ediline

lotus

2011-02-19T18:06:00.000-08:00

beauty

2011-01-29T00:07:00.000-08:00

something different

2011-01-27T07:25:00.000-08:00

confetti system

these lampshades needed some work

hers

his

one day . . .

2010-11-12T10:19:00.000-08:00

when we build a house, i hope it will be something like this
via gizmag

done right

2010-11-03T21:53:00.000-07:00

thank you j.crew for knowing

great clothing and style

sweet november

2010-11-03T21:49:00.000-07:00

oh beautiful november catalog

::thanks anthropologie::

love: j.crew outerwear

2010-09-06T15:44:00.000-07:00

electra vest ($498.00)

bellstaff roadmaster ($595.00)

this jacket was so popular last year they brought it back

let me tell you that it has been the best jacket i have owned so far!

i LOVE this downtown field jacket ($ 148.00)

bellstaff brad jacket ($1,495.00)

bellstaff bomber ($1,195.00)

i am really loving the bellstaff jackets. they are an exceptional fit and amazing jacket for men and women.

cinespia

2010-09-05T11:05:00.000-07:00

last night we went to the cemetery screenings at the hollywood forever cemetery: 6000 santa monica boulevard at gower

we watched "out of the past" cuddled beneath blankets enjoying a potluck picnic and wine and beer.

OUT OF THE PAST Trailer from Jonathan Levy on Vimeo.

best picnic of my life!

cinespia organizes these screenings. be sure to come earlier to ensure a good spot in line as the "doors" open at 6:30 pm. you can drive in or park close by and walk in (which is easier). at 8 pm the movie will start. they screen saturdays and sundays during the summer, and they only have 3 more screenings for this year. a must-see/must-do while in LA!

picture source: google image
video source: vimeo

cowboy & indian

2010-08-28T06:55:00.000-07:00

i art u: recipe

2010-08-11T10:47:00.000-07:00

"simple, easy, goodness. my sis in law shared this fantastic recipe with me!

1 can coconut milk (for a lighter option, try trader joe's light coconut milk!)
1 whole small pineapple
2 frozen bananas
2-3 cups ice
coconut flakes (if desired!)

blend, pour, serve, sip, mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm." --jenn

u smile

2010-08-11T00:50:00.001-07:00

...because the storm was to be expected...

demolish the bars that bind

2010-08-11T00:42:00.001-07:00

...give yourself permission for your creativity to flow...

florence & the machine

2010-08-06T10:36:00.000-07:00

project for my break: bedroom silhouettes

2010-08-06T10:29:00.000-07:00

via designspongeonline

rachel's getting married

2010-07-23T12:22:00.000-07:00

i am really looking forward to seeing my best friend walk down the isle!

these came in the mail yesterday

i believe her sister made these amazing invites

*rumor has it we will be biking from the church to reception*

how fun :)

jake and rachel forever

st james

2010-07-22T10:32:00.000-07:00

j.crew has a partnership with st. james

and they have made us some amazing sweaters

and look who wore st. james sweaters:

pablo picasso

brother

2010-06-08T17:26:00.000-07:00

meet justin

he likes to longboard

Summer longboarding from JMD Production on Vimeo.

palm springs

2010-06-03T16:57:00.000-07:00

all picture taken by my sister. and you may not use these pictures without her permission!

melanie, stephanie and i spend a whole day at the pool in palm springs on memorial day weekend. i jetted east to meet the two lovelies at the viceroy hotal and spa - what a place! - where we were treated to a massage. we enjoyed a delicious lunch by the pool and then continue the day of relaxation at the ace hotel. i LOVED this hotel! the atmosphere and ambiance of the place was incredible! i cant wait to go back!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MELANIE!

