Although we’re still unsure of a name for Ol’ Blue (I’m leaning toward “Stella Blue”), I’ve already started dreaming of fabric for curtains. M. is cautioning me that we can’t afford to redo the interior yet and I know he’s right, but I can be ready for when the time comes, right?
Since our vehicle is such a headturner (seriously, on its journey from the shop to our home I watched every single person we passed do a double take), we thought it would be prudent for us to make side logo magnets for our business with contact info. Here are the colors in our logo (taken from the header of my website, not the exact logo of course):
Here are some of the fabrics that have caught my eye. I’ll post my three favorites first, but I’ve numbered them all so that you can mention in the comments which one you like the best. I take all of your suggestions seriously. Well, except yours, Jerry and Rob, since you’re so anti-hippie.
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10.
Ok, that is it so far. The Frida fabric is a bit too kitschy, but I do like kitschy and I thought it deserved a vote. My least favorite is number 10, I think. Can you tell I like the turquoise/orange color combo?
#5
By: tylerjordan on September 26, 2008
at 12:39 pm
i hope you got an alarm on that van, since it’s getting soo many looks and all……
*yoink*
By: trucker on September 26, 2008
at 12:44 pm
i like #4 , plus it would hide dirt and dust best
By: becky on September 26, 2008
at 1:43 pm
#5 and I would be willing to bet a paycheck Sarah would say #8.
So what about calling it the Blue Frijolero?
By: bufante on September 26, 2008
at 1:48 pm
Adam and I both vote for #5, my second favorite is the Frida print but maybe not for this project.
By: Martina on September 26, 2008
at 1:50 pm
Oops, I mean we vote for #4! I got the numbers confused.
By: Martina on September 26, 2008
at 1:52 pm
hey – i’d go for number 7. a lucky number plus just imagine what you’ll see with a few shots of tequila worming around your mind. and the dominant background of blue will complement the exterior the best.
By: Herb on September 26, 2008
at 2:16 pm
#5 is my first choice. #2 is second choice. Fun!
By: Becky on September 26, 2008
at 2:22 pm
#2 or #5 are my picks. What a great van. Have you heard from James since posting pics of his old van all pretty and shiny?
By: Semra on September 26, 2008
at 2:37 pm
8 first, because it brings in the orange and the blue, and it’s bright…. 5 second, if you don’t care as much about the oranges…
By: charmarie221 on September 26, 2008
at 2:44 pm
I’m LOVING no. 5 and then probably 8 as my second choice
By: Kristy Nuttall on September 26, 2008
at 2:50 pm
#1 is the ONLY choice!!!
By: fredrico on September 26, 2008
at 3:06 pm
hmmm, I can’t stand #5, could it be because I can remember the 1950′s? and they were horrid?
I actually love the Frida one, it’s like a Mexican version of a Hawaiian print.
Next best, #9 and then #4.
If you want sunbrella type fabric, check out http://www.outdoorfabrics.com good prices and you have mules to bring it down.
By: Jonna on September 26, 2008
at 3:09 pm
GUAU! The Westie is looking awesome – I choose 2 or 4.
By: Debi on September 26, 2008
at 4:00 pm
HOla.. I like, # 2, #3 and # 4 and of course # 6. My dad used to be a hippie when he married my mom, and when I was a kid I remember having a car like yours when it was orange.
You live in Tulum? Hablas español? where will you buy those fabrics? I find it so hard to get nice fabrics here.
Thanks for visiting my blog, my B-day was really fun, a great way to say goodbye to the twenties.
By: Jordy on September 26, 2008
at 4:03 pm
5, yes, 5.
By: islagringo on September 26, 2008
at 4:53 pm
I love #5, and it DOES have turquoise in it as well. It seems as if a lot of us like #5. Have fun picking a fabric!!!
By: darla on September 26, 2008
at 5:16 pm
2 and 5 capture the 60s aesthetic the best.
By: Paul on September 26, 2008
at 5:22 pm
Bufante: I’m gonna say hell no on the frijolero thing, my brother.
Herb: I will consume no tequila in this van. Unless M. is driving, then maybe.
Semra: He hasn’t said much. I thought maybe he was feeling sad b/c it wasn’t his anymore, but I have heard from a very reliable source that he said it looked awesome.
Jonna: I like #5 along with a lot of others, but I really want to pull some orange in…so I’m leaning toward #4 now. But I still like 3 a lot. And Frida. Gosh, this is hard. I’m checking out that website, thanks for the link!
Jordy: Nope, I live in Playa. I guess you assumed Tulum because of all the joking hippie references, right? Jaja! I do speak Spanish, but only intermediately. I’m lazy. When I’m ready to buy the fabric, I will purchase it online and have it shipped to someone in the US who can bring it down for me. I don’t find great fabric here, either, except for fabric for AWESOME Halloween costumes!
By: heatherinparadise on September 26, 2008
at 5:28 pm
The Frida is the most beautiful, but #7 the hippiest. Reminds me of Peter Maxx. I would worry about #10 forcing me to drive off the road.
By: John on September 26, 2008
at 7:01 pm
#2 and #5 screams hippie. I love the Frida design but it does not really go with the theme.
By: Jackie on September 26, 2008
at 8:03 pm
I think they are all great, but I like #3 the best. Trust me, I know a thing or two about the “hippie look”, after all my real name is Velvet.
