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Senin, 29 Agustus 2011

Earthborn Pottery

"Chefs love it for its unique style and quality…you’ll love it because it is beautiful"

Wanting to make a living doing what she loves, Tena Payne stumbled into her livelihood quite by accident. "She and her family were farming shiitake mushrooms and had a banner crop. She decided to sell some of them to a well known chef, James Beard Award winner Chris Hastings of Hot & Hot Fish Club in Birmingham, Alabama. Tena and Chris discussed her pottery craft and he commissioned her to make unique dinnerware and serving pieces for his restaurant. From that, a succession of culinary and hospitality shows all over the country followed which resulted in the launch of Earthborn Studios."

"As well as serving the hospitality community, Tena sells pottery to retail stores, produces several custom lines including a collegiate line, produces awards for corporations, and even makes a line of bathroom sinks. Earthborn Pottery has grown, expanded, and now has become the sole employer for Tena, her husband and her children; she finally gets to make a living doing what she loves every day."

Earthborn Pottery is available at

C.A. Camp & Sannino

Charlottesville, VA

434-973-5555

WEBSITE

Minggu, 28 Agustus 2011

Maria b best fashion and styles

Maria b best fashion and styles

Maria b best fashion and styles

Kamis, 25 Agustus 2011

Gold rings designs and shapes

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Gold rings pictures

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Gold rings designs

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birmingham shopping malls

The Bull Ring is a major commercial area of Birmingham, England. It has been an important feature of Birmingham since the Middle Ages, when its market was first held. Two shopping centres have been built in the area; in the 1960s, and then in 2003; the latter is styled as one word, Bullring.

The site is located on the edge of the sandstone city ridge which results in the steep gradient towards Digbeth.

market legally began in 1154 when Peter de Bermingham, a local landowner, obtained a Charter of Marketing Rights from King Henry II. Initially, a textile trade began developing in the area and it was first mentioned in 1232 in a document, in which one merchant is described as a business partner to William de Bermingham and being in the ownership of four weavers, a smith, a tailor and a purveyor. series of events in Birmingham's political history saw the area become a popular meeting place for demonstrations and speeches from leaders of working class movements during the 1830s and 1840s.

In 1839, the Bull Ring became the location of the Bull Ring Riots which resulted in widespread vandalism and destruction of property. 18th century, street commissioners were authorised to buy and demolish houses in the town centre including houses surrounding the Bull Ring and centre all market activity in the area. This was a result of new markets being established across the city in scattered locations creating severe congestion. 1955, shops began to close down as the redevelopment of the area was proposed. Plans drawn up showed the creation of new roads and the demolition of old ones and all the buildings on the proposed site. Eleven companies submitted plans for the new Bull Ring however, Birmingham City Council elected to go for Laing's proposal which used substantial material from designs by James A. Roberts.

Plans for redevelopments began in the 1980s, a mere 20 years or so after the centre's completion, with many being just visions. In 1987, the first serious plans were released under a document called "The People's Plan" which had been designed by Chapman Taylor Architects for London and Edinburgh Trust (LET), who had bought the land following the end of Laing's lease. It proposed the full demolition of the Bull Ring Shopping Centre and the construction of a new mall described as "a huge aircraft-carrier settled on the streetscape of the city.

The successful proposal received planning permission and demolition of the 1960s Bull Ring Shopping Centre commenced in 2000 with the traders moving to the Rag Market in Edgbaston Street. It was replaced by a new design, mixing both traditional market activity with modern retail units. The main contractor was Sir Robert McAlpine. The first building to be completed was the Nationwide Building Society which, while not directly connected to the shopping centre, was part of the development. The shopping centre consists of two main buildings (East and West Mall) which are connected by an underground passage lined with shops and is also accessible from St Martin's Square via glass doors. The doors to both wings from New Street can be removed when crowds get large and queues develop at the doors. This feature also allows cars for display to be driven into the building. They are sheltered by a glass roof known as the SkyPlane which covers 7,000 square metres (75,000 sq ft) and appears to have no visible means of support. The two malls are different internally in design.

Selasa, 23 Agustus 2011

A Nice House

We read a lot here at Camp & Sannino. One of our favorite eye-candy reads is Harper's Bazaar. The September issue features a home that caused Carlin to stop in her tracks.

Love, love, love!

Put this home in Taos, New Mexico and Carlin would be all over it. Modern architecture. Beautiful climate, raw heady beauty.

Rabu, 17 Agustus 2011

We Love Cool Women

Here at Camp & Sannino we lovvvve smart, stylish women. We feel akin to those who live freely, take risks and are living their truth.

One such woman has caught our recent attention, thanks to the fantastic article in Vanity Fair.

Agnès B. started designing clothes after a stint at Elle magazine where she was "hired as a junior fashion editor." She designed clothes for various design houses until she came to realize that designing for others soon "became boring." Opening her own shop in an obscure location in Paris, the renowned Agnès B. was born. She started making clothes inspired by workers' uniforms. Dyeing them different colors in her workroom, these uniform-like, all cotton clothes proved to be winners. So popular, in fact, people were buying them wet out of the dye vat.

The quintessential Agnès B. button cardigan

"She is not the least bit interested in hot trends or in fashion as a badge of class. Agnès designs, she has often said, for people who have more important things to do than shop till they drop." --VF

loving these boots!!

Where are your clothes made now?

In France as much as possible, but it’s a lot more expensive. A minute of work is 70 times less expensive in Thailand. And in Europe it’s way cheaper if you go to Czech Republic, Lithuania, or Romania. I would make much more money if I produced abroad, that’s what the others do. I recently found out that I order more than anyone else in France, and I only have 200 stores, not 2000! That goes to show that the other designers are simply not producing in France.

And you don’t advertise.

Yes, so our customers don’t have to pay for the adverts. I don’t advertise because of my connection to May '68. To me adverts are stupid and make people stupid. I don't like the manipulation. Now, there are adverts everywhere in Paris. You can’t look at the city in the same way.

(copied and forgot to cite: apologies!)

Photograph by Brigitte Lacombe

Agnès lives in a 6 bedroom villa which neighbors Versailles. She is one of the richest self-made women in France, and it is reported that she has no idea how much money she makes per year. She shares and gives, loves young people and art, her family and her work.

Sounds amazingly like someone I know!

Perhaps the reason for the success of Agnès B. is her philosophy, which I believe is summed up here:

"my work is based on anticipation, I'm always thinking about the present and the future, I'm never nostalgic. I'm always wondering what is going to happen tomorrow. That’s just the way I am."

...and she wears very cool belts.

Sabtu, 13 Agustus 2011

Givenchy perfumes

Givenchy (French is a French brand of clothing, accessories, perfumes and cosmetics with Parfums Givenchy.

The house of Givenchy was founded in 1952 by designer Hubert de Givenchy and is a member of Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture et du Pret-a-Porter. In 2001, designer Julien Macdonald was appointed Artistic Director for the women's lines, which consist of haute couture and ready-to-wear.

The reins for both collections were ultimately passed on to Riccardo Tisci in 2005 when he was named chief designer of womenswear. Tisci's apparent fascination with gothic touches (dark, languid dresses on sickly-looking models for fall couture) and space-age minimalism (one ready-to-wear show featured white-clad models drifting aimlessly around a sterile-white sphere) have drawn new attention to the brand.