Tuesday, January 29, 2013

YIKES! I BLINKED ... NOW JANUARY'S OVER AND I'M STILL NOT ORGANIZED! HELP!


(Shoe Dreams) 


GET ORGANIZED NOW! 
iCafe Woman Moderne Will Show You How.  



Don't Panic!  We get it.  Your number one New Year's Resolution was to get organized.  

You blew that horn at midnight on New Year's Day ...and blinked.   Now February 1st is three days away and you're closer to winning the Lottery than getting organized. 

Not to worry, we've put our organization cyber-sleuth on the case.   Consider it our first of the year gift from iCafe Woman Moderne to you.  




Miracles and Blessings... Kiki here... I'd like to introduce this week's text-webisode host ...Dominique Atelier. 

By day, she's a senior booker for D&D Models Inc. ... and by night, she's our cyber-sleauth, uncovering new trends, great deals and tips to make your life heck of a lot easier. You'll find out more about D&D Models, Inc. in a future text webisode.








KIKI
Using her Tiffany & Company-inspired laptop, (DIY instructions from Kylie on the above video) Dominique surfed the web and found THREE super easy and quick tips to help get you organized in three days or a weekend.  

You'll probably have to make a trip to your favorite store and put in a few nails or screws.  But hey, what's a few sacrifices for an organized bedroom, kitchen or home office.



DOMINIQUE
Thanks, Kiki... let's get started ...shall we?  I gave you a sneak peak of my favorite shoe organizer in our opening scene.  This is our first tip.

1. EASY SHOE ORGANIZER - SHOE ORGANIZATION IDEAS

You can simply use modestly priced iKea bookcases and attach them, or just put them side-by-side.  You can even get fancy and add crown molding and/or a glass door if you're handy with power tools.  Or you can whip up a batch of brownies and bribe your favorite handy person.  Here it is again: 


(Shoe Daydreams)

I have to give a shout out and big thanks to Amanda Milton.  These first two ideas came from her Pinterest Boards.  She has a great eye for design.


 
(Thomas Jayne - Interior Design)


2.  HOSPITALITY (POT) PEG BOARD DISPLAY BOARD - KITCHEN ORGANIZATION PRODUCTS - From Julia Child's Own Kitchen

That's right, take a page from Julia Child's kitchen and install a reasonbly priced peg board on a blank kitchen wall and place your pots and other kitchen gadgets on it.





In Julia's kitchen, every cooking apparatus was displayed for easy access and visual appeal.  Definitely, the polar opposite of today's sleek kitchens where everything is concealed behind a door, cabinet or drawer. 

If you love the look of kitchen apparatus and love being able to grab things fast, then this might work for you.  And it shouldn't take long to put up.


(Thomas Jayne - Interior Design)

(Thomas Jayne - Interior Design)



3.  HOME OFFICE REFORM - METAL BOXES, WIRE BASKETS AND LUCITE CONTAINERS ... OH MY!

You can have a designer workspace too with a little DIY elbow grease and plenty of spray paint.

I stopped by Apartmenttherapy.com and was so glad I did.  This converted garage and home office of Interior Designer Rosa Beltran was my inspiration.





WORK TABLE/CONFERENCE TABLE

Rosa designed her conference/work table, but you could simply get a counter high table from iKea, Target, Walmart or Home Depot and add casters and spray paint Overstock.com stools.




RE-UPHOLSTER A DESK CHAIR

Re-upholster a desk chair with vintage fabric, that's if you're handy with a sewing machine. Or commence to baking a treat and offer it as pay to someone who can.

HOME OFFICE ORGANIZATION - CHECK LIST

Metal storage boxes and wire basket shelving.
Overstock metal stools
Your own custom design conference table
Re-upholstered desk chairs





I literally drooled when I saw these containers.




IKEA magazine boxes (painted white w/ DIY labels)
IKEA pen cups
The Container Store's lucite desk storage boxes and tape dispenser, lacquer boxes.




