It has finally happened, I'm too cool for school.

SHOES WATCH GLASSES RING BAG NECKLACE PANTS TOP

 

Have you ever been to Scrap in SF? If you like to dig for treasure it is not to be missed. My studio partner and I went a few weeks ago and I found a ton of totally brilliant vintage stamps. I'm also in the habit of purchasing craft stuff and then figuring out what to do with it. I decided to frame them up collage style.

This is only about 25% of what I had to work with. So first I scattered them about to see what I had to work with.

How friggin cute is that little salt n' pepper shaker with the feather? Don't crush my dreams and tell me its something else.

I decided I wanted to lay them out by color and do a little gradiant/ombre thing. I thought about doing something like this with white space around them but I decided against it because I just wanted to use as many stamps as humanly possible.

And fin! Glorious. It looks awesome on my wall. I went back to scrap to buy more stamps and sadly they were fin as well. I'm sure you can find them other places like ebay or garage sales or your cousin who is a horder house.

I've got my eye on you.

CHAIR BANANA BLANKET DESK LAMP PILLOW

 

 

 

 

Last week I shipped out these wedding invitations for my lovely client Sara.

I am so totally in love with them. We matched the ink to the envelope (which I didn't photograph for some reason).  We wanted a minimal invitation so we went more fun on the RSVP. I'm thrilled with the result but more important, so is Sara.

I did this fancy little logo and stamp for my lovely client Lisa at Zelma Rose.

She did all the packaging so I can't take credit for that....even though I wish I could because its so damn cute. High five girl, I totally have love in my heart for you!

 

*image via Zelma Rose

Bling me up before you go go.

I'm pale. But not so pale that I'm blue. I'm fair but I'm not pink. I'm this weird yellowish pale that only gets tan on my stomach.  I have freckles and dark hair. Why am I telling you this? Welp because if you are like me then you will know that wearing these pants out in public will cause you to look like you are butt naked. In my fantasy world I can wear pale skinny jeans and still look skinny and not at all naked. In the real world I would look like a naked dough ball.

Purse, Necklace, Top, Pants, Ring, Watch, Shoes

 

- Also, I've been doing the numbering thing and I've decided that I hate it.

 

I miss you.

I've been busy, sick, sick of being busy, tired, anxious, restless, overwhelmed and ok. That doesn't excuse not blogging but it kind of does. This one woman show I have going on over here keeps me really busy. I've decided to bring on a fashion contributor to help with the flow. I love fashion blogging as much as I enjoy reading fashion blogs. I don't get to do that much anymore. I'm still finding a balance between working 12 hour days and trying to not do that. For right now I can't always help it. And that means that blogging comes last. That is stupid because its what got me here in the first place.

Next week you will meet our new contributor (read: only contributor) and she will dazzle you with her excellent taste and regularly scheduled posts. Right now I have to go pack up boxes of wedding invitations and drink some tea and maybe try to rest my bones.

 

That awesome orchid is in my home livin it up right now. I'm going to tell you all about that next week.

I don't know about you, but this week has been a struggle. I'm still very much getting used to this full time studio thing. It is so easy for my mind to instantly go someplace dark and tragic when I'm feeling down. I'm learning to take a step back and go do something else until my brain works it out. That being said, my little balcony garden is looking great!

I made the official month mark on the 16th. Lessons learned:

1. Sitting alone all day is very lonely

2. I need to buy more music so I don't get ants in my pants about sitting all day.

3. Parking should be a competitive sport.

4. I've always trusted myself to budge time well and get things done. What I don't trust myself to do is take time to step away from projects so that I don't become a cross eyed design troll.

5. I need to not be so hard on myself.

I am so critical of myself and my work. I can let it ruin my entire day if something isn't working the way I want it to. I feel very small and isolated and wonder why I'm not working at some start up that is making bank selling itself for a billion dollars. I take a step back and remember that I am my own little start up. I've built this tiny business that started in my bedroom from major blog lust that now pays my bills. 

One day, I will really feel that no matter what, everything will be ok.

 

This picture was taken last week when we were in Santa Cruz for a bike race. I love Swanton Farms. Its all about the olallieberry jam!

I'm never the girl who looks like she planned her outfit. At least that is how I see myself. This coupled with the fact that I could wear skinny jeans, grey shirts, J.Crew flats and a sweater every day of my life makes for some interesting costume decisions. I'm either 100% dressed up party time girl or wandering design gremlin of the mission art cave. This looks 100% put together but not at all trying crazy hard. Those pants are something I could see Blanche Devereaux in. And that is a very good thing.

 

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I'm so in love with these cards I just made for my client Missy.

I want to marry these cards. We did a metallic silver foil on both sides. On the back side just her name is in the foil. It is crisp, clean and glam all at the same time. Now excuse me while I go makeout with them.