Acoustic Night

I didn't realize how badly I missed doing design-related things until this past week.

So there I was, right? Working the fitting rooms at Anthropologie when the visual director of the store comes to me with a project in mind. I've kept no secrets of how much I'd like to someday be the display coordinator at Anthropologie, so the one at my store has promised to let me help with displays when it is needed. Today was one of those days and I was happier than a clown. What did I get to do, you ask? Punch circles into painted paper. That may be considered menial work to some, but my heart reveled in each circle I punched. I'll share some pictures as soon as the display is up. You'll be able to tell which circles I created because my smile is all over them.

A few nights later I helped my brother with the set design of an acoustic show his band was hosting (I still can't figure out a way to say "my brother's band" without making it sound dumb. Just believe me when I say it isn't dumb.) He had all these wonderful ideas of painted backdrops, crescent moons, theatre curtains, and arm chairs with a homespun feel swimming around his mind and though he had the ability to do it  well on his own, he humored me and let me help. The results, like everything he puts on, were quite good.

We started late one night with the linen canvas hanging on a wall in our garage. I had mixed up a few blue paints that Oliver liked and the rest of the colors (yellow, tan, black, white) we already had at home. Using somewhat unconventional brushes to get more texture, we started painting in swooshes. We listened to Jonsi's album Go Do and Coldplay's live album LeftRightLeftRightLeft to keep us awake and creative and kept Van Gogh's Starry Night Over the Rhone in the back of our minds.

The venue was the roof of my aunt and uncle's loft in Las Vegas. One of the first things Oliver thinks whenever he goes to a new place is "could this host a show?" A few months of patience allowed him to finally use this roof, and it was a perfect location.

 Three favorite things in this picture - Tyler, his new left handed guitar, and the moon.

The talented Miss Ellen Tingey

This behind the scenes picture is the only one that shows the lights on the plants

Tyler and Aubrey

Brumby did two of their own songs then they invited some friends up to do their cover of The Killers "Read My Mind"

It was a joyous, musically filled summer night. Who's ready for another?