go-green-goodies.

In 2006, 38-yr. old Kelly Witmer from a neighborhood near the northeast side of Los Angeles called Eagle Rock opened her shop, Regeneration.
Like a lot of shop owners, she saw a lot of potential in Eagle Rock, what is supposed to be the next big "Silverlake", or better yet, a nice "other" neighborhood that is artistic, and hilly-streeted to step foot around town. Eagle Rock also carries other shops such as The Swork Coffee Shop, and Casa Blanca pizzeria, which is known by being Obama's favorite eatery while studying at Occidental College. But right now, it seems not to be picking up as much as she'd imagine. I do think a lot of shop owners, like Kelly are struggling out there, and I really hope that they all can overcome this recession and continue building their dream. I do plan on opening my own boutique one day, and I hope not to be in the situation that most are in right now, but all I can really think about is to strongly commit to your dream and stick with it, the ups & downs.outside of Swork Coffee Shop in Eagle Rock.

Kelly sure does have her own Etsy shop; Regeneration, go checks.
Regeneration's clothes are not just hip, and cool with hip, cool prints, but its benefiting in so many different ways. For instance this quote by Albert Einstein printed on Kelly's usual organic cotton, and recycled polyester shirts, not only are you indulging yourself with information, but at the same time enjoying the snugged, cozy material against your skin..example with the fish tee pictured above the sign language tee, allows you to understand the meteorological phenomenon behind fish being thrown out during rainfall, they are most commonly along with birds and frogs.


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why can't i live here?
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..this is on cheshire street in london......didn't i say my dream is to have my own boutique shop?

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..i have to say anything overgrown on houses is complete beauty.

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Nice patio, to have a cup of coffee and wake up to birds chirping.

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green.

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...i got a surprise in the mail yesterday!

i love snail mail.

well yes, yes i do like the convenience of email and such, i mean i blog for pete's sake!
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but there is something personal and satisfying when receiving a handwritten card.
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...and this is what i got!

..with this Ruby Republic tee!

I LOVE Ruby.


..I had a GREAT day yesterday.
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...my mom & i spent the day and we went to World Market, she brought me some rice with vegetables that she had made, and I made some asparagus to go with it.

...try grilling your asparagus with almond pieces & add some butter, so tasty.
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my mom surprise me with buying this necklace from World Market, made in India. My b. also surprised me with a tomato plant also, I need to plant it, so I didn't take a picture, but I will soon!
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Didn't I mention I had a GREAT day yesterday?
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I love big, jangily necklaces.
...after the World Market visit, I went thrifting & found some pretty awesome stuff. Like this wool made in Holland, fur sheep in holland, huh?
I can't help it, I love this texture.



..now I just need to start knitting, they say beginning to knit with wool is a lot easier because of the elasticity of it....

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i'll let you know how successful that one is!

xo.
j.

softies..

miss creative eye cassandra over at coco & kelley mentioned her like of garlands by feeding us with all these creative folks including Amanda Pratt over at Kate Ryan , Kate Greiner, Birds of a Feather & more...thanks Coco & Kelley for mentioning my garland !

need any creative direction? feed it to her!

aptartment 3, therapy, and h&m.

time has gone by so fast.
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it seems like not so long ago, we moved into our vegas home, or it seems not so long ago b. & i got hitched! it's been five whole months now! and in our home, 1 whole year this past January! incredible, isn't it?
well, back in September is when I started my little way, my first post was a picture of b. & i on our wedding day, taken by the fabulous jiro schneider. Jiro is an old friend of b.'s, went to the same elementary school, lived in the same little town of nothing, Phelan, California and still keep in touch today!. ... his girlfriend own's Apartment 3 in Los Angeles. and thats when i got introduced to this special store!

check the goodies:


Kristen comes up with all the flyer ideas, all of them are amazing!


....this mother necklace needs to be mine!


....apartments this, apartments that, the guys over at Apartment Therapy won't quit posting these exemplary home tours!! I absolutely love them.

