THE WILD ANIMALS

 I have entered another design in yet another Threadless competition. This time it is a playful design meant for a kid or a kid at heart. I first thought of the design and sketched it out years ago and when I started playing around with Threadless I thought it would be a perfect fit for the company. The Challenge this time is for a Gap/ Threadless Collaboration on Clever designs. My design was all inspired by the idea of a 80's /90's rock band name The Wild Animals and there wild animals, haha well I think its cute! Hope you all enjoy it. Please check it out and cast a vote! thanks.

FALL DESIRES

Fall is in the air! I love fall as I have stated before on this blog. I've waxed about the cool crisp air and the fall leaves in all there splendor, But I must confess that I love the color palettes of the clothes just as much. I am a FALL as they say, I am radiant in mustards and olive greens;)! I've always been fond of layering, scarves and boots and summer frowns on such things. If there where a place in the world where I could live  in 6 months of fall and 6 months of spring, with a weekend or two of winter and a weekend or two of summer, then that is where I would live. If such a place exist please leave a comment and let me know, my bags are packed and ready to go at a moments notice always! Were I flush with cash right now all in the image collection above would be coming along with me to this magic place of crisp air that craves cardigans and leather, leaves that make a crisp crunch under the foot of beautiful boots, and chill that requires scarves to keep you warm and elegant all at once. AH Dreams!
1. Caridgan, Scarf, Dress, Purse  2. Scarf, Leather Jacket, Skirt, Boots 
3. Blazer, Dress, Leggings, Boots 4. Scarf, Sweater, Pants, Boots
5. Necklace, Peplum Shirt, Skirt 6. Scarf, Tunic, Jeans, Boots
7. Pants 8. Shirt, Leggings, Boots 
Extras Jewelry: Turq. Bracelet, Mesh Bracelet, Cups and Mugs, Parka

I' AM BACK

            

There are many sayings about best laid plans and life happened around them, but all I can say is I am back and hoping to have more time, confidence and tenacity to make this work! Check out some new design I did for the Threadless and Trina Turk design challenge! I researched vintage designs, and took the advice Trina Turk spoke of in the video along with the colors she mentioned and made about 6 designs which I narrowed down to three and now at last check there are two left! Vote if you can! Thanks and its good too be back!

still in the running

still in the running

DECORATE

Sorry for the delay first the Canon goes all fuzzy then someone ;) accidental spills water all over the keyboard and the H and D don't work (funny how often you use certain letters and don't realize). Anyway where back in business and I have a couple of fun posts starting with this one here! I went to a fun book signing for decorate (decor8) at the Anthropologie in Soho. Decor 8 is a blog on my daily roster, so I was super pumped. I even gave her one of my patented felties as a gift. I feel that if someone inspires you they need to know it, right?! She was so super sweet and seemed to really love the gift. This felty (as pictured) was inspired by her mentioning in a post how she missed chipmunks after moving to Germany from Boston. Growing up in another country myself , I can identify with the weird things you miss. I missed Oreo's and peperoni pizza (I was 8 when we left), and American TV! I was stuck with German and British MTV! Now some of it was good, but considering I liked Nirvana and The Red Hot Chili peppers (still do) the Aqua songs, and Take That just where not cutting it! I guess I am showing my age how many people recall Take That? Iam pretty sure most people try not to ;)! I wouldn't trade my childhood as a third culture kid growing up overseas for anything thought! In fact given the chance I would jump on a plane right now and move almost anywhere!

BONBONS

Just a little sweet treat to get you through the day! I painted these Bon Bons on a couple of weeks ago! They are the tiniest canvases, the actual size of real Bon Bons so they are extra adorable.

LOVIN OVEN AND TWO BUTTONS

I forgot to mention that last weekend we went to Frenchtown, a cute little town along the New Jersey side of the Delaware river. While there we went to brunch at this beautiful and delicious restaurant called Lovin Oven (cute name right) they have a really cool artsy vibe with a fun paintings and furniture, and the dessert was soooooo out of this world. I split the chocolate salted caramel pie with my beloved and it was AMAZING. Salty and sweet, chocolate how can you lose! Right next door is a Southeast Asian imported goods store where I bought these wonder afghan carved wood stamps. It just so happens that the store is own by the Eat Pray Love author Elizabeth Gilbert and her husband.

LAVENDER DREAM

There is a beautiful spot in bucks county where lavender grows. From the winding rural road you can see rolling hills of lavender, the scent floating on the wind into your car calling you to come and idle in this purple and green, peaceful paradise.

So we gave in and on Saturday, busted foot and all we walk through hills of fresh lavender, took too many photos and had a wonderful time. Each bush of lavender was filled with butterflies and bees of different varieties. Of course there is a shop with lavender products including lavender honey and dried lavender, which I purchased, but there are also animals. There are llamas and roosters, chickens and horses and as you can see donkeys.

I never thought I would think that donkeys are cute, but they are with there disproportionate body to leg ratios and their big eye lashed eyes. Plus they where being feed donkey cookies (no idea whats in 'em) but they of course put on the charm for that reason!
If you are in the neighborhood on a Saturday (only day they are open to the public.) checkout Carousel Farms.