crabtastic

wee little things

2011-05-02T18:07:00.000-07:00

Who here does not have a fascination with little things?

I could just stare at them. Tell them how cute they are.

Anyway, let's consider this weekend planting

project a visualization of my future.

In my future, I am living in my

my quiet meadow/garden.

Or, on a cloud. I'll take either.

wee little bird bath..

the smallest carnations. yum-o

petit glass cloche...

wee garden one!

wee garden two!

wee trees in a wee meadow.

Ok, im annoying myself. I'll stop.

Although, my encouragement to participate in

plant related projects will not stop.

oh joy

2011-04-24T10:07:00.000-07:00

from one rabbit lady to another..

happy easter!

army jackets

2011-04-12T11:16:00.000-07:00

Army jackets by Split circa 2011 and 2001.

What a difference ten years makes..

we have transitioned from short green jackets

with giant buttons quite nicely.

Get the EMIL jacket from Split girl

come Holiday 11.

Although, tread lightly.. because my

green friend

here is my lone wolf Split item from

the 2000s and I cherish it!

PS I am shooting swim this week to put

up on our ecommerce site and you will be

able to buy direct!! woot.

Tell your friends.

when all else fails

2011-04-11T17:03:00.000-07:00

when times are tough..

there is always the sight of a small person

running 200 yards toward a creepy bunny and

eventually jumping into his embrace.

amazing.

And, the spring 'concert' happened this weekend.

Check out the moves..

Look at this group. My kid is a shining star.

Getting personal on this monday to

cure my mondays.

Have a good week!!

why not

2011-04-01T10:58:00.000-07:00

blog today.

I am going to come out this blog hiatus because today

is April first.

Seeing that I am the worst liar on the planet,

I will not be pulling any pranks.

Instead, I will say happy happy birthday to my man Ringo,

who is 12 today!!

I hear 12 human years is 87 years to a rabbit.

Too, it is clearly spring.

Today I am wearing the ultra cute Midi short

from the Split Holiday 11 collection in Navy.

Slightly similar to these, but shiny!

Anyway, these shorts remind me of someone who I miss.

Happy Friday!

I will surely start to be storming about Easter.

As an old rabbit lady, I will not be gone long.

xx!

sneek-ems.

2011-03-09T15:19:00.000-08:00

wig wam motel. Split Holiday 11.

Slightly Bates motel-ish, but fun!

eeek!

2011-03-07T15:27:00.000-08:00

My communication is still slightly spotty;

I'm coming back from near meltdown here!

But. there is good news: I am starting to

receive all of holiday 11. And, I have a photo shoot

tomorrow. Thus, I give you blog content!!

Anyway, dying over this Mexican blanket accessory

group. The cutest.

mini pack.

mini cross body bag.

clutch.

weekender!!

and do not fear! The Mexican blanket parka will be returning..

and hopefully not just to my closet.

Buy this come August! It's amazing!

Comes in black and soft red.

Happy week!

If I have been ignoring you.. keep trying!

i guess

2011-02-28T11:59:00.000-08:00

I will crawl out of my hole and blog?

The last few weeks have been very hectic.

My very witty and awesome grandmother

passed away a few weeks ago.

She definitely was a presence and I am going

to miss her.

She was a woman after my own heart :

she could eat a pie for dinner, always stayed up

late, and was never serious.

She was the center of every crowd.

love this moving shot on the 'jazzy'

and amidst all the madness, grandma 2 decided

to have surgery. timing!

So, I am back. I am planting... a little late, which

vexes me, but! I did purchase this lovely giant

(yes, the biggie!) greenhouse for my seedlings.

yay me.

Its kind of an *upgrade from last years seedling

greenhouse.. being made of glass and all.

And I almost flipped my lid at Roger's

Easter lay out. Egg madness.

I had to leave quickly. But I will return.

And purchase stuff. Glitter covered

smiling bunnies in overalls carrying

bags of egg stuff.

This was my fave egg..

stained glass painted on real eggs.

In other news, I totally missed Valentines..

and I am sorry. I did make cookies?

plus, in totally creepy news, Ava got stick-on

watermelon fingernails for Vday.

Don't worry, they lasted about ten minutes before

getting matted into the carpet.

"rawr".

Yes, that is the ANNIE vinyl in the background.

And, yes, we do know ALL the words.

Wanna come over? ha.

And lastly, coming up next Tues is the Holiday 11 photoshoot.

mid century styling +

wigwam motel(swoon)

+ my mom's hair from 1968

= success!!

obviously!

Anyway, I will start making our lunch plans and

returning calls and texts now, and even

repair my car and speakers(!) while I'm at it.

Thanks for all the vday gifts and cards.

I have yours.. they are tardy.

you have a sub today

2011-02-25T16:53:00.000-08:00

Hello class, my name is Miss Lujo. Jaimee is out today—crafting or designing or doing some other crap that’s better than blogging. So today you have me. I like crafts and fashion and bunny rabbits, but I like music the most. You like music, too, don’t you class?

Our lesson today is on A Lull. They are a band that makes music. Can you say “A Lull”? Say it out loud with me. Good! Now say it backwards. Excellent! Now say it frontwards and backwards while tapping your head and rubbing your belly.

Ahem.

Today we’re going to watch a video from A Lull.

Please press play.

Now.

A Lull "Weapons For War" from A Lull on Vimeo.

Did you finish watching? How do you feel? Do you feel soft and furry like a bunny or do you feel like your mom forgot to pick you up after school? Maybe this song makes you feel like throwing on a pair of neon shorts and going for a swim in the Pacific.

