wallpaper's expensive

ribbed wallpaper by Ferm

i want  to paper a wall in my place.  this paper is $95 big ones per roll.  it would be at least $400 to cover a small wall.  when i first saw this wallpaper i planned on covering the inside of my side of the closet.  it's good to have a dream. 

it's yummy yummy dress time

susan monaco cowl mini dress

this dress is sexy.  that's all i have to say. no wait i also have this to say: it reminds me of mira sorvino in summer of sam.

juicy couture mini dress

first of all I KNOW, I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M POSTING A JUICY COUTURE DRESS!  since the juicy line has been out i've had a place for it in my hate hotel, but look at them go with this adorable tunic dress.  very redeeming for the line.  could they please stop making sweat suits?

karta allover studded mini dress

hey sandy, these would be so fetching on us.  i think i'm going the mini dress route this year.  i'll wear the yellow one and you can wear the black one (click on the link, karta also makes this in black.)  how cute will we be on new years?

i want

i'm sure you can 't tell but these are the most amazing shade of blue.  i saw them once and tried them on.  they also make these with a taller chunky heel.  i've been thinking of rewarding myself for all my efforts in working out and eating better.  maybe these are the treat i've been waiting for.

i'm into lesportsac right now

i like this cosmetic bag.  i have a little cosmetic bag now but it is fake lesportsac and isn't as cute as this.  the one i have now is yellow with black accents.  i think maybe the designers of the fake bag were inspired by celia birtwell and lulu guiness but it's ugly.  this litte bag is supercute and so small.  perfect for my clinique double fudge and tube of carmex.  

would this be weird or fabulous?

this jcrew cashmere sweater underneath this plenty frock! by Tracy Reese.  i just don't know. the sweater is a lot more fitted than it looks in this picture and it isn't monogrammed.  i've seen black turtlenecks underneath dresses lately.  it's a great look and it sort of reminds me of something that would have been worn on my all time favorite show Rhoda.  holiday parties are approaching and i hate having an adorable dress hidden under my coat all night.  this way i would be warm and supercute.   there would also be tights with this ensemble.  i was thinking black with black heels.  anyone have suggestions?  

this totally kiopta sweater

kiopta-this is me spelling the korean word for "cute" in my own phonetic way.  LOOK. AT. IT! so fricking kiopta i don't know what to do.

sorry peaches

i can't believe i'm passing up the teaches of peaches right now.  the show starts in like 10 minutes and i'm in my nightgown watching an iron chef repeat.  bobby flay vs. too hot tamales.  enough with the chipotle paste already chef flay.  sunday has a paralysing effect on me.  i don't know why i ever make plans to go out on sunday.  peaches is probably flashing her merkin and ordering the throngs to shake their tits and i'm sitting here getting a heat rash from sitting on the couch so long.  

pigeons

pigeon loft by mark hearld

the pigeons in downtown los angeles are not easy on the eyes.  they all have maimed feet from threads that have wound around their birdy toes and cut off circulation.  i think it is the risk one takes from building a nest in the fashion district.  

i once read a story in rolling stone or some other magazine that i don't read anymore about a girl who had a pigeon loft.  her pigeons were crazy good at finding their way back home after being set free miles and miles away.  there are competitions or pigeon races that this kid's pigeons would participate in.  she had to move away and she didn't know what to do about her birds because let's say she packed them up and took them with her, they would still think of their original loft as home and would return there no matter what, whether anyone was there to feed and take care of them.  so she had to cage them and not let them fly anymore.  it's the only thing she could do.  did anyone else read this story?  it was pretty good.  

print maker angie lewin

angie lewin studied printmaking at st. martins college in the 1980s.  i just came across her work in a misguided google search for marimekko wrapping paper.  the word, "serendipity" never really applied to anything in my life before the internet.  i love ms. lewin's whimsical, geometric style.  there are a couple textile prints on her website but i've never seen them in a store or anything.   

which color should i get?

i took this sigrid olsen  tote for a test drive at nordstrom the other day and was truly impressed with it.  the sales lady said that when you are petite you should go for a bag that is longer rather than wider.  i tried out her theory with a rather wide hobo international bag and she was totally right.  i looked like a midget or an olsen twin.  so now i ask you, should i get the black one or the brown? 

amigurumi are go!

i want to make these.  jyvonne is going to teach me the delicate art of the "single crochet stitch" at brunch.  it would be awesome if i could get some skills soon as christmastime is coming to town.  

here's where we're going

like a month and a half ago we all said we would go to brunch and learn to crochet.  let's go!!! here's where we're going :tiara cafe in downtown la.  no i haven't called to see if they're actually open on sundays anymore but that's beside the point! let's just show up and hope for the best.  no?  o.k. i'll call.  

how cute would this be..

jcrew's new sweatercoat is transplendent.  unfortunately it is only available online so how is one to know if the buttons will bulge unflatteringly or if it will make you look as chic as this old-money-pony-riding-katie holmes-looking jcrew model?  i love that it is in fact a sweater knit but has structure.  i also love that it isn't like the beautiful but sort of snooty looking felted wool numbers that you can find everywhere right now.  so gorgeous!

christmastime is coming to town

this morning i was perusing designspongeonline.com and i found these supercute cards.   check them out right here vintage angel cards designsponge posted the reindeer cards by stacey winters but these little angels give me a lovely sense of nostalgia that frankly the reindeer just couldn't deliver.