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my blog has moved!

2011-06-18T15:25:00.000-07:00

in an effort to be a little more focused, i've moved my blog.

you can find me at

www.therosylips.com

it's a merging of my life, my art and my little business

sketchy ladies

2011-06-07T19:50:00.000-07:00

i started sketching again...it feels like it's been so long since i've been able to (actually taken the time to) sit down and sketch. i want to fill a book with ladies!

i got interviewed!

2011-05-16T19:28:00.000-07:00

-hello-

rae at artlarking saw my BFA show and asked to interview me for their blog! i happily accepted...here it is...

The Interview: Textile Artist Kristin Jeannette Petiford

product photography

2011-05-10T21:48:00.000-07:00

it could be because i'm back at the ol' product design firm...it could be because i am obsessed with old things...anyway, here's some product photography from the early 1900's

show installation!

2011-05-02T17:21:00.000-07:00

i installed my show clean & dainty yesterday. i was pretty sweaty by the end of it. here's a sneak peek...

3 ladies...waxed & blushed

my shoes matched

i made an accordion guest book

aw yee

renegade

2011-04-28T12:44:00.000-07:00

yay, i'll be selling my work at the renegade craft fair this july at fort mason in san francisco!

i'll have a lot of naked ladies, some hats, maybe some bloomers, etc.

oh my god...

2011-04-28T10:47:00.000-07:00

i want this guy! look at those paws!!

everything is done

2011-04-27T11:21:00.000-07:00

wowie! i can't believe i finished everything for my show a week early! i hemmed and hemmed all day sunday...i figured out that it takes 3 episodes of law & order: svu to hem one side of a panel. needless to say, i watched a LOT of law & order.

oh, and i made easter pancakes...yum

new things...

2011-04-23T23:27:00.000-07:00

new prints on paper for the spring fair...i sold 6 and traded 4!

spring fair!

2011-04-23T01:37:00.000-07:00

i spent the day printing for cca's spring fair tomorrow (i guess it's "today" now) on the oakland campus
i didn't decide to actually do the fair until this morning, so i'll only have a few things.
but a little birdy told me that there's gonna be some lathe action going on (by natalie, not me)! so stop by!

pollyanna

2011-04-21T23:53:00.000-07:00

i always wanted those shoes...

one day...one day

tampon chandelier

2011-04-18T21:52:00.000-07:00

glorious...

tampon chandelier

hats!

2011-04-16T19:31:00.000-07:00

my hats modeled by the lovely laura andel

needle felted merino wool, silver wire, vintage trim, vintage netting, tulle

i love hats!

statement & gallery hours

2011-04-15T09:36:00.000-07:00

well, i suppose it's time for a show statement. so here it goes...

Clean & Dainty

Ladies are taught how to act, told how to look and taken in as objects, sitting pretty in their perfectly polite bodies.

Through the use of decorative objects, Clean & Dainty expresses the rules, by which women are told to abide and the sensuality and humanness of the bodies these rules seek to control.

An abstracted and subtly impolite female nude is exposed within the turns of the blushing poplar pedestals, solely crafted to display lace doilies. These needle lace pieces have been painstakingly stitched with words of etiquette, embedded into the repetition. Fleshy silk drapes the gallery walls evoking a dreamy sensuality, while still ingrained with instructions: rules every girl must live by in order to become polite young ladies/undisruptive females/decorative objects.

also, gallery hours:

may 2 - may 8

mon-sat 10am - 7:30pm

reception:

may 4

5:30 - 7:30pm

cool!

lady pedestals

2011-04-15T09:32:00.000-07:00

i officially finished my first pedestal

hand-turned poplar, covergirl mineral blush in pure romance, wax

can you spot the naked lady??

BFA thesis show!

