way around the bulb.
The key to doing this is to concentrate, get the right timing and be precise. Here are some of the other ones I made.
There were 8 people who came to do this, one couple, three random girls and one random guy and me. So… it wasn’t really a ‘Hey! Let’s take pics for my blog!’ kind of class O_O… So I discretely filmed some footage cuz I really wanted to share with you! The loud sound is the gas flame thing.. so turn off the sound.. I don’t actually say anything.
Safety first 🙂Here is how it’s done!
Glass Blowing from heydoyou on Vimeo.
Here I am adding the line of glass onto the tube before heating it up, and then blowing it. They are then put under the blankets to cool so it will not experience ‘thermal shock’ and break.
Glass Blowing Pt 2 from heydoyou on Vimeo.
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CEW Event
A long drive to Beverly Hills Hilton from downtown LA… but it was well worth it.
stylish girls from MAC
FiDM girls
FiDM girls
Thia Breen – President of North America Estee Lauder*for the cute, clever and connected
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Hollywood Halloween
The most outrageous and extravagant Halloween celebrations happen every year at the West Hollywood Halloween Carnaval!
Besides being confused about who’s a boy and who’s a girl.. it was all in good fun! Here are some of my favorites!
the Boys
the Girls
the BABY with a diaper LMAO
the boys working the stilettos
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Hello Kitty 35th!
Hello Kitty celebrated her birthday in Culver City this weekend! A full fledge day of cuteness and cocktails.
Paris Hilton and Kimora were both there for the opening party on FridayI went down on Saturday to see the TokiDoki x Hello Kitty collection. This is what I wore! Annoyed at the traffic face. *hee hee*
I didn’t listen to mapquest and just drove along Washington, which took about 40 minutes from my house and when I got there, check out the line O_O. And then I saw a traffic cop giving out mad parking tickets. double O_O
So I gave up and went to Beverly Center instead for some retail therapy. But! The exhibit is going to be on for a few more weeks so I will go check it out at the Three Apples Gallery. Here are the event I will most likely hit up. If you are in LA and want to come with me, hit me up!WHEN: Friday, October 23, 2009 – Sunday, November 15th, 2009 For hours please go to www.royal-t.orgWHERE: Royal/T8910 Washington Blvd
Culver City, CA 90232
310 559 6300www.sanrio.com/threeapplesADMISSION: FreeIn honor of Hello Kitty’s 35th Anniversary SANRIO is proud to announce the ‘Three Apples’ exhibition running from Oct. 23 – Nov. 15 at Royal/T in Culver City. Guests can sample Hello Kitty shaped food, craft works of art and purchase products at the Sanrio Pop-Up shop. There will also be a Hello Kitty Art Show, an apartment decked out in lifestyle products featuring live inhabitants, a Hello Kitty product retrospective and other special events.Hello Kitty Birthday Party – Sunday, Nov. 1st – 10am-6pm Come out to celebrate Hello Kitty’s birthday! Party guests can purchase Hello Kitty shaped pancakes and waffles for brunch and themed bento boxes later in the day. The first 200 guests to arrive will get party favor goody bags.Hello Kitty Fashion and Art Event – Saturday, Nov. 14th – Call for hours Japanese street fashions will take to the runway celebrating the best of Hello Kitty apparel.
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PCC Flea Market
Every first Sunday of the month, the Pasadena City College has a huge flea market with over 450 vendors. They are spread through out the parking lot, and even in the underground parking garage. They have a lot of antiques, vintage and assorted knick knacks. Some would say trash, some would say treasures. For me, I love things with stories and meanings. How often do we keep nostalgic items like faded movie tickets or that one necklace or old belt you just love. Going to a place like this made me think about consumerism and how many things we go through in life. To buy, to have, to discard. Such is life.
LP’s vs. Mp3’s
Ferragamo pumps 🙂
Vintage Ferragamo
nasty see-thru Jordans 🙁
cuteness!
Hey DJs! Remember hauling crates to the club?
Garage sale -type goodies
I use to have one of these wicker strollers for my doll 😉
Old Hollywood Glam
Seashore goodies
Kind of love these. These are great for DIY projects!
Tons of tons of scarves
Pendants
lots of people came out to see how far they can stretch their buck
If you are in town, on the first Sunday of the month and you are up for a little bit of treasure hunting – you should definitely check this out!What are your thoughts about flea markets and garage sales?What’s the best thing you ever found at one of these bazaars? - Uncategorized
Remembering Michael
(Sorry for the crappy quality, i had to get it off my blackberry then to some avi file and lost the audio in the process. Basically what you missed is me saying Hi everyone, it’s your girl Yvonne from HeyDoYou! I am overwhelmed by everyone here with their outpour of emotions. They are also screaming $5 t-shirts at the camera as I filmed them – the pics are better 🙂 )MJ fans flood the street of Downtown LA today and even some of FIDM student orientation things had to be rescheduled because of the memorial that took place this morning. Since I don’t have a TV and didn’t think to watch live on CNN.com (til I got back!), I headed down to talk to some of the fans that celebrated Michael Jackson life as the King of Pop.
Kick, push down 7th
Various vendors selling various versions of T’s for $5
The littlest vendor
Cash is King – Michael Money anyone?
This is how much parking costed today. (I took the Metro for $1.25)
Jumbo-tron set up for the media tents
Peep the glove
Slideshow of Michael pics
Millions all over the world tuned in the watch the Michael Jackson public memorial. I went down to the Staples Center to see all the emotional fans, the hustlers, the t-shirt sellers, the water vendors and whole assortment of people who wanted to get involved in this global event. I also took some video on my Blackberry, just have to figure out how to convert it.
Crowd chanting Michael and then singing Man in the Mirror
demoing MJ dance moves
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