Monday, March 1, 2010

but this one's all on me

yep. i made another digital "top 100" for the same challenge at digichick. see, when i was making the original page, i noticed that i had at least 15 or 20 new york things: museums, restaurants, etc; and it occurred to me that i could probably fill an entire list with just new york things and free up some space! for this one, i got a bit artsy with the design: including photos, and frames, and what-not; so again, i had spent most of an afternoon by the time i finished. but holy moly did i have fun! which is about all you can ask from a sunday, really, isn't it?


oh yeah, i almost forgot, i used a sketch. it was diana's from sketchy thursdays a couple of weeks ago. i liked it very much, so even though i couldn't quiiiiiite see how to make a card out of it at the time, i saved it anyway. when i started working on this, i realized it'd be great incorporate some pictures, and that this sketch would be *ideal*. (which it was!)

(~digital materials~ papers: "urban energy", gretchen thomas & notebook paper pack, katie pertiet, both designer digitals; "bennett's hammock kit", roben-marie smith, digichick; "back 2 school", shannon freeman, free pea kit; frames: notebook edges #2 & classic curled photos, both katie pertiet, designer digitals; stars: "peace & quiet kit", gypsy couture, digichick; brads: "bennett's hammock kit", roben-marie smith, digichick; tag: "my drama queen kit", vinnie pearce, pixel canvas; apple clipart & nyc photos & all fonts (chonker, brando, susie's hand & misproject)downloaded from the internet; software: broderbund printshop & adobe PSE5)


and now i think the next thing i make needs to be something quite messy, with real paper, and loads of ink, and quite a bit of bling!!! :)


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once again, in case you cannot read the list...and for some reason WANT TO...here ya go (you'll have noticed i make lists thematically, as i think of them, rather than in any particular order):

♥ 1. the grid system 2. the subway system 3. the subway map (both as useful tool & as graphic art) 4. art deco tiles on subway platforms 5. buskers 6. central park 7. shakespeare in the park 8. the metropolitan museum of art 9. the view of #6 from the roof of #8 10. noodle shops 11. ciao bella gelato 12. grimaldi's pizza 13. the view of the brooklyn bridge from #12 14. park slope 15. the brooklyn museum 16. brooklyn botanic gardens 17. chip shop 18. the view of the statue of liberty from brooklyn heights 19. the bollywood theater in jackson heights 20. jackson diner 21. the angelika 22. film forum 23. the pedicures at hee-soo salon near union sq 24. canal street/chinatown 25. pearl paint 26. pearl river emporium 27. housing works book shop/cafe 28. the strand 29. the mysterious bookshop 30. (the very sadly missed) murder inc, foul play, shakespeare & co, colliseum, & gotham books 31. the ink pad 32. kate's paperie 33. century 21 34. (the late lamented) virgin megastore in times square (w/bollywood-movie theater in the basement!) 35. MOMA 36. the asia society 37. the guggenheim 38. the frick 39. cooper-hewitt 40. the cloisters 41. neue gallerie 42. the gift shops of any of the museums listed above 43. the postcards at the gift shops of any of those museums 44. the restaurants at #8, #35 & #41 45. dim sum 45. tea & sympathy 46. a salt & battery 47. radio city music hall 48. the rockettes 49. the "xmas spectacular" at #47 50. the xmas windows at macy's, lord & taylor, saks, etc 51. the xmas tree & decorations at rockefeller center 52. the xmas tree at #8 53. the touristy tours of nbc studios, radio city, etc 54. cafe mozart 55. the film theater at lincoln center 56. city opera 57. the bronx zoo (but quel schlep via subway!) 58. the world's fair unisphere in flushing 59. terrace on the park 60. burritoville 61. krispy kreme donuts in penn station 62. tacky souvenir shops on 5th avenue 63. bloomingdales 64. the tacky but weirdly cool train car restaurant in #63 65. the hamburgers at jackson hole 66. le pain quotidien 67. the shop next to E.A.T. 68. (the original incarnation of) the russian tea room 69. the "ultimate blini" at #68 70. skyline books 71. forbidden planet 72. JAM paper 73. the bus ride up madison ave 74. the bus ride across the park from #8 to #76 75. the bus ride down from the cloisters 76. museum of natural history 77. curry hill 78. the raj mahal 79. amin in brooklyn heights 80. lion brand studio 81. flirt/home ec. in park slope 82. taking classes at 80 & 81 83. the "yarn bus" to irvington 84. the train ride (beside to the hudson) from irvington to #93 85. the pavillion theater, park slope 86. coney island 87. the original nathan's at #86 88. the brooklyn aquarium 89. walking a block from the subway at #86 & seeing the atlantic ocean 90. richmond hill 91. the "doubles" at sandi's roti in #90 92. the lions at the main branch of the ny public library 93. grand central station 94. the empire state building 95. the view from the top of #94 96. the statue of liberty 97. looking up from a random point in the city & unexpectedly seeing #94 or #96 or one of the bridges 98. the hello kitty store on 42nd st 99. trinity church, wall street 100. the high line ♥

12 comments:

  1. So for when should I book my return flight if I wanna see all this stuff when I come visit? One month or two??

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  2. wow girl...this is super coolio...love it!!!! Happy Monday!!!

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  3. WOWZERS!!!!! A card genius AND a digital whiz??? FABULOUS stuff. Fabulous!!

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  4. Wow, fabulous list - I like the focus on a single place, nice take on the challenge! And I really like the artistic look, with the blending, and the buildings so subtle in the background. Amazing! :)

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  5. This is so cool!!! I'm bringing you over to the digital dark side. muahuauahua

    LOVE IT!!! Yeah! Too cool. Now go get your hands all inked up and paint something.. :)

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  6. Wow oh wow, this is so different from the first, but SO equally cool! Love it!

    (-: Heidi

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  7. Obviously I'm going to have to print this out as a reminder of future travels ... fan-tabu-mar-velous.

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  8. Lauren this is Super cool.. I don't need a lonely planet book if I vist New York, just you fab. list. Hugs

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  9. It should be illegal to be this talented in the digi and paper/glue worlds both. Love it.

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  10. Hey Lauren!!! I saw this earlier, but I think I was reading my bloglines on the Crackberry where it's incredibly a pain in the you-know-where to comment. I LLLOOOVVVEEEEE this!! So cool. You do digi so well!! PS: Check out ST tomorrow for some lovely digi goodness!!! xo mwah!

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  11. This is just absolutely amazing. I wanna learn to do digi like you. And you make me yearn to go back to NYC. Been there only once but would love to see it from your perspective. Awesome!!!

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