Mr. Gaultier

This show is total eye candy! Mannequins looking freakishly alive since their faces 

are projections of "real motion" models. So they can sing, wink, and "talk" to you while

you check out all the intricate detailing on EVERYTHING...and you're allowed to 

photograph EVERYTHING...way better than the Balenciaga exhibit (although I am a big

fan of his as well) but I could stay here for days...

Happy Fathers Day!

This is one of my favorite pics of Devon with her papa. Hope everyone has a wonderful day spending time with their father! Ours will be pretty chill, but we are taking Devon to the Circus Center to see Wonderland this afternoon:)

My Tiny Artist

 
May 2012

Graduation

Well, here it's been months and months again and I haven't made a peep on this 
sad and lonely blog. I'm not really sure why it's been so hard for me to get back 
into the swing of it again, but I think it's mainly because I had been forced out of
the habit by our relocation to San Francisco while I was without Internet access 
for such a long period of time. Also, I have been re-thinking my life and what I 
would like to focus on. I do know that I would really like to keep this blog going 
for friends and family and really anyone who is interested in whats going on with 
Devon, her creative ventures, things that I have designed and sewn for her (soon
 there might even be things on here that Devon has sewn and designed for herself) 
and also anything and everything that I can get on here that inspires us! That being
 said, a quick update on Devon: She had her pre-school graduation last week and
 is super excited to be attending kindergarten in August! In fact, August will be a
 particularly active time for us since we will also be moving to a new location in SF
 and all of us will celebrate our birthdays that month. ...a quick update on designing: 
I am no longer working on the children's line "Devon Rose" for sale on Etsy. I will 
still be designing and sewing clothing for Devon's personal wardrobe and I've 
amassed quite a stash of fabrics from working this past year at Britex. We'll
 eventually re-open the Devon Rose Etsy again to sell gently worn items that I've 
made for Devon (that she has outgrown) at a greatly reduced price, as well as pieces 
from Devon's ever-growing vintage collection. I am in the midst of creating a new 
women's line that will be available for sale on-line in September...so anyways, 
I'm hoping to get back into the groove of blogging again:)
Please enjoy these pics of Devon...

...playing music in Dolores Park

...modeling her new sequin purse (she woke up one morning and decided that the
 perfect accessory had to be a shiny,black bag and she did not stop shopping 
until she found one) 

...mug shot on Easter morning

... with Lady Rainicorn!

Wish list...

...for the kitchen, dots linen tea towel

...for Devon's room, crochet valentine garland

...for our room, dream catcher clock

...for the living room, rustic coffee table

...for Devon, chalkboard growth chart

Year Of The Dragon

Happy Chinese New Year! It's my favorite sign of the Chinese zodiac, so when one of my co-workers suggested a Chinese New Year themed board for this months floor visual, I jumped on it. Gregory made the gnome for the "do not touch" sign (who I originally found in the mouth of my dragon) but I just couldn't deal...this is super serious stuff!  Even though I'm not born under the year of the dragon (I'm an Ox) I have a dragon tattoo wrapped around my forearm, as well as the Chinese character for "dragon" tattooed on the center of my chest. To me it's always been about what the dragon represents, which is "inner-strength" and the symbol for "rebirth of the soul" (also it's not really very sexy to have "Ox" square in the middle of your chest either) The dragon was so completely appropriate for the time in my life when I got these tattoos. I had been slacking around forever, trying to figure out what really inspired me and then it hit me (and I worked my ass off for a really long time) but had a great time doing it as well! I got to the very top of that mountain, then decided to jump off. I've spent a lot of wasted time regretting that decision. Now I've finally come full circle and see that it all had to happen... it was another lesson that I needed to learn and it's finally hit me again like a BRICK... and I think I need another dragon tattoo surrounded by roses:)

Rainbow Slubs

I love so many of these amazing murals all over China Town, it makes living here so worth it. Devon really understands how to work the space here and enjoyed modeling our latest Rainbow Slub Sweater I apologise that I haven't really been into stocking our Etsy or working on the blog, but all of that is about to change.

Knits, yay!

At work, we're constantly getting inundated with new amazing fabrics. It's so hard to resist this fabric addiction...the stash is growing! Wanted to share some new tops I made recently:)

Shopping and Sunday

We didn't do too much Black Friday shopping, except some great deals on underwear, a couple cute sets of footie pjs, this really cute vintage piece, and a hamster. She named him "Bobby." Shown above is actually the orginal Bobby (who sadly ended up being extremly agressive) so meet Bobby #2 who's much, much tinier (so biting is not at all scarey but in fact, rather endearing... or at least to me)

She's very happy with him, so we've spent a great Sunday together playing with her new friend and shooting some new pieces for our Etsy. You can view them here and here:)

Happy Thanksgiving!

