Everything Mary Beth

Friday, May 25, 2012

Visit my booth at the Rhode Show June 15th

The big illustration conference ICON 7 starts June 13th. I'm really excited because it's in Providence, RI this year. Are you going? I'll definitely be there. It's four days of lectures and events on the topic of Illustration. Illustrators from around the globe are coming!

If you don't want to commit to the whole conference there are two free events happening during the week that are open to the public. One is the Opening Reception for the RISD ICONS exhibit Wed. June 13th 6pm to 8pm at the Woods Gerry Gallery Providence, RI (FYI this gallery does not have air conditioning). And the other is the Rhode Show.

The Rhode Show will be a marketplace full of booths featuring the professional portfolios and products (available for purchase) of select illustrators (myself included) that will be attending the conference. My booth will display my professional portfolio (both 3D and 2D) as well as products I've designed that will be available for purchase. I'll have my centerpieces, books, and greeting cards with me. The Rhode Show is Friday June 15th from 6:30pm to 10pm at the Renaissance Hotel in Providence, RI. Come on down and say hello. I hope to see you there!

Monday, April 30, 2012

Favor Box Centerpieces

Farm Party Favor Box Centerpiece

Available at www.shindigz.com

I'm very excited to announce my collaboration with Creative Converting. The line of favor box centerpieces that I conceptualized, illustrated, and paper engineered for them is now in stores!

Each centerpiece is built out of 12 favor boxes. It comes flat in a 9" x 12" polybag. There is very little assembly. The boxes just need to be folded into shape, filled with treats, and stacked. Then a few pieces of art are slid in between the boxes and the centerpiece is ready to be displayed! It's quite cool!

In case you're in the market for a fun centerpiece I've placed the website where you can buy each one underneath it. Click on the name of the website to be directed to the centerpiece. I could not find one website where all of them are available.

I hope my centerpieces can come to your next party!!

Pirate Party Favor Box Centerpiece

Available at www.Shindigz.com

Princess Castle Favor Box Centerpiece

Available at www.ezpartyzone.com

Ladybug Favor Box Centerpiece

Available at www.ezpartyzone.com

Pile of Presents Favor Box Centerpiece

Available at www.shindigz.com

Cupcake Favor Box Centerpiece

Available at www.shindigz.com

Baby Block Favor Box Centerpiece

Available at www.shindigz.com

Duck Favor Box Centerpiece

Available at www.shindigz.com

Teapot Favor Box Centerpiece

Available at www.shindigz.com

Wedding Dress Box Centerpiece

Available at www.partycelebration.com

Friday, April 27, 2012

Student Fashion Shows

Student fashion shows can be very good or very bad. The only one I've ever been to in this area is the RISD student fashion show and that one is AMAZING!! I've already bought my tickets for this year!

The Boston Fashion Week website has a great list of all the student fashion shows coming up in the area. I'm going to have to check out a few. Here's the list:

FASHION SHOWS

TUESDAY APRIL 17, 2012, 6:30PM

LA FASHION SOIRÉE - Featuring Project Debussy student fashion designers.

French Cultural Center, Boston MA

Celebrate the beginning of the student fashion show season in Boston!

Tickets: $6-12

For more information: http://bit.ly/Hcx6D7

THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 2012, 8PM

FASHION UNLEASHED - Bay State College Fashion Show

Dorothy Quincy Suite, Boston MA

For more information:

(617) 217-9402 / pnugent@baystate.edu

On Facebook: http://on.fb.me/Hw20ZJ

THURSDAY APRIL 19, 2012, 10PM

FASHIONABLY LATE

Liberty Hotel, Boston MA

Featuring Project Debussy student fashion designers

9pm - 2pm/Fashion Show 10pm

Complimentary admission with required guest list

or table reservation: fashion@libertyhotel.com

http://bit.ly/c6bWoU

SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 2012, 7:30PM

ELEGANZA 2012 - Harvard University Fashion Show

Lavietes Pavillon, Cambridge MA

Tickets are $15/$20 at the door.

For more information: http://bit.ly/Hvw4VP

FRIDAY, APRIL 27 and SATURDAY APRIL 28, 2012, 7PM

RUNWAY 2012 - Lasell College Fashion Show

Lasell College Athletic Center, Newton MA

Tickets: $25-50

For more information: http://bit.ly/kCupKP

FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 2012, 7PM
FASHION CLUB'S RUNWAY - Framingham State University Fashion Show
Framingham State University
Dwight Hall Gymnasium, Framingham MA
Ticket information: hestes@student.framingham.edu

SUNDAY, APRIL 29, 2012, 3PM
FEARLESS IDENTITY - Fisher College Fashion Show
Fisher College Alumni Hall
116 Beacon Street, Boston MA
$5 Students $10 General Admission
http://www.fisher.edu/fashionshow

SATURDAY, MAY 5, 2012, 6:30PM

PULSE - Mount Ida College Fashion Show

Cyclorama, Boston MA

Tickets: $20-28

For more information: http://bit.ly/Iy3tdt

FRIDAY, MAY 11, 2012, 3PM/5PM/8PM

FASHION SHOW 2012 - 3 MassArt Fashion Shows

Revere Hotel - Space 57, Boston MA

Tickets $25 No tickets at the door.

