Studio Choo

Image from Studio Choo.

I feel lucky to say that I know Althea from back in the crazy good days of San Francisco. She is a sweetheart and also was very good to me and extremely fun to go on night adventures with. While those days seem like another lifetime.... they are still fresh in my mind. I started seeing posts on Design Sponge* from Studio Choo every Thursday and quickly discovered that Althea and her friend Jill are the talented and beautiful women behind it.

All my peeps in SF... go say hi and order all your floral needs from here!

They just opened up a storefront on Divisadero. I can not wait to visit next time I am in San Francisco and get to actually say hello in person again, instead of via email!

Congratulations!

Pink Accents

Images from elle decor, Living Etc and Flickr.

Things that are blooming

The yellow shrub in the garden, which appeared to be beyond saving this fall.

Also some prints I am working on.

Natural History Museum

When I was in New York I had an afternoon to walk around. It rained pretty much every day I was back east except the last. So I trekked up t o CPW and went to the Natural History Museum. There was an exhibit going on called the Traveling the Silk Road. It was actually pretty fun. It was geared towards children...? maybe... but I learned a ton. It started in China with silk production, then to Turfan for the night markets and Furs, then to Samarkand to see the paper making and glassblowing ending up in Baghdad.

The silk road is something that is extremely alluring. To travel the same roads that so many people have traveled for thousands of years for goods, food, and most importantly silk. Silk has monopolized commerce for thousands of years. It is incredible that one product is still to this day harvested and used in the same ways as it was when it was first discovered. People have written many books on the subject and people retrace the steps and travel the Silk Road to this day. While there are plenty of countries that the Silk Road goes through that aren't easy to travel, including Iran, it is still something that would be a life changing adventure.

Write it Down

Sometimes writing is the only thing that helps.

death

If you are, you breath.

If you breath, you talk.

If you talk, you ask.

If you ask, you think.

If you think, you search.

If you search, you experience.

If you experience, you learn.

If you learn, you grow.

If you grow, you wish.

If you wish, you find.

If you find, you doubt.

If you doubt, you question.

If you question, you understand.

If you understand, you know.

If you know, you want to know more...

And if you want to know more, you are alive...

National Geographic channel- If.Live curious

Jimmy. You made me feel alive.Thank you for being a great friend and making me feel loved, cared for and beautiful.

I want to know why now, when you were the happiest, why now. I will go to the ocean tomorrow. I know that is where I will find you.

I will always love you and our 13 years together.

Sail Away

Photos

Artwork by Katy Elliot, who lives in one of the most beautiful seaside towns on the east coast, Marblehead Ma.

delicate and lady-like

Soft and delicate pieces from Vamoose by Kathryn Blackmore. They are also a great price. Check her etsy shop for updates... the pieces sell very fast! Her inspiration and blog is here.

Plumo

PLUMO. All the pieces I want for this spring, and for my next trip to Morocco. Light, airy and simple, the berber coin belt is all perfect. And it looks like it was shot there! Ready to go back!