on the interwebs

i love love...
...this printed vellum sleeve and Niagara Falls postcard from etsy seller BROOKLYNrehab.
...this book frame project Diane posted over on her fantastic blog Crafty Pod.
...the trailer for 'where the wild things are'!! can't wait to see this movie directed and written by Spike Jonze & Dave Eggers.
...and maybe my new birthday dress?

it's almost my birthday!

i am not having a baby or getting married (not that there is anything wrong with either of those things) but i AM turning 33 and that's a good enough reason for me to throw (another) b-day party for myself. because why not? here's part of the invite i designed. i saw this photo of Iris Barrel Apfel, a fashion designer who i didn't know before i saw this amazing photo and i ripped it out of the magazine. i didn't know what i was going to do with it and for a while i just had it hanging up in my cube at work. i love her, i love her big bulky jewelry and big glasses and awesome pants and i don't really care what you think look about her and i want to be her when i grow up.

and here's a small excerpt from the interview with her that i link to above, doesn't it just make you love her more?

What do you look for?
I’m a hopeless romantic. I buy things because I fall in love with them. I never buy anything just because it’s valuable. My husband used to say I look at a piece of fabric and listen to the threads. It tells me a story. It sings me a song. I have to get a physical reaction when I buy something. A coup de foudre – a bolt of lightning. It’s fun to get knocked out that way!

What is your shopping philosophy?
I do have a dominant shopping gene but, unlike a reasonable person, I never plan for what I need each season. I enjoy the thrill of the hunt, the discovery and the endless search. In another creation I was, perhaps, a hunter/gatherer. After all these years, I’ve learned that it’s not the end result or finished product but the process I most enjoy. If my experimenting, searching and juxtaposing turns into an exciting outfit well, it’s just a big fat bonus!

What are you buying now?
Jeans. What else would you suggest for the world’s oldest living teenager?

summer day

had a lovely lunch with peter & david at Ferry plaza building. peter snapped this pic of david showing off his spring roll. look at that view! and now imagine 70 degree weather. and i wanted to move to new york why??!?

happy friday!

Etsy Obsession

i've been kind of getting into the hippie chic thing lately, lots of bright colors and drapey tops and dresses. i need more turquiose, i need more silver and beads and i think i may need these:




they're from Etsy seller Sisicata who has a shop full of awesome resin jewelry.

craft talk

this made my poopy day, thanks Jennifer!

Missing Mr.Pickles

If you live in the Mission you're likely familiar with Mr.Pickles, maker of fine sandwhiches. You've also likely walked by the giant Mr.Pickles pickle- love him or hate him he's been missing for over a week and things just aren't the same around those parts. I first read about the story on MIssion Mission, several friends and I have an email thread dicussing possible suspects, and now the story has made it to the local CBS Blog. I love the ominous picture they have of Mr.Pickles in the dark, too funny.



Do you know where Mr.Pickles is?

sarah getting married....

and Julie... two of my dearest friends and i'm having so much fun helping them with all the little details or whatever it is they want my input on. Julie will have an east coast wedding in August and Sarah & Roger have a California wedding to plan for September. there are so many lovely wedding blogs and i'm particularly obsessed with snippet & ink, it makes me want to quit my job and start a party planning business, it's so well curated and is a great source of ideas and inspiration. today Sarah and i looked at lots of weddings online to get ideas for hers, i just love the details and creativity some people put into their weddings these days..





i also recently saw Rachel Getting Married and loved it. all wedding nonsense aside it was a well acted, well directed, engrossing movie and i highly recommend it!

welcome spring, where are you?

it's freezing in SF today (well, OK cold for here) and it snowed in NY on Friday which was the first official day of Spring. . but these new pieces from the Berkeley's are making me very happy, they're inspired by the expression 'March comes in like a lion and out like a lamb' and i might have to get that lion!




buy them here.

checking back in for real this time

wow, radio silence, huh? i took a break without even thinking about taking a break. which was kind of nice. no big life stuff to tend to, just life. been to chicago and ny and back to chicago and i guess i was just tired. i'm not even sure if anyone is checking in here anymore but i'm back! (again) with a google reader full of blogs to catch up on and lots to tell you about.

