YAY! THE SKIRT REPORT IS BACK! YAY!
Well it's NOV 1 and I hope everyone remembered to Fall Back...
Well there are some interesting things going on as of late- the Off the Wall show was good-Jesse Hamrick is coming up on NOv 13th at the Defoor Centre at 7:30PM. So come on out!
Where the passionate are fed. Where the spiritually starving are nourished. “Artists,” she said, “are simply people who are passionate enough to imagine things that do not yet exist.” Seona Reid, Principal of Glasgow School of Art, graduation address spring 2004
That's my quote for the day...
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Sunday, September 13, 2009
OFF THE WALL IS ON OCT23 - DON'T MISS IT!
OFF THE WALL: EASY AS 1-2-3Third Time is Gonna Be the Charm!Atlanta, GA- For the third year, the DeFoor Centre is going to host the OFF THE WALL show, this time it’s going to be three rooms, three prices and all mediums are welcomed! Starting Friday, Oct 23rd with an opening reception at 7:30PM-So what’s the scoop?This year all the main three galleries will be open for artists to show their work off for three different prices. The Rhombus Room, the smallest, will be open for artists to sell a piece for $100, The Bar, Café and the Lobby area will be open for $200, and The Forum, the big daddy, will be open for larger pieces and sell for $300!
Don't forget there is a gallery commission: 40/60 ....
This will widen your chances of selling your work. And guess what else? You can choose what room you want or you can use all three or just one.The idea came to art director, Jill Kettles, while driving to the grocery store day after the 200 show, “I was thinking what could I do to make it better, easier, and bigger!? It needs to be better for the artists, easier for the buyers, and bigger so that the public will want to come.” Again, there is no entry fee or application fee. The work will need to be in by that Friday Oct 23rd AM. I will again, ask folks to make display cards, bring their stands, and have it ready to come- OFF THE WALL!So, watch for all the sites-myspace.com, meetup.com, linkedin.com, defoorcentre.com, meetups.com and scribblesstudios.com, my blog and now facebook.com/jill.kettles, for bulletins and more announcements!If you were apart of it this, the last two times, I really urge you to be apart again. Pass it around to your fellow artists. If you are new to this, don’t be scared, this is so easy and fun… it’s as easy, as well, 1-2-3!The Defoor Gallery is located on Defoor Avenue just off Howell Mill Rd. in the newly refurbished neighborhood. A lot of interior decorators work in the area and there are a lot fabric, furniture and lighting vendors that are located nearby as well. The Defoor Centre is located at: 1710 Defoor Ave. NW Atlanta, GA 30318For more info on the centre itself: www.defoorcentre.com
OFF THE WALL IS ON OCT23 - DON'T MISS IT!
OFF THE WALL: EASY AS 1-2-3Third Time is Gonna Be the Charm!Atlanta, GA- For the third year, the DeFoor Centre is going to host the OFF THE WALL show, this time it’s going to be three rooms, three prices and all mediums are welcomed! Starting Friday, Oct 23rd with an opening reception at 7:30PM-So what’s the scoop?This year all the main three galleries will be open for artists to show their work off for three different prices. The Rhombus Room, the smallest, will be open for artists to sell a piece for $100, The Bar, Café and the Lobby area will be open for $200, and The Forum, the big daddy, will be open for larger pieces and sell for $300!
Don't forget there is a gallery commission: 40/60 ....
