December 29, 2018
I did the Coney Island New Years Polar Bear Plunge in 2015 and I thought it was a great way to start a new year. So with tentative plans to partake in the tradition again this New Year, I took a boring old halter top bikini top and utilized a Read more…
December 9, 2018
With a load of Christmas materials to repurpose after a haul from Materials For The Arts and some donations from friends, I busted out my trusty hot glue gun to create a vintage-inspired holiday wreath. To add some holiday bling to my apartment, I begin my favorite craft medium. I call it 3D Read more…
May 6, 2018
Last year’s shells getting some fine-tuning. Shoes finally finished! And they’re comfortable, oddly enough. My mermaid purse, made from a “clamshell” evening clutch Experimenting with headwear. Not a fan of the plastic seaweed however. Cinco de Mayo seashell crafting spread My mermaid gal, on land Starting a new top from Read more…
April 7, 2018
Mermaid crafting! It’s starting to be that time of year… though it’s still darn chilly out. My bin of mermaid booty is coming out of the basement before the Winter-Spring wardrobe switcheroo. It is great to see my mermaid top is holding up sturdily. The shoes… meh. I didn’t wear Read more…
March 2, 2018
My hot glue gun, the only gun I will ever carry as an educator. I pass this church on the way to work and it always amuses me. Amen to reflection and contemplative purposes. Ok, so this teacher carries power tools too. Though this paddle bit did not manage to Read more…
December 9, 2017
I love these Nicely Festive shoes from Irregular Choice. In fact, I love a whole lot of their crazy shoes. Their styles are this wacky version of exaggerated whimsy and impracticality. (And they clearly label shoe materials, which is a plus.) Trouble is, they cost a pretty penny. Well–considering their Read more…
June 27, 2017
I’m officially sick of seeing pictures of me as a mermaid “blowing up” on social media (i.e. more than 5 likes). But for posterity, I’ll include some fiddled-with outtakes on you, dear blog. Starting with my at-home mermaid hair. Then, at Coney Island, we got soaked in the rain. This Read more…
June 11, 2017
My bag packed for the 5th Grade overnight trip, I had my sweet tooth covered. But that’s about it… It would be our last year at Club Getaway, so we’d have to make it count. This included sneaking off from my group to take scenic pictures. Things to climb. Dandies Read more…
June 22, 2014
There is nothing that says summer more loudly, perhaps brashly, than Coney Island in Brooklyn. And on the first day of Summer, the day of the annual Mermaid Parade, a merfriend and I took the streets to join the masses of scantily-clad seamen and women, including New York City mayor and Read more…