By: Velvet on September 26, 2008
at 8:03 pm
Hi Heather,
first of all, i vote for number 7. squids plus beach equals kitsch but awesome.
second, i know we don’t know each other, but i found your site, am from chicago, and love mexico, and so have enjoyed reading about your negotiations of the playa and missing home. i respect what you’re doing and hope one day we will meet in real life. and until then, sigue dandolo like the real gringa chula that you are.
all respects,
lindsay
By: Lindsay on September 26, 2008
at 8:54 pm
3, 4 or 5 I am a little partial to sea horses….I think they can make themselves pregnant? Something crazy miraculous. So, when you (not YOU) tell some one to go F. yourself, really, your telling them they are a sea horse, which isn’t so offensive
By: Amy on September 26, 2008
at 10:11 pm
fine. *stamp*. *pout*.
By: Jerry on September 26, 2008
at 11:49 pm
TWO! TWO!! TWO!!!
I was at least alive and aware back then, so I know. It’s definitely the best and hippiest.
1, 8, & 10 – eliminate all the stripes because they are way too conservative and non-hippie.
3, 4 & 9 caught my eye because they bring in the beach location but they’re like your grandma’s attempt at hippie, so nix ‘em.
5 is pretty good, but you gotta have some orange in there in homage to its former life.
6 is too forced.
7 is pretty, but maybe a little too girly for Michael to be driving around?
So… TWO! TWO!! TWO!!!
By: Susie Q Roo on September 27, 2008
at 7:02 am
I like #5, too, but for Stella, I’d go with both 1 and 2 and alternate the panels – maybe two in #1 and one in #2. If you want more orange, you could do the same with 3 and 4. What fun!
Inez
By: allthingsarial on September 27, 2008
at 7:19 am
Awesome choices! I go for #2 and #6 (I am kitschy like that)….but really they would all look kick ass in the Blue Beast except maybe for #10:)
By: Sara on September 27, 2008
at 10:13 am
#2 has the atomic thing going, but fice calls out
to me too.
By: rasa on September 27, 2008
at 10:39 am
I have an authentic 70s peace sign I would like to gift to the van to adorn the rear view mirror…….if you can stand having stuff hang from the mirror…if you are interested, the next step would be to find a mule seeings as I have no trips in sight.
Oh, and I really like #2.
By: Bev on September 27, 2008
at 11:44 am
I vote for #1 because I used to have a sleeping bag from the 70′s that was a light turqoise on the outside and this print on the inside. It rocked and so does your van.
By: Stef on September 27, 2008
at 11:46 am
The van looks fabuloso and I love your fabric choices. I gotta say I love #8 the most because it takes in all the colours in your logo (which I also love) and stripes look very cool when seen through a window in small amounts.
But what I’d really like to suggest is picking two that go with each other, then use one as the liner. That way you get great fabric on both sides and can switch when you want to.
And if there’s any info on UV fading, take it into account.
Caro
By: Caroline on September 27, 2008
at 2:47 pm
” Present”
By: Mimi on September 27, 2008
at 4:22 pm
I also obviously like the idea of using two patterns, as long as it’s not half and half – use one for accent. Number 8 would mix with Frida and look cool. I think that combo has possibilities, but would need to see them juxtaposed.
But for a – oooh, here comes an oxymoron – traditional hippie van, numbers 1 and 2 can’t be beat. Although I’ll amend my previous comment and suggest using only a little of #1, b/c it oh so subliminally suggests the US flag (which is SO right for this van), and use more of 2.
Such decisions – Can I be you?
Peace and love and shit.
Inez
By: Inez on September 27, 2008
at 4:44 pm
Oh if only I could be Rachel Zoe so I could say that ” #2 has me, literally, gasping for air. #2 is, shutting it down, I am, dying for #2.”
hmmmm. it’s better with italics. XO!
By: elliott on September 27, 2008
at 4:55 pm
I like #s 2, 4 and 7. I think you are very brave to ponder these fabrics. I’m such a chicken when it comes to patterns…that’s why you almost never see me in anything but solid t-shirts…chicken.
By: RiverGirl on September 27, 2008
at 7:10 pm
5 fo sho
By: Elizabeth on September 27, 2008
at 8:36 pm
For some reason I like #2. It just seems to fit.
By: Islholic Trixie on September 28, 2008
at 6:05 am
I am digging all of your suggestions, groovy people.
By: heatherinparadise on September 28, 2008
at 10:53 am
BEV, that would be so EXCELLENT to have the peace sign, especially since it comes from a real hippie from the 70s! My mom would definitely approve…I think I remember telling you before that you would probably get along with each other.
By: heatherinparadise on September 28, 2008
at 10:57 am
Ok, I am SOOO late here, but I can’t resist: NUMBER FIVE!!!!!!!
It’s got it all: the groovy pattern, the great blue & brown combo, a good match with Stella Blue’s colors… you can even save some fabric and make a head bandana to match!!!
Fned.
By: Fned on September 28, 2008
at 4:15 pm
Maybe one day your mom will be in Playa when I’m there!
I have found someone willing who is coming soon! I hope you see Maggie when she’s down or she will leave a package for you at Carboncitos on December 1st with Russell. I suggested she would be able to find you at PGs on a Friday night…..
By: Bev on September 28, 2008
at 4:38 pm
Hope I’m not too late.
#2 please
By: Sharon/Queencityfan on September 29, 2008
at 5:37 am
Pleeeeeze pleeeeze pick the Frida material!! I heart it!
By: lisaloveloca on September 30, 2008
at 4:22 pm
#2 is the bees knees! way hippie and cool. i also like the frida one, kitschy yes, but cool and very mexicano tambien!
By: wonderguera on September 30, 2008
at 10:24 pm