army jackets

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. 

why not

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.

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. 

pretty stuff

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

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?

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. 

jumpers

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!

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!!