lovelies

2010-04-11T09:38:00.000-07:00

www.jcrew.com

pretty cate blanchett

2010-02-26T17:22:00.000-08:00

www.vogue.com

handsome

2010-02-26T16:19:00.000-08:00

making art

pretty calligraphy

2010-02-26T15:54:00.000-08:00

the ever creative chelsea

eatdrinkchic

designsbyrobynlove

couch

2010-02-26T15:37:00.000-08:00

great before and after. thanks to the wonderful people at design sponge who share such incredible talent with us

mrs bride to be

2010-02-25T09:47:00.001-08:00

thanks to my dear friend flora who found these wire hangers on etsy, i bought wonderful engagement gifts for two of my dear friends.

lila france

vcr

2010-02-22T09:13:00.001-08:00

knots

2010-02-17T21:48:00.000-08:00

i would love this for the bathroom

giovanna locatelli

anthropologie

fenton-fallon

LA street food fest

2010-02-12T16:31:00.000-08:00

I am excited!

when: feb 13, 2010, 11 am - 5 pm

where: LA center studios

cool haus

flying pig

sweets truck

LA street food fest 2010
pic credits

muse

2010-02-05T11:25:00.000-08:00

jenna has amazing style that she likes to share with everyone

pic credit

kate towers

2010-02-05T11:12:00.000-08:00

oh so pretty dresses
on the oregon coast by kate towers

life.of.liza

2010-01-29T12:19:00.000-08:00

remember lizzie?
she painted this

printemps

2010-01-29T11:56:00.000-08:00

thank you miss james from bleubirdvintage for posting this lovely video

beauty

2010-01-23T13:50:00.000-08:00

the sartorialist has captured it once again!

wedding

2010-01-23T13:44:00.000-08:00

ben rasmussen should be YOUR wedding photographer!

little flower school

2010-01-15T09:51:00.000-08:00

i absolutely love this blog!

little flower school

it is amazing what these two ladies offer! their "school" would be

a perfectly legitimate reason to move to new york!

family pic

2010-01-13T13:18:00.000-08:00

dittmann family album (copy right)

mutti (barbara blair) is the girl in the center - my moms' mom. mutti moved from germany to america, where my mom was born, and my mom had me (and my siblings) and moved back to germany.

love school

2010-01-13T13:11:00.000-08:00

awesome site

second week of classes is in progress. so far i have learned about: yin and yang, medicinal herbs, some acu meridians, the skull, the spine, history of health care, and about sunscreen (post to follow on that)
i absolutely enjoy all of my professors! they are all very knowledgeable and brilliantly smart.

mewithoutyou

2010-01-07T23:59:00.000-08:00

i love 'january 1979" by mewithoutyou, and was pleasantly surprised by "the fox, the crow and the cookie'. i needed a little break from mewithoutyou two years ago-i think i am ready to have them on repeat. the stories in their songs will keep me entertained while commuting to school :)

back to school

2010-01-04T06:30:00.000-08:00

source: sammlerdomain.com/Bilder/e1279

granted it is grad school, but it feels like i am starting all over again. and i can't wait!

life.of.liza

2010-01-03T09:57:00.000-08:00

lizzie is a great designer, she is very creative and what a fun person to be around!
i would love to be her for a day!

work clothes

2009-12-18T10:44:00.001-08:00

these cardigans are the cutest and most comfortable cardigans ever!

i love this outfit - i think i will copy this look for work today.

best winter 09 cardigan!

this trouser is a flawless fit! i was hesitant when i bought them, and now i don't want to take them off! i bought them a size bigger so that they would have more of a relaxed fit, and then i belt it below the belt loops to dress it down.

i absolutely LOVE these toothpick cords! they are so comfortable. i have them in black, brown and grey.

cjrew

original g

2009-12-09T11:43:00.001-08:00

i love our dog. esau is about seven years old. and he is a true survivor.
this is why:
he was lost in the mountains for a week
he was shot the night before our wedding (and enjoyed wedding cake the day after)
he has been clawed by raccoons
and bears have bitten him various times

livingetc

2009-12-09T11:34:00.000-08:00

i love the grey, black and white with a little bit of color accents here and there. beautiful

advent kalender

2009-12-05T14:36:00.001-08:00

i got really excited about making an advent kalender to use as christmas decorations as well as get a little treat every day until christmas day.

