vintage coach giveaway!

Quick reminder my anniversary giveaway is almost up, you have till midnight Oct 31st to enter here

I NEED these

One of the best examples of design meets fashion, these sunglasses. They are created by Samal Design in Paris and are not yet in production; which is probably a good thing till I have some expendable income. See more designs at samaldesign.com. There are other styles meant to look like giant pixelated glasses and multi-faceted acetates, but these by far are my favs. (all images copyright Samal Design)

graphics

I love the print on this dress. T-bags has such a knack for fun prints!

Today's list: t-bags dress, banana republic cardigan, vintage necklace, miu miu bag, tom ford sunglasses

tropical

Every time I try to dye my hair bright red it comes out the same color as when I use a dark brown.. hmph. Auburn it is I guess.

Today's list: gyspy 05 dress, banana republic tank and cardigan, french connection sunglasses, prada bag, new shoes from scarpasa chictopia.com reward!

street art addiction

My friends know I have always been fascinated with graffiti, not just tagging, but huge murals and train art really speak to me. This comes partly from loving colorful art and design, my previous years in Richmond (full of trains and all my friends were spray painting them), and my boyfriend's love of all street and urban culture. I don't usually do this but I thought I would share my new favorite artist's work with you. I know already that his use of bright, beautiful colors and organic patterns will influence my design work. I love stencil work like that of Banksy and plenty other street artists, but this guys addition of color is unreal. It speaks to street culture as well as reflects his home of Bogata, Columbia. I introduce you to Stinkfish...

all images via http://stinkfish.wordpress.com/

watercolor

yes, more paintings by me. this time watercolors.

holy anniversary!

I just realized that my 1 year blog-iversary came and went. My first post was August 12th of last year. So to celebrate I am holding a giveaway of one of my collected bags. This is a brown vintage coach bag with long strap, perfect to wear cross-body. There's yankee candles in one of the freshest scents and butter london nail polish in Pearly Queen. I will have a couple other surprise goodies inside. To enter you must be in the continental US and be following this blog and leave a comment on this post. A winner will be chosen November 1st, 2010. A comment post number will be picked randomly by using http://www.random.org/

Good Luck!