Hope everyone is enjoying their day off with family and friends! We have so much to be thankful for...last year was a very difficult one, causing us to have to separate our family for several months so that we could get our lives back in order. So, I'm very thankful to be back together again in this city that we love. In celebration of this holiday, I wanted to share with everyone some pictures that we've taken on our family days off together exploring San Francisco:)

Better late then never

Hope everyone had a Happy Halloween! I had all these ideas poppin' around my head for Devon's costume this year, but she wanted to be Satsuki from "My Neighbor Totoro" so that worked out great since it was just an orange jumper and yellow top kind a thing:) Isaac and I took her trick-or-treating on some insanly packed street in the "Marina/Pac Heights" area where she quickly filled her bug bag. When we got home, I realised that she had scored two more bags full of candy from school...sugar! sugar! sugar!!!



We had a costume contest at work...I came as "Elvis in the 80's" but everyone thought that I was Michael Jackson (I got one "Artist formerly known as Prince" too) There were some really amazing outfits, but there was no beating Gregory the Gnome. He later showed me some pics that he took in the Castro where a group of like 5 gnomes tracked him down to get some "gnomie" pics...so hilarious!

Devon Rose

Wow! It's been almost 5 months since our last posting. My apologies (although it's been nearly impossible to keep up with anything on-line being without Internet access for so long) but now that things are somewhat settled, I wanted to share some new photos of Devon wearing her freshly made butterfly dress and houndstooth leggings (both I constructed from fabrics that I found at my new job, Britex) although I guess it's not really new anymore since I've been there for 7 months now...my how time flies! It continues to be a constant source of inspiration (being around all those gorgeous textiles) and I've been newly promoted to 2nd floor supervisor. Isaac is very happy at his job at Levis, and Devon is growing by leaps and bounds in our new home in San Francisco's Chinatown. She loves her new school, has tons of new friends and is the funniest little chatterbox! Her school is literally around the corner from our apartment and Isaac and I work right next door to each other in Union Square (an 8 minute walk) We eat lunch together everyday in the park. It's so amazing to me how well everything fell into place for us here in beautiful San Francisco...so good to be home:)

Shot in SF

I wanted to share some pictures I've shot during my time alone in San Francisco. I've been here since March 11th (without Devon or Isaac) and now it's finally only a week away from their arrival and the start of our new life together in SF. It's been a really interesting experience, even though at times it has also been very lonely. I've made some amazing new friends and keep bumping into old friends (from like 8 years ago) randomly on the street (one of the many things that I love about San Francisco) But it's like a new friend just told me the other day "San Francisco...it's just what you need"


This is what I see first thing most mornings, the ground floor of Britex....fabric heaven (there are 3 more floors of fabric happiness)This floor is all wools and silks and thousand dollar laces. You can get Chanel fabrics, Missoni, Etro, Proenza Schouler, and the list goes on and on...

I work on the second floor, it's all beautiful cottons, linens and amazing knits. We have a wall of Liberty of London (which always makes me think of Lucy and Catherine) The owner of Britex appointed me do the visuals on the floor as well. I made this mood board with Italian imported cottons, satins, and eyelets.

Speaking of visuals, I just had to share this amazing window display that went up at the Anthropologie on Market Street. It's 48,000 corks made into trees, vines, and various foliage. These pictures don't do it justice at all. It's easily the most amazing visual display I've ever seen...







....and then there's also tons of great street graffiti all over San Francisco. This guy stuck in my mind because it's how I felt on Mother's Day. Not only because I was alone and couldn't be with Devon on that day, but also because I had accidentally phoned my own Mom at 1am (I was texting a friend and accidentally brushed across her number on my touch screen without realizing it) She called me back, but it went straight to my voice mail. So, not only did I wake her up at an ungodly hour, but it made her worry the rest of the night (and all morning on Mother's Day) until I finally got the message and called her back...not my finest day...so sorry Mom!

These shots are my favorite, they are what I visualized when I decided we needed to go back to San Francisco...



...and this is the very spot I was at when I decided that I wanted to spend the rest of my life with Isaac:)

Sweet Mila

Here's a sweet and simple spotted dress I made (modeled by my friends daughter, Mila Lilith) She was a little shy, but so beautiful...I know that she and Devon will be great friends (only 10 more days until we are together again) This will be my last style available at Sweet William for this summer... meanwhile, I've been working at the most amazing fabric store, Britex. It's one of the best in the country (if not the entire world) and I'm constantly meeting customers who have flown in from all over the globe just to shop there. Being constantly surrounded by all this amazing fabric has been very inspiring and I cannot wait for everyone to see our Fall line....now that Devon will be four years old (and a little lady) I want to move the line's aesthetic from sweet to edgy.