Music affects people in unique ways and no matter how you feel, it's okay. Open yourself to its endless possibilities. Feel it in your core.

Now class, here is your homework assignment. Leave a comment telling me, Miss Lujo, and Jaimee how this video made you feel. Whoever gives the best description gets a gold star next to their name and a free digital download of A Lull’s album, Confetti.

happy happy

2011-02-04T15:24:00.000-08:00

Year of the rabbit

from Felix the rabbit and his fresh new 'do.

he's no longer an ewok.. and he's ready to party.

simplicity

2011-02-02T11:51:00.000-08:00

Happy Groundhog day?

I was just rereading my old blog entries, searching for this shot..

of beautiful vintage from allen company that

I put up April 24, 2009.

There is a point to this story. I promise.

Anyway, aside from the fact that I am obsessed with Ruth Saltz

handbags, and the little lion heads that look like squirrels,

the skirt in the background of that picture always seemed to

me to be very practical and simply perfect.

I love that image and I tucked it away in one of my million desktop

folders.

When I was coordinating my skirts for the Fall 11 Split girl line,

I needed that silhouette. Plus pockets of course.

I would wear a potato sack if it had pockets. *diversion

Our skirt, appropriately named the Allen, is Railroad stripe

denim over dyed with navy.

sigh. I just love this silhouette. So sweet.

I also figured out, while scouring my old blogs, that I used to be

fun. What the hell happened? I am going to work on that.

Did the groundhog see it's shadow? Not that I even remember

which one means Spring. Going to look that up.

Wait. There are fourteen different groundhogs on record?

Thanks Wikipedia.

I guess I support Punxsutawney Phil and his non shadow aka

early Spring.

from my desk

2011-01-27T16:51:00.000-08:00

yawn. But! Today was a good day.

Great swimwear samples.

Very very cute fleece photo sample for Holiday 11.

Body with volume and back buttons!

Plus!

Not to brag about how important I am -

but, we have a new intern.

she's shocked about how off calendar I am.

pretty stuff

2011-01-25T15:38:00.000-08:00

i know. i come and i go as i please. you still like me, right?

work is dominating. but, at least there is pretty stuff to

look at?

holiday is coming in and it is looking gooood.

I am totally obsessed with the emil jacket.

and this swim print for spring 12!!

amazing silks for your enjoyment for Spring 12,

giant tents,

and yummy sleeves.

love to everyone!!

may we share internet quality time together real soon!

touch my fanny

2011-01-14T17:19:00.000-08:00

or not. fannies fannies fannies.

thai fanny.

via. amazing outfit, btw. amazing.

tie dye fanny. different than thai fanny.

via.

um, kangaroo stuffed animal fanny.

what is so sick about this one is how badly I want it.

via.

And!! (mini drumroll)... the Split Girl Fall 11 fanny.

There are a few things going on in this picture.

1.) the fanny. its two available prints.

this here fanny is on its way to Emily!!

2.) the vintage backpack that is also fantastic.

3.) an attempt to make all jealous of my last supper

framed by plastic portrait that I keep by my desk.

I am not a religious woman, but please please

oh Jesus please let Emily do some form of

tacky 'thirty days of my Fanny' blog entries.

And, of course, an Ava update.

Girl loves her vintage fashions.

for your viewing pleasure,

three shots of pure excitement.

Another incredible piece that made it

out of the attic after 30 years.

ps, are you reading the Split Girl blog?

obsessed!

2011-01-05T17:34:00.000-08:00

I am feeling psychotic about the color navy.

Oddly enough, I am also assembling a color story for

next spring right at this moment.

Kind of like grocery shopping on an empty stomach.

Well, sorry ladies. Looks like sailor dresses and matching

sailor hats for you next spring.

Anyway, I have been shopping on Allen Company again.

My new navy boots.

another Ruth Saltz handbag.. love those little lion heads.

navy.

I think I will like a nice navy swimsuit next year? no? thoughts?

Off to a tradeshow tomorrow. I will take some pics and share.

xx!

bad behavior

2010-12-28T13:05:00.000-08:00

bad bad holiday behavior.

bad blogging.

bad communicating.

bad worker goes to work in one outfit and leaves

in another.

cute color blocked knit top though, right?

the holiday has brought the realization of

the brilliant egon von furstenburg sweater we

have all been waiting for, though.

note the real deal on the right and the new colorway

on the left. bright poppy and new wood buttons!

yay for Paige.

and of course there was holiday crafting!

psychedelic santa anyone?

homemade salt and flour ornaments.

bummed I cut off Ava's 'sleeping bag with pillow'

creation at the top left.

happy holidays from Christmas Yoda.

New year's resolution to be a super good

blogger, among other things to be

discussed later.

jumpers

2010-12-15T14:32:00.000-08:00

Hi peops! Hope you are keeping abreast

of all of the new activity over on the Split Girl Blog.

Today there are some dandy shots of

a few of my new holiday goodins.

This below piece is my fave.

Black and cream goodness. If you were able

to jump on this morning, you would have seen a

very unfortunate and pantless (with tights)

photo of me that I quickly removed. ha!

Speaking of festive holiday jumpers,

feast your eyes on what I found while shopping yesterday!

The back of this sweater really takes it to the super crazed

middle age lady who likes Disney level.

It reminds me of Harriet from small wonder.

There were many hot sweaters out yesterday.

This one was neon and heathered. Had it been 3 sizes too big

for me, I would have bought it.

