sneek-ems.

wig wam motel. Split Holiday 11. 

Slightly Bates motel-ish, but fun!

eeek!

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

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. 

simplicity

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. 

bad behavior

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. 

woo!

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!!

this is me

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

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!

Speaking of Aztec

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!

well

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!