I’m in love with this all natural, unscented cold-pressed soap made in Maine by the Rocky Top Soap Shop. As someone with sensitive skin, particularly on my legs, it’s so wonderful to find something really pure and moisturizing like this. It’s also nice to find soaps without the overpowering added scents that most soapmakers use. [...]
I love the illustrations printed on these cotton/linen dish towels by Lisa Rupp.
While in Vancouver, we also ended up at a cavernous shop called Salamagundi West, which was just full of odd little treasures: old photos, toys, musical instruments, beads, ribbon, old tins, and other pretty little things.
I hadn’t been to Vancouver BC since I was very young. I was looking forward to this trip, since I remembered how beautiful the scenery was and pretty the city seemed to me then. Plus people have been telling me that Vancouver is like a bigger, even better Portland. I didn’t find it to be [...]
When I posted recently about my new life in Portland, a few of you asked for tips about leaving the corporate world to pursue a creative life. I’m not an expert by any means, but I can tell you my experience. Back when I was in grad school at Berkeley, I took an internship at [...]
One good thing about daylight savings is that there is still light enough in the evening to go for a stroll and enjoy an ice cream sandwich from Ici in Berkeley. We shared a candied meyer lemon sandwich with gingersnaps.
I pretty much like anything with roses on it. I kind of think this necklace (from etsy seller circ) is the sort of thing I’d put on and ask Kenn, “Does this look crazy?” He’d say yes, then I’d wear it anyway.
I’m enamored with everything from designer sarahseven, who sells via etsy. She is based in (where else?) Portland, OR. It is just about everything I love… feminine but somewhat modern and sculptural, in neutral and pale colors. Check out sarahseven’s etsy shop.
I’m still alive, it’s just been a very busy week (and weekend). I’ve been working on the patterns non-stop, mostly putting the finishing touches on the instructions and getting everything laid out perfectly before going to print very very soon. But we did make it to Portland last weekend and had such a good time! [...]
{photo by sarai} Ok. I realized that I never really wrote much about the incredible vintage clothing in Paris waaay back in September. It was amazing. Now, there are a lot of vintage shopping opportunities in Paris, and they can really range on the price scale, especially since I’m guessing there is more vintage couture [...]