Life is busy as we prep for trade show season to start in 2 1/2

weeks. Hope everyone is having a good holiday!

woo!

2010-12-10T14:28:00.000-08:00

Here I am! I am here. I am forced to use 'normal' type

size, as my work computer will only allow me to post

in miniature fashion. Hopefully, 'normal' will work.

Busy busy busy shooting Split Girl.

Remember Old Goode Things?

It is still old and very very goode.

I will show you a little glimpse of

Split Girl Fall 11 to wet your appetite...

Can we DIE over this dress together?

It is silky and amazing. And, has pockets.

Thank goodness for practicality.

And, dirty bathtubs.

have a good weekend!! Miss everyone!!

pretty pictures

2010-12-01T11:48:00.000-08:00

Before officially moving on to Christmas,

it's December btw, pretty pictures of

Fall on Whidbey Island.

Fall on Whidbey is cooooold.

the farm... loganberry wine and pie. mm

Langley.. hideous place.

Ava got kind of festive for the Thanksgiving holiday..

And, we finally got on the train float in the Los Altos

Parade of Lights. Thanks to Meg for helping us

live the dream!

totally avoiding work for a week plus two days was totally awesome.

Now, I must get to it.

December!

Mr Turkey

2010-11-25T15:13:00.000-08:00

I would not be myself if I didn't have Mr Turkey

wish everyone a happy thanksgiving this year.

I can't believe I forgot to bring him on my road trip.

Dragging Mr Turkey out for Thanksgiving drinks at the bar

brings me so much happiness.

Vintage floral Thanksgiving! Have a good one!

this is me

2010-11-22T12:27:00.000-08:00

thoroughly entertained with myself in the new 'Mel'

sweater that just arrived for our Fall 11 photo shoot this week.

This thing is so darned cute. And, the color 'pinky'

can soften anyone up. Even me!

Look for yours from Split Girl very soon!

I have many pics of trees to share from my woodsy

weekend on the Greenbank Farm.

Right now, however, I must get in a car and drive to SF.

Happy Turkey week!

p.s. I swear I do not think I am a model all of the

sudden. I have no idea what has gotten into me.

i repeat

2010-11-18T12:55:00.000-08:00

I love this Split Girl Fall tunic.

And ahem.. here is our new model, April.

She is a complete babe and the sweetest thing.

Happy weekend! Me and the toddler are

off the the remote wilderness of the San Juan islands!

laces and fur balls.

2010-11-16T10:50:00.000-08:00

I do love laces.

who doesn't want this zexy open lace on

a button up and a dress? I know!

You will have it next year by way of Split Girl.

woot.

Wanna see something ridiculous?

meet Felix.. Ringo's newly adopted friend.

yes, he resembles barf from space balls.

And! I just promoted to myself to the level of

spastic pet owner, as I have completely decided that

Ringo, in his 2 lb/12year old state, needs to start

wearing sweaters to keep his little body warm.

So, look for that entertainment later.

But, enough funny diversions...

the reason for our newly adopted gopher-rabbit

is because I lost my most loved bunny Jamie the rabbit

in August.

I adopted Jamie the rabbit 8 1/2 years ago, when he was 1 1/2.

Of course I was attracted to him by his fantastic name, which I never

had the heart to change. And so, I endured 8 years of being made fun of

over my rabbit of the same name. He was such a love and

my little buddy. He always wanted to see me even in times when no

one else did. gulp! I miss him. This was one of the reasons for

my August depression 2010.

I just needed to hold that information close to me until I was

ready to share it. xx

Ok, let's end on a high. I came into work today wearing an oversized

man-shirt. Standard. Then I got my yummiest flannel tunic sample in

for next year. Me and flannels,

we don't really understand each other.

Its one of those not-angsty-enough situations.

So let's reinvent the wheel here and wear batwing flannel tunics

with aztec plaid.

And, it has pockets. I'm in love! I wish I had brought a little belt today.

yay! Happy Tues!

Speaking of Aztec

2010-11-11T12:22:00.000-08:00

and this awesome jacket..

look at these amazing images from

Yance and Daves southwestern adventure.

So incredible.

If one person supports my love of

heavy weaves, its Lance. Miss you!

look what we have here!

2010-11-11T12:15:00.000-08:00

Swim season is almost upon us.. fall selling season

starts in January.

So, we are getting closer and closer to the new

Split Girl website launch. In the meantime, we

are going to go ahead and exercise our right to blog.

Find the Split girl blog here.

And because I am a glutton for punishment, or

I love to spread my face across the worldwide web -

you choose - I am the temporary blog model.

Don't get excited.. I said temporary.

So look forward to new blogs to come!

trapeze dress from Split girl fall 11

aztec print inspiration purchased at Golden State Goods

for Holiday 11.

You've seen it before. This maxi is the best.

The print will be in the Split girl holiday 11 collection.

yay for more content for me! Happy Thursday.

fun fact

2010-11-05T14:10:00.000-07:00

Well. Today is my birthday.

Last night I got into bed at about 11:50 and

ten minutes later was woken up by my computer,

and the lines 'hey Jaimee, it's your birthday'.

I knew the sound immediately, though I had no idea where it

was coming from.

Fun fact = Every year on my birthday

I listen to 'my' birthday song. This song is completely

cheesy and titled 'Happy Birthday Jaimee', of course,

and involves a wacky character named Captain Zoom

singing to me. I am fairly certain it is also someone else's

song as well, since there is a clear break in

the song where the name

'Jaimee' is yelled.

