Hi friends! I wanted to give you all a little travel update. I had a wonderful 2.5 weeks in Barcelona. I made friends, took film photos, sourced fabric, visited a sewing studio, shopped, saw the sigh...
Hey friends! I am leaving Portland come March 28th and am headed for the beautiful land of Spain. I will be traveling through Barcelona and surrounding countries until June 13th (or longer if I ...
Seriously. Everything must go! Buy it here.
I pulled tons of my favorite vintage items from my closet to find new homes for. Will you take these lovelies off my hands? Shop til you drop HERE.
Im cleaning out my closet in a big way and will be posting lots of vintage goodies on Red Lips Vintage this weekend! Stay tuned, folks!
I discovered the joy of pasty wearing and making several months back at my first ever Burlesque show. The dancers in Portland are top notch and never fail to inspire me with their bedazzled bras, fri...
Erica Tanov: Fall 2011 by Jona Frank from sarah caplan on Vimeo. After seeing this video, I love Erica Tanov 10x more than ever. We carry a few of her loungewear pieces at Lille and I am constantly d...
I have been a lingerie crazy lady lately. Totally love the new Yasmine Eslami that arrived at Lille today. I wanna be french...
Just ordered 5 yards of silk to make a long sleeved Peony dress and a Taffy blouse (from the Colette Patterns book). In the meantime, Ill be cutting up a beautiful vintage curtain to c...
This is the Alex sandwich, named after the guy who invented it...you guessed it. Its my favorite bagel, tomato, hummus concoction of all time. The only ingredients you need are bagels, hummus (I...
The yoga studio I frequent has recently announced a 30 day challenge (!!!) for October. I already feel pretty ace (and a little sore) if Im able to attend 1 or 2 classes a week with some home yoga th...
You know how much I love this ladys music and sense of style, but when I came across these stunning photos of Joanna Newsom while browsing this interesting blog it took my devotion to another level. ...
Just as I am searching for a pair of synthetic ankle boots for winter, these faux suede beauties find me. I would happily wear a pair of sandals every day for the rest of my life if given the right w...
While most of my garden is withering away, the tomatos are still quite persistent. Ive been snacking on an endless supply of cherry tomatos, layering delicious yellow taxi tomatos on slices of toast ...
I dropped out of sewing school after beginning my new job as a shopgirl nearly six months ago. I was feeling overwhelmed and burnt out and bewildered. These days, between selling panties, interning w...
Have I mentioned that I work at the most beautiful lingerie boutique? Well, I do and its pretty wonderful. Sarah (lingerie devotee, designer & shop owner extraordinaire) put together a smashing p...
Fabric shopping typically causes me to be an indecisive mess, but with dahlias on the brain, this choice was immediate!
I recently gave my pal this cashmere sweater vest from a clothing swap. The brilliant gal carefully took it apart, dyed it, and now it exists as two gorgeous skeins of cashmere yarn. I love the conce...
Colette Patterns released Spring patterns today! Violet is a darling blouse with a peter pan collar and Ginger is a classic a-line skirt; both patterns have exceptional details and thorough direction...
Whether youre in a duo or flying solo, I hope yall had a snazzy Valentines Day! I made peanut butter, chocolate chip, and coconut cookies for my sweetie and reveled in the prettiest rusty red silk un...
Please take a moment to check out the Kickstarter page for Cinema Verde, Gainesville, Floridas 2nd annual eco-film festival. The 10 day film festival is directed by my lovely and extremely hardworkin...
Vintage inspired lace inset tutorial Hello! Heres a look at a few of the lacy bits Ive been whippin up for tutorials on the Colette Patterns blog. Are there any tutorials youd love to see over a...
source.bodysuit by The Lake and StarsHannah and Landon Metz for Alexandra Grecco
Check out Anja and dalas Valentines video from our photo shoot! Theres french music, and of course, ladies in their dainties. Andddd...click HERE to jump over to my Colette Patterns tutorial on surfa...
Hello hello! Im elated to finally share these photos from a very spur of the moment Valentines Day photo shoot for Colette Patterns. Im still pretty amazed that plans for this lingerie shoot came to ...
Shells with tofu ricotta. The secret to this ricotta is adding a garlicy cashew cream, fresh basil, and topping it all with homemade almesan.Black bean burrito heaven with this super simple ranc...
Check it out! My continuous bias tape tutorial is up on Colette Patterns...expect another bias tape related DIY to pop up on the blog soon. Also, Sarai has launched a forum and Snippets, a nifty...
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