i had 8 oz coffee cups left over from our wedding which we dont use, so what better way to recycle by making them pretty.

i opened one cup to use as a guideline and cut up some anthropologie catalogs. i love useing them for any type of project. they have pretty colors, textures and pictures.

these stickers are also left overs from our wedding. i numbered them 1-24 since christmas is celebrated on the 24th in germany. i like having the nostalgia of my childhood as i am starting my own family.

our apartment is too small for a real tree this year, so i decorated our fake topiaries that lend a little green to our apartment. i did not want to nail the kalender to the wall to avoid any blemished, so i strung them inbetween the topiaries. i punched holes in the cups and connected them with ribbon.

i would have loved to buy little gifts for the kalender, but the 8 oz cups are rather small, and i thought of this way too late. so lindt chocolates will do for this year.

amazing

2009-12-05T14:27:00.000-08:00

dottie angel

this is a reminder to not let go of scraps, and things that i think i wont ever use again.

loving

2009-12-04T14:33:00.001-08:00

this picture my love took

pretty music

2009-12-04T13:02:00.001-08:00

kaesch badewannen

2009-12-02T22:01:00.000-08:00

so many choices for tubs that i would love to have once we build our own home

badewannen traum

i heart patterns

2009-11-14T14:59:00.001-08:00

akira isogawa

mail tea

2009-11-14T14:57:00.000-08:00

genius

taeglich

2009-11-13T12:05:00.000-08:00

thank you scott schuman for beautiful photographs of beautiful people.

Goals for today: buying a trench coat; getting a haircut

factory 20

2009-11-13T11:55:00.000-08:00

appointment only
44900 Acacia Lane Suite #122
Sterling, VA 20166
703.655.8831

flora grubb

2009-11-12T17:01:00.000-08:00

my friend has shared her new succulent hobby with me (as well as orchids). i am notorious for killing plants. maybe i might have more success with succulents.

next time i am in san francisco, i will stop by flora grubb gardens

415.626.7256
1634 Jerrold Ave San Francisco, CA
Monday - Saturday 8:00 - 6:00
Sunday 10- 6

no.128

2009-11-10T12:41:00.000-08:00

dinosaurtoes

feathered finds

2009-11-10T12:38:00.001-08:00

i love it

::LE LABO::

2009-11-10T11:28:00.001-08:00

This fleur d'oranger 27 took over 3 years to compose. i think this would be well worth the purchase!

LA MUSC 25 City Exclusive

scented notebook

LA boutique
8385 West Third Street

golden

2009-11-03T09:22:00.001-08:00

every day i am surrounded by brilliant and bizarre art ideas, but i really love this fingerprint of my husband. he made a piece inspired by his wedding ring finger, which makes me even more partial to this piece. i love him.

lykke li

2009-11-02T19:18:00.000-08:00

i like her

monogram

2009-10-30T11:53:00.001-07:00

the wind storm that left us without electricity and water for a day and a half on tuesday, also left us with a driveway covered in pine needles. we collected them for creative ideas, and viola, i made a monogram wreath.
we are visiting our dear friends in san luis obispo this weekend, and i do not want to be a guest not bearing gifts. i like the idea of bringing a little "thank you" to friends that have us over for dinner, games, or the weekend. for dinners i like to ask if i can bring a dish, and than actually buy a nice presenters dish which i leave with them to keep.
i thought monogram door decor would be an appropriate gift to give as a "thank you".

so off to work i went. i collected pine needles and arranged them in a clean manner; used wire to stabilize the pine needles and shaped it in a "D"

we liked the bare look of it, but i wanted to add a little depth to it.
i woke up this morning with this idea:

i would use my old anthropologie catalogs and fold fans. the fans evolved more into flowers.

