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 [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

found image In order to soothe my autumn-needing-soul, I’ve started thinking about Dia de los Muertos already. Summer ends, the earth starts closing up shop for winter, the cycles of life surround us.  Rituals celebrating the deaths of ancestors have been observed by cultures all over the planet.  All Souls’ Day in European folklore and [...]

Rust wind dry grass crackle leaves woodstove smoke summoning mix! Somehow the tones of these songs make me think of crisp air, leaves crunching underfoot, fireplaces. Seadrift ♥ Arborea Don’t You Wish Your Baby was Built Up Like Mine? ♥ Texas Alexander My Daddy Rocks Me ♥ Trixie Smith Bad Blood ♥ Brownie McGhee Katie [...]

The one thing I haven’t gotten used to after 14 years in the Bay Area is Summer being in Fall. I like warm weather in the Summer (it’s cold in the summer here,) and when September rolls around and I want crisp air, apple pie, mulled cider, kicking through fallen leaves! Vermont runs in my [...]

I’ve had a rough few weeks. Endings, beginnings, thunder-crashings of life, hibernation, cocooning, blooming, burying. Sowing seeds and tending metaphorical gardens in all parts of my life, and I’m happier than I’ve been in a long time – sense of joy and possibility and Good.  Still, shaken and stressed on the journey, with ends yet [...]