In my last post, I mentioned that I took a quick unexpected trip to Boston. I spent a day walking around the city and stopped at my favorite lunch spot in the Downtown Crossing area. When I worked for Digitas, I used to frequent Deli One at lunchtime for my weekly fix of mac 'n' cheese. They make the best mac 'n' cheese I've ever tasted! I took a few photos while there.
A Day in Boston
After finding a super cheap flight to Boston, I decided on a whim to fly across the pond to visit my sister. I flew over to spend some time with my fam and help my sister with house projects, but I took one day out to walk around Boston. Here’s some photos from the day. The dog photo is inspired by Elliot Erwitt’s chihuahua photo.
I Heart Kew
I went into Kew today to start on my Christmas shopping. Kew is just north of Richmond and home to Kew Gardens, the world’s largest collection of living plants. Here’s some pics from the day. The koi pond photo was inspired by an exhibit I went to at the V&A last week called Shadow Catchers: Cameraless Photography.
South Kensington
I ventured into South Kensington today. I visited one of my favorite museums, the Victoria & Albert (aka V&A). I've been waiting for a long time for them to open the Italian casting room which includes castings of Verrocchio's, Donatello's, and Michaelangelo's statues of David - all in the same room! I also wondered around the posh neighborhoods of South Kensington. I've included pics of front doors to London flats, which I admit is completely cliche, but I took them anyways.
Bottle Cap Magnets
I finished my bottle cap magnet project! I wanted to display postcards that I've collected during my travels, so I went online and got some ideas. I created a magnet board from a canvas and backed it with metal sheets (thanks Martha Stewart!). Then, I wanted to create some custom magnets and got this bottle cap idea from a random blog post. My hubby, Jerry, volunteered to drink Coke out of glass bottles for a month or two so I could recycle the bottle caps. I went through my family photo collection and found photos from my travels over the years. I also received a bunch of old family photos from mom and decided to put them to good use. I printed out the images on photo paper and used a quarter (to you UK folks, that's an American coin worth 25¢) to outline a cutting area. Next, I cut out the photos and glued them into the center of the bottle cap. For the magnets, I found some magnetic strips with sticky backing that was easy to cut and put directly onto the bottle cap.
VOILA - a magnet board to hang postcards with personalized magnets...