2011-04-11T16:20:00.001-07:00

guess what! my bfa thesis show is coming up!

may 2nd - may 7th

isabelle percy west gallery

ccac

5212 broadway

oakland, ca

there'll be hand-turned lady pedestals, needle lace and embroidered pink silk...oh ya!

i'll have a pink drink (non-alcoholic) and rice krispy goodies

whiskey party at a local bar to follow!

here's a link to a map ... it's above the library

oh and...

2011-04-01T16:32:00.000-07:00

i got some professional photos of my work...only 3

newish website!

2011-03-24T12:10:00.000-07:00

hello all! i now have a website...

kristinpetiford.com

ch..ch..check it!

yosemite

2011-03-24T11:59:00.000-07:00

in an effort to get out more and stress out less, my bf and i decided to take a day trip to yosemite. it was covered in snow...one of the most beautiful days i can remember...

snow angels!

bridalveil!

internship

2010-06-11T14:32:00.000-07:00

i'm so excited! i got an internship that i was really really wanting and i start on monday! it's with alula editions which was started by two awesome artists, helena keeffe and amber cady. we'll be working with other artists, creating repeat patterns to print onto yardage and then using that for functional and art objects to send out to our subscribers....phewf! i'm feeling like it's going to pretty much be the raddest thing ever. i'm excited to work with artists and screenprint and learn the businessy side of things as well!

for the month of july, we'll be working out of the royal nonesuch gallery in oakland and then at the marin headlands center for the arts in august.

off topic: in honor of their new album due out in september...here's a little semi-recent vaselines for ya...

new project...

2010-06-01T10:44:00.000-07:00

i spoke to my old friend, jarrod, on saturday. we have pretty similar backgrounds in terms of religious views and associations. i believed for a long time in christ and god and all of the bible's teachings and happenings until i began listening to my doubts and asking questions. i walked away from all of that when i was 21. it was the hardest decision of my life, but was the best decision i ever made. that is obviously a very brief summary.

jarrod and i (along with a butt load of people around the world) both feel like the bible has some good things to say in terms of morality (let's not get into an apologetics debate, here) but those things tend to get thrown on the back burner or overshadowed by the more 'fire and brimstone' or 'weeping and gnashing of teeth' aspects of the book.

i don't mean for this to be an anti-religion posting, by the way. i have a lot of christian friends who i greatly respect, and who are much smarter than i. i just want to give some background for this new project that jarrod asked me to be a part of! i don't want to give too much away because the veggies have just been thrown in the pot and need some time to stew, but it's something that will allow me to use that HUGE part of myself and my life in my artwork, which i have previously been kind of afraid to do. and that's what art is about, right? (let's not get into a 'what is art' debate, here.) so, i'm SUPER DUPER excited about it!

anyway, here is something that jarrod wrote...

So God visited me the other day because I have been challenging Him to prove His existence and He showed up at my house. We went out for drinks. I had none. He had many. After a lot of chatter and much beer, on His part, we stumbled upon the topic of The Ten Commandments. I inquired as to why only a few of them seem applicable to life and the others seem pretty pointless and vain. He told me that at the time Moses visited Him, He was in the dumps because of all the killing He had been doing and just wasn’t Himself. Plus, He felt fat that day. He admitted to just making them up on the spot because He forgot that Moses had an appointment with Him. Now, He has had more time to think about and observe human behavior and decided to change them. I borrowed a pen from the bartender and started writing everything down on cocktail napkins.

The following is the gist of what He said. I couldn’t get every word because He talks so fast. Also, I omitted most of the profanity. (He was pretty drunk at the time.) Here goes, in no particular order:

The Ten Commandments v2.0

1. The Golden Rule – This is an easy one. Do unto others as you would have done to you. God was actually going to put this in the original draft but he assumed it too elementary to mention. Don’t kill, rape, steal and all the bullshit that doesn’t do any good for anyone.

