The ‘smile’ on the Amazon.com box makes me smile! Tweet This Post

    ♥ Red, red, red! + The Fashion Notebook set on Flickr. Tweet This Post

1. this is a holy book, 2. esperluettes en bois, 3. bazaar, 4. Farbod, 5. Acrylic Headboard – Myrica Design, 6. Horse, 7. Colares 07, 8. LC’07 Signage, 9. newhair, 10. sally+peter, 11. labeled, 12. Lily│by Ben Dunbar-Brunton for Vogue UK Dec 2007, 13. Emancipation Of Minnie 2, 14. Mickyboo for Too, 15. Rain Slicker, [...]

The lovely Lola London, an LA-based photographer recently commissioned me to design a one-color logo for her business. She wanted a logo that was clean, modern, and easy to drop onto a variety of surfaces (most importantly, as a watermark for her photos).          *Logo copyright 2007 Lola London Photography.      When developing a logo, there’s nothing [...]

One of the first things I noticed about Astoria is that the downtown area seemed quite large for a population of only 10,000 people. A hundred years ago, it was the second largest city in Oregon. Astoria’s past sometimes overshadows the present; the Lewis and Clark expedition spent time there and it was the first [...]

Last year, I was watching an interview with Minimalist painter Brice Marden and the one thing that has stuck with me ever since is the way he described the importance of the back of a canvas. He said that he learned early on in his career from another artist in the New York art world [...]

     On the way to Astoria, we stopped in Cannon Beach (my favorite town along the Oregon Coast by far) and drove down sandy side roads, spying quaint little beach cottages. I snapped photos of my two favorites; both were slightly weathered and full of personality! The angles on the above roof made me think [...]

   Every time I am near Cannon Beach on the Oregon Coast, it’s necessary to stop and pose next to this sea captain statue! Charming, isn’t he? Past evidence of this statue-posing tradition can be seen  here and here.   I’m wearing: Red pashmina, Canal Street, NYC Houndstooth jumper, F21 Beret, Isaac Mizrahi for Target Jeans, Levi’s [...]

Note: My Thanksgiving trip to Astoria and the Oregon Coast was amazing and I have so much to share! Unfortunately, I am getting ready for finals and some art shows all weekend, so I haven’t had a chance to get to the photos yet. In the meantime, here’s some color! About a year ago, I [...]

I pity da foo’ who doesn’t like neutrals! Ha. + The Fashion Notebook set on Flickr. Tweet This Post