I was surprised when I was nominated, thrilled when I was interviewed, and then shocked when I saw my face staring back at me in the Winter 2008 issue of Venus Zine! The magazine won’t be on newsstands until December 1, but I subscribe and my copy arrived today.
Without even looking through the table of contents, I started flipping through to see if I could find the little blurb I was expecting about Pink Loves Brown. Um, SURPRISE. I found it right away, since there’s a photo of me that takes up a quarter of a page! Yowza.
A two page feature! And I won the top spot in the Hottt List! Amazing. Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU to everyone that voted for me!

You can view each page in a larger size over at flickr, or you can download the PDF: [download#2#nohits].
Again, a big thank you! And thank you, Venus Zine!








This is so great! Congratulations!
And you had my vote so, You’re welcome :)
Wow! That is so cool. Congratulations. You definitely deserve it!
Congratulations!!
Congratulations! I enjoy reading the article.
How exciting – congrats!!
A well-deserved feature. You rock!
That is so awesome! CONGRATS! You rock!
Congratulations! Well deserved!
That is so cool! Congrats :)
That’s fantastic! I continue to check your website (although we have never met) because of your fresh ideas and great products. You should be extremely proud of yourself!
Congratulations! That’s awesome!
Oh, and I really like your hair. :)
Congrats!! This is a fantastic piece!
So cool!!! Congratulations :)
Congrats to you! So exciting.
So inspirational! I love what you say about doing research. What a well deserved honor. Cheers to you!
Congratulations, Nicole! Very well deserved!
Way to go! Not only is it an honor, but it’s accompanied by a great article and photo of you.
Congratulations! A well deserved honour.
A big Congrats to you!!
Completely and totally deserved I might add ;-)
Agnes and i are so happy for you and you know Lulu Mae has got your back ;-)
Congrats! Congrats! Congrats!
xoxo
jessa
Congrats Miss Nicole! I can’t think if a nicer lovely to be featured:)
You had my vote all the way! You rock chic!
What an achievement! I’ve been following your blog for quite some time and love it. I’m a writer for Venus. Enjoy your place in the spotlight…..
How awesome! Congratulations!!!!
you totally deserve it! Congrats! GREAT ARTICLE!
Congrats hottie! So totally deserved. And good luck with that wallpaper. I’m exhausted just looking at that gorgeously lined up corner. Go get ‘em grrrl.
xo,
s (& j of course)
Woot! Congrats to you!
Well done Nicole. You deserve the publicity – I only know you from your blog but you are a great designer.
congrats! what an awesome thing to have happen!