Saturdays at Cursive

There was a holiday buzz in the air on Saturday. Lots of stocking stuffers left Cursive and we introduced many customers to Jeanine Payer jewelry, graphite objects, and all the new holiday merchandise. We were busy from 10:30am - 3pm. Time flew so fast that I didn't have my morning coffee until 4:30pm and no lunch. This is something to look forward to... I must figure out what type of snacks to keep on hand. Any suggestions?

Have I mentioned how much I love Saturdays at Cursive? I love watching what goodies customers walk in with from the Farmer's Market.

(From upper left and going clockwise): cabbage leaves overflowing; glass trees in 4 different sizes; diamond pattern on a bag alongside a bright magenta purple hat with satin yellow band; glass "bulb" vases from Portland, OR.

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Snapshots of holiday product at Cursive


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Striped stocks and patent converse sneakers... what more could you want?!


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A few snapshots of Jeanine Payer's jewelry


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On the sleeve of B's winter jacket...

... B gets down in the trenches to see
what holiday treasures we have hidden from her...

chipmunks roasting on an open fire...

I love the holidays. There is a vibe that encompasses our store. It dips into a conversation and then swirls back out only to find a new customer and conversation...

1. I love taking photos of the piles of stuff that customers accumulate as they walk around our store: wish tickets sitting on a vintage frame.

2. a roll of wish tickets in a matching ceramic cup

3. Two of my favorite mother & kids came into the store this afternoon.
First was a mother, daughter & son: There is a photo in our archives of the mother & daughter wearing matching red leather knapsacks. It was great to see them and watch the kids explore all the new stuff we had in Cursive since their last visit. Above is a photo of the daughter "wearing" one of our striped morph pad as a bracelet!

4. an Orla Kiely bag with my favorite stem pattern

5. A customer and I were figuring out together which piece of porcelain fruit looked good on this vintage wood pedestal and glass dome. The gold apple with two leaves won!




6. Stacks of color




7. patterns in browns




8. colors of Fall

Holiday merchandise has arrived!

Hourglasses (approx 48 minutes) in brown/clear and blue/clear in 4 styles


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orange dot fabric cover my favorite journal for work


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"My funny little words" journal from Italy


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Orange sunburst folder


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Holiday cards


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This outfit reflected Saturday 's perfect Fall weather.


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Diana Fayt 2008 wall calendar in stock


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I stopped Virginia from moving when I spotted the polka-dots peeking from her sweater and her flannel grey skirt with pencil-thin red stripes.


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Plaster letters stacked in a glass box


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Orla Kiely "stem" pattern strikes again

A snapshot of marathon Sunday

How many Cursive customers went outside and caught some of the marathon?

I snapped the above photo on my blackberry and sent it to the NYTimes City Room (they were asking anyone to submit photos of the marathon, fans etc...) and it was accepted and posted on their interactive map of the marathon.

It was a beautiful crisp Fall day and the leaves are just starting to turn. I wasn't dressed warm enough but I stuck it out waiting to spot my friend Mia running her first marathon! Mia and I missed each other but I enjoyed watching the all the runners streaming by on 5th Avenue and listening to friends and family spot their loved ones.

Shouts, laughter, waving signs, people running alongside their friends and family, onlookers yelling out encouraging words and the runner's name written on their shirts, clapping and hollering...

Halloween hangover...

bumblebee stripes on Halloween

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another view of the Halloween Geisha...


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I loved this still life that Nicole had created, unbeknownst to her,
with her boots against her beautiful patterned scarf bought in India.


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winter whites with subtle browns in various textures

Happy Halloween!

Halloween geisha... at peace with her creepiness!


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Ultra thin napkins in packs of 20


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snapshot of holiday merchandise


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close-up of new glass vases

words & textures

fabulous!
combination of chunky bracelets
on a tiny wrist

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A fabulous hat
simple textured rosettes
brightened my day

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Comme des Garcons jacket
gigantic stitches so unique

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festina lente
hurry slowly
a Latin phrase a young woman fell in love with
beautiful handwriting weaving across this woman's wrist
she asked her mother to
write it out in her own handwriting
then had it tatooed onto her wrist