anniversary sale picks - don't at me

did you know summer is the best time to shop for fall? 

but i'm not a complete monster and really get that shopping for clothes you can't wear for months can be hard. so, i picked a few transitional pieces that work now and later. and the prices here are pretty amazing. 

like this peasant dress that comes in 2 colors. wear now, wear later over jeans. $52.90 

satin western shirt. western will be big this fall. ya heard? $52.90

shrunken boyfriend cardigan. love the color. love the sleeves. love the buttons. good mix of masculine and feminine.  $38.90

elbow sleeve turtleneck. buy all the colors. warm but not suffocating. $15.90

faux leather moto jacket with removable hood. while i think spending the big money on a beautiful, buttery-soft leather jacket is a worthy investment sometimes that's just not in the cards financially or your vegan ways say no. that's cool. this one is legit good looking and it's only $64.90. 

levi's 501 high waist crop. levi's are hands down the best looking budget jeans. seriously. go ask a french girl. $64.90
 

rag & bone walker suede tote. not necessarily budget friendly but it is nearly half off and it's very good looking. classic lines and a versatile color. plus nothing says HEY FALL I'M READY FOR YOU than a new suede bag, bonus points for being well made. $299.90

vince pleated camisole dress. another super cute transitional piece. wear now with sandals and later with a chunky sweater underneath, belted at the waist and slouchy boots. $216.90

patent pencil skirt - this is amazing and will get you far. $52.90

long cardigan. early morning walks on leaves etc. $49.90

stuart weitzman slouch boot. slouch boot. slouch boot. slouch boot. i might actually wear these with shorts straight through summer into fall. don't. at. me. $489.90 (originally $775.00 so...)

clare v. foldover clutch. good bag (i have one). good color. $139.90

vince patent sneaker/loafer. up your cool factor. $169.90

 

got all the clothes you need? (lol)

 

maybe you need a new indoor/outdoor rug? or a new pair of sheets? or a bright, fun new duvet or the perfectly sized bar cart for small space living? what about that le creuset you've always wanted? 

 

mesh and marble uplight lamp. $88

egyptian cotton 600 thread count sheets. $51.90–$85.90

pine cone hill jardin pillowcases. $47.90–$62.90

dash and albert indoor/outdoor rug. comes in a bunch of colors. $13.90–$373.90

marimekko duvet and sham set. $66.90–$119.90

small round bar cart. $263.90

turkish towel. $21.90

glass serving bowl. $19.90

le creuset soup pot. $166.90

 

ok so this sale at present is only open to nordstrom cardholders. if you don't have a card you'll have to wait a week to get these prices and i will tell you that the sizes are dwindling pretty fast. i do my absolute best to not include things that are low in many sizes. so, like, get a card. i don't profit from that aspect i just want you to not wait a week and get boned because your size is gone. know what i mean? 

art sale

it's just a little out with the old (but still so pretty) and in with the new (very different).

i'm selling everything in my shop for HALF off. that's crazy and awesome for you. 

i have been working on some very new stuff over here. abstracts on canvas in a slight departure from my usual stuff. lots of washes and wiping and pouring and more pouring then layering. more on that later. in the meantime here's what's up for grabs for half off...

 

lavender border irises - 19.5 x 25.5 pastel irises on ivy green paper

 

ya big pansy - 19.5 x 25.5 pastel pansy on blue-gray paper

 

 

gracie irises - 19.5 x 25.5 pastel irises on deep mint green paper

(guys those 3 pastel florals are as pretty a thing in person as you ever did see)

 

cabana bowls - 6 - 9 x 12 bowls. acrylic and gouache on linen finish paper

(possibly my favorite set of bowls ever)

 

coney island bowls - 6 - 9 x 12 bowls. acrylic and gouache on linen finish paper

(i think the colors here would look super great on a blue wall in any hue...from deepest indigo to cornflower)

 

bungalow bowls - 4 - 9 x 12 bowls. acrylic and gouache on linen finish paper

(modern and totally unisex-y)

