tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14489528753808426002024-03-13T11:38:53.336-07:00Love it much.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448952875380842600.post-16199669720297652102010-12-19T22:11:00.000-08:002010-12-19T22:11:22.642-08:00Early Christmas spiritToday was probably the most productive day I've had in, well, like ever. My mom came over for the day and we ended up going to the grocery store, building nine (yes nine) terrariums, making a yule log cake and then going to a Christmas party. Pretty productive, if I say so myself. <br />
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Dreaming about lovely things for Christmas might make up for part of today, and really this all very selfish, but my brain is in complete<i> id-shutdown-survival-only-about-me-mode</i> so whatever, I promise I'll make up for it later.<br />
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1. <a href="http://www.jonathanadler.com/Pipe-Match-Strike">Pipe Match Strike</a> from Jonathan Adler. 2. <a href="http://usa.shop.lomography.com/cameras/camera-best-sellers/diana-mini-noir">Diana Mini Petite Noire</a>. 3. <a href="http://www.westelm.com/products/ceramic-owls-a931/?pkey=gfree-shipping">Ceramic Owls</a> from West Elm (3 would do nicely). 4. Rachel Comey <a href="http://needsupply.com/womens/shoes/sazerac-boot.html">Sazerac Boots </a>from Need Supply. 5. <a href="http://store.kaufmann-mercantile.com/products/duluth-pack-canvas-backpack">Duluth Pack Canvas Backpack</a> from Kaufmann Mercantile. 6. <a href="http://www.westelm.com/products/ellery-arm-chair-g171/?pkey=cchairs-ottomans-benches">Ellery Chair</a> from West Elm (I've mentioned this before). 7. <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/59043769/rabid-fox-gold-double-headed-jaguar-ring">Double Headed Jaguar Ring</a> from Rabid Fox (also mentioned before). 8. <a href="http://www.butterlondon.com/lacquers/choose">Butter of London Nail Polish</a> in Artful Dodger, Rosie Lee and Chimney Sweep.<br />
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Winnie Truong's <a href="http://www.winnietruong.com/work/work.html">drawings</a><span id="goog_1614914957"></span>.<br />
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The <a href="http://www.thematchbookregistry.com/">Matchbook Registry</a>. <br />
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In the cities I generally became highly agitated by the layers and people that each place revealed. I've never been a very publicly aggressive person, but I discovered very quickly I needed to take control of myself and do a complete reversal on my normal habits in order to survive. I think the most difficult part for me was the lack of order, specifically when it came to standing in lines. I had this innocent notion that people just automatically stay in their spot when in a line, and that social etiquette would frown upon cutting in front of someone else. <i>Ah, how innocence is so quickly slapped in the face with the sulfur scent of Italian reality</i>.<br />
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I was strangely depressed by the Colosseum. I was in love with what the Galleria Borghese offered and gave me (I wanted to touch the Bernini sculptures so bad). Standing on top Duomo in Milan was an experience that would be hard to top. Pisa was, in all honesty, a joke to me. The Vatican was bigger and more grand than I could have imagined. This mingled with the feeling that these famous sites so many people flocked to, were a strange kitsch-version of themselves—their purpose, to provide a trophy to hang on one's wall with a plaque reading, <i>"I was there."</i><br />
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Things got much better when we set out on a scooter and left the cities. In the countryside I felt this sense of relief, like I was breathing for the first time. I used to think it was so cliché to like the Tuscan countryside, but now I really understand why. The sun, the smell ... oh my god, the smell ... is probably something I will never forget. It smelled like sweet, dried wood, smoke and olive leaves. The air was just slightly crisp and very clean. Everything had this sense of age to it, but calm, natural serenity. The food was amazing. I don't think I once had problems (I am one of those unfortunate souls that is pretty much has an immune response to just about everything that I put in my mouth). Nothing was from a box, everything was made with care, and lunch was a sacred affair. If there were one other place in the world I'd live beside Seattle, it would be there. Which, if you look at the price of real estate, makes perfect sense (unfortunate for me).<br />
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My experience of Italy was beautiful, pungent, gritty and at times whirlwind and rude. I don't think I've ever been so exhausted and strangely unwilling but relieved to leave a place. An experience that I probably be digesting for awhile.<br />
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My mother's side of the family was vastly different from what I am. She grew up in, what I believe was, a two bedroom house with her parents, and two of her four siblings, without an indoor toilet until she was almost out of high school. They heated their house with a wood stove. My grandmother made mom's dresses for her out of empty flour sacks. They used to milk their own cows and sell the cream every week. They killed chickens, ate fresh eggs and had more of a connection to the land that I will probably ever know, and they did this all because they had to.<br />
