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Oh, Holiday. When you were sexy...

Let me try to get you back.
Rita Hayworth.
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went shopping at the Field House, again. God, I love that store. I can smell cedar all day long.

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check out Lucky Boy Sunday's guest post on Fine Little Day. I love how she says, "We are so classic-tired on Monday'." Banquet's giveaway until Wednesday.
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Slayer Christmas. check. it.

Happy Monday.


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Vintage Christmas.

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Whew! I can't believe it's already December.

Where has the time gone?! I have been very busy with many, many projects and I'm sure all of you are as well. It's my first Holiday season in Seattle, it's beautiful here! The lights downtown are all lit up and brightens up the city...people are still out and about, running in the cold weather, biking to work...living life. Full of life.
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are you kidding me? I need this cape.

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climb. climb high.


felt dress.

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very touching & beautifully shot.

brrr

this is beyond adorable. fine little day's daughter made this for her mother (Elisabeth from Fine Little Day) Isn't it just amazing? It almost makes me think of it as a little blue whale...I just love it. PS. Fine Little Day just re-did it's website and has a complete new lay-out. very fancy, I dig it.


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I'm not gonna lie. It's COLD outside!

That means snow! It snowed for the first time this season. It was great, I took a walk and believe it, or not...people were outside enjoying this time of the year as well. Walking their dogs, kids walking with their families, oh and get this. runners. Yeah, there was a guy running with a beanie, gloves, long sleeve shirt, and what else? SHORTS. The guy was wearing shorts. Crazy, I tell you. Crazyness. But I love how full of life it is here. I'm really blessed.I'm very sad to announce that I will be missing Blackbird's Holiday Party tonight. I rsvp'd to go, but with no car....I'm thinking, I'll stay warm and not take the bus. And part number two to the sadness...I'll be missing meeting the author of United States of Americana, Kurt B. Reighley. Looks like such a great read, I highly recommend getting it. I'm on my way to!!!

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Made from 100% Organic Egyptian Cotton, Under the Nile appears on zulily today! Their onesies look so soft and cozy! Handmade in Egypt.

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tribal cuff. House of Harlow. Every piece, please.

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Sea of Shoes vintage necklace is such a great find! I need to get my shop on as there are other hidden gems out there still, I know it!


vena cava.
the anchor crew by rebecca taylor. watch the beautiful dreamer.

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I had a great snack today at the one and only, Costco. Pizza. Yum. And with great company. The Elderly! Serious. The cutest old people surrounded me as I ate my $1.99 slice of pizza. I shared my table with this man who was eating a slice of pizza with vegetables and...wait...a...minute...here it goes......Ketchup !! Yes! Ketchup! I thought it was so cute! For some reason, I wasn't disgusted at all, I was rather fascinated how bizarre it was to eat pizza with ketchup on top of it! As you can imagine, Costco was a mad house today and so I had offered up a seat at my table. After he had sat down, he realized he forgot to get a napkin, so I reached into my bag to hand him one that I had, he then smiled gracefully and thanked me. It was so cute as I noticed he wanted to start talking to me, but I was on my way to leave because I got done eating my slice of pizza, but he did get the chance to ask me what country I was from...ha! I told him, "here...America! My dad is Cuban though and my mom is Colombian..." He said, "How lovely. I'm Persian." And that was it! I may never see him again, but oh, how I love just having small talk with the most random people. Especially, the elderly. They have so many stories to tell and share.




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besprinkle.

I can't get enough of the Spanish native, Joan Saló and the artist's beautiful paintings. My eye keeps drawing from one place to another place and I don't get bored. Each piece is so unique. Can I have one for my living space? Thanks.


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Vans + Taka Hayashi + Pendleton, 2010.

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Pendleton at Blackbird, 2010.


Women's Pendleton Ad, 1965.

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Parade Organics will be on zulily tomorrow! make sure to go check it out. the stuff is absolutely mo-nay! aka ADORABLE! They use only pesticide and chemical free 100% organically grown cotton & sustainable materials. Watch a clip, here.

whew!

I think I've mentioned Seattle's own, Iacoli & McAllister, so pardon if I have...but I can't help it, their stuff amazes me. such as the above image, their Panca, Italian for bench. simply put. And I absolutely love when Jamie tells her little story about her remembrance of using a panca while watching her grandfather work...it makes the product so much more interesting. and I want to have it. like now.
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As a side note, Kate Quinn Organics from Kirkland, WA will be on zulily tomorrow! Please check out her product. It is adorable.

