Just a few cool things I wanted to mention, all centered around the Bay Area… 1. Yesterday I wrote a review of two shows I saw in San Francisco last month (on my birthday, actually) for the Adorn blog: The Art of Gaman and Alexander Girard: Vibrant Modern. They’re both closing after tomorrow (Sunday, 2/25)…
Cathy of California just took me over to Pamela Barsky‘s sample sale — she’s making deals on all of her discontinued journals and cute gift-y stuff from past lines, and I picked up some instant favorites… Love these three. I might be able to part with one as a gift, but I always need a…
I went to Portland Church of Craft this Sunday, which was so much fun. Fifty-two people came out to craft with felted sweaters, and everyone made such cool things! I already knew that I wanted to sew a pig-something to celebrate the Chinese New Year. So I thought about doing a pincushion or a stuffed…
Last night Cathy of California and I had the amazing chance to visit the Institute For Figuring headquarters in Highland Park and see their crocheted coral reefs before they travel to the Andy Warhol Museum. I was just wowed by the work — there were hundreds of individual coral pieces, arranged into incredible tableaus in…
After one abruptly cancelled flight, two long lines, one re-booked flight I had five minutes to run for and promptly missed, and two more actual, successful flights I was actually on, I finally got back to LA late last night, via Seattle (nothing like flying due north to turn around and fly due south). Oh…
I don’t think I’m going to be online much this weekend, so I thought I’d go ahead and wish you a very happy Chinese New Year on Sunday! I’ll be celebrating at Church of Craft, myself. I took these pictures in Chinatown in Los Angeles last month and just loved the little guys especially… and…
I got to hang out with Melissa yesterday which was such a treat — vintage fabric, cherry chocolate bread and a super cute kid are just an unbeatable combination — and then I rode the MAX downtown and walked around and it was just a very nice rainy gray Portland day. So in honor of…
I hope you are having an absolutely lovely one. As for me, I’m in the middle of a fairly normal Wednesday (laptop, errands, rinse, repeat) with a bright spot in the afternoon: getting to hang out with Melissa and Sam! My romantic plans consist of talking to Andrew at each commercial during LOST tonight —…
I flew up to Portland yesterday on my favorite Alaska Airlines flight (2 hours door to door, killer miles program, complimentary Northwest wine and beer, perfect time of day on both ends) and got a window seat on the right side so my view of the city as we approached was gorgeous. We skimmed up…
A quick note: I just posted my review of Lisa Congdon‘s show at ReForm School on the Adorn blog, if you’re interested in checking it out! So it somehow escaped me until about now that Valentine’s Day is two days away… oops. Luckily I scooped up valentines to send my family in January, adorable gocco-printed…
I got home yesterday to a surreal 60-degree spike in temperature — from gray and below freezing in Brooklyn first thing in the morning to 83 degrees and sunny in Burbank in the afternoon. It was so strange to lug my heavy coat, two sweaters, hat and gloves off the plane and through the warm,…
I’m so excited that the new Adorn* magazine is on newsstands today! It’s so pretty and spring-y, which has been a lovely pick-me-up, especially since it’s been below freezing here in Connecticut all week. My thin West Coast blood isn’t used to it, to say the least. I don’t know about you, but I could…