2. Maintain Perspective – All life is, is the way you process the world around you. That’s it, in a nutshell. Most situations can be changed to alter the way you feel about them even when the end result is the same. When we lose money in the laundry, we are pissed. When we lose it at gun point, and get away with our lives, we are relieved. If a storm knocks out a window, we are bummed. If a vandal knocks out a window, we are angry. In either case the outcome is the same, you are out money or a window, but the emotions can be very different. Try not to get mad simply because there is someone to get mad at. Try. God knows it’s hard, but try. If a situation can, in your mind, be manipulated to be okay, then it is probably not worth being upset over. If it cannot, such as a family member dying or something of that nature, then it is worth getting upset over. It’s all a test. Life is a constant test. Don’t fail.

3. Be Present – Find the time in your life when you are completely present, sometime when you are not thinking of yesterday or tomorrow. Some people find this at a gym, on a stage, listening to music, spending time with a loved one or a pet. Whatever it is, find it and do it as much as possible. Do the fuck out of it. It’s real living.

4. Don’t Fuck with Kids – Ever. Do not harm them physically, mentally, emotionally, spiritually or in any way. If you don’t like kids, don’t have them. Children don’t know shit and they will trust anyone and believe anything. DO NOT betray that trust. Ever. Fucking Ever.

5. Trust Your Gut – God said that He is irritated that we have an intuition and we ignore it so much. If you feel like something is wrong, something probably is. Listen to it. It’s your friend and nay, will it ever steer you wrong.

6. Atone – None of us are even potentially perfect. You will mess up and you will do it often and that’s okay. Fix it. Do whatever you can to make it right. Clean up your mess. This can be an apology or washing cars for a summer to earn money to repair a window you broke. If there is a way to set it straight, do it. Swallow your pride. Wipe your ass.

7. Pull Your Weight – Don’t be a lazy fuck. Contribute.

8. Don’t Trash the Place – God told me that He understands that there will be collateral damage along the way. Just try to keep it to a minimum. Do not apply any undo harm or malice to the Earth or the animals that have to endure the never ending shit storm that is living with humans. Cut back on the bad. Cut way back.

9. Destroy Yourself as Slowly as Possible – Yes, it is cliché to say, “You’re only given one body. Take care of it.” The Lord knows you are not going to stop smoking, drinking, eating bad and finding every other way to pollute your body. Just try to ease up. Life is short (another cliché), but it is really fucking true. There is no need to speed up the process.

10. Struggle – If there is something that you are not fighting day in and day out, then you are not living right. Practice some restraint. Practice, because it must be done with frequency, like anything else, to become better at it. It’s hard at first and that’s good. It will make you strong. Toughen you up. Sacrifice something for someone not because you deem them worthy of the effort, but for the effort itself. Fight some addiction, weakness, habit, character flaw or anything of that nature. Fight it until you defeat it. Then pick a new victim. One foot in front of the next. Character and self-respect are awesome because you can’t fake them.

There you have it, straight from the Horses’ mouth. Oh, I forgot to mention, God is a Horse.

reading

2010-05-28T13:39:00.000-07:00

i kind of want to hide in my home and read all weekend. here are two books i started...

just kids by patti smith

2666 by roberto bolano

and maybe listen to a little music...

i know, i am so 90's.

ps - you can find these books and more at your local independent bookstore, of course!

pps - you can find your local independent bookstore here!

2010-05-21T17:01:00.000-07:00

thanks to my friend cat, i found out that colette patterns is having a sale...30% off! so i bought these super cute patterns...

i'm thinking of printing my lace pattern in red on a blush background for the sencha top

and maybe a grey herringbone for the parfait dress?

ps - i'm feeling the urge to watch the gilmore girls again...for the 5th time...

photos courtesy of colette patterns

photos

2010-05-21T11:54:00.001-07:00

those who know me know that i'm slightly obsessed with old things. i love browsing through the commons on flickr for the beautiful photographs from the early 1900's.

that parasol!

that pose!

that grace!

that sweetness!

that dress!

dancing...