The best part about this song is that it came to me by way of a 6"

LP on top of one of my birthday presents at my 4th birthday.

Here is me at Cuesta park on my fourth birthday.

and here is me freaking out after my balloons flew away.

I tried to get Ava to put this on this morning to indulge my

birthday fantasies and I got a big hand to the face.

My birthday related nostalgia is raging and

I was feeling pretty good after schlepping out the

dress while listening to the birthday song.

And now, I must subject all of you to the birthday song.

I will not apologize for how crazy it is.

Sadly, I could not find video footage from the above party.

So, I set the song to the scene from my second birthday party.

I think I will circle back to Halloween/bday week images next week.

Because this day is all about me. ha!

Have a good weekend! xx!

yes, yes, yes

2010-11-02T16:49:00.000-07:00

Take your pic. These are all amazing!

If someone wants to buy me one for my birthday, I will not

stop 'you'.

from AllenCompanyInc

happy halloween!

2010-10-31T09:52:00.000-07:00

this years correspondence from Old World Christmas..

Happy Birthday Amie! Love you!

old stuff new stuff

2010-10-27T13:51:00.000-07:00

Fun times at the Golden State Goods opening this weekend!

There was lots of old stuff and of course, I partook in purchasing

some of it! yay me. More on that later.

There was racks of fun vintage..

creepy cats + ceramics? yes please.

Notice my favorite, hidden here in the case. I repeatedly begged

to buy them, but Amy would NOT allow it.

trunks of bags and belts.

and these.. specially made. So amazing.

I settled for that big red guys little brother.

Still desiring him. Some day.

removable feathers.

backless suede dress!

and this guy.

seriously cute. You must check it out if you are in

Long Beach!

And, some shots of Ava from the pumpkin patch.

oh! and good news.

Despite my really bad blogging

commitment, we are going to start shooting some of our inspiration

pieces for swim, fall and holiday and start blogging them

over on Split girl/FB. I, of course will be stealing some of the

shots and putting them here.

In the meantime, I will continue to do what I do best at work..

dress myself up and take photo booth pictures.

have a good week everybody!

well

2010-10-22T13:08:00.000-07:00

Sigh followed by sigh. It's been another banner week.

Lately, our lives have been plagued by bad news. It is

seriously and amazingly too much!!

But, it must get better from here.

Really, the only way to handle this situation is to

get the winners out of the closet and throw them on.

Yesterday, said winner was the old batwing romper.

Don't be jealous.

It even has bling!

look closely.

bought at Ramona West

The second winner, which is currently hindering my

ability to breathe, is these.

and my new furry ankle booties.

these really do make you feel like celebrating.

even Ava knows what's up (and how to pose).

she is styling out one of Mommy's sassy

eighties dresses.

and when outfits fail, there are always good vibes

happening on the weekend...

Have a good one!

totally unrelated

2010-10-15T11:14:00.000-07:00

to the random quinceanera reference..

I am semi-obsessed with the old Mexican poncho and

let's be honest that plain old ratty scratchy Mexican blanket.

You know the things I am talking about...

from sadiedeluxe

from leasvintage

Yes yes yes!

And! I almost fell out of my chair looking at these!!

from Vdingy.

not sure where Vdingy gets ahold of this stuff. But it is so

incredibly amazing!

Happy Friday!!

Happy Weekend!

2010-10-08T12:04:00.000-07:00

Now go out and get your quinceanera dress!!

Hot.

notes from my desk

2010-10-07T12:21:00.000-07:00

Sorry internet lovers.. but, life has been calling and the old blog is officially on the back burner.

Ava P has started school and about 5 hours of each day is devoted to preventing potty accidents.

Luckily, Darth Vader is apparently the patron saint of poopies, because Ava would

do anything for him.

and, of course I am cat keeper for 2 more days. I think I'm gonna miss em!

I do promise to come back in full effect someday. I have been looking at the

stay at home mom blogs and this picture is looking better everyday.

In the meantime, I am here, designing Holiday and I am ready to share.

I love cropped trenches and I love dropped batwing armholes... and so, I love this.

Sending out some swim goodie packs!! You know who you are!

But, really, they are for the models and some WINNERS. So, don't get angry. You'll get yours(eventually).

Some winter vintage inspiration...

and lacey laces!

and how scrumptious is this maxi. It is as soft as butter, yet fall heavy. yummm.

(I am not really wearing it - just tricking your eyeballs).

Hope life is beautiful! I have given a few permissions for a few more contests. So, let's hope those bad boys happen soon.

dusting the cobwebs off!

2010-09-27T13:50:00.000-07:00

Although we still have the website from, I don't know, the year 2000 -

just speculating - we finally have the old give away plug in working

Yahoo!!

go HERE to win a super excellent SODA by Amy necklace!!

all images from Split Girl swim shoot featuring the

necklaces from SODA by Amy.

New website coming soon(ish)!!

the haps

2010-09-22T11:43:00.000-07:00

took a few shots of the Olde Good Things shop in LA.

This shop will be in my professional and

personal future. Mark my words!

and the kitties, you may ask? They are not as 'blue' as

anticipated. But, they are really fluffy and cute!

The brown girl has already been reserved and named Delilah.

Does 6 cats make me a cat lady. Oh yes.

and Pearl, the mom.

Happy Wednesday!

what's going on...

2010-09-16T11:29:00.000-07:00

la la la la I am a terrible blogger. You MAY question my commitment!

ha. But, it's all in good fun. I will still part time throw some

loveliness your way!

