a custom alvin tote for ali.
2011, its been real.
until recently, id never set a foot in southern california that wasnt part of adventureland, tomorrowland, or fantasyland. as sure as the sunset is rust-red, ill be back LA.
stick a fork in it, its done. but it was fun...art gets a thumbs up! painting by cameron cairney.paul and his shiny new uke.baby girl on christmas morning.
i make bags, conifer sells them. check them out!soon to be up and running and mine: great grandpas industrial macheen, formerly used to make/repair parachutes on the alameda naval base.
some things stay the same.(i like red dresses and jon is apprehensive about posing).
sewing sewing sewing. ive been designing and fine-tuning a batch of new bag designs. this here is a prototype (one that im keeping for myself, stitches are crooked and gappy). the purpose of this pro...
people, places, and food. and some new lipstick.obviouslyprecious monkeymy peaceful better halfrasberry-fig galettesexy louis XVIchestnut st.cozy thronealigolden.combanana flaxseed waffles fleet foxe...
new addition (the crystal) to my many gold chain necklaces. i do love layering them, you see. it came from 1228, a san francisco brand ♥ AND the new st. vincent video is ready for all to see here. id...
last weekend i had work as an on-set tailor. i do that from time to time, usually for GAP, where i bring my trusty singer to a photo shoot and fit models in their clothing. this time however, was for...
jump-starting a rusty blog is hard. a lot has happened since i last wrote, so to save us both the pain of going over details, ill go the childrens book route rather than the novel. all pictures! ali ...
sometimes i remember i have a blog, and that i need to post something on here, even if the frequency of posts averages out to once a month. my excuse? oh, nothing more than opening a sewing studio/st...
i find mae west fascinating. shes been suspected of having secret marriages, being of african-american descent, having ties to the mob; was an early champion of womens and gay rights, learned her sig...
ive spent the last week getting settled and sewing in my new studio. the neighbors are very sweet, and there are a few new businesses going in across from us which immediately created camaraderie. i ...
what im into lately: working on my new sewing space. its a garage in hayes valley, that apparently has never housed a car, or not for a long time. previous tenants have included a set designer and a ...
i just set down patti smiths, just kids. i loved reading about a young patti, she was sweet and insecure, named her outfits, and idolized bob dylan. mesmerizing read, you dont need to be familiar wit...
once the holidays take hold, everything else gets put on the back-burner and you side step through a whirlwind of family, friends and food. though i didnt manage to do much sewing, i did do a few cre...
why are the major holidays crammed together?! good grief. its been a good run, and fun while it lasted...oh what the heck, happy new years!!!
if anyone has looked at sephora.com in the last day or so, youll see my mug at the bottom of the page... HA!
ive come to a point in my life where i need a legit business card. i whipped these up the other day for an industry christmas party. my name and the word seamstress are to look like theyve been sewn ...
i bought some new lipstick at target the other day, and since im sick i thought id play makeover. when youre sick, rest and hydration is key. but i can only ingest so much water, so during a feverish...
while digging through my ava gardner bio (pretty juicy stuff, i recommend it) i was excited to read a tidbit about rita hayworth being of spanish descent. it wasnt common for hispanic women to become...
all saints stanton jacketj.crew stadium coatkaren walker the village sunglasseschloe darla totecurrently listening to...
does anyone else remember that scene in reality bites when ben stiller is listening to rap in his car? its one of my favorites... anyway... all black design, normally in regards to automobiles, is re...
willie mays (and jon and me) at the giants hero parade...i wore my best orange and black dress.
long skirts are indeed all the rage, and so are galactic prints. the two combined are wicked cool...the pattern looks insanely simple, and by coincidence i have a similar maxi skirt in my plans of fu...
i was commissioned to make a bag for my ex-office. they have a sleek, skinny new overhead projector and needed something equally sexy to tote it around in. so after getting specifications and ideas f...
this year having halloween on a sunday, and my home team in the world series made for an exciting weekend. saturday was when the city was in full halloween swing. while hordes of the female populatio...
when i was little and felt a burning desire to wear the same green turtleneck, navy blue sweatpants, and black chuck taylors every day, it wasnt because i didnt have anything else to wear. far from i...
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