dog man

annie. larson. is. one. amazing. fashion. designer.
period

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check out her knitastic shop.


scallops!!
on sandals? why don't i have these!! question mark question mark

this is a must.

it must have been made for me. come on camper, tell me the truth.

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her long hair.

and those eyes.

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kristin is a make-up artist and not just some ordinary make-up artist, she works with some renowned, legendary photographers..
and has some really fascinating work, just take a look below:

playful yet clean/natural. i love that.




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i was privileged enough to see Heide Hinrichs' exhibit, Borrowed Tails at the Seattle Art Museum this past weekend. it was very pleasing to walk through. emotionally & the story followed.. i enjoyed it.



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fika

Tim Burton at MoMA thru April 2010.

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Did you know that Sweden has their own term for "taking a break to drink coffee" ? Well, they do. Literally translated to "fika".

Wouldn't that be nice.

Above: Popular café called String in Stockholm.

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Japanese make-up artist, Ayami Nishimura has done make-up for many...too many to name, visual above is from the Indian Vogue. Extremely talented.

Adidas in collaboration with Jeremy Scott.




That curtain. Is made out. Of paper.

boudoir

Not too sure if this is face paint, or eyelashes. Looks more so ...fake lashes, but either way, its rad! Boudoir Queen of Etsy.

thomas klementsson

MY BIRTHDAY....is coming up this weekend!!!!!! AND I THINK, I might do this on myself.

What do you think? I'm wearing all black with hints of purple and hot pink. Can't wait...(!!)

Photography by Thomas

split splat

Just found a photographer (by the name Joanna Henderson) What a great name! :) (ie: my name is Joanne for you that don't know!) Joanna has some incredible photos. Seems as if she does more still life than portraiture, but ....still amazing to find photographers that capture natural beautiful faces with magical paint on them...(!)



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oh, Natasha.

Natasha Kahn.

for Bat for Lashes.

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- "Whenever I'm writing music it's a very visual place in my mind"

Purely beautiful. And I'm not just saying that cause I absolutely love her face painting (but yes I do LOVE it....)

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Natasha, a British singer/songwriter, instrumentalist & a visual artist. She is super super talented. Her music is soft, poetic, magical & dreamy. She studied art and has always painted before even producing music. I love it, in a recent interview by Rob Miles of Platforms Magazine goes on to ask when in the process of songwriting, would she consider it similar to that of art making. Natasha's response is very similar to the way I've always believed it should be in relation to being asked a question like this one. As an artist, I've always felt that during the process of my art making, there has to be a much similar feeling to that of song writing. I remember in my studio during art school, I'd always be listening to music (and also because at 3 in the morning, it would be a good distraction for me thinking no bums are in the art hallway...on occasion our school doors would be open and late at night bums would flow in...for a place to sleep) as for me, I've always appreciated the sound of music more so than lyrics...but as time permits, I've paid more attention to the lyrics of songs. I guess its different when someone is making art work...thinking visually & such. My dream once was to become a singer. Realistically speaking, I thought it was crazy, so I kept doing art and I love it. This is what Natasha's response was, "I like an eclectic mix of visuals and I like eclectic mixtures of instruments and I think it is kind of a layering process and i guess you get the bones of something... and then it's about not judging things that might not seem to go together conventionally - hip hop beats and auto harps and whatever..." She couldn't have said it any better. In a way that is very similar on how my thoughts process while making my art work, working with collage, material, textile...it all just makes sense to me.

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A cute bat mobile, but NOT the Batmobile!

Her voice is sweet and soft. Listening to her songs are calming & her lyrics are good too.
Recently, just last week Bat for Lashes' Two Suns album was nominated for the 2009 Mercury Prize.

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Natasha Khan is currently living by the sea in England. Listen to 'Moon and Moon' by Bat for Lashes on NPR.
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B is for bat.

Renegade Craft Fair, San Francisco 2009

Thank you Thank you for everyone coming out to Renegade's 2nd Annual Craft Fair in San Francisco. It was truly a blast. Here are most of the pictures from the fair that I took and from the rest of our trip! Have fun looking & leave comments on your experience at the fair!



Driving into foggy city...its a nice feeling


We were lucky to stay at a friend's place in the city near Geary Blvd., which wasn't far from Fort Mason at all! (Thank goodness! Since all the loading & unloading of set up in our car...)


I couldn't stop taking pictures, I had to remind myself of how much I love this city for what it is for...creativity, good food, history, it's people, individuality...ALL of the above!

Got some late night food Friday night & went to bed early cause we had a big day ahead of us!


All did up & ready to get our craft on.

Day #1 at the Renegade Craft Fair:

Our booth set up, and ready to get the day started..

Without him I couldn't of done this! xo.

A detail of my booth, the Renegade Owl was the #1 option on the menu for face paintings!

Visual above from Hanna Quevedo of SF Weekly

Sue from Renegade, making it happen! Thanks Renegade Staff!
(I think you can kind of see I was a bit cold! SF is chilly!! )




The face painting begins...
I don't know what it is in the air of San Francisco or what, but the cutest kids are from here!



Just outside of the Festival Pavilion at Fort Mason Center.



These girls were so much fun.

Visual above by Anita K
Erin from I Made You a Beard.

So much creativity went on in one big Pavilion.
So simple, but so wonderful.

Visual above from here.

Visual above from Renegade.

The talented Lisa Congdon.

I really love this girl's stuff. Kate rules!

Visual above from Renegade.


Benny & I gettin are photo taken by Magnolia Photo Booth. Check out the rest of the hilarious pictures that were taken here.

The brilliant behind the mag booth!


Seibei booth.Every little girl wanted to be a kitty kat.

STRIPES!

She wanted me to match her get up, and so I did....!

Garland love.









And so the day was ending at the Renegade Fair.....on to a nice San Francisco night outting...

Oh, the bus rides......

This girl was from Denmark and she was super cool, made the late night bus rides 100 times better.

This little ballet boutique was around the corner where we stayed at. I couldn't resist taking a snap shot of it...its just simply cute.

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Day #2 at the Renegade Craft Fair:



This is me saying so long Renegade! It was surely a wonderful time! Can't wait till next time.

The next day we drove to Modesto, California before leaving back home to Las Vegas to meet with our good friends and do some camping by the wine vineyards. It ended the trip perfectly!


For more photos of the Renegade Craft Fair in San Fran, please go here


xoxo.


j.