This will widen your chances of selling your work. And guess what else? You can choose what room you want or you can use all three or just one.The idea came to art director, Jill Kettles, while driving to the grocery store day after the 200 show, “I was thinking what could I do to make it better, easier, and bigger!? It needs to be better for the artists, easier for the buyers, and bigger so that the public will want to come.” Again, there is no entry fee or application fee. The work will need to be in by that Friday Oct 23rd AM. I will again, ask folks to make display cards, bring their stands, and have it ready to come- OFF THE WALL!So, watch for all the sites-myspace.com, meetup.com, linkedin.com, defoorcentre.com, meetups.com and scribblesstudios.com, my blog and now facebook.com/jill.kettles, for bulletins and more announcements!If you were apart of it this, the last two times, I really urge you to be apart again. Pass it around to your fellow artists. If you are new to this, don’t be scared, this is so easy and fun… it’s as easy, as well, 1-2-3!The Defoor Gallery is located on Defoor Avenue just off Howell Mill Rd. in the newly refurbished neighborhood. A lot of interior decorators work in the area and there are a lot fabric, furniture and lighting vendors that are located nearby as well. The Defoor Centre is located at: 1710 Defoor Ave. NW Atlanta, GA 30318For more info on the centre itself: www.defoorcentre.com
Sunday, September 13, 2009
OFF THE WALL IS ON OCT23 - DON'T MISS IT!
OFF THE WALL: EASY AS 1-2-3
Third Time is Gonna Be the Charm!
Atlanta, GA- For the third year, the DeFoor Centre is going to host the OFF THE WALL show, this time it’s going to be three rooms, three prices and all mediums are welcomed! Starting Friday, Oct 23rd with an opening reception at 7:30PM-So what’s the scoop?
This year all the main three galleries will be open for artists to show their work off for three different prices. The Rhombus Room, the smallest, will be open for artists to sell a piece for $100, The Bar, Café and the Lobby area will be open for $200, and The Forum, the big daddy, will be open for larger pieces and sell for $300! This will widen your chances of selling your work. And guess what else? You can choose what room you want or you can use all three or just one.
The idea came to art director, Jill Kettles, while driving to the grocery store day after the 200 show, “I was thinking what could I do to make it better, easier, and bigger!? It needs to be better for the artists, easier for the buyers, and bigger so that the public will want to come.” Again, there is no entry fee or application fee. The work will need to be in by that Friday Oct 23rd AM. I will again, ask folks to make display cards, bring their stands, and have it ready to come- OFF THE WALL!
So, watch for all the sites-myspace.com, meetup.com, linkedin.com, defoorcentre.com, meetups.com and scribblesstudios.com, my blog and now facebook.com/jill.kettles, for bulletins and more announcements!
If you were apart of it this, the last two times, I really urge you to be apart again. Pass it around to your fellow artists. If you are new to this, don’t be scared, this is so easy and fun… it’s as easy, as well, 1-2-3!
The Defoor Gallery is located on Defoor Avenue just off Howell Mill Rd. in the newly refurbished neighborhood. A lot of interior decorators work in the area and there are a lot fabric, furniture and lighting vendors that are located nearby as well. The Defoor Centre is located at: 1710 Defoor Ave. NW Atlanta, GA 30318
For more info on the centre itself: www.defoorcentre.com
Third Time is Gonna Be the Charm!
Atlanta, GA- For the third year, the DeFoor Centre is going to host the OFF THE WALL show, this time it’s going to be three rooms, three prices and all mediums are welcomed! Starting Friday, Oct 23rd with an opening reception at 7:30PM-So what’s the scoop?
This year all the main three galleries will be open for artists to show their work off for three different prices. The Rhombus Room, the smallest, will be open for artists to sell a piece for $100, The Bar, Café and the Lobby area will be open for $200, and The Forum, the big daddy, will be open for larger pieces and sell for $300! This will widen your chances of selling your work. And guess what else? You can choose what room you want or you can use all three or just one.
The idea came to art director, Jill Kettles, while driving to the grocery store day after the 200 show, “I was thinking what could I do to make it better, easier, and bigger!? It needs to be better for the artists, easier for the buyers, and bigger so that the public will want to come.” Again, there is no entry fee or application fee. The work will need to be in by that Friday Oct 23rd AM. I will again, ask folks to make display cards, bring their stands, and have it ready to come- OFF THE WALL!
So, watch for all the sites-myspace.com, meetup.com, linkedin.com, defoorcentre.com, meetups.com and scribblesstudios.com, my blog and now facebook.com/jill.kettles, for bulletins and more announcements!
