Man..How happy are you that its Friday? Lemme tell you I’m freaking stoked! This week was a rough one for some reason. Just really tired! Eesh! I am so excited to one have nothing to do, but things around the house. Sounds dumb but I enjoy just doing little things around the house and just relaxing with my hubby! We have been so busy this month that this is a much needed relaxing weekend! Yay!! What are your weekend plans?
Living in California where the weather outside is 80 degrees makes me want Spring and Summer to come. I cannot wait to start throwing on the the color! Neon pops with blacks and whites. I mean seriously..Summer hurry up and get here!!!! Today I found this amazing website for color! If you love color as much as I do head on over to Color-Collective and see what they are cooking up!
Last night Dave and I headed to the Palladium to see Wilco!. Dave had bought the tickets last year and we were both anticipating this show. I was excited to head to Hollywood to see them, last week. Then last night I’m not gonna lie I was a whiny pants because we had to drive to LA and we were gonna get home late, so I was thinking yesterday afternoon that I wouldn’t go to the show. But, I mustered up the energy to go with my hubs and see one of his favorite bands. I’m glad I did though, they put on an amazing show! Jeff Tweedy’s voice live is even better then on a CD. They put on a great show! Their guitar solo’s and just overall aesthetic of the show was intoxicating. So, thanks babe for taking me. One song that I had actually never heard before was called Hummingbird, and it is now my new favorite song. His voice..LOVE!
The band that opened before them was pretty good, White Denim
They did a little to much guitar solo for me, and not enough singing but overall they were a good opener.
Do you ever have that itch to just get away? Lately, I have been feeling so confined to our everyday life that I’ve been needed that scratch that itch. Last year was one that was so crazy in Dave and my life that we were confined to staying home a lot and saving money for our wedding. Not to say that it wasn’t a great year, but it was one that we both felt very trapped in our everyday lives. This year we both decided to enjoy the time that we have with one another and get out and travel. So, January hit and we both said “No commitments, let’s just see what happens.” And what happened..We were busy the ENTIRE month of January! February is already starting to fill up and again, so is March. So, how do you say no to friends, family to just escape? I’m one of those types of people who I always feel like I need to say yes to as many things as possible and then all of a sudden we are booked solid for months. Sounds crazy right? Well, it happens ask my poor husband. We both decided though that for our Birthday’s we were going to get away. We are planning a trip right now for March to head up north to wine country and have a nice lovely weekend. I cannot wait to get away and spend some time with my wonderful husband. How do you get away? Am I the only one who feels that life can sometimes get in the way?
This past Saturday I was lucky to spend time with some lovely creative ladies at the Orange County Creative Connection meet up. I found them through Facebook and thought this was a great way for me to get my name out there and also meet up with some talented ladies and see what their story was. It was located in Fullerton at Colleen’s house who was one of the Featured Creative’s at the tea. She had the cutest display for A Little Love and Lace.
Colleen had cute little tea sets that she made that came with some tea and a little stick of honey! To cute!
The Apron Chef, Grace, was the next Featured Creative. The hosts were wearing her lovely aprons. She did a great job, with her fabric choices and she was the sweetest person.
Super Cute!
I had such a great time and so much fun meeting so many great ladies! The next meet up will be February 15th in Irvine! I can’t wait!!!
Happy Friday! Here is a video that my friend, Juan sent to me. If you ever wondered what someone does when they have way to much time on their hands then you much check out this video!
This past weekend Dave and I headed over to the tattoo shop to get our ink on! We had been discussing getting matching tattoo’s before the wedding. It was something that many had told me “don’t do it..you’ll regret it,” “its a curse.” Well, I don’t believe in curses..so..eat your heart out haters! We had a great day with one another writhing in pain together and remembering our wonderful day with one another.
I look like I’m not in pain..but in reality I hurt!
This was at the beginning of the tattoo, Dave was being brave. But again..it HURT!
I love them so much! And I love my new hubby even more!!
I have been following Bleubird Vintage for awhile now, and on one of her posts she had posted this amazing embroidery that a woman named, Lucky Jackson had done for her. I went through Lucky’s website and found what an amazingly, talented woman she is. So I am so very excited to have her being featured today!
Hometown:Peterborough Ontario Canada
Turn Ons:sincerity and kindness
Turn Offs:negativity
Favorite Food:pasta with homemade sauce
Favorite food now:popcorn
Languages You Speak: english
Favorite Albums: sticky fingers (rolling stones) born to run (springsteen)
Favorite Books: Franny and Zooey (salinger) Me talk pretty one day (david sedaris)
If you could have a super power what would it be: the ability to do an interview without sounding silly (and maybe flying)
What Inspires You: my kids, vintage toys, graphic design
How did you get your start: my husband entered me in an art show and I had nothing to show. He said “Well you better start making something.”
Whats your favorite Design you have created: day 15 and 16 featuring my daughters Claire and Ellie as superheroes.
Who do you want to work with: Dean and Dan Caten designers of Dsquared illustrating their wonderful collections with my embroidery
What part of owning a small business do you find challenging: balancing the business and creative parts.
Any Advice for anyone who is just starting out in a career path similar to
yours: create your own style by trying out new techniques. don’t be afraid if it doesn’t look like everything else… you want to be different and have your own voice.
Happy Friday!!! I am SO excited to introduce a new series within Active For Fashion called, Style File! Once a month on Friday I will be posting some cute outfit pictures for inspiration! Yay! I’m really excited to start this new series! First up we have my friend Holly. I’ve known Holly for almost 2 years now, and let’s just say, she is one all her own! With her never ending “Holly-ism’s” as her second language, her fun and energetic personality she is one that will always keep you laughing and guessing. I’m so excited to have her as my first victim..muahahaha! So..here we go!
My style is really based on my mood for the week, or month. I like to keep my style ever-changing because I get bored easily, and because I don’t want to be defined by a fad or trend per say. Most of the time my style is a mash up of different items from my closet, and sometimes, lately I’ve been creating my own garments by recycling old denim or leggings into a new pair of fancy flare bells.
My style icons are Stevie Knicks, and Janice Joplin. They are pretty much my only muses when it comes to emotionally connecting with clothing. I love the style from the 70′s but I’m also a child of the 90′s so I love beat up rock!; roll tees paired with vibrant hues from the 70′s. Sort of a 70′s biker babe is my new trend obsession. Neon crochet mixed with leather and lace, that’s the look I was going for today!
My jeans were old pair of H&M high wasted denim , but the flare was terrible, I like my flare bells to be tight at the knees and have a very exaggerated bell, so I tapered the knees and added some amazing fabric I’ve had for years. In fact this fabric was a vintage dress I carried with me from apt to apt until I finally figured out what I wanted to do with it. The bracelets I have on are also my new fav obsession, TURQUOISE!!! The cuff was one I got from a Navajo tribe for my wedding in Montana. The necklace was an old piece of jewelry my grandma Lynn gave me, it’s Native American, not sure what tribe. I love Indian jewelry!
I am wearing a over sized ACDC shirt from Urban, I love this band, saw them last year and 55 year old Angus Young was spinning on his back and stripping down to his skivvies. Some things never change!!! The coral piece I’m wearing was a vintage moo moo from American vintage and I hated how it fit so I cut it down the center and finished the top edges and now I love it!
One song that I had actually never heard before was called Hummingbird, and it is now my new favorite song. His voice..LOVE!
We had a great day with one another writhing in pain together and remembering our wonderful day with one another.