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That sort of living, in all reality does not exist anymore in the same form in this country. I'd be lucky if the chicken who laid the "organic" eggs I ate yesterday have ever even seen more than artificial lighting, a wall and thousands of her counterparts. Only if I made the obvious effort to march myself down to the farmers market would I hope to see something even remotely close. I think I read that only 1 to 2% of our population are farmers... there are more people unemployed and in prison. I don't think I've ever wished so much that I could grasp onto this something, this unfamiliar life slipping away.<br />
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I must mention that I am so enamored with their illustration and animation, and the art direction to showcase their clothes is different from anything else I've seen before. If only I could get my hands on a <a href="http://www.monki.com/world/magazine-2">magazine</a> issue and drool. <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448952875380842600.post-69155076241451762532010-11-24T18:00:00.000-08:002010-11-29T22:56:57.338-08:00Why I heart scandinavian / nordic everything<h4 class="block-title" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">Came across <a href="http://www.behance.net/Holtermand">Kim Holtermand</a> and </span><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.ditteisager.dk/">Ditte Isager</a> awhile ago in a sea of amazing talent from this area of the globe. I love the stark simplicity and eeriness to Holtermand's work, while Isager's compositions are just absolutely intriguing and </span>unpretentious <span style="font-size: small;">to look at. I adore how pretty much anything I've seen from this region; design to photography has this same sort of quality to it.</span></h4><h4 class="block-title" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></h4><h4 class="block-title" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span id="goog_1059318336"></span><span id="goog_1059318337"></span></span></h4><h4 class="block-title" style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZEeKwDoGHMK00auiOCM-h1fKJuGu3Drz8ARCWCA6CRCY0JBy67LGgndD5-Fxq_Lb8OUFyxu5XIprAPVQ5HwVkWR1FX8uEGEPdKxPS6_606vZJ06R71DeglTkEaxANItlVpSWHV1Yj4_I/s1600/pic_50.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZEeKwDoGHMK00auiOCM-h1fKJuGu3Drz8ARCWCA6CRCY0JBy67LGgndD5-Fxq_Lb8OUFyxu5XIprAPVQ5HwVkWR1FX8uEGEPdKxPS6_606vZJ06R71DeglTkEaxANItlVpSWHV1Yj4_I/s1600/pic_50.jpg" /> </a><a name='more'></a>Also found some great interior design shots, the first hailing from this lovely <a href="http://plaza.fi/ellit/koti/deko/kodit/kaupunkikodit/himoneulojan-neliot">site</a> via <a href="http://www.desiretoinspire.net/blog/2010/11/24/a-handmade-home.html">Design to Inspire</a>. The woman creates beautiful knit objects and the man is a carpenter. Aren't you just absolutely in love with the knits and that black wall in the first spread? If I were building my own home now, that's exactly how I'd decorate. Enjoy it and have a great Thanksgiving!</h4><h4 class="block-title" style="font-weight: normal;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A couple of things have caught my attention this winter, and I think all of them are a recycled, updated version of fashion's past. I've been wanting a turban since I saw them in August. When I found quite a number of gorgeous ones on the <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/thefutureoffrances">The Future of Frances</a>, I decided right then and there that I definitely had to have one (and pretty much the outfits as well). I think the Jersey Turban would look so unexpected, but lovely paired with the military-inspired coat from <a href="http://www.dearfieldbinder.com/">Dear Fieldbinder</a>.<span style="font-size: small;"><b> </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"> <b>No. 3</b> <a href="http://www.etsy.com/transaction/36971234">Gun Metal Grey Velvet Turban</a>, <i>The Future of Frances. </i><b>No. 4</b><a href="http://www.dearfieldbinder.com/16659.html"> Boulevard Peep toe Shoe</a>, <i>Dear Fieldbinder.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">And with all this cold, cold wind and winter blowing around, all I can think about is wearing something fuzzy on my head cozy boots (with a little more personality than Ugg) on my feet</span><i>.</i><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>No. 5</b> <a href="http://us.asos.com/Pieces/Pieces-Faux-Fur-Headband/Prod/pgeproduct.aspx?iid=1296430&cid=4174&sh=0&pge=1&pgesize=20&sort=-1&clr=Brown">Pieces Faux Fur Headband</a>, <i>Asos. </i><b>No. 6 </b><a href="http://akaculture.com/brownvalenki.html">AKA Valenki Boot with black rubber galoshi</a>, <i>AKA Culture.</i></span> <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiIQ4dthyphenhyphenLLfMPBqGwRWzy_qi4Jv8EuYmkMLETfM3LV4ObAJNRzreDYW5vTsNekm9G1Y7rc1D__BmFwzaKnNIsNSn0tMjWx_uzdDFyU1tAjXkwUxj6H5E5MeGZaSFGkRsEuT4zr5P712I/s1600/pic45.1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiIQ4dthyphenhyphenLLfMPBqGwRWzy_qi4Jv8EuYmkMLETfM3LV4ObAJNRzreDYW5vTsNekm9G1Y7rc1D__BmFwzaKnNIsNSn0tMjWx_uzdDFyU1tAjXkwUxj6H5E5MeGZaSFGkRsEuT4zr5P712I/s1600/pic45.1.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-size: small;">Anytime of year I love wearing brown, but I think it especially appropriate for Fall and Winter. I think I could pretty much find any excuse to wear a lovely dress and simple ring in brown ... this lovely just happens to be made from wool and polyester, perfect dress up for these cold days and nights. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>No. 7</b> <a href="http://www.llbean.com/llbeansignature/llb/shop/67793?subrnd=1&parentCategory=505942&feat=505942-sigtn&cat4=505907">Wood Inset Ring</a>, <i>L.L. Bean Signature. </i><b>No. 8 </b><a href="http://www.dearfieldbinder.com/17660.html">Ramona Wool Dress</a>, <i>Dear Fieldbinder.</i></span><br />