SO! I FINALLY got my favorite piece of swim in.

Note to self : don't ever say anything is your favorite because it will

of course be the ONLY piece in the line that arrives with the

print at 250% size and has to be redone! tears!

Anyway... There is a killer group based on this gorgeous flea

market beauty. Um, looking kind of phallic at the moment.

Tell me you don't see it. Liar!

I had already received these cute bottoms, so naturally

I was excited.

Note to **customers/you - this is the Sri Lanka Morgan bottom.

Anyways, I finally got my most favoritest top.....

pencil drum roll....

The SRI LANKA PAIGE BANDEAU IN MINT! ha.

The color is actually THIS vibrant and that cobalt is to die for.

Love it!

My side story of the day is thank you to Joce for putting up this

story on her blog. Compassionate people make me incredibly happy.

I am so proud to be her friend!

Another side story, about me, is that I have been constantly reading

the Angels for Animals page on Facebook, hoping that I see

somewhere that I can help.

So! I decided that I would be a kitten foster, so that wee little kittens

would not get euthanized at the shelter and be able to be adopted.

Originally, I was set to get 7 tabbies this weekend with their mom,

but a kitten emergency came up and now I am getting these babies

tonight!! 5 week old little Russian Blue peanuts!

I am pretty excited and SO glad I can help.

And, I think it is worth mentioning that there is a chance that

these cats could grow up to look like this :

baby animals are so amazing. look at this one.

oy!

2010-09-10T11:41:00.000-07:00

boy, am I busy.

However, I am also generally very reliable,apparently,

because many people are wondering where I am!

I haven't really had a whole lot of time to visit this ole blog

lately. I am alive and well, do not worry.

Actually, I am about to finish up some fun Holiday11 devo,

so perhaps I will have some fun toys to share soon.

In the meantime, I can definitely bore you with the haps of the week.

1.) I got lots of mail.

I received Halloween costumes for me, Sweetie and Ava

(you will have to wait to find out)

and I got these fun photo albums all the way from Japan.

found via Whorange...

2.)Shot some more fun swim product.

A giant thanks to my poor husband who is in

loverly Orlando right now selling women's

swimwear.

These models are super cute, right?

Such wholesome fun.

3.) Emily was the big winner of the Bikini Bird give away

and she will be happily wearing this baby

very soon.

Favorite swimsuit, Favorite print. Yes!

So super happy to spread the swimwear love!

As for written love,

I will spread some love real soon. I promise.

Have a good weekend!

Pictures of Pumpkins.

2010-09-02T13:46:00.000-07:00

wait. I change my title. This is more a photo narrative

of all of the awesome happenings at Roger's last night.

Ava put on her festive duds for the event.

and was looking super old in the car.

When did this happen?

pumpkins.

more pumpkins...

the bumpy, possibly diseased kind.

white pumpkins.

So, this years theme was the haunted Toy Factory.

and some creepy birds came in a giant flock

right as we were entering...

I really have no idea what 'funn and gaems' means.

If someone could shed some light on this for me?

But, of course I approve of any reason to use the

creepy Charlie McCarthy. And they used him.

he was all over the place.

classic shot that I just happened to get.

Weird Charlie photos. Who knows why.

lots of maimed dollies.

I'd say the dollies really took over where the clowns

left off last year.

More Charlies, looking corpse-like on their

assembly line.

This wall was cool until it started singing.

then it got a little dark.

and upsetting.

someone's blowing up dollies!

it's Charlie again.

good clean Halloween fun.

and, we got our picture taken from Jamie

for her cute new blog sixth and lamar.

I really think Jamies gravitate towards each other.

hallelujah!

2010-09-01T12:52:00.000-07:00

I woke up this morning, thrilled that it was September and

immediately assumed it was 'Fall' and threw on my

favorite Valentino printed crochet Fall number

and some tassled fall heels.

Well, duh, its not Fall until Labor Day weekend is over and boo

if I didn't have to tell my daughter that I could not take her

to the pumpkin patch just yet, even though she is asking to go.

Well, look what I had pinned to my cubie!

Hooray. Today is the opening of the Halloween

display at Roger's.

And, there will be pumpkins there.

I friggin love Halloween.

two things

2010-08-27T21:05:00.000-07:00

1.) another give away!!

Go to Bikini Bird for the details!!

Remember when I said Balboa racer in black

was my favorite?

That is the suit up for grabs.

swimming in a sea of Vegas douchery!

This is a lot of give aways... one of you had

better win at least one!!

2.) watch this video to see a really inspiring swim look.

fun on facebook

2010-08-27T15:23:00.001-07:00

I think the ole FB is a little crazy,

but I am willing to play if it will make our

business thrive!!

With that said... the brand Rocket Dog

has made a total transformation into cuteness

and we are doing a joint giveaway with

them for a swimsuit, a pair of shoes and

a pair of Raen optics sunglasses

(they are also cute cute.)

AND one of SODA by Amy's

faboosh necklaces.

I am thinking over 200$ of goodness!

Head over to Rocket Dog's FB page!

Well, and ours!

Apparently, all you have to do is

tell your favorite story from this summer

to win.

I personally, cannot get my mind out

of the gutter, but I am sure you can come

up with something.

I am thinking that adding a

'double rainbow'-ish video will

definitely secure your win.

am I too cynical for giveaways? never.

friday!

2010-08-27T11:46:00.000-07:00

Behold = my new couch. Currently, there are two couches

and two giant arm chairs in my tiny TV room. What to do.