If you were apart of it this, the last two times, I really urge you to be apart again. Pass it around to your fellow artists. If you are new to this, don’t be scared, this is so easy and fun… it’s as easy, as well, 1-2-3!
The Defoor Gallery is located on Defoor Avenue just off Howell Mill Rd. in the newly refurbished neighborhood. A lot of interior decorators work in the area and there are a lot fabric, furniture and lighting vendors that are located nearby as well. The Defoor Centre is located at: 1710 Defoor Ave. NW Atlanta, GA 30318
For more info on the centre itself: www.defoorcentre.com
Saturday, September 5, 2009
OFF THE WALL: 1-2-3 OCT 23rd!
OFF THE WALL IS COMING UP SOONER THAN YOU THINK!
You can be apart of one or two or three... rooms of possible bailout money-so get your stuff to gether and I will be posting when I will be there, to collect as well as times to bring it in.. AND I will be posting a one night stand only contract... nothing crazy..
So, no linkys to day but maybe tomorrow.
CHEERS!
Friday, August 7, 2009
THE WEEKLY SKIRT REPORT
WOW am I late on this or what...
LINKS TO FOLLOW:
Facebook: (yeah I sunk in) www.facebook.com/jill.kettles - or just follow my widget here on the front page: screaming kid and all! (LOVE THAT KID)
http://www.bluefroggallery.com/ - Sharron Ragan is now set up at the DeFoor Centre and teaching classes... she will be having a all girl business networking thing on Thursday 8/13 ... gogogogogogogogo!
www.beehivehairco.com - ok Katy Graves is learning from her wondeful boss, how to cut hair and dye. We hadn't seen each other in YEARS! But we had such fun talking and she did an AWESOME job cutting that I recommend her for that and dye jobs. It's located in Decatur on La Vista Rd. Next time we need to go out before we do the hair...
That's all I got... for linkys
ok: I think I am not burnt out anymore-or at least getting out of it. So, we got new cars this week, STAY THE HELL away from me. HA! (oh the story from the Grady Curve is that I survived... for once I STOPPED TRAFFIC!) Just trying to see if was my car or my looks...anyways!
Check out my columns on http://www.handmadenews.org/ Ferdinand is the sar of the show there... what a hoot!!
AUGUST 20th at 7:30PM at the DeFoor Centre - THE XY SHOW this will be great - filled with awesome photos, sculptures and paintings from local Atlanta Male artists. This will be great! See you then!
DON"T FORGET:
OFF THE WALL: 1-2-3 is on OCT 23rd this year... bring a piece or two to sell it for one night, at 100 or 200 or 300 bucks! Crafters, photogs, painters... bring it on!
Song for the Week: hmmm, CRAZY TRAIN - no, but it feels like one! I dunno man, it's not coming to me. Ok: Sharleen Spiteri (I KNOW YAAWWNN!!!) - I Wonder - from her solo Melody CD. It's so old Memphis soul.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EnuO_lujQs
LINKS TO FOLLOW:
Facebook: (yeah I sunk in) www.facebook.com/jill.kettles - or just follow my widget here on the front page: screaming kid and all! (LOVE THAT KID)
http://www.bluefroggallery.com/ - Sharron Ragan is now set up at the DeFoor Centre and teaching classes... she will be having a all girl business networking thing on Thursday 8/13 ... gogogogogogogogo!
www.beehivehairco.com - ok Katy Graves is learning from her wondeful boss, how to cut hair and dye. We hadn't seen each other in YEARS! But we had such fun talking and she did an AWESOME job cutting that I recommend her for that and dye jobs. It's located in Decatur on La Vista Rd. Next time we need to go out before we do the hair...
That's all I got... for linkys
ok: I think I am not burnt out anymore-or at least getting out of it. So, we got new cars this week, STAY THE HELL away from me. HA! (oh the story from the Grady Curve is that I survived... for once I STOPPED TRAFFIC!) Just trying to see if was my car or my looks...anyways!
Check out my columns on http://www.handmadenews.org/ Ferdinand is the sar of the show there... what a hoot!!