 

capistrano beach bowls - 3 - 9 x 12 bowls. acrylic and gouache on linen finish paper

(i really love these colors too. hard to choose faves honestly. but this set is definitely top 10)

 

flaunt bowls - 3 - 9 x 12 bowls. acrylic and gouache on linen finish paper

(these reminded me of 3 young girls in bikinis on the beach)

 

see them all together here. 

and i can't wait to show you the new stuff! 

beach trip proof + lessons

we are rookie travelers. we almost never go anywhere and when we do each trip is so far away from the last we forget basically everything about vacations. #1: you almost always need 3 extra days. days 1 and 2, and sometimes 3 are usually spent struggling to adjust.  you're exhausted, trying to cram too much into those first few days because you're excited to be there and YOU MADE PLANS DAMMIT! 

so by the 4th day you are so ready to vacay like a kardashian but you only have one more day. 

3 extra days people. 3 extra days. 

also...splurge on the good sunscreen. 

 

my target hat sucked. i mean, i should've known. the issue is it's too floppy and looks like a limp conquistador hat rather than a chic saint tropez hat. also it's aggressively large. i think i would rather have something like this in the future.

not winning any photography awards with this one....but i show you this to tell you a little story...

this is the view from our room. backstory: we won a week in this condo via fiona's school auction. it's not exactly on the beach as we first thought. it's on a causeway. the beach is small and goes nowhere. the water was brown, brackish and VERY warm. not complaining at all! (totally complaining a little) but it's not what we would have chosen. that said, it was nice to not have to pay for lodging. though we did have to pay 6 whole dollars every time we wanted to be on sanibel island. which was twice a day. we were right off the causeway bridge but technically in ft. myers. anyway...

the first day there mike and fiona were swimming in said warm brackish water and i was standing on the beach there looking at them and talking to them. they were about 6 feet out, when i saw this long monster swimming behind them, passing them. at first i thought, THAT'S A FUCKING ALLIGATOR!. then i thought, yeah, that is DEFINITELY an alligator. it was about 4-6 feet long and totally minding it's own business but it was right behind them so i casually said, hey guys...come here....come toward me...this way.... they both turned around and saw the same thing i saw. there was no screaming, just moving in the right direction at a quicker than casual pace. i asked around and apparently it IS an anomaly but not completely crazy. especially in these shallow brackish waters. needless to say we did not go back in that water. 

 

there were lots of pretty sunsets....

this is blind pass beach which was supposed to have all the shells. but all the shells were small. i was hoping for a giant conch shell. but i didn't come at 4 am (recommended) or after a storm. 

 

this is mostly all you got..

lame. 

 

these trees are everywhere and they are called sea grapes (thank you instagram friends) and i quite like them. 

 

sadly there just isn't a lot of good food on sanibel/captiva. we tried though. 

 

highly recommended: buying some fresh local fish from the source and cooking it yourself.

also: the grocery store prices are jacked up as fuck. sometimes to double their regular price. which is INFURIATING. looking at you jerry's. 

 

one of my favorite things we did was the ding darling refuge. it smells terrible but it's SUPER cool. this marsh or lake or whatever it is was so crazy eerily quiet. it's like all that muck underneath absorbs the noise. the surface of the water was so still it looked like glass. really really cool experience. 

 

look at the clouds perfectly reflected in the water. nutty.

 

mangroves are totally fascinating and beautiful. 

 

 

we also saw dolphins which you can see here. 

 

overall we had a great time. would love to go back but stay on the captiva side and are currently accepting leads on rentals on the actual gulf of mexico. 

 

 

checking in

i'm still at the beach and am taking photos to prove it. i'll share those soon.

meanwhile i came across this home in copenhagen and i'm wishing it's what i was coming home to. instead of my moldy house that always smells like cats when we return after a few days away. which means IT ALWAYS SMELLS LIKE CATS. 

anyway...

this house definitely doesn't smell like cats.

all white and sparse and wonderful..

 

this is my next life.