Here is my new etsy Alchemy request, people =

Can someone paint a giant sized portrait of me, my couch

and my pet mr crabs? ha. Wouldn't that be dreamy.

I do feel slightly warm about being able to pluck a piece of

furniture off the street and make it sexy!

gratuitous kissing pic.

Happy Friday!

dedicated to my tata

2010-08-25T10:45:00.000-07:00

Not to be super schmoopy,

but there are a lot of birthdays this month!!

Happy Bday Tay Tay.

Ava loves you. She probably loves you more than me,

since she wakes up in the morning and calls for

Grandma ever since we got back from Vegas.

by the way, meet my new friend and muse.

He has been traveling to trade shows with me. Thanks sister!

Bikini Bird

2010-08-24T13:42:00.000-07:00

let's keep this pic small, shall we?

As I had mentioned before, my suit of choice is the

fabulosity that is the Balboa top( the scrunch racerback)

in Solid Black.

and by miracle I squeezed myself into a small top!

Caliente!

Yay T for featuring us on Bikini Bird!

Miss you!

Look for a Split Girl swim giveaway over at Bikini Bird

and at Barefoot and Vintage!

i like sleeves

2010-08-24T10:31:00.000-07:00

I tend to like my vintage with a little bit of crazy.

I am built like a giraffe, so why not?

Feast your eyes on my new purchases!!

via allencompanyinc

via barefoot and vintage

and.. sorry, but, this is making me totally happy this morning.

If you don't remember this commercial, we can't be friends.

trade show roundup!

2010-08-18T15:35:00.000-07:00

hi all..

Currently,I am not feeling super personal.

It's been a hard month!

But, I am super professional.

I actually want to be super professional, but I have

always been way too approachable.

Luckily, I have very pro pics of our

Split Girl swimwear from the ASR trade show.

Currently, I am in Las Vegas at ISAM at Magic.

Fancy.

So, take a peek!!

from the Yacht Rock group...

that's right. Yacht Rock.

from the Big Canyon collection.. the best!

and the nautical knots!

and the cute racer back.

from the Cosmos group... the PAIGE top!!

** this is for you Paige!

note all of the cute palm springs contemporary inspired prints...

Sorry everyone if I have been a totally email/blog/phone call

mia friend. But, man, I just need a break!

I'll be back soon!

phew!

2010-08-10T12:20:00.000-07:00

Small sigh of relief... we received our swim fabrics on Saturday and

woooooweee we will have samples sewn in time for the

trade show on Friday.

Since I have dragged you on this very slow and poorly documented

journey... here are some of the prints and if I may say so,

I am slightly happy with my ability to turn 5 dollar vintage

into an amazing swim collection. Yay to the yay!!

Can you say Winner winner?!!

Who didn't know that this print would be?

Between the print, the colors and the suit... dying over this one.

And this desert scape and geo become...

these! Oh the cuteness. The right ethnic-y guy got in there too!!

But, more on that later.

who says a pair of man skivvies can't become a totally cute print?

not me, clearly??

and Aztec!

This guy got in there too..

I will show that group off later.

So, the point of the story is small victories.

Now, I am off to a petite surgery.. see you on the flip side!

ack! I am totally freaked out by being put under,

but I will keep it all in check.

And, we have two sickies in the house.. as this man comes

home from the doctor too... but, not until tomorrow.

Let's bring the mood up here and listen to some 'spirit in the sky',

which is my all time jam, btw. Ha! Total brilliance.

Let's get interactive.

must. find. some. air.

2010-08-06T14:36:00.000-07:00

I was having my blood drawn last week and the nurse could not

find the vein. Nightmare. After 2 minutes, she found the

vein and said to me 'you can breathe now'.

I seriously had been holding my breath for 2 minutes

because I could not even mentally deal with what was going

on down there. I think that we humans do what we have to

to get by and then finally face reality when we think

we can finally handle it.

I have been having a very hard week. There are some issues...

my insanely late swim fabric that has still not arrived and must

be sewn by Thursday, my even later Fall design deadline,

somehow meeting up with my sister who is in San Francisco

for the next week, and the fact that I have to have a surgery

next Tuesday and the lovely $2000 we have to pay

until we finally reach our deductible! small 'yay'!

I literally felt like I have been holding my breath since

Tuesday... totally unable to field phone calls and

handle normal situations. I have even cried! and

loudly said the F word to my swim vendor yesterday.

I have lost it.

I must say though, there have been a couple

shining lights amidst the darkness...

My daughter telling me that she'll ' see me soon - bye!!'

at preschool instead of clinging and crying and

my husband feeding me and putting the kids to bed

for the last three nights(yipee!)

And for you... I have the superficial goodness.

Thank god we are like big children who never lose their

love for shiny things... because yesterday, I

received some leather accessory fabrics

and I may have to hang them on my wall they make me

so happy.

Now, improve your Friday and soak these in.

neon coral croc embossed? yes please.

who would not love these plasti prints for

a little bath bag?

I may eat them.

DYING over the ice blue.

Ice blue clutches for everyone.

shiny metallics and red teal purple goodness.

This is my fave palette, though kind of hard to see from

the pic....

bumpy leather in bright coral, lemon, soft gold, silver,

purple-y brown and super soft dusty purple.

Yum-o.

and Waxy leather. The yum-est of all.

here's to breathing.

