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Oooo, I cannot believe that three loves of mine have collided into an insanely cool contest, it gives me crazy butterflies just thinking about it. The prize for first place (a girl can dream!) is a photo shoot with Todd Selby + a CB2 gift card + fuel to fire my endless love of decorating! Win. Win. Win! We really need your help in clicking that orangered vote button here so that we may catch up – we are a few days behind since I joined in a few days later than the rest, and we would love to make it to the next round in the contest. :) Thank you!
If we had to do it all over again, we wouldn’t go to Sequim on the weekend of the lavender festival - the traffic from the event just made the wait for the ferry too ridiculous (we missed two ferry rides despite waking up early!) And by the time we arrived, I missed meeting up with Shanna, ): but out of the masses of hundreds of people, I ran into another friend from Seattle – serendipity! The drive was pretty. While we were waiting for friends who were caravaning behind us, I jumped out of the car to pick a bouquet of flowers. I couldn’t help myself. They were growing everywhere. And despite the long travel time there, we didn’t ever feel disappointed - Mars and I are deeply drawn to pacific northwest country, and every time we get out of the city it is only minutes before we begin talking about a place with more land… where there is more space for my studio. Somewhere with a real swingset. Where I can really get my garden growing. And he plays his songs as loud as he wants without being self conscious of the neighbors. Where we can store our airstream/scamp/trailer that I daydream about constantly. The one we tour the west in together when the kids are a little bit older.
Yeah, getting out of the city is so good, but as soon as we come back to the skyline we know and love, I always feel an ease that I can only explain as feeling back at home.
In recent photobooths, I made use of the following props 1. a giant plush horse head (I had a crush on him) 2. bull horns/ears headband (they were so oddly comfortable) 3. my vintage magimatic camera 4. an oversized shiny apple to (a la temptress Jenny). Conclusions: I am a silly art director.
My collection is growing and I don’t know what to do with all my pictures but I just keep collecting them and labeling the back with the date and place. Thank you, Brother P-touch! My favorites are always of my two little boys. No contest. And since their faces, haircuts and expressions change so much from one month to the next – I can return to my favorite booth and justify the shoot. Addicts rejoice!
Elias and I this past winter. And look! He’s sooo widdle!! And has the same look in each frame, HA. Some strips got a little chemical booth voodoo.
I came across this book suitably titled Photobooth and the delightful volume is filled with strips from the author’s own private collection of random strangers from flea markets. It was fun to get lost in my reading spot for a while and examine the array of lovers and sailors, punks and cowboys, children and lonely boys. Especially sweet were the babies- they are the best! It’s fascinating to imagine that at one time, this was the way you sent someone your family picture. Walk down the boardwalk. Draw the curtain. * flashbulbs * Wait until dry, scrawl a note on the back and drop it in the mail.
If you have the Sundance channel, the second season of Man Shops Globe premieres tomorrow night. As you can probably guess, I really love watching this show because it combines all my passions into one. Each episode follows Anthropologie buyer Keith Johnson in a different country throughout the world as he visits artist’s studios, browses through markets and searches remote villages on the ultimate treasure hunt for unusual decorative objects, textiles and furnishings. (If you haven’t seen Season 1, you can watch it on iTunes!)
While we lived in Uruguay, we met some fellow Americans who also moved there on a whim for adventure. Having that in common was enough to become friends. They recently moved to Thailand (!) so I’m really excited to watch the first episode that shows Keith at the galleries of Bangkok and Chiang Mai. Our friends have been talking up the food and fun they’ve been having their with their kids (they have five) and I’m soo tempted to go visit them while they are there. I keep seeing their updates on facebook and it just reminds me of adventures we had in South America. Updates like: “snorkeling on phi phi island” & “getting a $5 massage and eating crab” & “car smells like humid beach towels and children feet! On a mission to find waterfall to play in!”
On second thought – maybe I shouldn’t watch episode one… We all know what happens when Jenny gets an idea…
I am so happy you are here. The weather hasn’t quite caught up yet, but it will get there. We’re prepared. The beach bag is hung in the entryway all ready to go at a moment’s notice. We have so many exciting things planned. Like Toy Story 3. Uncle Ben’s visit to Seattle. Ice cream socials. Bike Rodeos. And even some secrets.
We had a little time to kill before seeing Iron Man 2 on the IMAX screen last night (date night!) and so Mars and I goofed around the Seattle Center enjoying the perfect summer-like weather together. What I wanted to show you: I was wearing my Leica D-LUX 4 camera case that I use to carry my iphone. I love the elegant look and the retro feel, (that Leica logo!) plus I appreciate that it’s a really sturdy hardcase made to last out of leather, yet it’s so lightweight too. It’s made for a Leica digital, but I’ve found all kinds of uses for it…
When I slip my phone inside, it’s the exact length to fit and even has a little extra room in there for a few photos, cards and a lipstick too. Isn’t it genius? I can’t totally take credit though. A few months ago, Lucky ran a little feature on the idea – and I had a good feeling about this one and went for it.
I truly haven’t stopped tossing it across my body since it arrived in the mail. Some things are a classic. p.s. Mars took all these shots with his iphone camera (just the regular camera setting) and then I had some fun collaging them.
