Knits and kimonos.

Browsing Etsy.

From Kindred Kimono's Etsy.  All photos link to the items.

I made a treasury on Etsy.

I had some luck shopping at Junk and 10 ft. single by Stella Dallas today.  Everything was so cheap!  And it just so happens that the drink tray is a map of the Washington/Oregon border.  I noticed this after I had already decided that I was going to buy it.  :)

Les frères Lumière

My very talented friend, Joy and I are in the midst of creating a clothing line, so I'm on a major inspiration hunt.  I came across some photos from the Lumiere brothers and I was instantly inspired.  Now I need to find a good biography on the dudes because Wiki just ain't gonna cut it.  I'm intrigued.  (If you have any suggestions, please send them my way)

Danse Serpentine, 1896!

The dudes filmed Loie Fuller dancing (in black and white) and painstakingly hand painted each frame.

Excuse me while I continue getting sucked into a Lumiere, Loie Fuller Wiki black hole....who knows where I'll end up.  Probably like, on the page for this.

Photos from Wikipedia, naomirivas hoy!,  Carin Berger, Photohist, Iconolo.gy

Happy mother's day!

My mom is the tall one in the middle....I certainly did not inherit that from her.

This looks like a mugshot, but it was a school photo or something.

My mom, her niece, and my mom's sister.  My mom has 15 brothers and sisters, so due to the large gap in age with her siblings, this particular niece is actually my mom's age!  This was her wedding day.

My mom in Sao Paulo, right before she left for the States.  She's the only one in her huge family to leave home.

My mom first came to New York, where she lived for a bit not knowing a stitch of English.  She then traveled around the country in a van...this is her in Arizona, I think.  I'm pretty sure I did inherit her sense of adventure and travel, though!

Then my mom settled in the Bay for a bit.  Long before I moved there for school!

My mom and I in San Francisco on my 22nd birthday (2009).

Happy mother's day to all the mothers out there......especially mine, whom I look up to so much!  

CLOTHES CLOTHES CLOTHES

I've been having good luck thrifting lately. I know this just looks like a messy bedroom....but this is actually a pile of all the clothes that I've acquired while thrift store shopping this past month. Nothing in that pile is over $10.*

*Actual, legitimate pictures/post coming soon.