{"id":9838,"date":"2018-09-10T17:51:26","date_gmt":"2018-09-10T17:51:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daynajcollins.com\/curele\/?p=9838"},"modified":"2018-09-10T17:51:26","modified_gmt":"2018-09-10T17:51:26","slug":"scrounged-beauty-the-opening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/?p=9838","title":{"rendered":"Scrounged Beauty: The Opening"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9815\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9815\" style=\"width: 217px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9815\" src=\"http:\/\/daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Scrounged-Beauty-Opening-Reception-10-217x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"217\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Scrounged-Beauty-Opening-Reception-10-217x300.jpg 217w, https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Scrounged-Beauty-Opening-Reception-10.jpg 463w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 217px) 100vw, 217px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9815\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stephanie Brockway and Dayna Collins<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Here we are the day of our show opening, stopping by for a final sneak peek since we hadn&#8217;t yet seen our scrounged letters hanging above the word beauty. We loved it. We spent the day tromping all over Astoria, took a short rest, then returned at 5:00 to celebrate our opening for the rest of the evening.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9814 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Scrounged-Beauty-Opening-Reception-9-207x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"207\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Scrounged-Beauty-Opening-Reception-9-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Scrounged-Beauty-Opening-Reception-9.jpg 442w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 207px) 100vw, 207px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9813 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Scrounged-Beauty-Opening-Reception-8-300x206.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Scrounged-Beauty-Opening-Reception-8-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Scrounged-Beauty-Opening-Reception-8.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Final <em>formal<\/em> photos of Stephanie and me.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9809 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Scrounged-Beauty-Opening-Reception-3-158x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"158\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Scrounged-Beauty-Opening-Reception-3-158x300.jpg 158w, https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Scrounged-Beauty-Opening-Reception-3.jpg 338w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 158px) 100vw, 158px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9808 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Scrounged-Beauty-Opening-Reception-2-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Scrounged-Beauty-Opening-Reception-2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Scrounged-Beauty-Opening-Reception-2.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Once the guests began to arrive, it was a riot of activity, laughter, fun, chatter, music, visiting, drinking, eating, and general merriment as people came and went, lingered, wandered, stopped back for another look and chat. Stephanie and I were blown away by how many of our friends drove from out of town: Seattle, Salem, Portland, and Albany.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9836 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Scrounged-Beauty-Opening-Reception-33-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Scrounged-Beauty-Opening-Reception-33-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Scrounged-Beauty-Opening-Reception-33.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9834 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Scrounged-Beauty-Opening-Reception-31-300x202.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Scrounged-Beauty-Opening-Reception-31-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Scrounged-Beauty-Opening-Reception-31.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9832 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Scrounged-Beauty-Opening-Reception-29-300x230.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Scrounged-Beauty-Opening-Reception-29-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Scrounged-Beauty-Opening-Reception-29.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9833 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Scrounged-Beauty-Opening-Reception-30-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Scrounged-Beauty-Opening-Reception-30-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Scrounged-Beauty-Opening-Reception-30.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9823 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Scrounged-Beauty-Opening-Reception-19-167x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"167\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Scrounged-Beauty-Opening-Reception-19-167x300.jpg 167w, https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Scrounged-Beauty-Opening-Reception-19.jpg 356w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 167px) 100vw, 167px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9821 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Scrounged-Beauty-Opening-Reception-17-300x256.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Scrounged-Beauty-Opening-Reception-17-300x256.jpg 300w, https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Scrounged-Beauty-Opening-Reception-17.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9825 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Scrounged-Beauty-Opening-Reception-21-197x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Scrounged-Beauty-Opening-Reception-21-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Scrounged-Beauty-Opening-Reception-21.jpg 420w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9824 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Scrounged-Beauty-Opening-Reception-20-221x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"221\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Scrounged-Beauty-Opening-Reception-20-221x300.jpg 221w, https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Scrounged-Beauty-Opening-Reception-20.jpg 471w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 221px) 100vw, 221px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9820 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Scrounged-Beauty-Opening-Reception-16-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Scrounged-Beauty-Opening-Reception-16-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Scrounged-Beauty-Opening-Reception-16.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9818 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Scrounged-Beauty-Opening-Reception-14-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Scrounged-Beauty-Opening-Reception-14-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Scrounged-Beauty-Opening-Reception-14.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9812 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Scrounged-Beauty-Opening-Reception-7-228x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"228\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Scrounged-Beauty-Opening-Reception-7-228x300.jpg 228w, https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Scrounged-Beauty-Opening-Reception-7.jpg 487w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 228px) 100vw, 228px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9819 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Scrounged-Beauty-Opening-Reception-15-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Scrounged-Beauty-Opening-Reception-15-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Scrounged-Beauty-Opening-Reception-15.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9817 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Scrounged-Beauty-Opening-Reception-13-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Scrounged-Beauty-Opening-Reception-13-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Scrounged-Beauty-Opening-Reception-13.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After the last guest drifted away, a group of friends joined us for dinner across the street at Fulio&#8217;s and we lingered late into the evening, basking in the afterglow of a successful show and opening party.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9830 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Scrounged-Beauty-Opening-Reception-27-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Scrounged-Beauty-Opening-Reception-27-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Scrounged-Beauty-Opening-Reception-27.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9829 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Scrounged-Beauty-Opening-Reception-26-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Scrounged-Beauty-Opening-Reception-26-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Scrounged-Beauty-Opening-Reception-26.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9831 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Scrounged-Beauty-Opening-Reception-28-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Scrounged-Beauty-Opening-Reception-28-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Scrounged-Beauty-Opening-Reception-28.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9827 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Scrounged-Beauty-Opening-Reception-24-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Scrounged-Beauty-Opening-Reception-24-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Scrounged-Beauty-Opening-Reception-24.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9828 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Scrounged-Beauty-Opening-Reception-25-300x231.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Scrounged-Beauty-Opening-Reception-25-300x231.jpg 300w, https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Scrounged-Beauty-Opening-Reception-25.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Here we are the day of our show opening, stopping by for a final sneak peek since we hadn&#8217;t yet seen our scrounged letters hanging above the word beauty. We loved it. We spent the day tromping all over Astoria, took a short rest, then returned at 5:00 to celebrate our opening for the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/?p=9838\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Scrounged Beauty: The Opening<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,26,33,6,89,355,28,133,76,297,359,80,141,110,381,164,1,31],"tags":[50,90,77,45,81,111,378,165],"class_list":["post-9838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alley-art-studio","category-antiques","category-art-shows","category-art-work","category-assemblage","category-collage","category-collectibles","category-collections-2","category-curious-elements","category-dayna-j-collins","category-flea-markets","category-found-object-art","category-plaster","category-riversea-gallery","category-scrounged-beauty","category-stephanie-brockway","category-uncategorized","category-vintage","tag-alley-art-studio","tag-assemblage","tag-curious-elements","tag-dayna-j-collins","tag-found-object-art","tag-riversea-gallery","tag-scrounged-beauty","tag-stephanie-brockway"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9838","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9838"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9838\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9843,"href":"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9838\/revisions\/9843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}