Fascinators, Hats, Food and Horticulture (FH2): Bastille DayMill-a-Bout

Fascinators, Hats, Food and Horticulture (FH2): Bastille DayMill-a-Bout: On Saturday, July 14th, I joined my fellow milliners of the Milliners Guild for our annual Bastille Day Mill-a-Bout on the ...

Bastille DayMill-a-Bout

On Saturday, July 14th, I joined my fellow milliners of the Milliners Guild for our annual Bastille Day Mill-a-Bout on the High Line of Chelsea, NYC. It was a gorgeous evening with a slight breeze. Everyone was decked out in their raise the barricade finest. One of my customers showed up in a hat that she bought from me fifteen years ago. She and the hat looked fantastic!! We wore hats ranging from Royalist to Napoleonic, with lots of plumes, flowers and cockades.


There was the usual good time had by all, telling jokes and exchanging insider sewing tips. We gave out bateau paper hats and Milliners Guild pins, and then had a nice visit amongst the lovely wild flowers of the High Line.

Fascinators, Hats, Food and Horticulture (FH2): Share camp 2012-FOOD!

Fascinators, Hats, Food and Horticulture (FH2): Share camp 2012-FOOD!:  I was talking yesterday about my experience at Share Camp 2012. What I really love is eating yummy food. We had a fantastic smörgåsbord ...

Share camp 2012-FOOD!

 I was talking yesterday about my experience at Share Camp 2012.
What I really love is eating yummy food. We had a fantastic smörgåsbord of great eats that everybody made.

  There is a wonderful mix of people from different countries- Japan, Korea, China, Russia, Poland, Columbia, Slovenia, to name a few. Many people bring the ingredients and cook up their native dishes and other yummy ones that are fun for everyone to enjoy!

 Here is a small list of yummy things that I sampled. (I am not even listing meat dishes,because I didn't eat those.) Korean Pancakes, Chili Brussel Sprouts, Cervice, Kale Salad, Raw Chocolate Pie, Sushi, Spicy Green Beans, Raw Tarte Tatin, Peanut Fudge, Summer Rolls, Curry Stew, and sushi sushi sushi!

Fascinators, Hats, Food and Horticulture (FH2): Share Camp 2012

Fascinators, Hats, Food and Horticulture (FH2): Share Camp 2012: Last weekend I was invited to attend Share Camp 2012. This fun event is a spontaneous music and arts festival organized by Share ( www.sha...

Share Camp 2012

Last weekend I was invited to attend Share Camp 2012. This fun event is a spontaneous music and arts festival organized by Share (www.share.dj/share/) and hosted by Grace Space (www.grace-exhibition-space.com/about.php) owners Jill McDermid-Hokanson and Erik Hokanson.

In addition to leisure, fine dining, and community fun, there were amazing videos, arias, fire performance, modern dancing, experimental music jams, and fire sculpture.

Part of why I was there was to assist my husband, composer Wolfgang von Stuermer (iwvs.am) with his surround sound audio-visual installation "blue cube ++". Together, and with the help of others we constructed at 10'x10' fabric covered cube. There were eight channels of sound inside and video projected on the outside surfaces. We placed mats inside, so the sounds could be leisurely enjoyed under the stars.

What is great about communities like this one is that everyone can contribute to the whole. Also, everyone has something to contribute. If you want to jam on a guitar, dance, make scratchy sounds with your iPad, project video on the trees, or swim in the pool with fish projected on the surface, those things were all possible and encouraged. In an environment that is an open slate, many amazing things are allowed to happen. I will be talking about my experience there over the next couple of days.

Fascinators, Hats, Food and Horticulture (FH2): Going to the Chapel

Fascinators, Hats, Food and Horticulture (FH2): Going to the Chapel: Are you getting married? I'll be you aren't such a traditional girl, and you like to do things just a little differently than other pe...

Fascinators, Hats, Food and Horticulture (FH2): Raw Food is Good Food

Fascinators, Hats, Food and Horticulture (FH2): Raw Food is Good Food: My husband and I are trying to be 70% raw for the rest of summer. For those of you who don't know, eating Raw means completely vegan and unc...

Raw Food is Good Food

My husband and I are trying to be 70% raw for the rest of summer. For those of you who don't know, eating Raw means completely vegan and uncooked. Being a mostly vegetarian for many years I have already been eating this way partially, but decided to try going more deeply into it. It has been pretty easy so far, for me at least. A sample menu might be something like this;

Breakfast- A shake of bananas, strawberries, raspberries, coconut oil, flax seed, and bee pollen, and raw oats, nuts, fruit and raw coconut oil

Lunch-raw hummus,avocado,sprouts, nuts,raw chips

Dinner-"noodles"( thinly sliced zucchini) in a raw tahini caper sauce,avocado and tomato salad with some raw pickles.

I'm feeling pretty good and it makes your skin really nice. Write in if you have any interesting raw recipes.

Going to the Chapel

Are you getting married? I'll be you aren't such a traditional girl, and you like to do things just a little differently than other people. If so, have I got the bridal fascinator for you!




 Every piece that I make is considered for beauty, comfort  and fab factor. I make everything by hand and spend a great deal of time getting it perfect. I get so many ideas from my customers, as well as from consulting my archive of vintage trims.  These two pieces were a joy to construct. The first with it's swirl of silk chiffon, drapes beautifully. The second has that pop of hot pink to give it just the right spice.




Each one can be made more grand or demure, and a birdcage veil can always be added.

Fascinators, Hats, Food and Horticulture (FH2): Summer, Summer, Summer

Fascinators, Hats, Food and Horticulture (FH2): Summer, Summer, Summer: I love a good party! So that is why I enjoy making these super bright, neon fascinators. I am usually sitting at the playground with my ...

Fascinators, Hats, Food and Horticulture (FH2): Summer Sale

Fascinators, Hats, Food and Horticulture (FH2): Summer Sale: As the temperatures hit the nineties here in good 'ol NY, we want to prepare you for them. Many of your favorite Lisa Shaub Fine Millin...

Summer Sale

As the temperatures hit the nineties here in good 'ol NY, we want to prepare you for them. Many of your favorite Lisa Shaub Fine Millinery Summer hats are on sale and ready to join you on all your July 4th adventures. Try a lovely flesh colored Fedora Cross, or perhaps the sporty and special Two Seam. These hats are built to move into your life with ease, be easily worn with most outfits, and shade you where you want to be shaded. Each one of them comes with a hat box and a custom fitting.       
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