Articles from June, 2008

Yves Saint Laurent - His Life and Times

June 29, 2008 at 12:25 pm | In Clothes and Style | 3 Comments

We just finished watching Yves Saint Laurent - His Life and Times/5 Avenue Marceau 75116 Paris, a two-part documentary on the famous couturier who only recently passed away. The first part focuses on his life, from his childhood in Algeria to his quick rise as the head of Dior through the development of his [...]

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Fresh as a daisy

June 21, 2008 at 10:40 am | In Clothes and Style, Life | 4 Comments

I saw this dress while browsing the blog at Frances May, a shop in Portland, OR that specializes in independent designers. Portland has such amazing dress shops.
Anyway, this dress is by Lorick and it’s so lovely. I’m really into sheers lately. The dress I’m working on now is sheer and floaty and [...]

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Art and Style: Pepperminte

June 20, 2008 at 10:15 am | In Art | 1 Comment

Hi all. Sorry I’ve been MIA lately. I have been busy busy, sewing up a storm, working on business plans, and playing with my new serger.
In the meantime, I wanted to share the work of this Australian artist/illustrator, Caitlin marie Shearer, aka pepperminte. I just bought a handful of her incredibly inexpensive [...]

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The Cocktail

June 10, 2008 at 7:18 am | In Books | 3 Comments

A quick note to let you know that I reviewed this lovely book, The Cocktail: 200 Fabulous Drinks over at Cocktailia.
You might be interested in the pretty pictures, which are illustrations by one of my favorites, the Australian illustrator Kat MacLeod. Check it out!

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Coral crochet scarf

June 9, 2008 at 7:24 am | In Crafts, Crochet | 5 Comments

Still addicted to crochet, and working on more complex things now. This is a lace scarf made from KnitPick’s CotLin. I think the color is “island.” It’s a perfect vintagey coral color, which looks rose in some lighting and peach in others.
It’s basically just a bunch of joined motifs from the Japanese [...]

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Birthday love

June 7, 2008 at 12:38 pm | In Food, Life | 3 Comments

Yesterday was Kenn’s birthday. I came home bearing a fresh bouquet of peonies, since it is that very brief season in which they do not cost 4875988492490 dollars.

I then made gnocchi alla romana and lemon roasted broccoli and coconut panna cotta with a berry coulis. The first and last recipes are [...]

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Around the Web: May 15th through June 6th

June 6, 2008 at 5:36 pm | In Around the web | No Comments

Interesting stuff from around the web:

Indie fabric resources at Real Simple - Holly from Decor8 put together a great list of independent sellers of textiles, check it out!
not martha - to make: pies baked in tiny jars - This is so cool. You can assemble these little pies, stick them in the freezer, and [...]

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A prototype - your thoughts?

June 5, 2008 at 8:11 am | In Clothes and Style, Sewing | 16 Comments

Lately, I’ve been working on designing a new dress. I’d love to get your thoughts.
This is the muslin, still needing some tweaks. It’s designed to be made in two coordinating fabrics, because I love two-tone anything. There are so many possibilities when you make things in two coordinating fabrics. The next [...]

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Fudge magazine

June 1, 2008 at 8:07 am | In Books, Clothes and Style | 2 Comments

I love Japanese magazines, and every once in a while I have to indulge myself. I normally go for the street style magazines like Cutie (tag line: “For independent girls”), because they show actual real people with real style. (By the way, if you like street fashion photography, that’s one of the themes [...]

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