i just found an awesome link for how-to create stencilled street-art...it's written by a girl too so there's tips on personal safety....

http://visualresistance.org/wordpress/zine/stencils

what day is today? oh yeah wednesday.... i am buried in paperwork & left my cellphone in town & as well as things are coming along there's still alot to do in 2 weeks & why the hell is it so hard to find good indie designers that cater to the male population ( Read more... )

there's that moment in the middle of any occurence that feels like falling that moment of "holy shit there's nothing beneath my feet & i'm not sure how or where or when i'll land ( Read more... )

sometimes it seems time slows & hours & days hold still...... luckily i'm having one of those moments... working on the organization of the pre-show event in Chicago... it's been named "Suite Shop" and was born on July 4th. I've been working the last couple days compiling lists of participants i want & buyers & stylists & "normal" people i want to ( Read more... )

because places to stay in chicago are so damn expensive

because i like it when things are happening

because i have a friday night to kill there

i'm having a pre-show event.

pink champagne & pink cupcakes

mm-hmmm

it's a sultry evening with a wide illuminated haze around the moon & the air so thick with fireflies it looks as if the heavens have fallen into the fields ( Read more... )

....so i made myself a promise i'd contact 20 retail shops a week & i'm absolutely terrified which means i'm on the right path & so i've been sitting here doublechecking addresses & phone numbers & so many of the coolest shops in the world are in my dear sweet portland & so an hour goes by & another & another & this sadness creeps in ( Read more... )

okay maybe just the sewing machines but it kind of had a nice ring to it didn't it ( Read more... )

i got this e-mail a couple hours ago:

"Out of curiousity, would you be willing to sell this clutch for any less than the asking price. I like the purse, but not the price."

regarding this item: fruit print clutchwhich brought up that age old question, what is the right price to pay ( & charge) for handcrafted items? why spend $25 dollars on a ( Read more... )

today was one of those days that can't be argued with....woke up slowly, early, the air was cool & the pillow was soft but andrew had coffee & breakfast waiting so i got up... sat on his back deck with my cats while the shadows shortened & hunted for four-leaf clovers...finally back in my studio i set to task of arranging things & then it was on to ( Read more... )