stamp art.

i love the stamps tools in photoshop! they make the best images!

gram

me and gram fall 09. in my birthday card she invited me to come over and paint and draw and stamp and cook. you can see why i cannot wait for this visit with my favorite woman!

me and arrow handbag

my friend natsuko makes these lovely bags! i need this one ASAP. i love it! check her out.

www.meandarrow.com

hair knots!

love this!

work website

sixteen years of my life has been spent working in a salon. hair expressions. everythings relative. coed. mark pardo. studio dna. modem. (clever names.) salons are still fascinating places to me, and i love my work. so many folks i meet tell me i dont look like a hairdresser. and well...im not at all bothered by that. so when my work asked for a new "professional" photo for the website i knew what they meant: one where i look like a hairdresser. lame. my resistance sunk in! but this i know- what you resist persists. so i found my cheesiest photo (not that all stylists look cheesy!) and sent it away for the world wide web. enjoy.

pork chops.

the farmers market is one of my favorite things about los angeles. i bought two pork chops that could feed 3 or 4 people for six dollars! the recipe that i used was delicious! in a pan heat a couple tbsp of butter and honey. brown 5 min each side. cook in preheated oven for 12-15 minutes remove the chops and add 1/4 cup water to the pan and stir until it makes a sauce to pour over the meat. SO easy and good!

birthday!!

today is my 31st birthday! my sweet friends kim and micah took me out for breakfast and the waitress GAVE me my breakfast for my birthday. its going to be a great day.

joes. jeans.

the amount of time i had to wait to afford a new pair of jeans makes me feel truly overly excited that they are finally in the mail on the way to me! happy birthday to me.

loving and learning

real magic in relationships means an absence of judgement of others. <3

its a small world.

today while my client and i were chatting we discovered that an old room mate of mine (chris mcdevitt) and her brother are best childhood friends. then i realized that i once went to a wedding with her brother. AND i had been to her house and met her family. WILD.

a gal and her horse

i like how women wore this hair. if you set your hair without heat and air dry it always comes out so soft and fluffy and perfectly in place. forever. this picture was sweet to me because the hair on the gal and the horse match. makes me want one! (a horse. not a gal.) i would braid her tail.

cash

i spent all morning revising my budget. i always think to myself that as children we could learn so much more about money. but since i am not a child, and am fast approaching 31, i'll have to find my own budget path and forget about things i didnt learn in the past. things i learned today: in february 2010 i spent more on art supplies than gasoline. yes. this feels excellent! the worst news: i spent more money eating out than at the grocery store. not so bad. i like to get out:) and... well, now i am aware. so the worst news is still great. onward to a great financial future!

wallpaper ideas

i like the idea of having wallpaper. it would be such a commitment though. maybe just on a wall in the bathroom? i love these two wallpaper designs.

workworkwork

when i moved to los angeles i never dreamed that i would be working in such a mellow salon and working such a skinny schedule! my new hours are: wednesday, thursday, friday 11am-7pm saturday 10am-5pm off sunday, monday and tuesday. its amazing and sometimes hard for me to believe. and in the near future this schedule will allow me all the time i need for all my other creative adventures!

bird

is this guy for real? so cute!

pillow inspiration

now that i have made a bundle of pillow cases i think i may try this sweet idea of using bright printed fabrics with contrasting lace fringe. so cute!

michelle visits me. again!

i had a super time with my friend michelle this weekend. we went to the farmers market, made great food, shopped tons and even managed to sneak in a small photo shoot! so fun!

blue sky

sweet smelling beautiful blooming tree on my back patio!