New Yorkers for Children, arguably the most beloved charity of Park Avenue’s enthroned princesses, celebrated their tenth annual autumnal fundraiser at Cipriani 42nd Street. To mark the special occasion, Gloria Vanderbilt’s son Anderson Cooper acted as M.C. at the “Make It Happen”-themed affair, which featured the musical guestmanship of Ne-Yo and the support of Tinsley Mortimer, Wendi Murdoch, and Tory Burch. The children’s charity raised nearly $1.5 million that evening.
Happy Friday Eve!!! YAY! LOL! Only one more day to the weekend, and I'm ready! With today being Thursday, that means it's time for another challenge from Kerry over at Three Clovers Designs. This week, she asked us to use numbers on our projects. Well that was perfect for me, as my grandson, Christopher, was turning four years old. I wanted a bright, fun, cheery card, so I grabbed my Lime Rickey papers by Basic Grey, and that cute image of the party giraffe is from Dustin Pike colored with my Copic markers.
Manhattan’s socialites came out in full force for Fashion’s Night Out, the Vogue-sponsored initiative to re-awaken consumerism at retailers in the city. Byrdie Bell and Eleanor Ylvisaker were at Lord & Taylor to honor photographer Patrick McMullan, while Nicky Hilton and her future sister-in-law Laura Katzenberg made an appearance at Valentino. Hayley Bloomingdale and her new boyfriend, Winston Lapham, were on hand to support Carolina Herrera at Saks Fifth Avenue. Julie Macklowe donned cowgirl gear for David Yurman’s Western-themed hoedown. Rachel Roy hosted a shopping benefit for New Yorkers for Children at her pop-up boutique in Soho as Tory Burch welcomed the masses to her own store.
I'm so excited to say I'm featured over on The Divine Influence today! I'd love it if you'd pop over there and take a peek at what it's all about! And I want to thank both Leanne and Carly for letting me be a part of their new venture. Best of luck ladies!!
Happy Friday everyone!! I finally caved and got some High Hopes stamps (thanks so much for your help, Nikki!!) And all I can think of is why did I wait so long!! I had a blast coloring this cutie pie with my Copics. High Hope stamps are now available at Nikki's wonderful shop, Bunny Zoe's crafts! I kept this card very simple as I wanted her to shine. The PP is Bo Bunny and the blue cardstock is PTI. The card base itself is white Bazzill cardstock. The circle is cut out with my Nesties and is popped up from the card base with dimensional tape. I added the zig zag stitching around the card base and around the circle to add interest. The corners are from a Cuttlebug die. Also added some ribbon from Stamp Simply ribbon store. You can click on the pictures to get a nice up close view of things. But please don't look TOO close. There are going to be lots of mistakes to take in. LOL!
Now for a couple announcements. First, I wanted to tell you about a special that Regina is having over at The Cutting Cafe'. When you purchase the fabulous set called All About Cupcakes, you get a set of YOUR choice for free. No price restrictions!! This offer is good until midnight Saturday, Sept 12th, 2009. (Pacific) Hop on over to The Cutting Cafe' to check it out! 
I used this adorable Sitting Alvin from Magnolia-licious along with a Magnolia quilt. I cut just a small piece off the quilt to use on the card. The original stamp size was too big for this card. I don't see where the quilt is currently avaiable, but if you're interested, please email Diana about it. If you love Magnolia stamps, you have to check out the selection available at Magnolia-licious! Diana has the largest on line selection in North America! She also sells Copic marker sets that were created especially for the Magnolia stamps! Speaking of which, I used to color my stamps. The papers are digi, and cardstock is Bazzill.
Norwood, the private West Village arts club, played host to the premiere of the Sundance Channel’s documentary series The Day Before. The four-part film followed Proenza Schouler designers Lazaro Hernandez and Jack McCollough as they prepared for their spring/summer 2009 presentation in New York. The visionaries’ muses Victoria Traina and Julia Restoin Roitfeldattended the affair. The Loic Prigent-directed documentary airs tonight, on the eve of Fashion Week, on Sundance.
Photographs: Billy Farrell/PatrickMcMullan.com.
