Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day, friends! I have a soft spot for this holiday -- My mother always made it a point to send me cards and chocolate, no matter what was going on in our lives, so it reminds me of the many different ways we can celebrate love and friendship. And now that I have a little girl to share it with, it continues to be a fun day for me.

This winter has seemed so long and difficult, that I thought it would be a good idea to have a Valentine's Day party for my daughter so we all had something fun to focus on. I made the invitations using slate gray, blush pink, and white scalloped paper, with silver accents, wrapped in a doily and silver/white baker's twine. I followed the color scheme through in the goody bags, which I filled with stickers, a puzzle, bubbles, and a word-find / tic-tac-toe board that I made, complete with x's and o's, and tic-tacs. My daughter helped me make a garland out of doilies and a 3-D heart for the ceiling.

I came up with a few games that were very simple and inexpensive to make. Here is a list of our activities:

1. Heart Crowns I shaped the front pieces first using pipe cleaners, and then each girl was able to put her crown together with a little help. (If you are looking to make these on your own, they really are very simple. All you need is 7 pipe cleaners for each crown.

2. 'Pin' the Wings on Cupid Amazing what you can do with a little felt! And no, I did not freehand that cupid. I just enlarged and printed a cupid I found online, cut it out, and used it as a template to cut my own out of felt.

3. Fishing I cut the fish out of foam core and covered them with paper, then glued on magnets for eyes. My husband and I made a fishing pole out of an old bamboo stick we had leftover from a fence project, and we tied twine and a washer to the end. Each girl got a minute to see how many fish she could catch.

4. Heart Bean Bag Toss I made the hearts out of felt and filled them with (uncooked) rice. No sewing necessary! I just hot-glued them together. I made a board from foam core and covered it in red poster board, and I cut heart shapes out of it instead of circles.

5. Freeze dance Each time the music stopped, I pointed to a different girl and she got to pick a heart. I had written activities on each one, like 'twirl like a ballerina', 'name the colors in the rainbow', etc.

[I don't have any photos of the last two activities because all the girls decided to start jumping on and tickling the photographer, and he stopped taking pictures. That may have actually been their favorite activity.]

Everyone got prizes for each game, and when we were finished, we had a picnic with heart-shaped sandwiches, heart fruit salad, and cucumbers and carrots cut into, you guessed it, heart shapes. And for dessert, a pink and white ombre Valentine cake and heart rice crispy treats.

Creating happy Valentine memories for 10 sweet little girls made this one of my favorite parties. I hope you are finding a great way to celebrate the love in your life today.

xoxo

Paula Winicur Design jewelry, the perfect gift for your Valentine!

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Inspiration

As I may have mentioned before, my 4-year old daughter is very into princesses. Many of them are very strong and teach great lessons, but for a while I have wanted to introduce her to some women and girls who overcame real world obstacles, to give her some positive role models and to help teach problem solving. Many of the books I've seen about these women are a bit dry, and certainly not sparkly (there are notable exceptions, including one of my favorites, Me…Jane, by Patrick McDonnell). So my plan was to print out pictures of women like Amelia Earhart, Rosa Parks, Jane Goodall, etc, and then for us to decorate them together using jewel stickers and glitter. She loves doing crafts, as well as all things glittery, so I figured it would spark her interest and then we could talk about these women and their struggles and triumphs together, while doing an activity she enjoys.

I had been kicking this idea around for a while, when I saw a FB post from my good friend Brianna, who amazingly is homeschooling her kindergartener this year. She created a Wall of Inspirational Girls and Women for her daughters, ages 5 and 3. I was so intrigued by this very-simple-but-oh-so-incredible idea, and it went perfectly with what I was trying to do. About getting started, Brianna said, "I was just trying to think of women who inspired me for some reason. I'm attracted to people who are inspiring for something other than being the 'first woman who did X'. For example: Diana Nyad was the first PERSON to swim from Cuba to the US without a shark cage or fins. And she did it at 64 years old! And it was her 5th try! Good lessons about following your dream regardless of your age, and not giving up."

What an inspiration! Brianna's wall includes Diana Nyad, Rosa Parks, Mother Teresa, Bethany Hamilton, Malala Yousafzai, and Dr. Madeha Alajroush (an organizer of the protests in Saudi Arabia against the ban on women drivers), who wrote a note to Brianna's daughter reminding her that rights are taken not given. Wow!