ORGANIZATION IN PROGRESS

You can have a ball with this, selecting a color scheme or mix and match.  You can do it over this weekend.  Hey, it'll still be the first of the year.  You'll be just a month into it.  Or just do one section now, and another section of your home office later.  Your "Organization in Progress."

Saturday, January 19, 2013

Green Homes of Today and Future - A Sixties Modern Vibe with Healthy Benefits



JumpSport Fitness Trampoline Model 220

Rebounding is an affordable, low impact way to boost your energy, improve lymphatic system, lose weight, tone muscle - right in your own home.

  Can you imagine this, a home constructed of hemp and lime with extremely low untility costs, no termites, no dry rot, fire and pet resistant, no waste, significatly reduced C02 emissions and much more?   If those facts don't make you want to do cartwheels... this will. 

A Hemp Home's energy use is only .25 per square feet per month.  That's right... I'm talking cents, not dollars.  Oh yeah, you're ready to do a cart wheel now... and take out your checkbook.

Of course, our iCafe Woman Moderne D.I.V.A.S.  (Dynamic, Industrious, Victorious, Artistic and Strong) are over-joyed about the green features, but we also love the modern vintage design.

       
(Hemp Homes)  

        

"Yes, you can determine a tree or a person by the kind of fruit produced." Matthew 7:20  

TODAY'S HOST -
Blair Sutton  
 
Kiki, the humble head of our home away from home -- iCafe Woman Moderne -- sends her miracles and blessings.  I'm Blair Sutton, a Green Architect... and I'm thrilled about hosting today's brief look at two of my favorite green homes worth considering.
Hemp Technologies
 
I take it, you've watched the video in our opening scene.  Isn't the home amazing?  And for those who haven't watched it yet, how would you like a home that has:             
  • Thermal Mass Insulation

  • Negative Carbon
  • Low Density
  • Clean Air
  • High Thermal Resistance
  • High Thermal Inertia
  • Vapor Permeable (breathable)
  •  Inherently Airtight 
  •  


    Paying the Environment Forward  
     
    Constructed of Hemp and Lime, Hemp Homes produced by Hemp Technologies is the first company in the U. S. to build fully permitted, healthy hemp homes.   They see it as paying it forward.  This is what they say:      
        
    Building with Hemp Grows Demand  
    If we as a company continue to build healthy, non- toxic energy-saving, clean-air homes using Hemp + Lime, demand will increase for farmers everywhere to grow Industrial Hemp as a "Break Crop," adding more jobs and prosperity to every region.  Internal deficits will drop and the air we breathe gets cleaner for everyone with Zero land-fills.  


    My next choice is a green pre-fab home from Stillwater Dwellings.  I love the butterfly roof.  It reminds me of Palm Springs homes popular in the Sixties and today.  


       Stillwater Dwellings     
        



    Stillwater Dwelling Facts:  

    Energy efficiency is at the heart of their design philosophy.       Super-insulated and tightly sealed.   High-efficiency space and water heating systems.   Modern fabrication system reduces waste up to 50% compared to to site built homes.

    Monday, January 14, 2013

    Our Edible Chocolate Fashions Are Back!


    (Chocolate Dresses)

    Yes, Virginia... this is an edible chocolate dress...
    and oh so vintage modern.  It's the bees knees.

    Here's a sneak preview of the chocolate fashions to come.  
    Holy Bat Girl!  Her costume's made of chocolate.

    (New York Chocolate Show)

    Can you smell it?  Dark Chocolate, 
    White Chocolate, Milk, Semi-Sweet.. Truffles.  

    Do you believe it... it's almost that time again... circle it on your calendar ...February 14.  I already have.  Valentine's Day is a month to the very day away.  Can you believe it?  Please don't tell me your Christmas stockings are still hanging on the chimney. 



     What are you waiting for?  Take them down and replace them with cupids and paper hearts.  How do you like these heart chocolates?



