two week countdown.

today marks the official 2 week countdown to the san francisco renegade craft fair!   it's my second year doing the summer fair and i can't wait to do it again - last year it was so much fun, filled with so many talented and enthusiastic people whose work i can't wait to see more of.  if you're in town, come to fort mason on the weekend of july 9th and 10th and stop by my booth to say hi!

america, f yeah.

yesterday was the first day of summer (finally!) which means that the 4th of july is right around the corner.  thanks to one of my favorite online vintage stores ethanollie, i'm completely ready to celebrate the holiday in style.  american eagles, stars and stripes, fighter planes, army blankets, and wwII aviator helmets - i don't think it can get much better than that.  maybe a fresh slice of apple pie.  and if i don't buy that helmet, somebody needs to.  see all of ethanollie's goodies on etsy here.

marwencol.

aside from werner herzog's cave of forgotten dreams, there is one other documentary i've seen in recent history that completely blew me away: marwencol.  the film is about a man named mark hogancamp, who after being savagely beaten outside of a bar learns to deal with his trauma and memory loss by escaping into his fantasy world, a small WWII-era town that he built and photographed himself.  this movie was incredibly heartbreaking, moving, and inspiring all at the same time, and you'd be missing out if you let it pass you by.  learn more about mark and the magical world of marwencol here.

you're just my type, darren booth.

canadian illustrator and typographer darren booth is just my type.  both his freelance and commercial work with type is very refined, but also maintains a lovely hand-drawn quality that lends his work a personality all his own.  i especially love the way he layers color with texture and pattern, giving each piece rich dimension.  aside from his great type work, darren's other illustrations and portraits are just as impressive!  learn more about darren here. 

color study VIII.

1. claylicious ceramic owl  2. tight squeeze necklace  3. asos premium oversized cutwork top  4. dirty harry poster  5. vintage rotary phone  6. flash fire rug  7. leica m7 edition hermes  8. cambridge satchel  9. poppin orange push pins  10. amanda friedman for preen

foot fetish.

vena cava & tenoversix kareem <><><> modcloth showered in compliments wedge <><><> chelsea crew susan oxfords <><><> verlain naomi <><><> marais maryjane bow flats <><><> chie mihara april star

a diamond in the roughage.

if you missed the latest issue of the new york times magazine, then you missed a beautiful jewelry spread photographed by richard burbridge and styled by robbie spencer.  but lucky for you i'm featuring a few of my favorite shots right here!  the color, the crisp vibrancy of the plants, the way the pieces get entangled in it all - it's lovely. and makes me long for steamy weather and sparkling jewels.