i had no idea this title existed!  excited to dive into pages of pattern.

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thanks, grtsctt.

for you fellow domino lovers, this is out today.

a very commendable endeavor!

what gorgeousness (definitely one to be judged by its cover). details (& a grace-ful trailer) here. 

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looking forward to september & finding this chair among its pages!

etiquette, stationery, & andrew warhol?

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a delightful find from restore & rework.

scenes.

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i’ll be sharing new cards with you soon. i did a new sort of setup for the photoshoot this time around. the above is a peek, & it features some lovely birthday goodies amidst a few vintage finds (clockwise from left):

1. white rose blooms, from rachel at the manzanita house
2. jacqueline kennedy onassis, found at an estate sale in hancock park
3. photograph of me & my mom in front of ba’s house, stolen from home (guilty)
4. pretty pot of succulents, from my kind roommates
5. lovely little bowl, from sushmita’s visit to china
6. bouquet of everything, from tara at silver lake farms (picked & arranged by rachel)
7. a field guide to pacific states wild flowers, purchased from little byrd vintage 
8. vintage drawer, taken from a throw-away desk at a curb in brentwood

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i’m ever-grateful & happy to have been able to begin my birthday week by spending mother’s day back home with my mom, & then return to los angeles to share precious hours throughout the week with dearest friends: a surprise visit, a dinner adventure, an old-fashioned sleepover followed by scoops & a lazy day about silver lake, an evening of dancing, a calm morning at silver lake farms, an afternoon nap (those should always fit in somewhere), and a delicious surprise dinner at local.

thanks, all, for the good times, words & wishes. <3

just my sort of thing.

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via space15twenty.

{flowers & type}

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the other evening i enjoyed every bit of wondering about at brand bookshop, a used bookstore in glendale (just a skip away from the guava cheese at porto’s bakery). there inside works a wonderfully sharp old fellow whose cracks kept me chuckling throughout my visit. loved the section titled ‘books on books’, but what i really got lost in were the books on plants & flowers. there was an old old field guide (older than this one) that also addressed the flowers by colors, but it followed with a special chapter on the ‘unpleasantly scented flowers’. was happy to come away with the title ‘exotic plants’ & a guidebook on leaves; wasn’t too happy about being tricked (by my own hand, no one else’s) into opening a book on termites (the cover was misleadingly stately).

excited to share more photos with you soon.