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🐰 Easter in January 🐤
Latest Wreath Creation

Ever since I made my Mom an Easter wreath, I looked forward to making my own. I also looked forward to diminishing the pile of craft supplies piled in the spare bedroom. I just loved the motifs and colors of the holiday. I mean, look at that bunny face. Are Read more…


The Memorial Art Gallery
Rochester, New York

I have been wanting to see the Yayoi Kusama exhibit at Memorial Art Gallery since I moved to Rochester. For one, it wouldn’t be as annoyingly crowded than it’d be New York City, a motivation I use often here. In fact, when we arrived on their evening hours on Thursday, Read more…


Completed Craft: Mom’s Holiday Wreath 🍬🍭🧁

As soon as I saw a collection of candy holiday decor at my local Hobby Lobby, I knew I would be crafting a new holiday wreath… because: pastels. The result, a new wreath for my Mom who also has an affinity for the pastel palate. Before I deliver it on Read more…


Claim Your Destiny 🥫
Roadside Attraction

Off the interstate 15 is a huge water tank that has been transformed into art… a Pabst Blue Ribbon-style can that exclaims “Claim Your Destiny.” Since I had the time, I stopped. I didn’t realize the small text was part of the art piece, but here it is noted from Read more…


Vintage Vegas 🎰

Having time to kill, some of the glorious old neon still lurking about Las Vegas. And finally, the Art-o-Mats at the Cosmopolitan Hotel.


Meow Wolf, Las vegas Style

Having been to the original and much better Meow Wolf in Santa Fe, New Mexico, this one was fun but not as immersive and clever as the original. Still, however, there was a lot of interesting discoveries to fill the hours before my flight back to New York.


࿐ ࿔*:・゚Mermaid Parade 2023 🐠 🐚 🦐 🎐 🐡

Finally, Coney Island’s 41st Annual Mermaid Parade is here! A sign of impending summer, the parade is the gateway to the best time of the year. This year’s mermaid vision was set quite some time ago in my sketchbook. And through the months, it came to fruition. Now that the Read more…


࿐ ࿔*:・゚Mermaiding Season 2023, Part 1 🐠 🐚 🦐 🎐 🐡

June means it is the countdown to the annual Mermaid Parade at Coney Island! I have made several few tops–a few for some shoots later this week, my own for the parade and one for a friend. With plenty of shells to use, I’ve dived into mermaid crafting, full throttle. Read more…


Shelling at Great Kills Park, Staten Island

Since I’ll be soon leaving the New York City area, I’m going to share some secrets. The beach at Great Kills Park is the best place to go shelling in New York City. Always plentiful with iridescent mussels and still-united bivalve shells of all kinds, as well as the occasional Read more…


Elizabeth A. Morton National Wildlife Refuge, Part 2

So the shore of the Peconic was completely filled with scallop shells… quite magically! I was so excited about collecting a ton as my shell haul has been dwindling. I don’t know why the shore was so plentiful, but I felt like I was right where I was intended to Read more…


Mermaids of Lake Ontario (2023)

I’m getting ready for a mermaid shoot at one of my new most favorite places, Chimney Bluffs State Park. We’d shoot at dusk and stay for the stars. The chosen rock… Goodbye sun, hello mermaid It was really windy and the lake was cold. The inspiration from the Brooklyn Bodega: Read more…


🥕🐇 Easter Pictorial 🐣🧺💖

Evidence of the Easter bunny. Making baskets. Easter pancakes. Totally not vegan baskets. Easter, part 2 in the backyard. Making Easter bonnets! Hope you had a Happy Easter!