Have a good weekend!!

a new year

2010-08-03T10:35:00.000-07:00

A new trip to the fair. Fyi, I am sappy and

TERRIBLY nostalgic. This is why I love the fair

and anything that remotely reminds me of

old stuff. However, I must say that I am usually

protected by my own denial bubble while at the fair,

choosing to see what I want to see... the cute animals,

the plants and flowers, the 'crafts', the airbrush tent...

and this year, I was apparently not able

to block out the undesirable fair goers.

This is the first year that I have seen the fair as

anything but classy classy.

When did I get so cynical? sad.

Anyway.. of course we revisited the photo booth.

And, despite the man explaining to us that we had to

stay as far away from the camera as possible,

I succeeded in being extremely washed out

and close to the camera, DOMINATING every frame,

and making really ugly faces. oops!

Of all the fair food, the turkey leg totally grossed me

out this year. My beloved turkey leg!

I am obviously at some sort of life crossroads.

Yeehaw still has the best fair paper goods.

And I love this image...

via maryvican

Wouldn't you love a first place ribbon?

I would. I want a wall of ribbons like this. Does Mary

Vican have a wall of ribbons?

and I decided this year that my jam/zuccs/pumpkins/

beets are definitely fair worthy.. next year.

And, I have quasi decided that Ava will be putting the

rabbits in the fair when she is old enough. Cruel?

I don't care.

You know what else I think of when I think of the fair?

40s dresses. AND gingham.

Oh gingham again. I love you, gingham(right now).

both dresses and many others that I would

like to buy via AllenCompanyInc.

If I could just get through Fall Holiday and move

onto Spring, I can capitalize on my new found love of

gingham before I hate it again.

Too bad I am late for work.

Ps, I am not in denial that we had house guests and an

incredibly fun weekend, I am just really failing in the

photo taking dept.

But I am chatty. Very chatty.

a nice photo.

2010-07-30T11:43:00.000-07:00

at times I wish I had the simplicity of Tumblr,

because lately, I don't have enough time to say much.

The ' A nice photo' caption on tumblr always makes me

kind of happy.

Here is a nice photo of me and my best friend.

It is important to know that here I had my hair cut to

Match Cameron Diaz in There's Something about Mary.

This phase was definitely the least frightening of

all of the phases I went through. So, I will take it.

Anyway... enough about me... Happy Birthday Nicole!!

I am so sorry I cried so much at your wedding. I am trying to work on

my professionalism.

me likey

2010-07-28T11:49:00.000-07:00

howdy.. back from another whirlwind commute up to

SF for some family time.

So, I know I have given this shirt some praise before. But, you know..

love this shirt and its accordion pleats.

Did you know my mom played accordion as a kid? fun fact.

Accordions are hokey, which we all know I love, and

too, describe all kinds of folded goodness.

Some accordion images for you.

Me and my shirt.. and a smile.

Creepy NY accordion player, who according to a friend,

hoofed it all the way to Central Park from Brooklyn.

Sneaky!

Some fantastic accordion pleated skirts..

via

Sigh, not a single accordion collar to be found.

You are my main squeeze.

via

Other accordion folds...love!

via

We had an accordion book for our wedding party and

It really was fantastic. Something so cool about

opening up the book to one long panorama.

The best.

via

And there is nothing classier than a vintage broach. Hee

via

Here's to starting the week on Wednesday!

super duper

2010-07-23T19:53:00.000-07:00

New swim images! We kind of jerry-rigged em together,

or as my pea brain likes to say 'jimmy rig',

but I think they have a fun vibe!

Notice, too, the incredible necklaces from

SODA.. and do not fear, we will be doing a give

away over at splitusa.com! Soon. Soon.

Sorry to be a stranger! If it makes you feel better, my daughter told her

dad last night 'mommy never plays with me.' Sad! Better go do that..

Have a great weekend!!

Baaack!

2010-07-21T10:23:00.000-07:00

Back from NY and slightly discombobulated.

Photo shoot day... So, I'll hit some quickie highlights.

Stayed at the Ace hotel... glorious.

Pretty much totally failed at picture taking.

But, did take this in the lobby.

Outside the Agenda trade show at the

Comme des Garcons shop. Or, pod, if

you'd rather. Saw this in person and it

was delightful.

Wanna hear something sad? I just looked through all of the pictures

of this day and realized that my sneaky husband stickered

the back of my shirt and photographed it over and over again.

Cruelty! And here I thought I had a small chance at cool.

The weather was seriously balmy. My hair almost had body!

I said almost.

lamiskins doing a little vintage shopping at

Rabbits in Brooklyn, which I love.

I did fancy the best pair of shiny cropped tuxedo

pants there that was amazing. However,

what was also amazing, is that it took my honestly

four or so minutes to shimmy them on, one

buttock at a time.

Good thing I stopped myself. Or was it.

They were so hot.

More vintage pics of *purchases later.

Dinner in little Italy.

I took this shot over my shoulder..

These guys were slightly too authentic for

comforts sake.

Other highlights included seeing not one but TWO top chef

super stars.. super snarky critic James Oseland

and Jonathan Waxman! yes!

K.. back later with some more.

terrible person.

2010-07-16T10:55:00.000-07:00

I really need to explain something to the world.

You may think me a terrible person? Why, you ask?

Well, because I am NOT a dog person.

Of course, I am not talking to you.

I love your dog. Your dog is different.

All those times your dog knocked over my child, ate one of her

toys, ran off with a dirty diaper when I was doing a diaper change and

yes, farted on me with his stinky fish farts( ha - you know who you are..),

scratched me with his nails or put his butt in my face,

I said to myself 'aww' and thought about rainbows and

unicorns.