For our wall, we started with 2 women who share my daughter's name: Tess McGill from the movie Working Girl, and Jane Goodall.

I'm so excited to keep going with our wall. I love learning more about these inspiring women too! I would love to hear what you think, and if you have any suggestions for future women to feature. Maybe in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. day, Rosa Parks should be next...

Paula Winicur Design jewelry, now available online!

So many of you have been asking when my jewelry will be available online, and I am happy to report that time is now! Please click on the JEWELRY link at the top of this page to see my work. Custom sizes and pieces are always available. It's easy to order, just reach out via email to let me know what you are interested in, and we can process your order over the phone. I look forward to hearing from you soon!

Paula Winicur Design at Serendipity's Girls Night Out tonight!

Paula Winicur design will be selling jewelry at Serendipity's Girls Night Out event in Stamford, CT. Come out for great food, fashion, and shopping!

Under the Sea party

My last post was about the invitations for my daughter's Under the Sea princess party, and today I want to share with you more about the party itself. When we found the book Princess Pearl, A Birthday Ball, my daughter loved it and we thought it would be fun to read the story to the kids at the party, and then have them make necklaces like Princess Pearl's. One day when I was planning the party, my husband mentioned to me that on a recent walk with our daughter, she made a wish on a dandelion, and told him that her wish would be to meet the princesses. My husband did some research, and it turns out that right here in our own back yard there is a company called Happily Ever After that sends out singing princesses to parties! Since Tess loves Ariel, and we were doing an Under the Sea party, I thought this would be perfect.

I spoke to Katherine at Happily Ever After, and she was so wonderful and accommodating. Normally they have a set schedule and order for how they do their parties, but she was more than willing to change it in order to fit what I wanted to do, including getting a copy of the book I wanted her to read so she could be prepared. She came to our house a few minutes before the party started so she could meet Tess and they could greet her guests together. She was warm and delightful, and so good with all the girls. They sang and danced together, and then Ariel sang "Part of That World" to all the guests. She then read the Princess Pearl book, and then it was time to coronate Tess. Normally the princess brings a crown and wand for the birthday girl, and wands for the guests, but I wanted to use a wand and crown I had decorated for Tess, as well as pearl/shell headbands I made for each of the girls with shells Tess and I had collected on a recent trip to the beach, so Ariel presented them while Tess used her magic wand to turn them all into princesses.

After princess Ariel left, we made necklaces. I gave each girl a pearl strand necklace that I made using pearl ribbon (I got spools of it at Michaels). I made them each about 22" long, and then bought pull-chain connectors at the hardware store. This makes the necklaces easy to open for little hands, and also adjustable. I then wire wrapped a little pearl, and put it on a jump ring with a sea-themed charm. We had shells, seahorses, and starfish. Each girl got to choose their charm and string it on their necklace. Together with their pearl headbands, they made charming sea-princesses!

Stay tuned for my next post about the food and cake, coming soon!

Happy Birthday, Tessie!

Today is my daughter's 4th birthday. Four years old! How amazing it has been to have a front row seat watching her learn and grow over the past 4 years.

A few months ago I started thinking about what kind of party we should have. Tess and I discussed a few different possible themes (a Candyland party, an Alice in Wonderland tea party, a chocolate party), and then I asked her, "Ok, sweetie, which one would you like?" Without even having to think about it, she said, "A princess party!" But wait, what happened to all the other themes we had talked about (and that I was hoping for because I had started planning in my head)? Nope, she had made up her mind and was set on a princess theme.

So, I have to come clean here and admit that I'm not what you would call a princess person. Honestly, I'm a bit mystified at how I managed to have a little girl who loves princesses so much, but there it is. So I was a bit apprehensive trying to settle on how to approach this party. Of course I wanted to give her what she wanted, I just wasn't sure I could truly embrace the sparkly glitteryness of it all and do it justice, in true Paula-party style. But luckily, on a recent visit, my stepmom bought Tess a book called Princess Pearl, A Birthday Ball, which is all about a little girl who, on her birthday, gets invited to an under-the-sea birthday bash where she is the princess of honor, and she gets a special necklace. I asked Tess if we could do an under-the-sea princess party, and she loved the idea. Perfect!

