Category Archives: Inspiration

A Verb For Keeping Warm

A few months after we moved away from Berkeley Eric read a little blurb about a new yarn and fabric store there and sent it my way. I was so sorry I’d missed it! My mom had heard it talked … Continue reading

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What Would You Attempt If You Knew You Could Not Fail?

I swing by Anthropologie every month or so, searching for inspiration, and I never fail to find it. Usually it’s some pretty beaded thing or an elaborate wall display that catches my eye, but this time it was a pencil … Continue reading

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Fashion and Science

I have mentioned before that I love living in Science Town, but last night the feeling reached new heights. Imagine this impossibly cool scenario: Alicia Hardesty, a Project Runway designer and all-around awesome person, is collaborating with a Caltech physicist … Continue reading

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Happy New Year!

I love New Years, but not because I like to party or watch the ball drop or anything like that. I’d actually much rather be at home than out in the cold, and what I love best is just the … Continue reading

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Thrift Store Rainbows

I am having so much fun at home with my parents. I feel like I am seeing so many things about this wonderful city that I didn’t notice before. I want to take pictures of everything. And I sort of … Continue reading

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10 Thrifting Tips for the Crafty and Savvy Girl

Shopping at thrift stores has been a major joy in my life since high school, when my Besfrinn and I would contrive to have our moms drop us off at the Summer and Highland strip, and we’d gleefully spend an … Continue reading

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The East Bay Depot for Creative Reuse

I have been having a ball in Berkeley, catching up with dear friends over lavish dinners, traipsing around my old stomping grounds, and eating my way down some of the most delicious streets in the world. Yesterday my peregrinations led … Continue reading

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The Liebster Award

When I woke up this morning to find this comment from my besfrinn Emily on my latest blog post, I wasn’t sure if she was serious: “I am awarding you for your awesomeness  I mean, really awarding you. I know this … Continue reading

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On Working from Home

Yesterday I saw this lovely article about working from home, written by Refinery 29‘s Shani Silver. She gives 10 tips to making it work for you, and it really got me thinking about how I do what I do. There … Continue reading

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Making Every Day a Work of Art

I’ve taken a meandering road to the place where I am now with creativity. I am lucky enough to have incredible parents, who not only appreciate art themselves, but always encouraged me to explore anything I was interested in, and always … Continue reading

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