AUGUST 20th at 7:30PM at the DeFoor Centre - THE XY SHOW this will be great - filled with awesome photos, sculptures and paintings from local Atlanta Male artists. This will be great! See you then!
DON"T FORGET:
OFF THE WALL: 1-2-3 is on OCT 23rd this year... bring a piece or two to sell it for one night, at 100 or 200 or 300 bucks! Crafters, photogs, painters... bring it on!
Song for the Week: hmmm, CRAZY TRAIN - no, but it feels like one! I dunno man, it's not coming to me. Ok: Sharleen Spiteri (I KNOW YAAWWNN!!!) - I Wonder - from her solo Melody CD. It's so old Memphis soul.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EnuO_lujQs
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
THE ESCAPE FROM PANTY DRAWER ISLAND
This the story of The Escape From Panty Drawer Island. This is for entertainment purposes and also for those who have ever been in that mission or hunt for something and gave up and then they appeared. Sometimes I feel that God is playing with me, by taking things out and hiding them, then once I have walked away from it, places that item back to reassure me to have faith.
So hence this story.
I went home to VA for Christmas 2 years ago, surprised my folks cause we had told them we weren’t coming-lack of funds and Steed had to work during the whole break. So I snuck up there early in the morning and 9AM my folks were surprised to see me on the day after Christmas.
The next day or so we had fun, catching up, running along with them on errands and having a “late Christmas” with my brother’s family like have done for years. So, my older brother gave me a VISA gift card for $100. So, my mom and I went shopping at Tyson’s Corner and went to Nordstrom first. I used to work there, so all of my customer service standards are held there. If you give me lip service I tell you this, “well at Nordstrom this would never happen.” So we went to the shoe dept, the clothing dept and well the lingerie dept. I love pretty –let’s use the word unmentionables… as my grandfather would’ve said. But I am a cheapskate so, I don’t spend much on them. I find things at all the lower end retail stores so to spend $40 bucks on 2 panties is a BIG deal. So I picked out two, one from Betsey Johnsen and one from Honeydew. Ok. There you go, that’s the purchase.
Now I love these unmentionables and I have to plan to wear them cause if I wear them to the gym, I look stupid with ruffles and yoga pants right? (Hear the gym chatter: “OMG she’s either got some major cellulite or she’s wearing a diaper!”) So, a lot of times I will wear them on the days I don’t go to the gym. I have to really just wear them with Jeans…. But I love them anyways. I started to wash them very carefully…then gave in put them in a lingerie bag-so they aren’t ruined.
Well, about March of this year, I went to look for them, in my Panty Drawer where it all pops out all over the place when you open it cause there are many pairs that you have to stuff it all back in, hold it down with one hand and push it closed with the other. So, I combed through it, I dumped it on the bed, I looked below in the drawers underneath, I looked in the back of the drawer. Nothing, nowhere to be seen. UGH!
I went to the closet and COMBED through the dirty clothes, I dumped it out on the floor. I went through each bag that was in there. Nothing. I went through my shoe boxes. Nothing. Ok onto the bathroom – nothing. I went down stairs to the washer and dryer I pulled out the wet clothes, the dry clothes , the iron pile and the dirty ones there in line to get clean. NOTHING.
All this is happening, and I have to get to work. So I have checked my art studio, I have checked my gym bag, even combed through Steed’s car and drawers THINKING it got hidden. Black ruffled unmentionables do blend in with other black clothes. SO I am racking my brain on the way to work.
I think ok, when was the last time I wore them, usually oddly enough I could you tell this, but this time I couldn’t. So, I knew if I asked Steed, he would ask me, “how could you lose something that was on you?” The look of suspicion, the raised eyebrow and the silent treatment would follow. So, I couldn’t say anything to him. I didn’t want a divorce, based on the fact I couldn’t find my black ruffled unmentionables that were supposed to be ON ME, and now I couldn’t find them.