    Heart Shaped Truffle Assortment - 9 Chocolate Truffles for Valentine's Day, Mother's Day


    To say our iCafe Woman Moderne D.I.V.A.S. (Dynamic, Industrious, Victorious, Artistic and Strong)... love Valentine's Day is like saying the sky is blue.  


    (Microsoft)

    We're a happy bunch around here, but we're especially happy around chocolate.  

    This is the time when romantics and those who need an excuse to scoff down chocolate--indulge in and gift that luscious treat to their Amor, or themselves.  You know the song... Love the one you're with.  Since you're always with yourself... go on... have a raspberry chocolate truffle.  Yum!



    "For a man's heart determines his speech.  A good man's speech reveals the rich treasures within..."  Matthew 12:34


    (One of my favorite chocolate mid-century modern homes designed by Joseph Eichler in the 1960s.)





    How to Write Your Own Money-Making Websites




    iCafe Woman Moderne


    Miracles and Blessings, thanks for stopping by again.  Kiki here... with today's yummy text-webisode:  Our Edible Chocolate Fashions Are Back!  Our edible chocolate fashions come to you from the New York Chocolate Show.   

    We're doing things a bit different this time around. 
     
    Edible Chocolate Fictional Characters 

    Say Hello... Medusa!




    (Medusa)

    Edible Chocolate Super Heroes... 

    Meet Xena Warrior Princess


    (Xena)


    You Can Take Chocolate to the Beach!

    Let's go to our fictional beach in this chocolate inspired swim bikini top, skirt and chocolate wrap.  




    (Edible Chocolate-Inspired Swim Wear) 

    Let's boogie the night away in the ultimate party dress.  This ruffled, ruched mini and carved clutch are ready to go out on the town.




    Can You Hold My Purse?  

    You won't hesitate to say yes to holding this chocolate bag with white chocolate mouse and topped with a raspberry.


    You can even make this yourself.  Just click on the link for the recipe.  Chocolate bag with white chocolate mouse



    Chocolate Clutch Designed by Chocolatier Jacques Torres
     and was Featured on Martha Stewart!  It looks even richer and shinier in person. 



    Martha Stewart's Chocolate Clutch

    See for yourself.  CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW TO WATCH THE SEGMENT
    http://www.marthastewart.com/251248/jacques-torres#ooid=Bsb3NlMjpEjVZX2bb3zmyM8c9vxgMbuN


    Gayle's Chocolates

    We're back at Gayle's Chocolates, learning how to make her incredible edible chocolate stilletos that really look like the stilletos Sex in the City's Carrie Bradshaw wore.  



    (Actress Anna Sohpia Robb starring as Young Carrie Bradshaw in the Carrie Diaries and Sarah Jessica Parker as 30-Something Carrie) 

    More than a few of Gayle's Chocolates look like Manoloe Blahniks.
    You can also learn how to make these.  Click on the link for instructions to make the shoes below.  Edible Chocolate Shoes















    Fellas, we know you like chocolate too.  
    We love this stylish men's Oxford.






    Since we're all about Modern Vintage, of course we had to end our Edible Chocolate Virtual Fashion Show with a tribute to our favorite Lucy and Ethel episode in the chocolate factory.





    (fle-icks and fle-thoughts)


    What's your favorite chocolate story?  iCafe Woman Moderne Wants to Know.  Drop us a comment.

    Got Toon-Game Scribe?

    Love Watching Sponge Bob with Your Kids?
    Do You Play Nitendo's Ben 10 Omniverse (of course) with Your Kids? 

    If you answered "yes" on both accounts, then you'll enjoy reading about the creative minds behind today's hottest cartoon shows:  writers, producers, story-editors, directors, game writers and designers at Got Toon-Game Scribe. 


     You'll also read profiles about graphic novelists and the writers of cartoon-tie-in and comic books.

    Check out Got Toon-Game Scribe debut text-webisode, and stay-tuned to the next text-webisode featuring an interview with    Freelance Animation, Game Writer and Copywriter.  

    Are You a Writer Stuck in Generalist Mode?

    Joan B. Average, Scriptwriter... may have what you need to get you moving toward success.