I wrote a poem, as I've done for her invitations almost every year (1st birthday) (3rd birthday)

It's a magical world under the sea
Full of princesses, sweet as can be.
Please join us as we share the lore
Tessa Jane is turning 4!

I wanted to make the invitations somehow shell-like, and to also incorporate a pearl into them. So I created a shell shape that would be relatively simple to cut out (Sort of -- I made my husband promise next year to remind me how long it took to make these. I'm sure it won't do any good, but it's worth a shot. Thankfully I only had to make like 20 of them. Or perhaps I'll have to just buy a silhouette machine.), glued the pearl on the inside, and cut a hole in the top piece for it to go through when closed. It was a little (ok, a lot) more complicated than that, but I've since blocked most of it out in order to move on -- just like with childbirth, the end result justified the difficulty. :)

Although I ended up hand delivering most of them, there were a few that needed to be mailed, and I wanted them to have a sturdy box to live in, so I used these from Paper Source. I glued sandpaper to the bottom of the box, and found some seaweed-looking plastic greenery vines at Michael's which I cut down to size. I then hot-glued shells on the inside of the box, onto the sandpaper, for the invitation to sit on.

I made a label with each guest's name on it in the same shell shape, and stuck a pearl sticker onto the front, to mimic the invitation, then tied it underneath with a ribbon. I incorporated this shell shape throughout the rest of the party as well, but that's for the next post. Stay tuned!

And the winner is...

What a wonderful first show I had! A big thank you to everyone for the great feedback, and especially to those of you who made it out for the event.

I will be donating a percentage of my proceeds to the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation, in memory of my mother, Sandra Winicur.

And now, for the raffle winner. My lovely assistant (my daughter, Tess) drew the name.

And the winner is...

KAREN WILLETT

Congratulations, Karen!

Thanks again to everyone for your support. My necklaces will soon be available for purchase online, so check back soon.

Paula

paula winicur design jewelry at New Canaan Nature Center's GardenFest!

I am happy to announce that I will be exhibiting my jewelry at the New Canaan Nature Center's Garden Fest this Saturday, May 4th! If you are in the area, please come to this free wonderful event, open to the public. There will be lots of plants for sale, and many fun activities for kids, as well as gardening workshops for adults.

I will be donating a portion of my proceeds to the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation, and all customers will be entered into a raffle to win a hand-made custom creation by paula winicur design.

For more information, visit http://www.newcanaannature.org/programs/events/GardenFest2012.php

I hope to see you there!

Kali Ink

I recently completed the logo design for Kali Ink, the newly launched business for an independent writer in Chicago.

I loved creating this logo for Brinda Gupta, the owner and creative force behind Kali Ink. Brinda chose the name for her new business because Kali is a strong Hindu goddess, and a favorite of the citizens of Calcutta, her family’s home base. Kali also means ink in Bengali, her family’s language, and Brinda wanted a logo that subtly connoted her heritage. She wanted to incorporate an image of a peacock feather, because she loves them, as well as the traditional Indian border patterns in deep hues of red and purple.

I searched my favorite stock houses for illustrations of peacock feathers and Indian borders that we might purchase, but I never quite found what I was looking for, so I decided to try my hand at drawing them. All of the artwork on this logo is original, and it gave the mark the casual, approachable flair Brinda was hoping for.

Flutter boutique logo design

I wanted to share one of my latest projects; the logo design for a new clothing boutique in Pennington, NJ, called Flutter.

Working with the owner of this new shop, Linda Martin, was so much fun! After a successful marketing career in the clothing business working for companies like Macy's and The Children's Place, it had been a lifelong dream of hers to open her own boutique for women. Her understanding of modern fashion, combined with her expertise as a style advisor, make her the perfect boutique owner. She and her staff are always available to help her customers find the perfect outfit for any occasion, no matter what their size or age.

The name of the store, Flutter, comes from her love of butterflies, and what they represent. One of her favorite quotes, which is printed on a wall in the store, is "Just when the caterpillar thought its life was over, it turned into a butterfly." Linda wanted me to somehow incorporate a stylized butterfly into the logo, without making it too literal, and keeping it fresh and modern.

