tango bag

in celebration of my new job and to accommodate carrying my new macbook on the bus, i purchased this lovely Tano bag. i have to say that it took a while to find something that was stylish yet not trendy. leather. can hold the macbook and more, went over my shoulder (even with a coat one) had a fabulous color (mine is actually red) and to find all this and not have to spend $500 (not that I would spend that much on a bag!) but i persisted with a little help from my friend Brandy and i found something that fit all the requirements.

If you like it you should check out some of the other ones they have or better yet look for a shop that sells them locally. They are made to be touched.

this is the style i got.

this is the color of mine. the photo does do it justice. it is the perfect red.

i really like this style too. isn't the blue wonderful. this is on my wish list if you are looking to get me something:)

p.s.
i've been a lame blogger lately but it is for a good reason. my new job is awesome and i am actually staying busy! So i have to figure out how to work blogging into my after work schedule now. so please don't stop reading I will get it together soon.

I would also like to encourage you to think about your current job. Is it really serving you? do you believe in what you are doing. does the company provide and environment that makes you happy? are the people smart and fun? does the work move at a comfortable pace for you? do you see growth potential? If not, why not consider looking around for something else. it can't hurt to look and you might be surprised.

happy birthday to me!

sorry for the lack of posts the last couple weeks. i've had a lot on my plate and mind. but today i shall not fret because it is my birthday and I'm going to have fun!

1. have coffee with hubby and my good friend brandy who is visiting
2. get yummy brunch
3. hike around the park with the doggie
4. shopping downtown
5. dinner with all my friends
6. drinks a favorite bar
7. sleep soundly.

painting mood

i love betsy waltons paintings. i haven't felt like painting for a long time but seeing her imaginative, beautiful pieces today has put me in a painting mood. this one is reminiscent of darger who i also love. check her out on etsy.

mondate

monday + update = mondate where I catch you up since i usually don't post on the the weekends. The Front Yard Boutique went pretty well. Although we did have to cancel Sunday due to rain:( But again we met great people, sold some stuff and had a nice time hanging out in the yard all day. Rudi had a blast and then pooped out. like his tee shirt?

So while it was pouring all day on Sunday, I rearranged the living room and man it feels great now. i'm a rearrange every six months type of person and it was way over due. now i feel like i can enjoy the winter. forget spring cleaning it's all about fall cleaning and organizing to get the house ready to be in all winter. a few weeks ago i redid my studio/office/dinning room space. i think i feel a photo home tour coming on.

today i start a new job! i am so excited. no more driving a half hour or more now i just hop a bus downtown and i will work near all of my friends. i am so looking forward to yummy lunches and happy hours things that hardly ever happened when i worked in the burbs.

have a great week everyone. stay tuned for a long awaited etsy shop update later this week.

front yard boutique

if you live in the seattle area, this saturday and sunday a bunch of my lady friends will be hold the 2nd Annual Front Yard Boutique. What is this you might ask? Well....it isn't your regular yard sale. it's more like an outdoor, slightly used boutique.

It's fall an I know your wardrobe need a bit of excitement. There are bunch of us contributing to the merchandise so there will be a variety of sizes and styles.

Music, Drinks (first ones free!), dog petting zoo and bake sale are among the other things besides shopping you will find to enjoy.

Location: Ballard on the south east corner of 32nd and 62nd see our yelp posting

Here are some shots from last year. (new location and bigger this year)

some hubby love

my hubby has been taking some really great photos lately and i wanted to share a few with you. theses are from a walk we took around our neighborhood here in seattle in august. click them to enlarge to really see them. enjoy.

word to know: Giclee

The Definition : Giclee (zhee-klay) - The French word "giclée" is a feminine noun that means a spray or a spurt of liquid. The word may have been derived from the French verb "gicler" meaning "to squirt". The Term : The term "giclee print" connotes an elevation in printmaking technology. Images are generated from high resolution digital scans and printed with archival quality inks onto various substrates including canvas, fine art, and photo-base paper. The giclee printing process provides better color accuracy than other means of reproduction. more...

giclee prints available on etsy:

these are fabulous. i love the depth of the cherry blossoms and the quite focus of the centered bird on strips.

hadley hutton

good lesson here.

constant dreamer


this concept of a strong print coupled with a silhouette is really lovely. it's a wonderful way to re-enforce the expressed emotion of a piece or a way to express completely contrasting ideas of feelings.

margin


the beautiful side of winter
elle moss photography

search

i love google photo search. today i typed in "vintage dress yard sale" (i had a good reason) and I got these great results

so many fun photos and links to great blogs. i don't know about you but i find it difficult to keep up with all to great blogs that are out there. when i start going through my list of must reads it can take me hours to fully enjoy them and everytime i visit site i learn of another few good links. what is a girl to do? read more!

so here are i found through this google search. if you don't already read them you might want to check them out. oh, but please keep reading mine:)

freckle wonder

fashion is spinach

good crafternoon

under construction

she's a betty

fresh vintage

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday...

it is friday. how did your week go? did you get everything done. did you stay organized? did you save time for fun?
i found this cute idea for organizing your week at Uncommon Goods, but i think you could make your own.

happy friday everyone! hope you have a wonderful weekend.

our website loves martinis

so have you noticed the trend of business websites adding blogs to their sites? what do you think about this? is it a movement to convince us that there are real people behind these online products or at least give us the impression that real human desires are defining the direction of the site not just a corporate, money making machine calling the shots. or just a new way to inform customers of products and features?

I guess we are supposed to feel like we could influence the site by leaving comments and interacting with the authors and other members of the site. Or maybe we are supposed to like the voices behind the blogs so much that we choose their products over another. Or maybe it's all about the current trend of creating community whereever and whenever it can be created.

I haven't fully flushed out what I think about this and I'm sure that there are many different flavors to this new method of marketing? communicating? community creation? Some of these blogs must be written by professional writers hired to project a specific image and some are probably the real deal.

Microsoft has a blog called Zune Insider described as " Music, culture and the inside scoop from Cesar Menendez a Microsoft employee working on Zune-Microsoft's new music project" and Yahoo has the Yahoo Search Marketing Blog "Our new blog connects you to the people and products that can help you make sense of the ever-changing world of online marketing, and offers a community forum for sharing news, tips and strategies." and I stumbled into the Evite blog yesterday. Each of these seems to have a different angle. What do you think? All I know is I feel like i must be slightly on guard when reading "blogs" these days. what their angle? who are they?

I must say I did find something i like on the Evite blog. S'more martinis! I don't care if they are trying to influence me a medium that I have a natural trust of due to the years of exposure to independent forms of this medium. This is a wonderful fall beverage. Can you see it. Me and all my friends dressed in a coordinating fall pallet of fleece, corduroy and velvet (possibly plaid). Sitting around a beautiful fire pit with the sun setting over a horizon of fall colored leaves. my golden retriever at my feet as i pass out this wonderful drink in antique glasses.

S'more Martinis