...i love blue paint for bathrooms. may.....be because it resembles FRESHNESS or purity. what about these plants? plants in bathrooms is a good mixture.
..cut-out place-mats. ahhh..

Balcony's are cozy.

..utensil holders mounted to the wall. smart!


Displaying your earrings? I'll try it...may be it was just for this amazing photo, but may be it'll help with my organization with my always-tangled jewelry box.

....I'll let you know how successful it works out to be..


..and if you haven't yet...Poppytalk just posted about H&M's home collection, and I sure did put together some of my favorites I saw, go checks. !



xo.

jj.

...and the winner goes to

BEST PICTURE. directing. MUSIC (song). MUSIC (score). FILM EDITING. sound mixing. CINEMATOGRAPHY. writing.

thats right kiddos. slumdog millionaire. won EIGHT nominee's. "the rag to riches tale" is a must-see.


in which i have to admit, haven't seen yet!! but a film winning 8 nominee's ? i gotta see it.

..eventually, and dance to the "jai ho" song, it seems like a good work-out ..really.

Wall E- Animated Featured Film
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Vicky Christina Barcelona....Actress in a supporting role.

LOVE.

Penelope Cruz is fabulous.
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.and not just because she's a Taurus, or because she knows how to speak 4 other languages (i'm not jealous...)

*sigh

...but the fact that she is absolutely beautiful and comes from an average middle class family from madrid, spain...a mother who was a hairdresser and a father who was an auto-mechanic (nope, neither were in the film industry). she is so determined and became who she is today because she wanted to.
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*aw sigh*
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short film-animated.......La Maison Petits Cubes

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Speilzuegland (Toyland)....short-film, live action
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Man on Wire...Documentary Feature
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hazy mornings in New York.

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Actor in supporting role....The Dark Knight

oh, heath.
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Actress in Leading Role...The Reader
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...Seriously, how many times did that camera turn on Mr.Pitt?
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Quite many!
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Visual Effects & Make-up....(duh, as a living make-up artist, i would, i really got these 2 right on our oscar party game...!)
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.didn't get too many though! I need to catch up, and watch some films.
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popcorn, anyone?
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HAPPY FRIDAY!

YEAH! its friday........

and i'm off!


i've been taking it easy this morning because i've had a bad tummy-ache :-( but i'm going to prepare some soup i think later on...



quote of the day is:

pleasing isn't it?
taken by 26 yr. old Norway blogger, check her out here.


this flickerette has amazing fotos, nancy-mora resides in Bogota, Colombia.
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One of my faves is the one above named "Barranquilla", a popular city located near the Caribbean sea in the northern part of Colombia. Baranquilla has always been a familar city to me because my mom is Colombian, and a lot of the songs she used to play when I was little would sing about "Barranquilla this Barranquilla that....", until finally one day, I was like, "mom, what is Barranquilla!!" Its the name of the city!

....second to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil's world-famous carnival, Barranquilla has one of the biggest carnivals as well and celebrated four days before Ash Wednesday.





...in the mean time, i've been dreaming...
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of vegetable & herb gardens...

i'm dreamin' of green!
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so much to see, but how can we make the time/$ ?
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Victoria over at sfgirlbybay did a Q&A with Charlotte Franklin who runs the blog Anknle and Burblets

Charlotte who lives in London has got me dreamin' about going to markets, boutiques, art galleries, and more. One thing she said about London what I love is that 1.) there is so much to do & see in London- "all ran by the most incredible, interesting, amazing and talented people ever..." and another thing was that 2.) "It is very unpretentious here." She said she learned how to dress down because people there actually like you for who you are! IMAGINE that. The place sounds fascinating.

For the past 14 years I've been living in Las Vegas, the most pretentious city on globe! Sorry to diss you little sin city....but thats why we call you sin city, right?

After hard schooling, saving money & stepping up the game with this tuff economy, a new place will soon be called home.


Talking about homes, Charlotte also has a gorgeous home, please go see Charlotte's blog, its amazing!



xoxox.

j.