A Purple Party at Martha Stewart

Last week I was invited to attend the taping of Pippa's * Purple (Birthday) Party on the Martha Stewart Show.  Not a usual occurrence, for shore!!   I brought a pal along and because we were due 45 minutes prior to airtime we were able to see everyone (in purple of course) put the finishing touches on the set.  Here are photos of preparation moments before going on air:

 

Darcy Miller, mother of 3, party planner extra with lots of creative ideas!  I'm always a sucker for themed birthday parties and this did not disappoint!!

[All Photos below - Photo credit: Rob Tannenbaum/The Martha Stewart Show]

We saw some great ideas for favors and decor:

What would a purple party be without  cassis creme whoopee pies?

  David Crofton ( co-owner with his wife Dawn Casale ) of  One Girl Cookies in Brooklyn demonstrated how to make these whoopie pies  

And one of the crafts was a must-make project. You'll never guess how its done so check on Martha's website!!

 There were so many great  ideas too many to list here but all this and more can be found on the  Martha Stewart website.

You too can attend a show by going to the Martha Stewart website.  It's lots of fun and an
"only- in-New York"experience!!


In the meantime I'm working on a Hawaiian Luau Party for my youngest.  Ideas and photos to follow soon!


Have a great week.  More Martha later!
xo CP

* Pippa is Darcy's youngest .  I'd say she is her mother's mini-me. You can see Pippa too on the Martha Stewart website.

My Youngest on the Sartorialist!!

 

So I've been meaning to post about NY Fashion Week but  time is not in abundance these days.
 In the meantime, I was tickled to see my little one on the Sartorialist !!  Here she is working away.... I was lucky enough to attend the J. Crew Fall 2012 presentation this past Valentine's Day and so were my daughters.  I figured a once in a life-time opportunity for them so missed a bit of school that morning. They were in awe of all the goings-on around them and loved looking at the clothes up-close.  Downside is that I didn't get to inspect the clothing  nor photograph as they had my camera and I was following them around!!

Here are a few pics from the perspective of a  4' 5" little person.

A few people have asked what she (the kid not the models)  is wearing: a polka-dot mini skirt from crewcuts and the rest is a combo-platter of what she consider fashionable.  Always interesting. 

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How to Say Sorry Sista!!

This just may come off as just too adorable but oh well.  Recently, my daughters were in a squabble over god-knows-what.  As I listened to them in the background I tried to remind myself that yes, this is all part of the sibling , emotional development thing and right on time developmentally...  but it can be sooooooo irritating!!  And the issue so inane!!

 
I used to feel it was necessary to intervene at every mishap but I now step in only when I feel they are being particularly accusatory and rude.... It escalated and then I heard giggles....

And this is what I found:

Notice "of" where it should be "have"

Who needs the "s"?

not enough "M"'s but an upside-down W works just as well.

all resolved....

 

Of course for official ways to apologize check out this blog called Pick the Brain.  Or try a search. Myriads of information.  We could all use a brush-up on that particular "How to"....

Have a good weekend.

Sculpture in NYC - Culture on the Run

I have been so pre-occupied with life-stuff that my blog has been low on the totem pole these days.
I love finding quick cultural activities in New York. Fun to take a moment and just drink in the work of others.

This is the work of sculptor Peter Woytuk as seen at the 1,2,3  West 72nd Train Station on the Upper West Side.  Part of an outdoor public art installation of 18 works you can see his work from Columbus Circle to West 168th St along the Broadway malls.   Click on Woytuk map to click over to a map of locations for his work.  This is my kind of sightseeing!!

Look for something in your world. You never know what you'll find when you just take 30 seconds to observe....

Map of Scupture Locations