A Duet

{image taken outside the home of my favorite florist, cathy walsh, the morning of stART}

Kai and Gispy dancing into AS220

From DeMarko Photography, host of Eclectic Fashion and Music 4:

Designer Fashions and Plan 9 at AS220!

On Saturday, November 7, 2009 Demarko Photographic Group and AS220 will host Eclectic Fashions & Music 4. This pre-holiday upscale fashion show and sale of designer original contemporary fashions and accessories including wearable art, recycled, deconstructed and new clothing, and accessories for men, women (and kids) will feature the work of 20 emerging designers from all over New England, on models provided by DPG. Plan 9 will deliver original trance music segments live and on CD… This event will feature a TRUNK SALE and MEET & GREET with doors opening to the public at 7:00. Featured designers include: BABL, CYRAHN, Diacosta, earringADDICT, KAI AND GIPSY, Madame CC, Marie-Louise Winther, My Pictures Fashun, Rachel deCavage, Salvagge, Sophia Georgeo, Stoned In Reye VAELLA, Jewelry and Whittington Enterprise….

AS220, a gallery and performance space located in downtown Providence, supports the work of prominent local and national artists and musicians in a non juried platform. Admission is $12.00/door $10/adv. The café will be serving food, wine and beer all night.

From Kai and Gispy:

She is passionate. Explores boundaries
She is provocative. Free spirit. Independent.
She travels. Her style is personal. Existential
She feels. Loves. Dances to the rhythm of life
She lives her dreams. Believes in magic
She's an inspiration. Changes the world
She embraces each morning's mystery
She is more than ordinary. She is you.

kai and gipsy urban wear is the work of Andreea Waters, by day a marketing/graphic design professional originally from Bucharest, Romania now living in Massachusetts. By heart she is a photo junky inpsired by travel, music, fashion and the creative spirit. kai and gipsy is her endless dream, she captures moods, moments, colors, flavors, life through her lense and translates them into fashion t-shirts. Each design is a journey of her passion for life, celebrates her free spirit and will inspire you to live by design / be provocative, explore boundaries, be more than ordinary.

kai and gipsy wear has an urban sexy fit making each t-shirt versitile and a favorite in your closet. You can trekk the city in your kai and gipsy wear and dress it up for an evening out. Wear your t-shirts at your favorite lounge or yoga class, with jeans, skirt and boots, accessorize it with a scarf and a leather bracelet. kai and gipsy is meant to travel, so put on your urban wear and see where the road takes you...

Divine Providence

{images of recent trip into providence for waterfire/risd art sale}

Happy Halloween

{creggan cemetary, derry, ireland via shalinoth on flickr}

Have a hauntingly good time today and this evening. what a warm and "fall smelling" day. Halloween is one of my favorite fun holidays. As a creative, it was always so great to see other people who claimed they were "not creative", come out and sport some fantastic homemade costumes. Today, my thoughts are filled with fantastic memories of walking for miles, covering more than our own neighborhood with sacks full of candy that we could never consume before the chocolate was past its prime.

When my children were younger there were many more trick or treaters in my area. Fun times, as my house was the fun one, with a creepy cocktail buffet and warm apple cider, resulting in children begging to hit the road for more candy as their parents wanted to linger. They always came back in the end! Things have changed and there are few children here, so I am off to a friend's neighborhood to celebrate. I hear Franklin can be a fun town, especially around Lorraine Metcalf Road. We shall see if the ghouls and goblins have the spirit...unless they are a little tired from the hauntings at the Taute Mansion from last haunted evening. I hope the spirits are restless and ready for the real thing.

{out in the} Cosmos Creative

Please meet Emily Quillen, stationery designer, collector of little cute tins, bubble gum machine tattoos, pattern designer, abstract landscape artist, and blogger. Residing in Providence, but keeping time out in the Worcester area where she designs on my team, frequents our fav CB wateringhole, Nick's and shows up at the fundraisers with the pieces fist fights break out for! Check her out. I just love her.

Scripted dark belief in love...

{via ffffound}

{mabuse via ffffound. i love ffffound}

{my new mantra, "believe" via ffffound}

{via sandra juto and ffffound}

{amour de pierrot via ffffound}

Inspired by black and white for obvious reasons, this weekend should be full of hallowed moments of festivities. I learned something today, about Samhain, the Celtic root of Halloween. It's the celebration of summer's end and the new year, a Celtic festival of the harvest and of the dead.

Today started out with a strange vibe, as sometimes I can feel things a little before they happen. I woke with memories of a far off dream and soon after imagery of spilled milk. When my little Soleil did spill her milk, I knew the day would be interesting and it was. It came full circle touching down many times throughout the day. My mother used to get freaked out when I was a kid, saying things before they happened. Oh the thin lines between days. Let's see if it continues throughout the weekend!

Happy Birthday to Vladutz!

Cirque Du Noir 09

{me, having a little fun}

{contest winners}

{Michael Adams and Chad Sirois}

{sarah brueck and j.stuart esty aka dr. gonzo}

{esthema of boston}

{watching the art fusion}

{ghost rider, scott boilard in this handmade paper mache skull mask}

{derek ring signing the guestbook}

{aaron white and todd rawley looking skully}

{andreea waters, co host - of kai and gipsy, mowhawk flora by sprout}

{incredibly wonderful candy du noir by sprout flowers}

{john "scissorhands" comeau}

{cute face amylynn chase of punkystyle and the haberdash}

{tina zlody and scott zoback}

{alia abaid and megan mcintosh of bocado}

{scott zoback}

ALL IMAGES COURTESY OF LOUIE DESPRES,
who donated his time and talent!

HOSPITALITY AND TAPAS DONATED BY BOCADO

a night of celebration and giving for the worcester county food bank, thank you to all!
{for more images click here}