2010-05-20T13:36:00.000-07:00

i just love this scene!

...and speaking of...wasn't anna karina lovely...

...and speaking of...wasn't jean paul belmondo a dream boat...

i'm gonna have to put on a godard film

some things i made this semester

2010-05-11T14:15:00.001-07:00

as i mentioned before, my semester has ended & i have like 4 months off!! i thought i'd post pictures of a few things i made...

screenprinted wool and silk organza inspired by battenburg lace collars. i sewed a few clusters of sequins on the shoulder and on the side where the organza meets the wool.

naked ladies on silk dupioni. first of all, this silk is AMAZING in person...i bought it at stone mountain and daughter in berkeley. i printed some lace dresses as a second layer on silk organza, but they didn't quite match up properly. i think i like it better without them anyway!

pearls on organza. inspired by a clutch i have...i wanted this piece to be sort of an ode to femininity.

screenprint over itajime on wool gabardine.

some more photos are here!

phewf!

2010-05-11T13:46:00.000-07:00

well, blog, i am back. after a whirlwind of a semester (the hardest one yet), i finally have time to think and post about things i like!

i came across this amazing apartment on design*sponge a few days ago and fell in love. it makes me want to paint my walls and get some awesome rugs.

first of all, they have a foosball table. those of you that know me know that i rock the socks in foosball.

i love the reds, pinks and greens! that fabric on the chair looks peruvian to me. awesome!

that wall with that rug...amazing.

photos from design*sponge

lace

2010-02-25T22:58:00.001-08:00

this was the highlight of my week! i got the exact effect that i've been wanting with this lace design. i can't wait to make more and more and more!!!

arty-school things

2010-02-19T21:56:00.001-08:00

a new print i'm working on! it's inspired by an antique clutch purse i have...bunches of pearls in scalloped patterning. i really wanted just a blush of pink, but it turned out to be a bit more of a bubblegum. i'm okay with bubblegum! 2 more stencils to go!

the reception for 'a paper+cloth dream' was last night. christina and simon came! this is christina taking a one-handed picture of my name. i made this print for her...it's owls, magnolias and a torchon lace background. after i printed it, i realized that it also reminds me of my granny. her late husband (my mom's dad) loved owls and she has always loved magnolias! i may have to print another one.

i love these girls!

my print - 'grey garden'

our department chair, richard, in his super cute vest

my lace print was the first print you see when you walk in the gallery!

i made a hat. i wet felted the wool into a hat shape, needle felted it to death, then nuno felted some silk organza...dipped them both in indigo, and sewed the whole thing together! voila!

goodbye weekend, i'll miss you

2010-02-07T21:40:00.000-08:00

i had a lazy night in on friday and watched 'girls just want to have fun'. why are 80's dance movies so good!?

coffee! beans are from sightglass

i finished my weaving for tomorrow's critique. it's just a sampler of swedish huck lace. it reminds me a lot of the weavings from copan in guatemala...though, not nearly as beautiful!

i read 'shopgirl' by steve martin on saturday night. i was a little skeptical because i really didn't like the movie when i saw it so many years ago. the book is WAY better, as is often the case. you really get a better sense of the characters and the intent (known or unknown) of their actions. i think it helps that i don't have to think of steve martin as the 'bad guy.' i hated that about the movie. i prefer to think of steve martin like this :

(the first song i learned on my ukulele!)

or my favorite :

breakfast and such

2010-01-28T19:54:00.001-08:00

i know, it's a lot of mini wheats...but i just can't resist! i just love having a good cup of coffee and a big bowl of cereal in the morning. perfect.

a mini installation i did - needle felted triangles strung together with sewing thread. multiplied multiples!

i love red lips! this is a combination of mac's' beet' lipcolor and l'oreal's 'british red' lipstick. it has more of a pink tint in person. also, i have discovered that it is quite difficult to take a decent picture of yourself in the bathroom mirror.

paul and joanne

2010-01-26T21:46:00.000-08:00

some things...

