May your " NEW YEAR" b just that..."NEW".... 2010!?! "let's change it up then"

           GRAAAAAACE JONES Jones jones......................

NEW YEARS!?!....looking ahead...not behind.

Well E-Shop Fam...'09 is soon OUT and 2010 "starts it all over again".  What are your New Year goals?  Whatever they are remember...FOCUS.  YYYesss!! it is a hard thing to do but neccessary...especially now.  We have sooooo many distractions and we WASTE toooo much time and positive energy, focusing on all the wrong people, situations, THINGS!!!  stop it...Stop It...STOP IT NOW.  Take time out daily, hourly, minutely to uplift yourself, to move"self" in a new direction, to bulid a stronger mind & body.
Don't make it "be about the other person".  Only YOU should be controlling U!!!  YOU should be "pushing your buttons"...NOT someone else.  I have found out (and learned the hhhard way) that it does not matter what you say, how you say it, or who you say it to...people (ESPECIALLY those that call you their FRIENDS), believe what they want to believe about you... and/or what they have told themselves.  How nice/comforting it would be if people hear what you say instead of ASSUMING what your are saying or mis/reinterpretating what you've said.  TAKE THE TIME TO FIND...LIKE MINDED PEOPLE.  Yes they are out here..."they just take longer to find because they are looking for you too and your paths must cross in order to find each other."
"On this ROAD called LIFE...there can/will be stops along the way.  Make sure to STOP not STAY...unless it's the place YOU can call home.
SK!

Artist Spotlight: MICHAEL CALLOWAY

NeW Item...Gray Washed Wool Scarf w/merrow stitch detail...

Item:Gray Washed Wool Scarf w/merrow stitch detail
Size:length 64.5in.   width 10in.
Quantity:2
Cost:$55.00
credit card, cashier check, money order
shaka@shakakingny.com

Jackin post.... frm JAK and JIL

AVIATOR//

LADIES...you gotta LUV this Jacket...it's HOTNESS......don't front!
Tell me what u think!

NeW Item....Red Wool "WRAP" w/blk blanket stitch detail

Item:Wool Wrap w/blk wool yarn blanket stitching detail
Size:length=75.5in total [ front=34in  back=40.5in ]   width @ shoulder=56in
Color:Red
Cost:$185.00 +shipping
credit card, cashier check, money order
shaka@shakakingny.com

GrassHopper and Me...........

Here's an interview, from Glass House, w/ *Bill Johnson(designer of TRANSIENT) and "yours truly", during our Dec'09 Trunk Sale in WDC.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PL52VxBPai8

*Bill Johnson is a Interior Designer & Furniture Designer.....http://www.bjstudio95.com/
*I'm currently mentoring him on his new clothing line "TRANSIENT" (stay tune for more info)

JACKIN...kanYe West : Blog : DOPE

Blk & White photography is my "all time" favorite.  For me the colors (or non-colors) creates...mystery...intrigue...fantasy. 

kanYe West : Blog : DOPE

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THE WYNWOOD WALLS......con't

THE WYNWOOD WALLS.....con't

THE WYNWOOD WALLS......con't

the darkness of this painting pulled me in from across the street...as i got closer i notice the skulls and ghostly images that make up the print in the clothing.

THE WYNWOOD WALLS....con't

This "wall mural" colors are gggreat...yyyes they will make their way into my Summer Collection.

ArT BaSEL/Design Miami info & THE WYNWOOD WALLS photos finally!!!

I heard there are now 19 simultaneous art events (photography + *Design Miami)in Miami, orbiting around the main event, Art Basel Miami. The eight year old, spin-off of the original, Swiss art fair, which is now 40 years old, has become an enormous event—a weeklong migration of the art world. Thousands of cultural nomads descend upon Miami and Miami Beach, buying, selling, and ogling art. The main fair is said to generate more than a quarter billion dollars in sales, and there are 250-plus exhibitors.

*Design Miami is where international design galleries present curated exhibitions of museum-quality furniture, lighting and objets d’art, attracting the highest level of private and public collectors of historical and contemporary design. The galleries invited to exhibit in Design Miami deal mainly in exceptional design objects from the advent of Modernism (circa 1900) to the present day, with select galleries specializing in outstanding 18th and 19th century antiques. Design Miami favors objects that contribute to the discourse of design history, vanguard contemporary culture and sophisticated design collecting.

ChecK tHis ouT...frm kanYe West : Blog

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"I LUV THIS...It looks hhheavy"
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ART BASEL.....MIAMI

Today kicks off Art Basel "the" art event of the season, here in the "Magic City".  I'm floating in and out of galleries soaking it all in.  Lots and lots of color keeps jumping out @ me...(im sure it will make its way  into my new summer shirt collection) and abstractions, as well as, dark moody pieces of art. I stumbled upon this "Metal Sculpture Garden" on NW 2nd ave, that blew me away.  The energy and layout of this area, Wynwood, reminds me of Soho NY, in the late 70's early 80's, when it was really growing into its own.  Most of the galleries and art collections are in Wynwood and the Design District (+ great antique shops, vintage shops and funky little boutique).  Both neighborhoods are next to each other, so you can walk to get around.  The *Wynwood Walls (murals painted by artist in/from the Wynwood Art District)...are da bomb,( my camera was on the stupid mode today, soooo i will post some pics  tommorrow).  Museums are spread out between Downtown, Miami Beach, Wynwood, North Miami and Hollywood.  Art Fairs are the name of the game, look-out for them because you can run into one without knowing it,(if it looks like a big block party...yea u want to be there).  Oh well got to go...Art party, party, party!

*a collaboration by Goldman Properties & Deitch Projects
http://www.wynwood.com/