wish i could give this photo proper credit, i saw it here.

i'm here!

wow. sorry about that, i don't know what happened. well i do, i've been travelling a whole lot and i just sort of fell out of any regular posting schedule not that i even had one to begin with. than i just got lazy. but here i am!!

i've always wanted to do regular features on this here blog but you know it's that whole schedule thing again that i just can't get down. i'm going to try anyway and start with an Etsy pick of the week. here's my pick for this week, from an artist who Jennifer turned me onto, Madame Fortuna, she creates exquisite necklaces and bracelets out of found vintage pieces. I've been circling her Etsy shop lately looking for something to purchase. This isn't the piece for me but I do love it, and doesn't her description of it just read like poetry? The name of the necklace is Sunday Morning Coming Down - love that!

There is always that moment... around dawn... when you realize that it's time to go home. You have caroused all night long and the next day will pretty much be useless. Now for some that is okay, at least every once in awhile. But for a church-going lady that is a tough reality. And she was pretty serious about church. But she was also pretty serious about whiskey. And dawn on Sunday morning always brought her back to the Lord.

Sing some Johnny Cash while wearing this completely irreverant piece. In honor of all of those who live life to the fullest on Saturday night and then look for forgiveness on Sunday.

Doesn't that just make you want that piece?

nite nite

rounding out the weird pet video's for the week, here's one chip just sent me. it is very much how i felt all day. in bed now and ready for sleep, that was a long (very fun) week that i'll post about soon. tomorrow i'm hitting the target in jersey near my mom's house in hopes of finding some of that orla kiely line i'm so coveting.



nite nite.

i miss my cat

i had planned on posting plenty from nyc but between meetings and evenings and a broken camera it's just not happening. the weather has been so nice, in the 50's, although today there are some intense winds. i was laughing while i was walking because it really took all my might to fight against the gale force of the wind and not fall over.

nancy just sent me a link to this hysterical kitten video. it's random in a great way and it made me miss my cat:

more coraline

Susan went to the world premiere of Coraline and posted some behind the scenes photos up on her blog. The sets and design look so detailed and beautiful. I can not wait to see this movie. She recommends seeing it in 3D. For some reason I really want to be in SF when I see it, but I don't know if I'll make it before I leave for NY on Monday.

I'm also looking forward to seeing Handmade Nation when I'm in NY next week. It's playing at the Museum of Art & Design. My camera's been broken but I have a loaner from work for my trip so I'll try to take lots of photos. Like everyone else, I've been waiting to see this one for a looong time!

lego that city

i know i'm late to the game and everyone has seen these by now, but i'm such a fan of these abstract lego city pieces by christoph niemann. they remind me a little of Shrigley.

Jennifer's Dresses

Speaking of style, one of the events I'm going to while I'm in NYC is the book release party for this book. It promises to be a very swanky affair at Stella McCartney's store, and I'm not sure who is really coming but several celebrities are on the list. What do I have in my closet to wear to an event like this? Nothing. Lucky for me Jennifer does. I often give JJ a hard time about spending all of her hard earned money on fancy dresses she finds on ebay from designers I've never heard of. Well I'm eating my words-- thanks to Jennifer I now have two of those fancy dresses hanging in my closet that she's letting me borrow. Plus a cool little vintage black bag that goes with both. I had a really fun time trying on all of Jennifer's dresses last night and like I said we narrowed it down to two, but I'm still not sure which one I'll end up wearing.. here are my options:
this lovely Lover dress:
or this play suit by Celia Birtwell for Top Shop.

Here it is on Peaches Geldof (and no i didn't know who she was until Jennifer told me):
So what do you think? The play suit actually looked cuter on me, and since I'm short it's a little longer than it is up there on Peaches. But the Lover dress may prove to be a little more comfortable, I'm just worried sack dresses aren't the most flattering. .. man I'm glad I don't have to think this hard about outfits often.