Tiny adventures! Off to the sea-side of Northern California a few weekends ago, to stay in a tiny cottage at St. Orres. So good! So cozy! So filled with black widow spiders! Recommended by the lovely Miss Kristin of Hiss and Hearse, St. Orres is a crazy onion dome hotel and tiny cottages built by hippies [...]

Last night I went to Miss Dori Midnight’s magical San Francisco Edwardian flat, to discuss plans for her wedding dress, which she is commissioning me to create. So flattered and honored! She believes the same thing I do, that clothing can be created as a spell, a magic weaving with intention and faerie glamour! She spread [...]

I’m hitting that wall again where my soul aches to be in the woods, barefoot and wild. The city starts to become actually painful ears ringing from the loud sounds of people yelling, pollution choking, jangly skeleton nerves on edge and shaky, cafes, crowds, grocery shopping – everything just a cacophony of madness. I just [...]

Autumn goodness!! Just added a few things to the shop, and will be spending time this weekend adding more! Grab this witchiest of all 1970s Gunne Sax dresses in time for Halloween! Cozy sweaters for sitting around bonfires… A pretty Gunne Sax top. And a darling 1960s twill dress!! So much more to photograph and list — I need [...]

Arriving home from Seattle, I was showered with presents. Hooray!!! Ok, not really showered, but I did get some super fantastic mail. I feel spoiled and grateful! Gratefully spoiled! (And reminded how many parcels I owe people too! Eeee.) The first parcel was from the incredibly thoughtful Nath — wrapped in tissue paper in my most [...]

2 weekends ago I was shipped to Seattle for work – I work with Fair Trade Certified and we were doing a promotion with Starbucks. So off to the emerald city I went! We stayed at a hotel I picked from my extensive online research – Hotel Andra. (Ok, not really extensive. But I am [...]

Eye candy post while I edit and sort photos from the trips I took the last 2 weekends! Prettiness and adventures coming up! I keep coming across (on the interwebs, I wish in real life) Victorian jewelery with snake motifs. Motifs from the natural world shows up often in Victorian jewelery – bouquets of flowers, branches, [...]

Today is the longest day ever and it’s still happening!!! Woke up bright and early this morning to meet Kate for whirlwind trip to Port Costa before getting on a plane to Seattle. Port Costa, I love you. Tiny witchy ghost town magics. Theatre of Dreams was having a rare open house, so we marveled and [...]

Crazy things! I was asked by BUST magazine (via Tricia of Bits & Bobbins) to do a shoot for the Looks page. (Check out Keiko Lynn’s take on it!) Don’t worry, this isn’t a whole outfit so you aren’t getting anything sneaky, it’s me being melodramatic while Gabriela checks the light. I woke up moon-timing, bloaty and [...]

I’ve definitely got the mean reds this week, oh dear! Mercury Retrograde, for sure. October, please hurry!! Bring cupcakes! Want to dig me a hole and burrow into some crisp leaves! Instead, distractions ~ 1. 1930’s predictions for year 2000 fashion. Love the Continental accent, and “Ooh, swish!” 2.  Magic and plans and magic! So many secrets [...]