Back home, after work, act cool Jill act cool. I slide in my searches, over the next week or so, as if I am cleaning out and reorganizing. I go through the sheets to make sure NOTHING got caught in the pockets of the sheets, I go through my father in law’s sheets as I wash them to make they weren’t there. This goes on for another week. Rinse and repeat. Steed in the meantime is unemployed, trying to figure it out and it’s hard-the appeals go wrong, our cars break down, I have art gallery stress through the ceiling, etc… stress is hitting the fan and all I am worried about is a pair of panties.
SO finally I think I will check with the gym. I got up to the front desk, WHISPER my lost item. I am thinking I lost them while changing and someone picked them up and is wearing them today or they were put in the lost and found pile… You know, Betsy Johnsen is pricy so… gotta think that way. So, I tell the girls, and they giggle. (Great now I am known, as “she’s the one who can’t find her panties!”) They try to help me. No results. So as I walk out I stop a girl, who works there, to ask. She says if you don’t know when you lost them they were thrown out. UGH! Ok so a few more days go by and it’s April something. I have to tell Steed that I can’t find my panties.
It’s a Weds night, my wonderful maid had been by to clean and I LOVE COMING home to a clean house….it’s great. SO as you can imagine, I am tired, of a lot of things by now. Everything from this dang hunt, to money, to the weather to everything. But I haven’t been able to think straight about those things cause of the stupid ruffled black unmentionables that cost me 20.00! BUT the main thing is I hate to lose things. I can count one hand things I have lost. I thought well, it’s time to start on the hand.
So, I get upstairs to change out of my work clothes, I look down on top of a huge pile of magazines, papers, files and such. And guess what’s there: MY RUFFLED BLACK BETSEY JOHNSEN PANTIES THAT COST ME $25! TAAAAAAAAA DDAAAAAAAAAH!
OH I was happy, relieved, elated… and I turned to Steed, and said, I have been trying to find these for months! He looked at me, with the raised eyebrow and asked “how could you lose something that was supposed to on you?” I giggled and told him the WHOLE story- everything even down to the fact I had to look in his drawers. He just rolled his eyes and said, “well now you have found them. And let’s eat dinner.”
So the whole reason for the tale of Escape from Panty Drawer Island, was for me to have something so stupid to worry about while other things that would’ve giving me a heartattack and so I wouldn’t worry so things would work out the way they need to do. And in fact they have… we’ve have had some rough patches but things have always been ok.
I know those panties for a fact weren’t there when I left. And the maid would’ve put them on the dresser not on the floor on a pile of mags and files. So you tell me, is it God, fate or dumb luck?
I think it’s a little of all three-hope you had a laugh.
So hence this story.
I went home to VA for Christmas 2 years ago, surprised my folks cause we had told them we weren’t coming-lack of funds and Steed had to work during the whole break. So I snuck up there early in the morning and 9AM my folks were surprised to see me on the day after Christmas.
The next day or so we had fun, catching up, running along with them on errands and having a “late Christmas” with my brother’s family like have done for years. So, my older brother gave me a VISA gift card for $100. So, my mom and I went shopping at Tyson’s Corner and went to Nordstrom first. I used to work there, so all of my customer service standards are held there. If you give me lip service I tell you this, “well at Nordstrom this would never happen.” So we went to the shoe dept, the clothing dept and well the lingerie dept. I love pretty –let’s use the word unmentionables… as my grandfather would’ve said. But I am a cheapskate so, I don’t spend much on them. I find things at all the lower end retail stores so to spend $40 bucks on 2 panties is a BIG deal. So I picked out two, one from Betsey Johnsen and one from Honeydew. Ok. There you go, that’s the purchase.
Now I love these unmentionables and I have to plan to wear them cause if I wear them to the gym, I look stupid with ruffles and yoga pants right? (Hear the gym chatter: “OMG she’s either got some major cellulite or she’s wearing a diaper!”) So, a lot of times I will wear them on the days I don’t go to the gym. I have to really just wear them with Jeans…. But I love them anyways. I started to wash them very carefully…then gave in put them in a lingerie bag-so they aren’t ruined.
