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I had a blast working all of the Get-Pop Cultured events at my local Barnes & Noble in St. Petersburg this past July! Like my creation of Stand-Up Librarian in 2010, it was a terrific opportunity to combine my love of creating literary outfits inspired by my favorite books while spreading the importance & fun of reading. And to think the only reason I became involved was because the community relations manager had called me back in June asking me to participate in some discussions about To Kill a Mockingbird and to be a celebrity reader for their Read-A-Thon! I just knew within moments of walking in that door and meeting the exceptionally kindhearted and cool staff, I wanted to spend more than one or two days at the store, I had to work with them every weekend and event! And that's how it all began...the librarian soon became a bookseller too.
Now over a month and a half later, I have a new set of literary friends in the bookseller community and my already full closet is now filled with an additional 13 costumes I created just to tie-in to all of the events at B&N. And if my time wasn't limited enough (yes, I am still working at the library & volunteering at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium), I just had to write a few articles for Creative Loafing Tampa to help spread the word on how much fun we were having. A huge thank you to the great staff at Barnes & Noble for welcoming me aboard despite my very busy schedule and of course, to all of the customers that came to our events and had fun with us!!!
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| #tbt #ThrowbackThursday #GetPopCultured events 1950/Marilyn Monroe; 1960/Audrey Hepburn; 1970/My Mom's Leather Jumper 1980/Madonna; 1990/Hedwig Harry Potter |
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| Doctor Who; Magic Treehouse Dinosaurs After Dark; Outlander; To Kill a Mockingbird; DC Comic Days/Batgirl; Minions |
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| Dr. Seuss! I made the dress, bow tie, bow headband, purse and a hat honoring all of Seuss' characters but especially the one and only The Cat in the Hat! |
Here's the links to my articles for Creative Loafing Tampa:
July 2nd, 2015: "Get Pop-Cultured at Barnes & Noble this month"
July 13th, 2015: "Mockingbird all day today, sequel out tomorrow"
August 6th, 2015: "A ship-shape celebration of Dr. Seuss with Evan Longoria in tow"
***For all of my photos from Get-Pop Cultured at Barnes & Noble, please like my FB page here.
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| With the awesome staff at Barnes & Noble St. Petersburg on the very 1st night of Get-Pop Cultured #tbt #1950 |
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| Our Seuss Spectacular on the very last night of Get-Pop Cultured celebrating What Pet Should I Get & Dr. Seuss! |
