The Night

Long overdue this is. I'll be in California next week apartment hunting and am completely unprepared. Quite honestly all I do is swing dance (found a great new swing club in Carrollton), seek frozen yogurt (preferably from PinkBerry), thrift store shop, swim, drink Malibu coconut and sprite and work at ye ol' coffee shop.

Summer is here.



Chelsea brought wisdom back from San Fran in the form of "beer filter". Hold a good amber beer against the flash, and keep the shutter open for a moment longer... Dewy, balanced skintones and luscious hues. Makes gold jewelry look particularly good. I wish I had been wearing more than just my Coach padlock watch...

An aside: I love Coach. None of the logo-emblazoned stuf, but I love Coach, like I love Frye, Levis and Clarks. Lots of things that were best in the 70's are my guilty pleasures today.



Well, I was giving a countdown.



Don't mind the Chloe, or the PBR.





I stumbled across fine art photographer, Julie Hamel.







Sideways cross necklace, handmade.

Column Dress

Part II: The Outfit









The dress is two American Apparel jersey racerback minidresses sewn together. I bought one, loved its ease and comfortability so much, I bought two more in different colors. Last summer, in sticky humid Galveston, where I wore them every single day (almost) I was left with the softest, sheerest imaginable jersey.

I'm trying to cull my closet down these days with the philosophy of quality, not quantity, so I figured I'd salvage the fabric and create one out of two. I just sewed them together then dribbled bleach down both sides, and love the effect. It's the comfy-est thing I own now. This is the AmAp racerback I'm talking about:



The sandals are Fiorintini and Baker and the tiny gold charm necklace is part of my everyday jewelry-- I seriously wear it everyday as if by default. It's by Dogeared and I've had it for two years now and wear it more days than not.

Minimalist Perfect

This one night will be broken into three posts: The Apartment, The Outfit, The Night.

The Apartment









Minimalist perfect. It fills me with envy because I will never be anything but a messy hoarder. This perfect little apartment belongs to the beautiful redhead, Chelsea.



I can only ever aspire to this kind of balanced austerity, this embrace of negative space, this space with room to think.

If ever I could achieve this, here's a few objects that you would find in mine:











1. Table, handmade, $599
2. iPod phonograph
3. Thimble candles, handmade, $18
4. Driftwood art, handmade, $50

Obcession

photo by me/emma nygren/google/dethjunkie

For the boys

Have you ever said to yourself, "Man, Anna looks like a dude, sometimes"? Well, I have.











via pussymoneyweed/lucite skull/dethjunkie

I mean, not as good looking a dude as any of these, but still enough to get the occasional "excuse me, sir".

I come from the water

via pussymoneyweed/photo by Elle Moss/dethjunkie

Can you tell I'm in the mood to be at the bottom of a swimming pool wearing oxidized silver jewelry?

1. Green amethyst pyramid ring, handmade, $96
2. Skinny black rings, handmade, $28
3. Modern with diamond, handmade, $140

Travel Itch

I have it.




via fashion gone rogue/sherrie cola

I love these looks. What makes the second one work, in my opinion is the accessories.











1. Kate Miss jewelry
2. Cryptic Textures recycled tote
3. Dark Ages ring, handmade, $85
4. Turquoise and bubbles ring, handmade, $75
5. Double turquoise ring, handmade, $76
6. Hammered silver and topaz ring, handmade, $90
7. Robin's egg silver and enamel ring, handmade, $24

Bleached and Marbled

Bleached:







Marbled:



Shaved:



All photos, yours truly.

Swing dancing has begun to consume my life. It's exhilarating, like surfing. Now I judge a dress by how well it'll spin.