Well, about March of this year, I went to look for them, in my Panty Drawer where it all pops out all over the place when you open it cause there are many pairs that you have to stuff it all back in, hold it down with one hand and push it closed with the other. So, I combed through it, I dumped it on the bed, I looked below in the drawers underneath, I looked in the back of the drawer. Nothing, nowhere to be seen. UGH!
I went to the closet and COMBED through the dirty clothes, I dumped it out on the floor. I went through each bag that was in there. Nothing. I went through my shoe boxes. Nothing. Ok onto the bathroom – nothing. I went down stairs to the washer and dryer I pulled out the wet clothes, the dry clothes , the iron pile and the dirty ones there in line to get clean. NOTHING.
All this is happening, and I have to get to work. So I have checked my art studio, I have checked my gym bag, even combed through Steed’s car and drawers THINKING it got hidden. Black ruffled unmentionables do blend in with other black clothes. SO I am racking my brain on the way to work.
I think ok, when was the last time I wore them, usually oddly enough I could you tell this, but this time I couldn’t. So, I knew if I asked Steed, he would ask me, “how could you lose something that was on you?” The look of suspicion, the raised eyebrow and the silent treatment would follow. So, I couldn’t say anything to him. I didn’t want a divorce, based on the fact I couldn’t find my black ruffled unmentionables that were supposed to be ON ME, and now I couldn’t find them.
Back home, after work, act cool Jill act cool. I slide in my searches, over the next week or so, as if I am cleaning out and reorganizing. I go through the sheets to make sure NOTHING got caught in the pockets of the sheets, I go through my father in law’s sheets as I wash them to make they weren’t there. This goes on for another week. Rinse and repeat. Steed in the meantime is unemployed, trying to figure it out and it’s hard-the appeals go wrong, our cars break down, I have art gallery stress through the ceiling, etc… stress is hitting the fan and all I am worried about is a pair of panties.
SO finally I think I will check with the gym. I got up to the front desk, WHISPER my lost item. I am thinking I lost them while changing and someone picked them up and is wearing them today or they were put in the lost and found pile… You know, Betsy Johnsen is pricy so… gotta think that way. So, I tell the girls, and they giggle. (Great now I am known, as “she’s the one who can’t find her panties!”) They try to help me. No results. So as I walk out I stop a girl, who works there, to ask. She says if you don’t know when you lost them they were thrown out. UGH! Ok so a few more days go by and it’s April something. I have to tell Steed that I can’t find my panties.
It’s a Weds night, my wonderful maid had been by to clean and I LOVE COMING home to a clean house….it’s great. SO as you can imagine, I am tired, of a lot of things by now. Everything from this dang hunt, to money, to the weather to everything. But I haven’t been able to think straight about those things cause of the stupid ruffled black unmentionables that cost me 20.00! BUT the main thing is I hate to lose things. I can count one hand things I have lost. I thought well, it’s time to start on the hand.
So, I get upstairs to change out of my work clothes, I look down on top of a huge pile of magazines, papers, files and such. And guess what’s there: MY RUFFLED BLACK BETSEY JOHNSEN PANTIES THAT COST ME $25! TAAAAAAAAA DDAAAAAAAAAH!
OH I was happy, relieved, elated… and I turned to Steed, and said, I have been trying to find these for months! He looked at me, with the raised eyebrow and asked “how could you lose something that was supposed to on you?” I giggled and told him the WHOLE story- everything even down to the fact I had to look in his drawers. He just rolled his eyes and said, “well now you have found them. And let’s eat dinner.”
So the whole reason for the tale of Escape from Panty Drawer Island, was for me to have something so stupid to worry about while other things that would’ve giving me a heartattack and so I wouldn’t worry so things would work out the way they need to do. And in fact they have… we’ve have had some rough patches but things have always been ok.
I know those panties for a fact weren’t there when I left. And the maid would’ve put them on the dresser not on the floor on a pile of mags and files. So you tell me, is it God, fate or dumb luck?
I think it’s a little of all three-hope you had a laugh.
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