Fingerless and studded leather gloves have gone lady lovely. These feminine driving gloves are my current obsession and seem to be everywhere these days. Some of my favorites at nice prices are: (from top to bottom) speed racer glove by free people, leather stud scoop gloves from topshop, and the studded driver glove, also free people.
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone. Enjoy your family, friends, feasts on this day and always. Learn more about the history of thanksgiving here. Cutie tipi illustration by Amy Borrell.
I'm happy I didn't overwhelm myself cooking for Thanksgiving this year. I have selected a dessert to make, that's all! And I am positive these Pumpkin Whoopie Pies will be a delicious success. The recipe is from the Baked Cookbook, by Matt Lewis & Renato Poliafito. They have made the whoopie pie famous, straight from their bakery in Brooklyn. Hopefully mine will look as good as in the photo above (by Tina Rupp.)
During a recent shopping jaunt through one of my favorite boutiques, I noticed the most gorgeous line of candles. Tatine's handcrafted candles are perfectly exquisite with their nature & garden inspired scents, by Margo Breznik from her Chicago studio. She has made it her passion to utilize green production practices, with the blending of soy wax & beeswax, all contained in a recycled glass jar. Not to mention, the packaging's design & letterpress creates a stunning end product. It makes me happy to see and support small studios and artisans like this one. Locally sold in Berkeley at Lola.
As the holidays are almost upon us, I am excited to get decorating. This is always my favorite season to create vibrant & textural floral arrangements. While flipping through some classic domino issues, I came across the brilliant idea of putting together a bouquet of feathers instead. How will you enrich your table centerpiece this year?
As I sit here working, I have the soothing sounds of Norah Jones in my background. Her latest album, The Fall, just released today. It's a wonderful new style for her, yet still has the same silken quality that Norah is known for. I can keep listening to this over & over. Love the quirky Cover art by Autumn de Wilde.
This is my friend Jane Kirby, fabulous on so many levels. We first met years ago while both working at Mademoiselle magazine, me in the art dept. & her in fashion. I remember getting so inspired by Jane's style and the unique ways she could work an ensemble. Time has been good to Jane- she's ever stylish- as you can see in the above feature of her on Madewell's website. She has also turned her love for fashion into an outlet for creating colorful & striking hand-cut paper fashion illustrations (See Jane's work below). There's a variety of original illustrations for sale now in her shop and she'll soon have these darling designs available as prints on greeting cards & gift tags. Perfect offerings for birthdays, weddings & the upcoming holidays! "My Madewell" photo above by Michael Fine.
Puts me in the mood to ride out into the country on a lovely Fall day like today. Happy Sunday! Photo by Mert & Marcus.
I've got the holidays on my mind, and the Urban Outfitters holiday catalog is making me want to start shopping (for myself) now! I am in definite need of the long lady gloves. I am equally enamored by their selection of rhinestone jewelry, lacy frocks & tops, and dramatic dresses with embellishments & cut-outs. With all this good stuff, I'm thankful to find their luxe looks at affordable prices. Makes shopping for yourself a bit more guilt-free.
What began as a creative coincidence, turned into a friendship and visual blog collaboration. It's amazing what this idea has become for artists Maria Alexandra Vettese (MAV) and Stephanie Congdon Barnes whose distance between them is 3191 miles. The daily photo blog of each one's morning observation was documented for a year, and then published as a gorgeous book called A year of mornings: 3191 miles apart. Now, their latest gathering of glorious & intimate evening photos has been put into book form, 3191: Evenings. Rich with visual stimulation and connectibility, these pretty pages are another inspiration. View their current project here.
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