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All is well however, because I got a lovely little email from the Selby.<br />
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I love, love, love <a href="http://theselby.com/">the Selby</a> as a constant source of inspiration. Many of these homes are so eclectic and so interesting, but so personable I find my inner dialog shouting, <i>"I can totally do that!"</i>.<br />
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This morning they posted new photos of <a href="http://theselby.com/11_4_10_AndyKateSpade/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Theselby-PhotosInYourSpace+%28The+Selby+is+in+Your+Place+featuring+photographs+and+paintings+of+creative+people+and+spaces.%29">Andy Spade, Creative Director and the design Kate Spade in their New York home</a>. I am completely in love with all their random little collections, and the sheer volume of stuff they have, and how they somehow make it all work harmoniously together in a very classy sort of way. <br />
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<a href="http://us.tubtrugs.com/collections/recycled">Tubtrugs</a> look pretty awesome as an multi-purpose bin for gardening, laundry, etc. These would be perfect for dumping soil and maybe even toting the occasional laundry load. <br />
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But in the meantime, since much of this will need to wait, why not try a terrarium? <a href="http://www.growlittle.blogspot.com/">Grow Little </a>has some gorgeous shots of terrariums. While it wouldn't be possible to order one of these all the way from France, why not make one for your friend as a holiday gift?<br />
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Here's a great tutorial compliments of <a href="http://sprouthome.stores.yahoo.net/">Sprout Home</a>.<br />
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Along that same vein, these photos also reminded me of a short film I saw awhile back called <a href="http://www.ov43.com/">Connected</a>. The synopsis describes it as <i>set in the distant future, Connected is a story about survival and greed with a post apocalyptic wasteland as its backdrop. Survivors of an unknown disaster shuffle through a desolate landscape, as it quickly becomes clear that not everybody has the strength to survive.</i><br />
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Photography by Ted Sabarese, found via <a href="http://www.behance.net/sabarese">Behance</a>. <br />
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<a href="http://theanimalarium.blogspot.com/">Animalarium</a> is fulfilling my animal illustration addiction<a href="http://bookworship.com/"></a>. After trolling through I discovered a beautiful <a href="http://theanimalarium.blogspot.com/2010/08/coloring-with-andy.html">post</a> about Andy Warhol's illustrator days... and... a <a href="http://theanimalarium.blogspot.com/2010/07/millions-of-cats.html">post</a> on <i>Millions of Cats</i> (a childhood favorite of mine). I love little surprises like that!<br />
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Did I mention that <a href="http://bookworship.com/">Book Worship</a> is packed full of beautiful little book design jems?<br />
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Did you miss me?<br />
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I missed you ... beautiful Seattle. <br />
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While gone we specifically hit Barcelona, Spain, various cities in Switzerland and Italy. It was fabulous to get a sense of the food, the smells, the sounds, the history, the fashion, design and the art. <br />
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First things first. Can I just say with all honesty that I <span class="UIStory_Message">♥</span>'d Barcelona's Metro?<br />
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The Metro is an extensive network of electrified railways that run underground in central Barcelona and above ground into the city's suburbs. I was so incredibly impressed by the ease of use as well as the information graphics. <br />
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Don't speak Spanish (or Catalayn in this case)? Not a problem. I known maybe a handful of Spanish phrases and had absolutely no problem navigating my way through it ... not to mention that the metro's graphics (and much of the design I saw related to it) was just really really easy on the eyes.<br />
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I also really enjoyed Gaudi's work. I know its expected to go see it, but really quite splendid and so unlikely trippy for the time period. We went first to see <span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagrada_Fam%C3%ADlia">Sagrada Família</a>. I still think that out of all the churches I saw in Europe (more on this later), that this one was the most unique and most moving.</span><br />
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