temerity

fresh castings

2011-04-01T08:22:00.000-07:00

exciting things in the works for these little babies, fresh from the caster!

monday manifesto

2011-03-21T12:27:00.000-07:00

Leaving my full-time job this past November definitely changed the way I feel toward the concept of "mondays" (and sundays, for that matter). For me, Monday is a day off, a day to myself for errands, late breakfasts, long showers, and tackling my ever-growing list of projects. The adjustment of the week, for me at least, helps to alleviate some of that melancholy that's standard with a normal five day work week.

On this rainy Monday, for example, I slept in, made coffee, showered, tinkered around on the internet catching up on some of my favorite blogs, and cooked myself an omlette with salami and pepperjack cheese. Next up on the agenda is drinking a cup of the delicious chai tea blend my best friend De gave me for my birthday last October, and playing around with the tools I bought at Metalliferous last week.

Going to Metalliferous is like walking into a toy store. I want to buy almost everything I see, but for the sake of my budget, my sanity, and my lack of workspace, I limit myself to just the bare necessities on each trip. My latest haul included a bench block & anvil, scribe, divider, a real wax file (at long last!), boxes of sheet wax, brass and copper sheet metal, and an assortment of blades for my little saw.

tool & projects!

Now off to go make the most of the rest of this monday.

grow your hair out, piss off everyone

2010-11-22T16:06:00.000-08:00

welcome back to the world of the living. excitement in the works, for sure.

every day

2010-07-20T11:19:00.000-07:00

dying for summer

2010-05-14T17:56:00.000-07:00

lovely corporation madeira scarves are totes perfect for the upcoming radness of summer, and are designed by my friend tina- available at the newly opened kingdom boutique in williamsburg. each one is hand dyed and the colors are absolute perfection. while you're there, check out the goods from gina desilva, another rad designer pal.

freedom, realized

2010-05-07T06:37:00.000-07:00

it feels so amazing to set a goal, to have a concrete date and know i'll stick to it. 55 days to go. this (second half of) summer will be amazing.

all this majestic ash and stuff

2010-04-16T05:57:00.000-07:00

volcanic ash above iceland. photos via here, here, and here.

zooey deschanel vs. britney spears

2010-03-12T05:23:00.000-08:00

slow jam massacre

2010-03-03T19:44:00.000-08:00

The Phenomenal Handclap Band "Baby" from friendly fire recordings on Vimeo.

fashion week, schmashion week

2010-03-01T08:19:00.000-08:00

A few weeks ago, my friend Gina DeSilva (fyi, she was the winner of the Supima Cotton Design Competition's "Best in Show" award) had her FW10 presentation. The collection was beautiful, and my good friend Liz and I had the honor of helping to accessorize the ladies with our respective jewelry.

Check out Gina's blog here, and some photos from the presentation below.

photos via www.daydreampilot.com