Some of my favorite colors for fall fashion are mustard yellow, teal, and orange. The following is an outfit idea for the new season.
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Fall Fashion i
Some of my favorite colors for fall fashion are mustard yellow, teal, and orange. The following is an outfit idea for the new season.
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Post Office Crisis
Ever since I became an online seller I have become a United States Postal Service fan. I really do love it. For a while I visited their San Mateo location every day to ship merchandise and prints I'd sold online. When I read that USPS has a 5.5 billion dollar bill to pay this month and may fall short of it in an article in the New York Times yesterday it scared me a little. Especially when there's talk that post offices throughout the United States might close the entire winter.
Yes, I know that are plenty of alternatives like FedEx and UPS, but for me it is about another comfort that we'll see being hit by the economy. One that over the past couple of years has become a second home to me, a place I feel almost indebted to. I could have never sold prints to places like Australia or Switzerland if it weren't for the postal service here in the United States.
With only a few months away from winter, I have a good degree of optimism that the post office doors will remain open. Meanwhile, I'll continue to support the service that I owe so much to.
*photograph curtesy of USPS.com
Monday, September 5, 2011
Housewares: Handmade and Vintage
One of my favorite things to look at on Etsy.com right now is home decor items. Our apartment is far from being decorated, so I'm even more drawn to handmade and vintage housewares available for purchasing and drawing ideas from.
Here are some of my favorites:
Yellow hand-painted sideboard from Rubyrhino1
Mini round concrete pots, a set of two roughfusion
the four seasons cup set from balleydoesntbark
sea urchin vase from blueroompottery
a metal and wood wire note board from oldcrowfarm
a saffron modern wall clock from uncommon
large black and white tea pitcher from owlcreekceramics
circles cafe table from michaelarras
Labor Day Weekend
What have you all been doing for Labor Day weekend loves?
Joe and I spent the day outdoors yesterday after a sports heavy Saturday. It was a nice change from being at home trying to organize our apartment. Joe had to take photographs for a wine tasting festival that his work sponsored, so it meant free tickets to our fill of alcohol and good food.
We also saw something that I hadn't seen in forever, fireworks. We went to Reagan Beach to watch South Lake Tahoe's Labor Day firework event. I've never been a fan of fireworks, but this year it was something special. It was the first holiday weekend I spent with Joe as my husband, and it was wonderful.
Saturday, September 3, 2011
Antiqued Brass Terrarium Necklace
I'm in love with this brass terrarium necklace by RenataandJonathan on Etsy.com.
The handmade item features mushrooms in a bed of moss, and looks ever-so-cute.
New Chapter
It's strange how it doesn't feel strange starting this new chapter in my life.
On August 13th of last month, surrounded by all of our loved ones, I married my college sweetheart, one of the most wonderful people I have ever had in my life, Joe Proudman. Our wedding was medium-sized at a beautiful barn location in a small Central Valley town in California called Lemoore.
The following our some of our wedding photographs taken by two of our friends, Michelle Gatchet and Stefan Armijo.
Since then, we have packed up as many of our belongings into Joe's Jeep and headed to our new home away from home, South Lake Tahoe, where Joe has begun working at theTahoe Daily Tribune as their new sports editor.
We both love the idea of living in a tourist drawn location, seeping in the benefits of living in such a beautiful location year round.
We are excited to see what adventures the future has in store for us and documenting those adventures.
I also look forward to having more time to work on my blog and all my photography as ZoiShop, my Etsy Shop, starts to grow.
Much love, loves.
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