As it’s the eighth day of Chanukah and Christmas is behind us, I’d best be posting my holiday update. From November to mid-December I was finishing up non-stop multiple client graphic design deadlines. Somehow, I managed to sail through the several holiday boutique events to which I’d committed.
For the first time, I participated in a home-based boutique-open house hosted by an old friend whom I see all too rarely. I had to scrunch a bit, sandwiched as I was between a sofa and a piano *wink*, and I took the photo while my display was in some disarray, but you can see some of the new cards I introduced this year.
I also had to pleasure of inviting a jewelry designer whom I’d met at another boutique. Shiho Mizuno aka Fifty50 Studio, creates wonderful chic, simple contemporary jewelry. I was thrilled when she gifted me with the middle necklace of this trio. Check out her shop on Etsy!
On a completely different track, I enjoyed posting a spontaneous giveaway on Twitter when I introduced a hashtag game inviting people to submit funny responses to the challenge to change one word of a quote or saying to “latkes.” Two people earned Rotem Gear t-shirts for their whimsy; here are some of the choice responses (we even got one from Shanghai!) Enjoy, along with some latkes, perhaps!:
“NORM!” “What’s the story, Norm?” “Boy meets Latke. Boy eats Latke. Boy meets another Latke.”
“My name is Inigo Montoya. You ate my Latke. Prepare to diet!”
“Leave the Latke, take the cannoli.”
“My name is Latke. Potato Latke”
“I like big Latkes and I cannot lie!”
“I did NOT have Latkes with that woman.”
“Who is rich? One who is satisfied with his latkes.”
“I just want to say one word to you. Just one word, Benjamin: Latke.”
“Bring me the Latkes of the Wicked Witch of the West! (I hear they’re delicious.)”
“Latkes in mirror are closer than they appear.”
“In the criminal justice system, the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups: … These are their latkes.”
“I love the smell of latkes in the morning”
“Keep your friends close and your latkes closer.”
“Look out for Miss Latke Lenya, and old Lucy Brown.”
“I want the latke!” “You can’t HANDLE the latke!”
“Where there’s smoke there’s latkes.”
“I’ve got a latke you can’t refuse.”
And with this last one, until 2012 … “So long, and thanks for all the latkes.”