For tickets: http://bit.ly/Iv0reR

For more information: 617.879.7676.

SATURDAY, MAY 12, 2012, 2PM

COLLECTION 2012 - School of Fashion Design Fashion Show

Boston Park Plaza, Boston MA

Tickets: $50

For ticket and more information:

617.536.9343 or email SFDBoston@aol.com

THURSDAY, MAY 17, 2012 and FRIDAY, MAY 18, 2012, 8PM
COLLECTION 2012 - Rhode Island School of Design Fashion Show
Rhode Island Convention Center, Providence RI
Preview/Rehearsal Show Tickets (5/17): Advance $17 Door $22
Show Tickets (5/18): $42-$62
Tickets available starting May 2, 2012 at the
Dunkin Donuts Center box office starting May 2, 2012
For more information: 401.454.6741 or http://www.risd.edu/collection

EXHIBITIONS:

FRIDAY, APRIL 13 thru FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 2012
BLUE WRAP - Group Design Exhibit
Framingham State University
Henry Whittemore Library, Framingham MA
Free

FRIDAY, MAY 4,2012, 1:30PM to 3:30PM
SENIOR DESIGN & MERCHANDISING ANNUAL PORTFOLIO EXHIBITIONFramingham State University
Hemenway Hall, Framingham MA
Free

MONDAY, MAY 7, thru FRIDAY MAY 25, 2012
FORM to FASHION - Framingham State University Exhibit
Natick Mall, Natick MA

Opening Reception: Tuesday, May 8, 2012, 6:30PM

Free

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Friday, March 30, 2012

Henson's Place, The Man behind the Muppets

The most inspiring pieces of art in the world are the works that have been created out of the shear joy of creating, express the artist's unique vision, and have been executed to the best of the artist's ability by someone who is an expert in their field. Consequently, I find all of Jim Henson's work inspiring. He was an artistic genius that the world lost too early.

I recently watched "Henson's Place, The Man behind the Muppets". I thoroughly enjoyed it and recommend it. The film is a celebration of Henson's creative genius. It was shot while he was alive. It is very inspiring to hear him talk about his passion for the Muppets. It is available for download on itunes.

Thursday, March 29, 2012

New Quote

"If you can get to the root of who you are and make something happen from it ... you're going to surprise yourself" - Vidal Sassoon

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Things I don't understand about Fashion Star

I love a good reality show about art, design, and/or fashion. Heck, I even love a bad reality show about art, design, and/or fashion. So when I saw an advertisement for Fashion Star last month I was excited. But kind of confused about the details of the show. The show has now aired twice. I've watched both episodes and I like it. But I'm still confused about a lot of details. Here is a list of things I'm confused about:

1. Who is sewing the clothes that appear on the runway? How many people does each designer have helping them?

2. How long do they have to make the clothes?

3. The designers clothes are often styled with other clothes for the runway shows. Who designed these other clothes? Where do the other clothes come from?

4. Where is the fabric coming from? How much do they have to choose from?

6. Do the designers have a material budget?

7. Who retains the rights to the designs?

8. Who is producing the clothes that are being sold in the stores? The show? The stores? The designer? A third party?

9. Where is the money that the buyers are bidding (and paying for the clothes) going? The sum seams arbitrary. Is it only going to the production of the clothes? Is there any profit and if so who is it going to? The party involved in producing the clothes? The factory making the clothes? The show producers? Is the artist getting a percentage?

10. Are the designers on the show making any money on all these sales? Are they getting a percentage? Are they doing all this work for free?

11. Do they get a percentage of the final 6 million dollar order? And if so, how much? How much money do they win at the end of the show?

I like the show but I don't understand why it's so confusing. Jessica Simpson, please help me understand!

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Quotes

"She gave them tiny pieces of herself and the whole world loved her." - Le petit monstre

"Be the artist you are, not the artist you want to be." - ?

"I can imagine it working out perfectly, I said. I can't she said & I said, no wonder you're so stressed." - Brian Andreas

"It's called work for a reason." - Larry Winget

“The race is long and, in the end, it’s only with yourself” - ?

"If you fall seven times, get up eight times." - ancient proverb

"Dress like a cupcake should feel" - ?

