Mamas vs Viv

Before we tell this story, we need to pause here and elaborate a little further about us, in case it couldn't be extrapolated from our earlier posts. We are fashion savvy, we love colors and we accessorize with jewelry, scarves and hats. And since we share a great sense of humor, we are generally in pleasant mood when we are together (with few exceptions of course).

This picture, taken impromptu at Elizabeth's house before a night-out well characterizes us. That evening when one of us came to pick up the other, we nearly fell to the floor because we were both wearing our Anthropologie hats in complementary colors, purchased few days earlier on an impulse. There were only two left in the store, in reverse colors of Elizabeth's favorite lavender and Lili's favorite yellow - in other words they were made for us. If wearing the hats wasn't enough, we both happened to be in our ankle boots independently bought from Zappos for the season, Lili's in her favorite brown color and Elizabeth's in her favorite red.

Now, here's the story. We had kindly asked Vivien, a lovely aspiring young artist who also happens to be Lili's daughter, to create an artwork representing the two Moms in her signature style so we can incorporate it in our logo. Vivien already contributes her artistic talent by individually hand-writing flavor descriptions of our chocolate bars on the packaging. We didn't give Vivien any ideas, hints or suggestions, so honestly we got a little apprehensive and lost sleep over this - would the extra pounds gained from our week-long Napa trip make their way to her drawing? Would Vivien dress us in designer shoes and clothing? Would she accessorize us with fancy jewelry? Would she conceal our stubborn grays? or glamorize us with make-up and hairdo? Would our occasional manicures and pedicures make it through?

It turns out we didn't need to spell out to Vivien how we wanted to look; she knew exactly how to portray us, which she conceptualized and produced in less time than it took us to make a batch of chocolates. We expressed a sigh of relief - Vivien saw the Moms exactly how the Moms wanted to be seen (or perhaps she prudently avoided any conflict). But here's the thing. We liked the fashion and the physiques, but what happened to our faces? Where was our smile, our lipsticks? Vivien gingerly went back to work and, before the Moms finished tempering, she had transformed her drawing. Now we're talking! But wait a minute, something's still missing - no jewelry? Alright, the fancy clothing makes up for it, so we love it, Viv..... but there's one little thing before we endorse it - we always wear a perfume, where is it?

To hear Vivien's story, check out "Viv vs Mamas" posted on July 4th, 2012 on her blog www.vivartdream.blogspot.com

Behind the scenes.....

Produced for the ankle boots picture above since the original photo was taken above the feet. Anything can be fixed!