look what we have here!

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. 

old stuff new stuff

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!

Bikini Bird

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!

and how

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!

loving!

This jacket! Such a cute one. 

buy it from Paige!

And, check out Paige's blog... she started out a little on

the shy side and has morphed into a complete

supermodel! Giving this 30 year old hope. hee. 

And, I am still in love with this. 

I am really needing more jackets, apparently, because I am starting

to get a serious amount of shi* for wearing this Guatemalan 

beauty close to every day. 

purchased from ramona west. 

The jacket has totally taken over the scarf's duty

of chief ridicule receiver... ridicule example 

courtesy of Yessi!! hee. 

So, I may be wearing a new jacket today - my mom's old 

seventies levi's ( and a really cute green vintage skirt!)

but, I need one of my staples. Sorry bout it, but the waitress

from the Claim Jumper Sunday night liked it. a lot. So, that 

compliment will take me at least into the next decade. ha!

shell shock

Nine hours at Disneyland followed by three hours at dinner

followed by a 20 hour bday extravaganza followed by 

a boozy father's day brunch. phew!

I am just re-entering the real world. My reaction times are 

a little slow and basically a fresh blog entry is WAY out of 

my league right now. 

Luckily the beautiful Paige is not a slacker and posted 

some pics over the weekend! 

Love her in her orange. 

awesome. 

And here we are in the jumpy. I think it is impossible

to look cool in a jumpy. 

and that is why this photo sequence of paige in the jumpy is 

completely amazing! So effortlessly cool. 

All pics are by Paige from her blog.

Find out more about Paige and her great skirt there. 

Thanks so much for coming Paige! 

We loved hanging with you guys! Let's do it again 

without 60 people.

whoot!

Read this new blog post Paige did about THIS sweater

from the Split Girl photo shoot

over on her Vintage loving blog barefoot and vintage!!

I know some people always wonder about 

what inspires certain lines of clothing or pieces in the line. 

To start, I am obsessed with thick Granny sweaters. 

Likewise, I am in LOVE(capitals, again) with Cobalt, Navy, 

and Red... and America(kidding.) But, the America 

palette is so amazing to me. 

So, when I stumbled on this sweater in Paige's wonderful 

vintage shop... I was so happy. 

Perhaps everyone remembers it from THIS post??

So, don't let me design a line of clothing, because I will take this 

sweater and run with it!! Get yours in 2011 from Split Girl!

Anyhoot, visit Paige's shop and blog because she is darling and 

you may just find your own special new vintage clothing friend!

Too, you can find out the back story on our super FAMOUS sweater!

Thanks for the blog love Paige!!

(and for being so awesome!)

Hooray!

Remember my super FAB 'Armadillo' terrarium??

Well... The amazing Katie has finally launched her 

Botany Factory website!!

And if that isn't enough, there is a killer scientific drawing

by Sonya Derman on the homepage!

eek!! The stuff that dreams are made of. Really.

pig squeal!

The weekend started off strong with a care package

from Susie...

that contained MANY feet of beautiful Indian silk!

I completely understand the desire of Indian women 

to wrap themselves in this wonderful creature!

So soft and beautiful!

I really am still overwhelmed by the sheer size of this 

piece of fabric! woooo hooooo!

and a beautiful card with a

neon orange envelope. 

Thanks Sus! I can't wait to work with this stuff!!

I am going to have to lay out a strict plan. 

dirty secrets!

Well, not really a secret to anyone who knows me that I have a 'small'

problem throwing things away. It just so happens that I can see the 

simple beauty in just about anything and my house is full of nooks 

and crannies of small clusters and collections

(and so is my garage and closet).

And you know, despite the constant, daily badgering and mention of it

from all parties, I am still completely proud of the fact that 

I truly appreciate everything. 

Cue the mention of an amazing blog 'A Collection a Day'

from Artist Lisa Congdon, where she shows us one of her many 

collections each day, in part or in whole, real or imagined - imagined

she does in illustration. 

I love the word collector. It has such a positive connotation. 

I love how these photos make such simple subjects seem so interesting, 

truly glamorizing the collection of what some would call nonsense. 

Check out the entire collection..

pin cushions and prayer papers..

[All images from Lisa Congdon.]

So, I got to thinking about the collections that we have going in our 

household. My new nasty trick is Collecting in the name of my 

two year old daughter.. which, clearly leaves me blameless. 

Is anyone buying it? I didn't think so. 

Below, part of the vintage toy collection in the babe's room. 

And, Ava's already out of control snow globe collection. 

Girl's got a problem. 

Just to give you a small view into the genetics of a 'collector'..

Yes, collecting is definitely inherited. 

I was caught blushing at a few of Lisa Congdon's collections, 

as they remind me of some of my own. Well, some that were

started by family members that I still stand up for( to the bad people

threatening their safety in the garage. )

Match books from 'A Collection a Day'

My Grandfather's match books... these are amazing. 

My faves are the dozen or so match books from 1960's Las Vegas with 

Casino illustrations on them. 

Mini plastic animals from 'A Collection a Day'

Coffee cans full of 'small animals' and 'small planes and cars'

that used to reside in the downstairs closet... collected by my mom. 

There are some gems in here. 

I am going to start calling myself a collector. 

Collector has an amazing heart happy ring to it. 

Spring

Spring is 2 days away.. and I cannot believe it was a year ago 

this week that I was in Portland getting excited about

last Spring! There was good eats, good vintage and some 

boutique cuteness on that trip. 

The Idom boutique on Alberta was simply the cutest. 

The sweetest and tiniest Orange space!

Well, since then, Idom has moved from Alberta to NW 23rd and

gotten rather 'fancy' if I may say so. 

Idom is full of really interesting accessories, dresses and other

things imported from far off lands that are so unique and 

special.  There is a lot to see and the shop owner is 

so completely nice. And, the clothes she designs are 

so interesting and thoughtful, she is a girl after my heart

as her collections are dress heavy, primarily woven and play

with angles/fabric...  of course, i found myself a 

perfect sack shape to take home...

These pictures don't really do it justice, but huge ruffles

and indestructible shine! (sorry T)

To get back to it, check out the IDOM website. 

There are all sorts of amazing items from the shop on her blog. 

Dreamy dresses...

Great accessories and international goodies...

pillow cases? amazing. 

beautiful! Mexican earrings. 

and these. 

Apparently, you can call her at the shop and she will ship internationally. 

Those earrings are so amazing!

Spring!