lisa golightly

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Stillness In A Great City

Song: "Hymm To A Great City" by Arvo Pärt

Thinking of those we lost & the courageous today
Be still, remember & take with you the beauty of our spirit.

Sharing with you a few spacial installations by Snøhetta entitled
"To A Great City"

at 7 World Trade Center and other locations in NYC

the Woolworth Building

Fort Jay

Installations © The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York. Photo: Kristopher McKay

Friday, August 10, 2012

Dreamy Pink & Gorgey Orange

Sending you off into the weekend

soaked in pink and orange gorgeousness

I am dreaming about slinking around in a skirt like this ...

while contemplating something beautiful ...

Do a bit of reading ...

while sipping on a sweet little somethin somethin

~ like these blood orange margaritas ...

Blood Orange Margaritas

1 cup (8 oz.) freshly squeezed blood orange juice (about 7-8 oranges)
½ cup (4 oz.) freshly squeezed lime juice
¾ cup (6 oz.) tequila
½ cup (4 oz.) orange liqueur
¼ cup (2 oz.) simple syrup
Blood orange slices, for garnish

sip, enjoy, laugh, repeat

does this color combo make your mouth water too ?
I thought so.

Here's to you and gorgeous summer weekend !

~ Treat yourself well and keep things cool ~

Lisa

she loved life ~ alittledashofash.blogspot.com

skirt ~ emillio pucci

painting ~ cecily brown

book Taschen's New York ~ available here

Blood Orange Margaritas ~ annies-eats.com

Friday, May 18, 2012

Buzzzzz !

Were naturally having a little happy time here

not only because it's Friday

but

New goodies are in the shop

* like these Push For Champagne signs *

So stop on by

and don't forget to have a

ringy-ding-ding

kind of weekend !

Cheers !

lisa

image by Lisa Golightly

Sunday, May 13, 2012

Happy Mother's Day !

Here's to that special something

we share with our one and only

M O T H E R

Cherish what you have

if your lucky enough to have her

celebrate all the goodness she gave

Lisa

image via shopspanishmoss.com

Sunday, May 6, 2012

A Vintage Wedding Gown Get's Prom-Ready

My daughter was asked to the prom ( last week ! )

and she wanted a vintage prom dress

I work well under pressure but ...

I had my doubts we could pull something off this last minute

We pushed up our sleeves put on our foolish optomism hats

and headed out to the antique stores.

Low and behold ( cue the angels )

we scored a GORGEOUS 1950's wedding gown at a shop called Gypsies.

It fit like a dream, was in pristine condition

and best of all ? It was only 65.00 !

Before ...

After ...

Here's how we did it:

We 1st removed the old sleeves & purchased some white tulle
for the new straps. ( yes, you CAN dye tulle ! )

Saving the old sleeves to experiment with the dye,
we made the perfect shade of vintage robins egg blue using
regular liquid Aquamarine, Teal and Tan RIT dyes.

Using 2 xtra large Rubbermaid containers
one was filled with water
and the other with a tepid dye mixture
( we started the dye bath by diluting all the colors
in hot water 1st and then mixing and stirring it in well with cool water )

We dipped the dress in the clean water
pulled it out and carefully shook out the excess water ( never wring )

then dipped the dress and tulle in the dye bath swishing it around
with a big plastic spoon to ensure even coloring.
The longer you leave it in the darker it gets.
When you're happy with the color just put it back in the clean water,
swish it around and add more water till the rinse water is clear.

We hung it on a hanger with strong plastic clips ( metal can rust )
and let it dry in the sun.

Sewed the armholes, added the new dyed tulle straps,
cut and hemmed the length

... and voila ! A happy girl in a pretty dress !