Kate Quinn's Sweatshirt Dress with kanga pockets.

what a beautiful image.

talented, on montague.

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it's been a busy, busy month! as things get busier (and will!) I will probably commit in posting up once every week. depending on time or what not. i hope everyone's fall beginnings are great...it has been really nice to see the color of the leaves change and turn, I'm loving every minute of it!



inspired by these mustard leggings, I wore my mustard nylons with a khaki skirt to work today, even though it was brrr. cold. although, it would be A LOT nicer to have these 100% wool jersey leggings with leather knee panels. i die for pixie. ! their new stuff is all amazing.

how cute is a cup of jo's, Toby's new hat?

Oeuf NYC, you never surprise me. charming.



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it's pretty amazing what you can do with string. so simple. so pretty. Man vs. Machine.

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danielle rubi is a photographer based out of Paris.

Luminous.

Jean-François Martin.

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I bought two prints from this gal's work today....hanging them up in our home soon.


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jennifer at Haute Yoga in Queen Anne is fabulous.


"if water were to speak to you and whisper something in your left ear, what would you want it to say to you? would you want it say how you as a person can be more clear?" -Jennifer


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i love going out and finding objects and props to photograph with (that's one of the many highlights of my job !)

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capes.

if you haven't noticed..


back from the 1800's, from fur to bows....pleaded capes...and simple appliques on capes. the possibilities are endless. and they do exactly what they're designed to do, keep you warm and not to mention looking stylish. and. lovely.




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those nails..the jewerly with that spiral notebook are all so rad together, i can't get enuff of it. it works fantastically.

i'm all about secret pockets.

must have.


what are some of your favorite capes? any designers i should know about?


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these colors...

love the haze.


Charlene Tan in response to Cuban-American artist, Felix Gonzalez-Torres “Untitled” (America #1)” 1992

via SFMOMA

alexa chung for madwell.

number ten

so, i made ben wear his "best hubby" award/badge around town for his birthday. ( HA ) i didn't want to make a simple, boring, traditional b-day badge, so i went with the ultimate "best hub" badge, which has been pretty right on lately and of course, ALWAYS. it's pretty amazing. to say the least.

he thought it was cute.

and then i took him to go eat his favorite, Phở

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nothing better than a coffee in the city.

10.12.2010
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loving my job. loving this city. and loving the new ppl. i'm meeting!



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b i r t h d a y !

as of yesterday, I'm twenty-six.

as of today, my ben is twenty-nine.

our birthdays are one day apart. love.

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absolutely love.love.love. Nicholas K.'s Spring 11' collection. all the tans & grey's.
Loose layers on layers...ahh.are yum.



i knew i should of kept all my lacey socks from when i was 8.... mann!

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MUST go see the selby and check out the amazing duo: confetti system's pad. yo.



this video goes well.

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i sing you in the shower.

particularly this song. i get chills.

battlefield

so.

i usually try to avoid posting any album art. And frankly, because I feel as if it gets too complicated. overwhelming. at moments.

why?
you might ask.

Well. because there is so00- many creative, exceptional, and brilliant album art out there now-a-days (and not to mention, old record album art....THAT's a whole different story, I stopped collecting record art because it became a space-issue in our place)

It is all so-super exciting to me. but at the same time, we all see repetitiveness and when that does happen that's when I get overwhelmed, but now giving more thought, I think I should be posting more since I do occasionally look at it and am always in awe when I do see those albums that I love to just grab and look at.



In relation, stylists (like me) tend to do that exact thing. they tend to not necessarily as the saying goes, "judge a book by it's cover", but more importantly, just pick it up as it is for the appealing and self-fulfilling aspect of it. and keep it. listen to it. read it. do whatever our heart desires to do with it.
More recently, Pitchfork wrote a great article on album art describing the musician's intention and the controversy of album art.
You know how we always think and want to be a million things when we grow up?
Well, one of those million careers would have to be this: An Album Art Specialist. Does that even exist? I would sure hope so. ...Art Theory of Album Art?

so. toast. to a new beginning. let's begin with some of my latest loves & their contributing artists:

1.) Four Tet. -Rounds. Album art by photographer, Jason Evans, who has worked on all of Four Tet's albums. His website kind of makes me dizzy.

2.) Wolf Parade. -Expo 86. An original image of a young Dante DeCaro and his two cousins.

3.) The National. -High Violet. Amazing sculpture art by Mark Fox. Check out some of his other pieces, you will be in shock how awesome this artist is.

4.) Sunset Rubdown. -Dragonslayer. Feather font...need I say more?


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Never ending. But I can't stop, but loving it.