and ta-da! i am happy with the depth it got, and i cant wait to make more!

richard avedon

2009-10-26T14:40:00.000-07:00

my mom flew to San Francisco to support my Sister while she ran the Nike Womens Marathon. And on Monday my mother and I went to the MOMA where she wanted to see the Richard Avedon exhibit.
I had never heard of Richard Avedon, but I had seen his Photographs. it was a wonderful exhibit and worth seeing.

eric nyquist:the viking

2009-10-18T14:01:00.000-07:00

eric is a friend who happens to make amazing art. he is the childhood friend of my husband, who has collected some of erics art. when we moved we even came across a doodle that eric sketched during dustins' graduation ceremony, which dustin has kept in the safe in pristine condition.

the bulls are hanging above our couch

apollo is over our dresser in the bedroom

and we also have a sketch of our hounddog esau as well as a gradution painting in our dinningroom.

these are a few of erics' art work that i really like:

eric was hired by NASA JPL to draw murals for their facility

melanie duerkopp photography

2009-10-08T23:10:00.001-07:00

melanie is a fantastic photographer, and she just came back from thailand. she has been documenting the release of an elephant to join its family.
here are some of her pictures. visit her
blog or website

madsen cycles

2009-10-03T11:52:00.001-07:00

coolest bike ever? i think so!

Inspiration

2009-09-30T19:11:00.000-07:00

The Darjeeling Limited

luggage custom made for movie: Marc Jacobs for Louis Vuitton
clothing and home: Anthropologie

space15twenty

2009-09-28T13:07:00.000-07:00

is a gallery in LA that provides shops to be creative and take a theme and run with it. i came across the urban outfitters blog that had pics up from their "where the wild things are" display in space15twenty.
i love it.
i cant wait to go there!

1520 N. Cahuenga Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90028

www.space15twenty.com

http://www.flickr.com/photos/space15twenty

anthropologie

2009-09-26T13:52:00.000-07:00

2009-09-17T11:03:00.000-07:00

MILKMADE
1413 Abbot Kinney Blvd.
Venice, CA 90291

Phone: +01.310.581.8890

Store hours:
Tuesday-Saturday 11:00am-7:00pm
Sunday 12:00pm-6:00pm

BCFootwear

www.bcfootwear.net

thailand

2009-08-29T13:33:00.000-07:00

this banana republic ring is perfect for my sisters photo-journey of releasing an elephant. my brother will also travel to thailand with her, and both will video- and photo-document this once in a life time opportunity. i love my creative family.

back to school

2009-08-26T09:31:00.000-07:00

j.crew blazer, cashmere hoodie, driving mocs

a bike accessory must have

www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=7428460

i love to give gifts and wrap them!

2009-08-20T18:20:00.000-07:00

2009-08-20T18:17:00.000-07:00

today i got my package from paper-source, and was able to finish the "save-the-new-address"

from ar to ca

2009-08-18T15:36:00.000-07:00

we are moving . . .

and this is an example of what our "save our new address" will look like

but the actually paper/envelope/card, will look like this

the chartreuse stickers are rather small and will act as a closure for the envelope.

i have been cutting out shapes from collected anthropologie catalogs, since they consist of rough and recycled paper. the best for artsy fartsy stuff.

my new bedstand

2009-07-22T18:56:00.000-07:00

today i received a most wonderful gift from my beloved.

he found these wonderfully old and rusted sewing tables, and cleaned them up. he then mixed and poured his own concrete to make custom table tops. this is table number 3, and my favorite. it has a little ledge where i can either set water bottles to quench my thirst, or place my nightly reads.

i am also very excited to place the vase with the preserved hydrangias. we experimented with table decorations for our wedding, since we really wanted to add our own touch. we came up with the covered green s. pellegrino bottles, another creation of my beloved. he is so creative! i love it!

isomorphix art

kate towers . . .