I am not soulless : I really want to love your dog.

I will positively reply to your pictures and pet and care about

him when I see him. But, the gig is up and I think it's time you know.

Although, here is the part where I am actually blameless, as I

show you my childhood dog, bipolar and purchased from

a shopping mall. I remember only the inside of his mouth,

and several instances where I begged 'please Fluffy' while

he repeatedly bit my butt in the hall corner.

My sister is the big kid, and I, naturally, am the small crazy who

looks a whole lot like my daughter.

Forgive me for my movie pirating.

Happy Weekend and a little Monsters of Folk for you.

RIP fluffy from jaimee brant on Vimeo.

wild and crazy

2010-07-15T12:04:00.000-07:00

I am a wild and crazy buying machine.

I am onto holiday and that means SWEATERS! woo hoo.

I just love sweaters. Vintage sweaters definitely

quite often fall into the category of campy.

Check out these that i have purchased for Holiday inspiration...

First of all.. I have NO idea what is up with This teddy bear

in this first photo... but, love the sweater!

That teddy bear.

via FromFlorida

and this sweater is so tribal and fantastic...

but this is as much as I am sharing.

from individjuli

and behold... the most amazing sweater of the week.

Batwings and rainbows..sold!

Don't worry, that is not a real person/vampire. It's plastic.

via FunkyTime

Sorry I am forcing you to look at sweaters in the middle of summer,

but sweaters are fantastic aren't they.

oh! Good news. Posting tomorrow. Miracles do happen.

always behind.

2010-07-13T10:59:00.000-07:00

So my blogging days have slipped to Tuesday/Thursday.

I am failing you. But, it's ok. It will all be ok

because someday soon, at least I will have fun product coming

in to show you. Right?

So, thoughts of the week are as follows...

I am noticing bloggers posting themselves in lacy tops

thanks to the big lace push from Fall runway.

from Marc by Marc Jacobs.

But, of course, my mind desires this look

on steroids.. say, with a crazy color and giant sleeves.

And, wouldn't you know, I have just the top on my

rack at work. Loves it!

Like I said... pictures of myself will be few and far between.

Let's leave this to the professionals .

My point is : fall will be lacy.

Thought of the week two.. I have really produced some results in the

garden as of late....

Mongo rainbow beets, which I made beet risotto with.

my first brush with beet risotto was here...

the beet risotto from the House of Morande winery in Chile...

that IS filet mignon on top. Dreams. Sweet dreams.

And, my pumpkin crop is preparing itself nicely for the Halloween holiday.

In other news...

the child is now a horseback rider.

who can clean horses with this brush.

and mount the horse.

and after lessons...

hanging with her best friend! (with matching band aids)

And I did get one straight on modely photo...

I guess not much as changed since the last one 2 years ago..

Well, besides the hair and the 'tude.

Have a good week! I will be back before to long.

bringing it back.

2010-07-08T11:34:00.000-07:00

has anyone noticed what the top has become?

I just feel like shirt separates have morphed into the invisible

layers of totally cute jacket/skirt/pant based outfits.

No one is talking about cute shirts, people!

Shirts are solids for layering or tunics for comfort. How will I

bring tops back into the limelight?

This is one of those moments where I remind myself that my

tops are whatever I want them to be and

whatever whimsey I choose to inflict on poor bystanders.

So, I say yes to oversized, dolman sleeved,

printed and embossed silk masterpieces.

who is with me?

So off I go onto a short voyage.

with help from the shirt wall and the shirt rack, of course.

And, I must applaud anyone who puts a picture of

themselves on their blog because as of late,

I cannot bring myself to do it.

Perhaps it is a slow hump that one must get over.

I am not sure. Thoughts?

and how

2010-07-06T11:09:00.000-07:00

I love the color red today.

how cute is this double gingham.

Why is gingham so cute at times and so awful at others.

Right now, it is cute and i love it.

(from Ramona West.)

And I don't know if its a surge of women hormones or what,

but I bought ANOTHER calico floral dress today.

The last one I bought had HUGE sleeves like this :

these sleeves and this plaid are just lovely.

from allencompanyinc.

and I still have a vintage finding obsession with phones and

vintage record players. Any ideas?

And now, Paige, to answer your question.

I usually laugh off these answer the question and pass on to your friends,

but I so cannot live with myself if I even let one person down.

So, in ten years I will be forty years old, which seems crazy.

I already, since turning thirty this year, have extreme paranoia about my

safety and mortality.. so, I am sure I will continue on that track to the

point of unbearable! ha.

My main desire, though, is to be happy with myself and satisfied with my life

and the choices that I made in the last ten years.

Of course, I desire to be WILDLY successful, it would be fabulous if we

could make this business take off and that success led to many fun

travels. I undoubtedly will have collected many things by that point,

and the thought of that makes me happy.

Is that a decisive enough answer?

I did do absolutely nothing over the weekend, which I am terrible at.

Though, I did re-read the fountain head for my tenth or so time,

and now I am lost in a moment of life crisis.. ha.

Just kidding. Although, to be so glamorous and idealistic. hmm.

Anyway.. I am not sure I can bring myself to directly call anyone

out to name what they will be doing in ten years.

So, I hope the ten friends of mine who have blogs (you know who you are)..

do it!

Have a good week!

are you

2010-07-01T11:12:00.000-07:00

this hot?

If you wear a S swim top and S swim bottom... I need you!

I am looking for a hot small to be my fit model

for Magic in Vegas mid August!

Tell your friends!!

If you are my small... send me a message!