I loved helping bring her vision to life in this logo. The sign is a deep purple with white writing, and the clothing hang tags are printed in a deep purple with stamped silver foil, which makes them quite special and out of the ordinary.

If you get the chance to stop in, be sure to say hi to Linda and tell her I sent you.

You may recognize my jewelry on sale there too!

A Fairy Happy Birthday To You (part 1)

My daughter turned 3 last week, and what an amazing 3 years it has been with her! Every day has been full of new experiences and lots of learning, both for her and for me.

For her birthday, she decided she wanted a fairy birthday party. (Perhaps more accurately I decided that was the party I wanted to throw for her, and I got her to agree to it. But she was happy, so that's all that matters, right?) When I mentioned to a friend of mine that I was going for more of a woodland/flower fairy rather than fairy princess theme, she sent me some info about fairy doors. What a wonderful little world to enter into! So perfect for the imagination of little minds. They remind me of the Thorne miniature rooms in the Chicago Museum of Art. If you are ever in Chicago and you like tiny things, I highly recommend a visit.

So, inspired by the idea of fairy doors, I wanted to create invitations that would capture the idea of entering into a little tiny fairy world.

At a library book sale recently I found a copy of The Complete Book of the Flower Fairies by Cicely Mary Barker in great shape. It's a wonderful book of flower fairy poems and illustrations from the early 1900's, and it was exactly the inspiration I needed. I scanned one of the images that reminded me of my daughter, and wrote a little poem of my own for the invitation.

I used brown and metallic stamp ink to mark up the edges, and decoupaged each one to give them a worn and vintage feel. Although they were tiny, about 4" square, I wanted them to be sturdy too so I stained some balsa wood and glued them onto the back side. Then I lined wood grained paper with cork, and cut them to make arched doors. I scored the sides to make a hinge so it would be a double door that opened in the center, and inserted rhinestone brads for the door handles and wire leaves to close them. I placed each invitation into a moss green organza bag and filled it with dried lavender, eucalyptus leaves, and rose petals, which made each invitation a keepsake sachet.

I was really happy with the finished invitations, and I received a lot of great feedback about them (along with many people telling me just how crazy they think I am). I would love to hear your thoughts about them too!

Spring is here!

Spring is here (although at 80 degrees today it feels more like summer), and I have moved once again. This time, to Connecticut. It is beautiful here, very picturesque New England. We are still getting settled, and there are still a few boxes yet to be unpacked, but we thought it would be nice to host my husband's family for a casual Easter lunch.

For the occasion I wanted to make some kind of festive spring Easterish decoration that my 2-year-old daughter could help me with. We have tons of forsythia in bloom around our yard, and the branches are so beautiful and springy with their bright little yellow flowers that I thought it would be nice to cut a few and hang something on them, like eggs.

Since I wanted to make it in advance of Easter, I couldn't have hard-boiled eggs sitting out for days, but after a few failed attempts trying to blow out the yoke and ending up with broken eggs, I decided against that. I thought about what else I could use instead of actual eggs, and after a few unsuccessful scouting trips to local craft stores for brown paper kraft eggs, I decided on decorative paper. (Apparently if you want the good Easter decorations you need to shop for them months in advance -- two weeks before is considered late. Who are these people? I thought I was way ahead of schedule because it wasn't the night before.) I chose yellow, to go with the forsythia flowers, and a light but vibrant turquoise blue, because I had a little platter I wanted to use in that color for something else that was going on the table -- speckled egg cake pops. More on those another time.




I also cut out some eggs on plain white paper which my daughter decorated with yellow and turquoise colored pencils. Using my
Scotch ATG 700 tape gun (my most useful craft tool -- I highly recommend getting one if you frequently do projects that use double sided tape) I taped a few of the sheets together so the eggs would be double sided, then created a simple egg template and traced it onto a few of the sheets, and cut them out with a scissors. I used a small hole punch to make holes in the tops of the eggs, and tied a piece of yarn to the eggs and then to the branches.

I covered the table in a white table cloth and made some burlap runners. My original thought was to go with twine to hang the eggs because I thought it would give the whole thing a more rustic feel. But I found a tinsely yarn in the blue color and my daughter liked that one better so we went with it. There are no wrong answers when it comes to projects like this, and it's great when the little ones can pitch in with their opinions (of which she has many).