2009-07-14T18:10:00.000-07:00

. . . is an incredible designer! i love her collection of beautiful dresses. if i could i would wear a dress every day; this has been a desire since childhood. kate towers designed exaclty the dresses that i always wished to wear. she is a self-taught designer in portland, or (katetowers.com), and some day i hope to create what she can create.

i absolutely love this white dress. as a young girl i was very fond of the movie polyanna and this dress reminds me of her. i would try to make my own dresses that would resemble that of pollyanna. i am excited to see that i still have that little girl in me.

this yellow dress would make a perfect wedding dress. wearing a white dress was not of importance to me, and i just did not come across the dress that i loved, so when i came across kate towers after my wedding, and i wish i had seen this dress earlier.

i made my own wedding dress, and it turned out so much better than i could have ever imagined for myself! the wedding preparation was a wonderful experience for me, and i am sure that the experience of making my own weding dress, added even more excitement for the big day. i wish i could have a wedding every few years, so that i could make my own dresses over and over again!

tracie faust photography traciefaust.com

2009-07-13T18:39:00.000-07:00

with the move/job change/back to school, i am very excited to be able to dress up nicely without worrying that i am coffee staining/bleaching/grease staining my shoes, pants and dresses. working at a cafe has ruined some of my favorite clothes, as well as shoes. a class room setting sounds pretty safe. i am excited about starting a new part of my life: getting my masters, and moving to pasadena, ca. siloam springs, ar just does not offer what i want life to offer. i am very much excited to have direct access to an anthropologie. this is just one outfit that i wish i could wear to work tomorrow:

anthropologie.com

2009-07-13T17:24:00.000-07:00

during the summer, we try to have fresh flowers in our house at least once a week. we have accumulated a great amount of vases, but i must say we always choose a pitcher instead of a vase. we received the ona vase as a wedding gift, and we absolutley love it!

we love to use it for s. pellegriono when we have guests, but we have noticed that it holds flowers very nicely. today i came across the acutal vase crate and barrel has for sale.

an aquaintance of mine shared that she uses vases for ice tea when she has guests, and even thought the ona vase would be hard to pour out of, i think it would be beautiful decoration with sliced lemons and limes in it.

i am loving all things citrus right now. tomorrow we receive our orange blossom scented candles from l'occitane (usa.loccitane.com)

we had bought the candle on our trip to chicago for a wedding of a dear friend. we drove to st louis and then took the amtrak to chicago, which turned out to be a great way to travel. on the trip home, we stopped in st. louis to eat at cheesecake factory. we walked passed the l'occitane store, and dustin smelled something he liked, so naturally we inqiured about the smell. we walked out with a lemon verbana scent candle and this orange blossom candle. we opened the orange blossom candle in the car and we had a very nice smelling ride home. every now and then the sweet aroma would reach our noses. it is the most pleasntly subtle smell. i have been watching the price and they went on sale, so i bought a bunch.

2009-07-11T18:57:00.000-07:00

we woke up early to venture off to the fayetteville farmers market. it was a busy day for all the local farmers; it is always nice to see the appreciation and support for local farmers. we bought our week upply of fresh bell peppers, kolrabi, and squash.

this weekend was also owner's appreciation for ozark natural foods (ozarknaturalfoods.com). it is so nice to know that the steak you buy is grass fed, the laundry detergent is good to the environment, the produce is organic, and the cheese is marvelous.

we also bought materials to start the process of making our own lampshades. we bought two lovely table lamps from amandromeda (amandromeda.com) with missing shades. the day before i had been browsing designspongeonline.com and came across a diy for gold plated rocks .

i had collected some flat, black river rocks when dustin and i went to the river a few weeks ago. i did not intend to use them for anything specific, so what better way to use them, then for a lamp shade?! i am very excited to see how they turn out.