message board with dangling flower darlings.

I love pink paislee's parisian anthology flower darlings so much I wanted to be able to see them all day. so I made a message board and hung it above my desk.

I took the glass out of a frame, created a super puffy board, crisscrossed it with powder blue yarn and adorned it with beads. the flower darlings dangle from bronze wire with bead accents.

[detail view of the lovely flower darlings.]

for those naysayers that thought my office couldn't get any chickier...bazinga!

another lovely portland christmas.

every year come september, I start to get excited for winter and christmas in the pacific northwest. strolling in downtown portland, dropping into the always lovely benson hotel for a spiced cider and a little tree-gazing...

[christmas tree - benson hotel - downtown portland or].

[christmas tree - benson hotel - downtown portland or].

then heading down to the pearl district, where it seems that the lights on the street trees twinkle the brightest.

[pearl district trees - downtown portland or].

ah, christmas in portland. sigh. however did I live without it for so long?

an icy gift from a lovely Thanksgiving snowstorm.

thanksgiving 2010. my cousin samantha flew up to portland for our second annual 'rebel thanksgiving', so called because we skip the family chaos and spend the week in peace. it snowed on the monday [a near miracle for portland metro in november], then stayed below freezing for four days. leaving behind gorgeous scenes like this:

[ice fountain.]

[ice fountain].

not to mention our own bit of slipping and sliding in my hilly neighborhood.

fabric wall art for my office.

one of the myriad of benefits to working for myself is that my office is in an upstairs bedroom with a gorgeous view and floor to ceiling french doors leading out to a small balcony. even though it's an office, since I basically live in there all day, I've done a lot to make a sanctuary for myself. it's the one room in the house that's all mine so I am able to chick it out to my heart's content.

I've painted it my favorite shade of grey-blue, added fringed lamps, a terrific hanging pendant, and now some wall art using more yummy fabrics from the incredible whole 9 yards store in downtown portland.

[close up].

[I know these look crooked but I swear they're not].

the chain is from a line of jewelry findings called industrial chic, and the hangers are [I believe, window] hardware from the wonderful rejuvenation in downtown portland.

don't get scared now: halloween earrings.

I bought the skulls to go in the middle of my Halloween cobweb + flower brooches but they were too small so I made some Halloween earrings instead! tied a little of the leftover cobweb fabric at the top for a hint of girly glam.

[skull earrings for halloween].