I arranged the branches in a big glass vase, and voila! It was so simple and it came out really well, and we had a great time making it together. I think my favorite part was collecting the forsythia with her. Unsurprisingly, she was very specific about which branches we needed to cut.





Happy Spring! If you have any spring projects you would like to share please let me know -- I would love to see them!

ps: I just realized that my daughter's outfit matches the project. What? Don't you all match your children's outfits to your holiday projects too? ;)

Happy Valentine's Day!

This year a lot of my friends asked me for advice on how to make valentines with their kids, so I wanted to post what I made with my daughter, who is 2-1/2, for her babysitter and grandparents. It can be tough to find a simple project that is age-appropriate so that you can easily get your kids involved, and you don't end up doing it all yourself or taking hours to prep it.

I thought it would be nice to make something the grandparents could display beyond just a card, so this year we made heart garlands. This is a project you can do with your child regardless of their age, and depending on their skill level they can do a lot or just a little of it. The prep work I did on this was to create a heart template, and then cut out the hearts in paper of a few different colors. Each garland had 9 hearts, so it was a lot of cutting, but I did it after she went to bed and I got to catch up on tivo'd episodes of The Bachelor, which I felt was somehow appropriate for a Valentine's Day project. (Oh, Ben. Will you ever find love?)

Together we punched holes in the top and bottom of each garland, and then I gave her the hearts so she could draw on each one. Next I took twine, which I had pre-cut to lengths of about 48" each, and while she was decorating the hearts I strung them onto the twine. I tied a loop at the top, and a knot at the bottom, and together we spread them out evenly. (I also ended up making the cards -- I asked her to decorate them but she didn't like that idea, so I just drew hearts on them.) We placed the garlands in small square glassine envelopes, and put those in larger red envelopes with the cards, and away they went.



This is a very simple project, and by using different papers, embellishments, ribbon, etc, you could do this many years in a row and never have it look the same. I would love to hear what projects you did with your kids this year. Happy Valentine's Day!

Paula Winicur Design Launches Jewelry

I have long been making jewelry as gifts for friends and family, but recently I was inspired to try to sell some pieces. I created a few different lines of hand-made necklaces using quality materials, including found and vintage accents, gemstones, and sterling silver or gold chain and findings. I am thrilled to announce that I sold my first piece -- to an actual store -- and an actual customer bought it!

The shop is called twine.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/twine/196407610426772?sk=info

It’s a wonderful store in the cute little town of Hopewell, NJ. If you live in the area and you haven't been, I highly recommend a day trip, especially because there are also lots of great antique stores in the area. As owner Melissa Cookman describes it, twine is 'an eclectic shop filled with vintage bits and bobs, cards, gifts, ephemera, accessories... handmade, repurposed and more.' It is tucked into an old barn-like building with beautiful windows and lots of great architectural details, and decorated with vintage touches. (If she would let me move in, I would totally do it!) It’s the type of store you could get lost in for an hour (or four). So, last week Melissa bought a necklace from my asymmetrical line, made from swarovski crystal pearls and a pale pink resin flower.




When she saw it she thought it might make a nice Sweet Sixteen gift for someone, and she was right, because her customer bought it as a Quinceanera gift. It makes me so happy to think that something I made is going to help a stranger express love to someone important to them.

I also have a few pieces out for consignment at another boutique in nearby Pennington, NJ, another cute town with shops and beautiful farms in the surrounding areas, which makes for a lovely drive if you have some time to kill some lazy afternoon.

http://www.shoprosana.com/

The shop is called Rosana, and it is owned by the talented commercial, music video, and television stylist Rosana Clawson. In her shop she carries clothes and jewelry from great lines including her own collection. Rosana and her colleague Linda have been wonderful to work with, and are carrying a few necklaces from my asymmetrical line as well as my beaded and illusion necklace line. Here are pictures of a few of those pieces.


asymmetrical green aventurine beaded necklace
with coral resin flower





cherry quartz, crystal glass, and fluorite necklace
with silver chain




3-strand illusion necklace on sterling silver flex wire with
mother of pearl, crystal, amazonite, and glass beads



Hopefully my jewelry will be in more boutiques soon, and available online. I also do custom pieces by request, so please don't hesitate to ask if you see something you would like to order. Thanks again for stopping by!