2010-01-24T16:04:00.000-08:00

i am really trying to get better at actually photographing things i make! i like using my dressform...

i photographed some recent screen prints i did...the lighting is very moody due to today's cloudy weather and my kitchen's lack of lighting, but i like it

owls & magnolias - 5 color screen print

lace - 3 color screen print

tesselation - 1 color screen print

and here are some other little things...

fuzzy felted flower pin - also moody

circle scarf - happy & sunny

christina's flower pin - sunny & happy that christina is okay (long story)

shopping

2010-01-24T14:17:00.000-08:00

yes, yes i am the worst blogger. though, i'm okay with writing once a month, if you're okay with reading once a month...all you readers out there.

well, i had a lovely day today. i met up with jenna for breakfast at piedmont cafe...mmm french toast! then we went to the depot for creative reuse on telegraph for a little shopping fix...wow, we totally lucked out! today was 50% off all vintage items! who knew there was such a day?

here are 2 of my finds:

a doily for 50 cents

the cutest purse EVER: jenna spotted this and then graciously let me buy it...she could tell that i was in love

i also bought a pretty blush colored table cloth, sabrina on vhs (i can't believe i don't own it considering my only tattoo is from this dress), and this 70's butterick pattern! everything for only $10. i love today.

now it's time to buckle down and do some schoolwork.

braided loaf

2009-12-20T11:36:00.001-08:00

i've been wanting to venture into the world of homemade bread for a while now because bread is just so much better when it's fresh from the oven. plus, it's so cheap! this braided loaf i made last night consists of the most basic ingredients (as most breads do)...

flour

salt

honey

yeast

egg

milk

it turned out pretty good! not too flakey, soft in the middle with a crisp crust...not too shabby!

mmm coffee

2009-12-19T10:38:00.000-08:00

inspired by my friend, mat's long overdue love affair with coffee, this morning i decided to actually 'try' to brew a good cup. i love coffee and have loved it for a long time, but i am not really the 'measuring type.' i usually just throw some freshly ground (that's one thing i always do!) coffee into my cheap-o filters that are the wrong size and fill my super cute but probably not that clean pink coffee maker with a random amount of unfiltered water and let my machine do it's thaaang.

it's drinkable, sure. after my first cup of black coffee i'll usually have another with a splash of milk to mask that bitter coffee-sitting-too-long-on-the-hotplate taste. but i deserve better, yes i do!

so today i pulled out my dusty french press (cleaned it out of course) and got to work...

1. filled my brita water filter with tap water, which is actually not bad here in oakland

2. using a teacup for measuring, i filled it with beans (trader joe's wake up blend...it's what i always drink)

3. ground those beans

4. heated the filtered water in my tea kettle until it came to a boil, then let it sit for about 30 seconds

5. heated my french press with a bit of the hot water

6. ended up using only half of the grinds i measured out...filled water about 3 inches from the top of my press

7. stirred the sludge and wrapped my press in a towel to help keep in the heat

8. waited about 4 min....

9. pressed and voila! a pretty darn good cup of joe!

i am very much a beginner in the world of coffee snobbery and maybe this cup was tasty because i subconsciously willed it to be so, but it's amazing how the same beans can taste so different!

anyway, mat's blog is here

happy saturday!

some more randoms

2009-10-20T20:18:00.001-07:00

i am wondering if i can sport this 'houndstooth long johns and moon boot slippers' combo for daytime...it's terribly comfortable

another bad phone photo of a successful screenprint done on silk organza

finally took my baryshipete weaving off the loom...then folded it up for 2 weeks, hence the creases. i can't decide what to do with it...it's a bit too big to hang on the wall. maybe it wants to be a pillow.

