Yokoo

I don't remember what me and Sarah were looking at where I seen this girl again but when I did, I instantly remembered being intrigued by her on Etsy. She is so awkwardly awesome with her haircut and glasses, not to mention the poses, oh and the pictures. I found her while searching for a chainlink, knitted scarf similar to the sold out Benetton ones. Anyways, check her out if not for her gear, then her cool pics (which I see she is now selling as well). Neato.

All Cosby!!!

I started to try to collect all the seasons. I think I ended up with seasons 1-3 but quit because it was tiring and expensive. But lookie what we have here...all 8 seasons...YES!

Pamela Love

Cute jewelry. For some reason I imagine Sarah's site to look like this since she is an awesome sketch artist.

Sonia Rykiel exhibit in Paris

I love her! Here's the scoop...

Sonia Rykiel’s exhibition at Les Arts Décoratifs in Paris will be open Wednesday through April 19, 2009 celebrating her 40 years in fashion featuring some 200 outfits. “The exhibit is organized by theme and not chronologically because many of Rykiel’s leitmotifs — lace, stripes, rhinestones, black, etc. — have remained constant throughout her career, said Saillard. Visitors enter the show via a black rotunda where Rykiel’s recorded voice reads some of her pronouncements on style. From there, display cases are dedicated to knitwear, printed dresses, velour jogging suits, marabou coats and slouchy pantsuits — all Rykiel signatures. Each window juxtaposes a piece from early in her career with a more recent one elaborating on the same theme. The second half of the exhibit upstairs includes several windows devoted to large-scale pictures of Rykiel-wearing models by photographer Dominique Issermann.”

info from WWD

And here's a skirt from her I missed out on from tobi.com.

6 things

we were tagged by annie & carlotta to write a list of 6 unimportant things that make us happy. the rules are as follows:
1. Mention the person that nominated you
2. List the six unimportant things that make you happy
3. Tag five blogs and let them know they have been tagged via comment section on their blogs.

being that this is a joint blog, cheryln and i decided to split up the work..

cheryln's favorites:
1. My mother-in-law’s dressing/stuffing. Good for the stomach good for the soul. I can live off this stuff. I don’t know what’s in this and I don’t care.
2. Catalogs of any kind. You can catch me on the train in the morning looking at toy catalogs. Reminds me of my younger days when I used to fold the corners so I can look at it over and over.3. Seeing fathers and their child(ren). It just puts a smile on my face.sarah's favorites:

4. reading the back of shampoo labels. they promise to nurture, love, strengthen, thicken. but like many promises that sound too good to be true, they usually are. which is why i have at least five different shampoos at any given time. i never lose hope... 5. my rock collection. i have accumulated a small gallery of rocks. some from far away lands (amalfi coast in italy), to unimpressive lands (garage sale down the street). regardless of origin, they are all dear, and i like to stack them in little rock arrangements around the apartment. 6. chili flavored mango slices from trader joe's. don't knock em 'til you try em... and in turn, we tag these distinguished blogs:
heartfish
lookbook nyc
sfgirlbybay
hipster musings
feather

-cheryln & sarah

weekend recollection

its sunday evening and i can only say i wish it was friday all over again...

louie and me, in my new absolutely-no-bells-or-whistles gap jacket...paul & louieclearly the sensible hiking outfit: AA rubber leggings and ballet flats
*photo by paul

fantastic friday

i'm counting down the minutes until i'm gliding down the highway, via honey the honda, to the central coast. atascadero to be exact. the city lights fading behind me. i will bring three cameras, sun dresses, one coat for cold nights, and boots to walk around the hills in with louie the border collie and paul...

on a hike in the hills

san simian in the spring...

off beat

today was just okay. i had a nice walk to work, the weather has been gorgeous, i had a lunch date with paul only to find his bike stolen. so lame. so so so lame... in an attempt to cheer myself up, i perused autumn de wilde's myspace (stalkerish, right) and found some images that did perk me up a bit...

double exposure of seattle skyryan adams (whom i immediately put on itunes)laura mulleavy of rodartefionn regan and laura murphy

The making of Photoshop

more here.

attention seamstresses

and fellow vintage fanatics: i was researching vintage sewing patterns for megan's bridal gown, and stumbled apon this gem of a site sovintagepatterns.com. even if you aren't a seamstress, the illustrations on the pattern packages are worth a gander...

pink

on my walk to work i noticed that a few bits of pink are still here in the autumn months, some natural some not...

elves in the window at kiss meti LOVE molte cose and would buy anything in their window. pink/rainbow jacquard jacket...more from molte cose's window: adorable vintage dress with bow at the neckdressing table displaying all kinds of necessary housewareand a dainty perfume bottle with a silver top...

there's going to be a wedding

my beautiful friend megan is engaged!!! and i'm going to help make the dress! time to start a bridal binder...

* addition: my grammie in her wedding dress! her mother, my great grandma cardoza, made it. great grandma had a few seamstress shops here in the city....

sunday leisure

after visiting julian, and delivering him a new toy dinosaur, paul and i came home to descend upon our own projects. i've been working on a three-pendent necklace with vintage star rhinestones sprinkled along the tops, and managed to finish it today!

concrete heart

dino riderthe finished necklace: three vintage chandelier crystals enveloped in crocheted wire with vintage star rhinestones