Steve's birthday bash

Everyone who knows me knows that birthdays are important to me. I believe that everyone deserves a big deal to be made about them on their birthday (even if you have to make the big deal yourself!). August is a big birthday month for me because not only does my birthday fall in the middle of the month, many of my friends and family are August babies as well. This year my friend Sharon wanted to celebrate all the August birthdays in her life by having a party. The secret was that it was really for her husband, Steve, even though he thought it was for everyone. We thought the best way to make the focus about him was to create favors and a cake that set the mood, and since I'm rarely one to turn down a project, especially one that involves cake, of course I volunteered to make them.

I chose a bright summery color palette of blue, green, and yellow, and created a graphic that said "Steve's birthday bash" to use on favors and the cake. Since it was a pool party and it has been such a hot summer, the first thing I made were fans that looked like popsicles with a bite taken out of them. This was actually pretty simple. I printed two each on an 8-1/2 x 11 sheet, and cut it lengthwise down the middle, so that each sheet would make 2 popsicles. Then I folded each one over and glued a popsicle stick inside. I made myself a guide for the rounded corners, cut each one, then used a scallop shear on one side to make it look like a bite had been taken out.





For the cake, I enlarged the 'Steve's birthday bash' graphic and printed it, then I cut it out with an x-acto knife to make a stencil. (This would have been a great thing to do with a silhouette machine. Hmmm... maybe I'll get one for my next birthday!) I made a 3-layer yellow cake with chocolate fudge frosting between each layer, and I used the chocolate fudge frosting as a crumb coat. After it chilled, I frosted the entire thing with white buttercream frosting. I laid the stencil on top of the cake and sprinkled over the letters in a gradient pattern of blue, green, and yellow sanding sugar, to match the favors.



As a parting gift, I created little favor bags for the guests to take home with them using M&Ms in matching colors. I put them inside little clear bags and stapled them with a tent tag to make a perfect little package.



All it takes is a little creativity to make someone feel extra special on their birthday. I hope these inspire you to create favors for your own parties!

I believe the children are our future

Congratulations to this very talented 7-year-old artist!

http://yourlife.usatoday.com/mind-soul/doing-good/kindness/post/2011/05/googles-young-doodle-competition-winner-dreams-of-becoming-an-astronaut/171239/1?csp=ylf

Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day to all you moms out there!

When I can, I like to make something for my mother on Mother's Day. It reminds me of simpler days of being a child, when a little painting of flowers, or a macaroni necklace, were the best presents my mom could imagine receiving from me. This year I was inspired by a shell I found on the Long Branch beach recently when my mother was in town for a visit. The shell had a perfect little hole in the top of it, and looked to me like it was just waiting for someone to come along and find it and help it fulfill its next life as a necklace. So I did.

At first I wasn't sure what kind of beads would work with it, but when I found some flourite at a local bead shop I thought it was perfect. The sea-blue and purple colors reminded me of my mother, and I thought they would also complement the shell nicely.

Here is a photo of the necklace. I hope you like it too.

baby Grace

I just completed another baby announcement for some friends. We met when we were both in the hospital giving birth to our babies, almost 2 years ago. My daughter and Danielle's son are birthday twins, and Danielle and her husband Brian became good friends. Aside from my daughter, our friendship was the best thing to come out of that hospital stay! Danielle and Brian are two of the nicest people I know.

Danielle just had another baby, and I was thrilled when she asked me to design the announcements, shown above. She had a few requests but was also open to my suggestions (yay!). She wanted to keep the design relatively simple, she wanted to somehow highlight the 'g' of Grace's name, and she wanted either pink and yellow or just pink. I created 3 different concepts for her to choose from, with variations for each one. I explained that all of the elements were basically interchangeable. So, for example, if she liked the design of 3a but the fonts used in concept 2, we could easily switch them around. Or if she wanted the design of 2b with the fonts of 2c, you get the picture. (This isn't always the case, often specific fonts work better with one design or another, but here I think it would have worked to mix and match if she had wanted to.) Danielle chose option 1, and I made round white stickers with a pink 'g' on them for her to seal the envelopes.

Since I'm often asked about my process, I thought it would be fun to show you the options I gave Danielle. Which one do you like the best?