here are a few of our vendors who visited the office this week as part of our mill week festivities…along with one of our designers…aren’t they all adorable?
have a lovely weekend, everybody!
thank you arunav, krishan, sarika!
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Year: 2009
portrait of a free people girl
one of our free people fans, giovanna, sent us this awesome illustration that was inspired by woodstock and her favorite brand, free people!
giovanna is from peru and she’s passionate about art and design. her blog is great too, check it out: http://bohomarket.blogspot.com/
thanks for sharing!
line ’em up
as mentioned last week, our image team went to prague to shoot photos for an upcoming catalog. they have returned with some amazing images and today they laid them out on the floor for everyone to mark the ones that moved them the most with post-its.
as you can see, people found several of the images quite moving.
gray vs. color
it’s cold and rainy in philadelphia today.
this colorful display cheered me up. can you tell what it is?
love city
free people fall 2009 playlist
who am i?
these 10 quick questions will give you an idea (transcribed below)…
what is your job here at fp?
lifestyle blogger :)
what is your current state of mind?
still half asleep… (i filled this out first thing this morning)
who are your heroes?
mom & dad, john lennon, bob marley
if you could choose what to come back to life as, what would you be?
a sea otter
what or who is your greatest love?
friends and family
name one thing necessary to your happiness.
music
what do you hate the most?
violence
what would the name of your band be and what genre? what instruments to you play in this band?
stoked. it would be a reggae/jam band. i would play keys and steel drums.
what color are you?
midnight blue
what is your motto?
no worries!
tunesday
welcome to another new feature on the fp blog! each week we will review a new album coming out that we think you all might enjoy. this week…brooklyn band grooms with rejoicer.
grooms (formerly known as muggabears) is a trio consisting of emily ambruso, travis johnson and jim sykes. grooms might be another indie band based out of brooklyn but they differentiate themselves with their ability to create soundscapes that alternate between noise-pop and clean, smooth guitar and vocals. this unpredictability makes rejoicer an interesting album to listen to, and it’s sure to make for a great live show as well. rejoicer officially comes out on october 20 but is available starting today on itunes. you can listen to some songs from the new album on their myspace page, here.
psst…If you live in new york, you can catch grooms at the knitting factory in brooklyn on thursday night for the rejoicer album release party, and they’re also playing a few shows during next week’s cmj festival (check out the full cmj schedule here).
children of the corn
i’m stealing some of the warmth of this pic for my brisk monday morning… :)
sorry…not sure from where this photo came.
monday quote
“sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.” thich nhat hanh
smiling is good to remember on mondays…
apple dumplins
hi all,
one of our planners thought you may like to try your hand at making her apple dumplings! here’s the recipe below…
dumpling pastry:
4 cups flour
2 cups shortening
1 cup ice cold water
1 teaspoon salt
4 large apples, peeled and cored
4 tablespoons brown sugar
2 teaspoons cinnamon **NOTE: she indicates in her recipe that it says to spoon in 1 tbsp brown sugar and 1 tsp of cinnamon – yet the total cinnamon amount in the ingredients list is 2 tsp. so she only put in 1/2 tsp for each of the apples to equal 2 tsp…
preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
lightly grease a cake pan.
prepare dumpling pastry. roll the pastry into a rectangle, 10 by 8 inches. cut into 4 (4-inch squares) with pastry cutter or knife. place apple on each square. spoon 1 tablespoon brown sugar and 1 teaspoon cinnamon into the center of each apple. moisten corners, pinching edges of pastry to seal. brush with slightly beaten egg and sprinkle with additional sugar. bake 30 minutes or until crust is golden and apples are tender.
i missed out when she brought them into work, but the consensus is/was they were delicious!!!!!
attention students!
if you live in jersey, and you’re a student of some sort, come out and visit our short hills store!
come out this saturday, from 5 to 8pm, and with a valid student id you receive 10% off your entire purchase! snacks and refreshments, too…how can you pass it up?
p.s. this is not a pic of short hills… :)