We've got a live one here, folks. The Marchesa Luisa Casati was a true eccentric, another Bohemian like Peggy Guggenheim who led a romantic life - though hers was ultimately sadder. by Augustus Edwin John, 1919 Now, this entry I must start with a disclaimer. When The Magic Attic Admires a person or thing, the admiration doesn't extend to everything they did or said, every decision they made. The admiration is usually limited to their willingness to be publicly, genuinely, t

Between 1936 and 1962, Diana Vreeland, editor of Harper's Bazaar, wrote a series of articles for the fashion magazine. These articles were full of whimsical, fanciful, outrageous, wildly unrealistic suggestions to make your life more stylish and pleasurable. Examples below: Why don’t you… put all your dogs in bright yellow collars and leads like all the dogs in Paris? Tie black tulle bows on your wrists? Have two pairs of day shoes exactly alike, except that one pair has thin

There is much in store this year for The Magic Attic Art Company, but there are a lot of personal projects too. Since I hold to the concept of "moving in silence," I won't share too much, but I will share a little now and more once they're done! I am redoing my bedroom and to that end, I bought a 36" by 48" canvas for that big wide open space above the bed. It will be an abstract in jewel tones and gold. I'll be brushing up, no pun intended, on plotting out abstracts beforeha

Or you can click here I look forward to January every year. I know many think I'm crazy; it's still winter, but all of the "fun" is gone. Well, after the frantic Christmas shopping, getting the decorations up, traveling around, making the dinner, cleaning up after the dinner, returning gifts, getting the decorations down, eating lots and lots of sugar, etc. is all over, finally, finally , it is January and I can take a breath. There is no real stress over January (aside from