Finally, An Easter Wreath 🐰🥕💐

As you may know, I love to craft holiday wreaths! The prospect of creating one for Easter was always alluring given the color scheme and icons of the season. So when my Mom asked for one, I had the motivation I needed to pull it off. I gathered supplies and Read more…


Into the Desert Wilderness🌵
On the Road

Though I needed the Kelso Dunes in the Mojave Desert for a backdrop of a special photoshoot, I only stayed briefly. But these hours were my initiation into the road, an offering to wild time… time that exists outside the constructs of tedium–impractical, untainted, and because of these, unsustainable. Its Read more…


V.V. Holidaze 2022:
The Tree is Up! 🎄

I, like many, are welcoming in the Holiday season. My beloved vintage tree has been decked and trimmed and now the whirlwind of end of year activities begins. I needed to pick up some cheap garland from the discount store. They asked if I needed a bag and said, No, Read more…


September Brooklyn Outtakes {Mostly Pictorial}

Treats hand-off Apologies for tons of selfies, but it has been a while since I cared to dress well. This pistachio chocolate chip cookie from Yard Sale is a new tradition. Merry Merfolk prep Currants I always send him the morning sky. Pad Thai, all the time Fall. Blending in. Read more…


My First Merry Merfolk Parade🌊🧜‍♀️🦪
at the Maritime Festival
Greenport, New York

We were very excited to finally join Long Island’s Merry Merfolk Parade, part of the Annual Maritime Festival in Greenport. The celebration and parade is on a smaller scale than Coney Island’s Mermaid Parade (with a limit of 60 participants), but it is with a serious mission: to raise awareness Read more…


🌊🧜‍♀️🦪Goodbye Mermaid Season {2022}

With only a couple of mermaid shoots this season, I promise more crafted pieces (and shoots) once I gather more seashells. To tide us over (hehe), some of the pretty pictures of the mermaids of 2022.


Vegan Victuals Goes to Spain 🇪🇸
Palau de la Música

Barcelona’s Palau de la Música is drop-dead gorgeous. It is in the style of Art Nouveau and, astonishingly, was constructed 1905 through 1908. It is a World Heritage Site determined by UNESCO, which is a big deal. I just had to see its decorative combination sculpture, mosaic, stained glass and ironwork… Read more…


Vegan Victuals Goes to Spain 🇪🇸
Antoni Gaudí

Architect Antoni Gaudí is a big deal in Barcelona and beyond. Known as God’s architect, his unfinished masterpiece, La Sagrada Familia, was intended to be a 20th century cathedral. And like most cathedrals it has been in active construction for centuries. Of all the Gaudí structures about Barcelona, I chose Read more…


Vegan Victuals Goes to Spain 🇪🇸
Museo Nacional del Prado

There are certain line-ups that are pleasant. Being on a long line of folks who want to look at art is one of them. Every Friday Museo Nacional del Prado is free between the hours of 6pm and 8pm, when they close. And even spending 2 minutes gazing upon the Read more…


Apex Surplus
▶️ Buttons to Push Buttons ▶️

On my Los Angeles list was a stop at Apex Surplus, a “museum” (to me at least) of industry and histechnology (I made that up.) It was an odd excursion I guess, but I really like the look of vintage machinery. Though the coolest goodies are reserved for serving as Read more…


Mermaid of Lake Ontario (2022)

When I saw this rock at Chimney Bluffs State Park in April, I knew I would be returning for a sunset mermaid shoot. And though there were more clouds during our eventual visit, the subtle sunset proved to be perfect for the shoot I had dreamed up in my mind. Read more…


Where My Fairies At? 🧚

Fairy tops are a new favorite craft. They’re so much lighter and faster than a mermaid top… a different kind of collage. And because of the fairy tops, I’ve been using this ridiculous filter. I was excited to try it ou on my first fairy shoot. But first, the couch. Read more…


The Mermaid Parade 2022
Coney Island, Brooklyn

After a two-year in-person hiatus, finally the Mermaid Parade returned to Coney Island, Brooklyn! That meant I need to transform into a mermaid… starting with my hair. Well, I suppose it was mostly not my hair. But it sure made me want to grow it out! Now if my hair Read more…


🧜🏻‍♀️🌊mermaid season ’22
Basking in Mermaid Excitement

My first merman piece! I’m making a lot of crowns Trying on the accessories… Since there’s no try-on room Trying to decide what top to wear! This crown needs some repairing To uncomfortable to march in but I can still admire them Can’t wait till next week!