"Get me out of here and get me to a party with people I can relate to." - Douglas Adams

“I love paper! Everything begins on paper. Without paper I would be lost!” - Karl Lagerfeld

"Research now shows that the lack of natural talent is irrelevant to great success. The secret? Painful and demanding practice and hard work" - Geoffrey Colvin, senior editor-at-large Fortune

"A clean house is a sign of a wasted life." - Ephemera

"You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club." - Jack London

"I can live for two months on a good compliment." - Mark Twain.

"I thatched my roof when the sun was shining, & now I am not afraid of the storm." - George F. Stivens

"If you lose hope, you're just not looking far enough ahead." - Joe Tye

"It took me a few seconds to draw it, but it took me 34 years to learn how to draw it in a few seconds." - Gary Homes

"I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it." - Picasso

"(A designer) needs to be confident in order to push the envelope." - Nina Garcia, Project Runway Season 6 Episode 1

"Life is pretty simple: You do some stuff. Most fails. Some works. You do more of what works. If it works big, others quickly copy it. Then you do something else. The trick is the doing something else." - Leonardo da Vinci

"A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous." - Coco Chanel

"You have to do stuff the average people don't understand because those are the only good things." - Andy Warhol

"I am not what happened to me. I am what I choose to become." - Carl Jung

"A little change + a little change + a little change…= A BIG change." - ?

"Do you think 3 chains are gonna cut it?" -Heidi Klum "Dramatic, Dramatic...I think you have done something very safe. I wish you would have really gone and ran with it." - Nina Garcia, Project Runway Season 6 Episode 9

"Make it bigger; make it badder; make it awesome!" - Ace of Cakes

"Then check out the various trend reports and read them with an open mind and soul. As I’ve mentioned, it is when you fuse new trends with your own perspective and creativity that terrific new collections and profitable products based on your findings will emerge." - J'net Smith

"I’m sure many of you have read somewhere how I usually do my drawings,...first I draw them in pencil. This is my favorite part but also the most frustrating, since it NEVER goes the way I want it to at first. I have learned not to scream and throw things anymore, though, because now I know to wait and see what happens— the drawing eventually turns into what it wants to look like." - Mary Engelbreit

"Never long for anyone from your past. There is a reason why they never made it to your future!" - ?

"This is my world and I want to share it with you." - Nancy Minsky

"I think (my success) has a great deal to do with the fact that I really love what I do... I love everything I draw... It's not like: well, I think I'll draw a daisy today. There's always a reason why I draw something. It's always pure enthusiasm and enormous love. And I think, somehow, it speaks a language that knows no boundaries." - Marjolein Bastin

"Design is about shaping the future, about contemporary needs, desires, technologies, materials, and new social behaviors. Design is about revisiting and evolving our culture and physical landscape. Innovation is inseparable from design..." - Karim Rashid Quoted in Fashion Report

"Remember Kahlo. Remember Dali. The heck with them. Remember me." - Sarah Neuburger

"Success is being able to have the lifestyle you want by doing the work you love...The secret is trying to find a way to be happy with your life but unhappy enough with your work so you keep trying to improve." - James Yang

"Life depends a lot on which monsters you take in your boat." - Rebekah Joy Plett

"Follow your path." - ?

"I find that often students who struggle with an assignment are inclined to abandon the struggle and begin again. This practice unnerves me, because it's like playing roulette with one's work. What assurance does one have that the next spin of the wheel will be successful? Important learning occurs when a struggle is examined and analyzed, diagnosed, and prescription offered." - Tim Gunn

"Be yourself, that's when the magic happens." - ?

"What should be fun now is that (clothes/fashion) don't have to be practical. And they don't have to make you pretty. And they don't have to make you powerful. They just have to make you you, in your freaky imaginary headspace." - ? @ Marc Jacobs F2009 RTW

"A great artist has a unique vision...obsession. They are someone willing to fail flamboyantly. " - Jerry Saltz

"If you can get to the root of who you are and make something happen from it ... you're going to surprise yourself" - Vidal Sassoon

When asked what Pixar's secret formula is "It's really pretty simple. Everyone here loves films. And they just want to make something that they themselves want to see." - Brad Bird

"If you really look closely most overnight successes took a long time." - Steve Jobs

"There is no such thing as a creative type. As if creative people can just show up and make stuff up. As if it were that easy. I think people need to be reminded that creativity is a verb, a very time consuming verb... If you're doing it right, it's going to feel like work." - Milton Glaser

"Make the art so good they can't not buy it." - ?

"Do what you love, it's gonna lead to where you want to go." - Wayne White

Shop! Shop Shop!

Do you see something I designed that you'd like to own? Below is a list of items I've illustrated, paper engineered, and designed that are available for purchase. Click on the link below each item and you will be directed to the site where you can purchase it. Thank you very much!