(pete is sniffing his woven crotch...i thought it was funny)

i'm hoping to get into the studio with my camera this weekend to take some 'good' photos of my work...i vow to take no more phone photos!!!

randomness...but mostly food...weekend highlights a week late (sorry)

2009-10-17T19:55:00.000-07:00

zog's dogs' bacon wrapped 'mexico' hot dog at the 5th annual design dodgeball tournament

pumpkin and goat cheese pizza at christina's house

chocolate and champagne at CHOCOLATE FEST (yes, it's a real thing)

and my lace screenprint that i finished instead of eating dinner...but it was worth it!

guatemala!

2009-10-06T17:08:00.000-07:00

i went to guatemala over the summer and never posted my photos! so, here's a few...take a gander...

chichicastenango

drying skeins dyed with cochineal

natural dyeing with olga

indigo artes textiles

canoeing on lake atitlan

my weekend...

2009-10-06T17:00:00.001-07:00

opening of 'open source embroidery' at the museum of craft and folk art, san francisco

duck noodle soup at racha cafe, berkeley

weaving 'baryshnicat'

steals of deals

2009-07-15T17:29:00.000-07:00

i bought these marimekko fabrics at the crate and barrel outlet for only $4.95/yd!! they are originally $32/yd!!! i think they are so pretty! it was a very exciting day...now what should i make?

cuteness

2009-07-14T22:06:00.000-07:00

so i'm a little new to this youtube thing, but as i was teaching myself how to play 'tonight you belong to me' on my ukulele, i came across this video....it might just be the cutest thing ever...

rainbows!

2009-07-14T14:06:00.001-07:00

while walking back from dinner with my parents the other night, it began pouring rain! it was such a lovely summer shower...the perfect evening temperature. the lake was illuminated with gold flecks of rain and when i turned to walk up the hill i caught this double rainbow! i quickly grabbed my camera and snapped these photos from my balcony. we could actually see the whole rainbow, end to end, but i couldn't get it all in the frame. 'twas nice, though!

bad phone photo of beautiful oakland

2009-07-10T17:50:00.000-07:00

i took this photo while walking around lake merritt a while back. it just showcases how amazingly beautiful oakland's weather is almost all the time! i love that i live so close to the lake...even if it does smell like geese.

Manhattan

2009-07-05T17:47:00.000-07:00

I just got back from a family vacation to New York City! My aunt was getting married, so we all flew out to attend the wedding and to do lots of touristy things, of course. We stayed at my new uncle's apartment in the Upper East Side that had a roof top garden and a balcony...a rarity in Manhattan, I guess.

My main goals were to eat, shop, and see I love lucy's apartment (which doesn't actually exist I found out!) I had super great fish and chips at A Salt and Fish Battery in Greenwich Village, which my sister suggested. There were real British guys working there, too!! We went to Serendipity for frozen hot chocolate on our last day and I think I want to paint my apartment pink and grey because of it! We ate real New York bagels (sorry NYC, but I didn't taste that much of a difference.) I had a slice of pizza at the Museum of Natural History and accidentally covered it in garlic thinking it was parmesan, so I don't think I really got a good pizza experience. I didn't ever get a chance to eat at the street vendors, either. So I am definitely planning on going back!

As far as shopping goes, I went to Canal St. and looked at fake stuff, I went to 5th Ave. and looked at real stuff, and that's about it...except for the occasional H&M visit, which was a lot

because they are on every corner it seems. I bought an awesome Pale Force poster on clearance at the NBC store! I was really excited about it because I love Conan.

The humidity made me miss my perfect Oakland weather! It rained almost every evening at 6pm sharp! I would love to go back in the fall or spring....or maybe even winter!! real snow!!

Anyway, now I feel like I am rambling a little...so here are some pictures!!......

me at the wedding in my super cute vintage dress i got at the alameda flea market back home

view of the hudson river from the empire state building

those super great fish n' chips i was telling you about

walking around madison square park

how american!

you can see more pictures on my flickr

Random CCA Exhibit

2009-07-03T10:22:00.000-07:00

A few weeks ago I was asked to take part in a hurriedly thrown together exhibit at CCA featuring Obama's mother's Indonesian textile collection. I guess that she collected traditional Indonesian batiks while she lived there and now that Obama is president, the Indonesian consulate decided to send them off on a tour across the country! Since all the San Francisco museums were booked for the summer, CCA was asked to show them along with some student work.

huipil : i wove with cotton and brocaded with cotton and raw silk

my prints : block printed, stenciled, resisted, dyed, and discharged in 2 colorways

tutu : made with 36 yds of tulle, 4yds of silk organza that i used various shibori techniques on...i was a little disappointed with the camisole that was put on the dress form, and i think the tutu looks much better in person.

weaving : warp is linen ikat dyed with procion on top and tumeric and cochineal on bottom...weft is acrylic on top and wool that i spun on bottom

sewing

2009-06-16T18:54:00.000-07:00

i finally finished my dress today yay!

i started out with this pattern...

...and then changed the top a bit. i bought this beautiful ikat fabric from piedmont fabrics a few months ago...

the academy of sciences

2009-06-06T19:40:00.000-07:00

i recently took a trip across the bay to visit the super-cool academy of sciences in golden gate park!

my best friend christina, otherwise known as the christ. she works as a platinum tour guide! fancy!

twins

upside down jellies

these guys

for more pictures, visit my flickr page

tutus

2009-02-11T12:18:00.000-08:00

there is nothing more girly or graceful than the tutu. which is precisely why i've decided to make one for one of my school projects. many many yards of hand dyed, degummed silk organza teamed with massive amounts of tulle are beginning to take the shape of my very own childhood fantasy. to me the tutu was the symbol of a great dancer. pointe shoes smoint shoes....tutus were what i wanted. and though i reached the 'en pointe' status, i never got to wear a real tutu...until now! pictures to come....

quarter life crisis? who me?

long time no write

2009-01-30T12:09:00.000-08:00

no internet and a brief stay at the hospital for appendicitis has caused me to neglect the ol' blog here. sorry to anyone that actually reads it!! anyway, i hope everyone is having a splendid 2009 and i promise to post more in the future!

old family photos

2008-12-06T16:30:00.000-08:00

My sister and I went through some family photos on Thanksgiving. I just love thinking about the lives my parents lived before I existed. Old photos seem to have a certain magic to them, too. I think I'll switch back to my film camera.

52 projects

2008-11-23T23:52:00.000-08:00

52 projects is a super great book you all should read! It's all about finding inspiration in everyday life, which i think is important to us all. 52 projects also has a blog that i've listed to the right. It's inspired me to write this blog about things i like....read 52 projects...it's good. Also, if you happen to be working for the man (like I used to)...read "Working for the Man." It's pretty darn hilarious.

Lazy Days

2008-11-23T15:41:00.000-08:00

Lately the craziness of the semester has been making me wish for those lazy summer days. This photo was taken last summer after a long day of wine tasting in Sonoma. We slept on the grass at the Chateau St. Jean winery for probably 3 hours. I remember the smell of the breeze and the feeling of the warm setting sun. It was perfect!

stephen colbert

2008-11-18T22:40:00.000-08:00

nothing brightens my day better than a little dose of stephen colbert. i had heard that he spoke at the white house correspondents dinner a few years ago, but i had never seen the video...until today. unfortunately i can't figure out how to upload the video from youtube (i just figured out how to search for a video a few weeks ago...newfangled contraptions) so instead, you can find it here. enjoy!

zambonis

2008-11-17T10:17:00.000-08:00

i love seeing a zamboni on the ice rink on arguably the hottest day of the year here in san francisco. i can't wait to get out there and ice skate, though! i'll be the girl doing triple salchows.

i like new blogs

2008-11-13T18:16:00.000-08:00

Hi!

I've decided to start keeping a blog to document all the things in my life that I enjoy. I hope you like it!