cattle drive

Found at Antiques on Second in Milwaukee.

swinging french bulldogs

yosemite falls

A couple weekends ago I got to go home and spend some time in Yosemite with my dad. We hiked up the Yosemite Falls trail - the falls were roaring, it was so beautiful. I wish I could spend more time up there.


*photo taken with instagram

summer wishlist + inspirations

Just a few things I've had my eye on and been inspired by lately. Getting excited for the summer months!

1. QSW Lighthouse Jeans - LOVE THESE! 

2. ZARA - my true love... Wooden Wedge Shoes

3. I'm obsessed with this Asos Envelope clutch!

4. I would love a new board for summer, especially THIS ONE!

5. Betsy Johnson Skull Ring found on Pinterest

6. Love this Austin Dream Blouse from QSW

7. I just joined the iphone club for the first time so I'm in search of the perfect case. This one is cute!

8. Feeling really inspired by Thomas Campbell lately. Check out his stuff!

9. I discovered this line of teas in a coffee shop during a recent trip. I LOVE the packaging and the benefits!

collected

To celebrate and raise awareness for Earth Day, we had an art auction at work. I made this piece for it titled 'collected'*. Over the past few weeks I’ve been going to the beach every day after work - beach combing and collecting. My initial thought for this project was to make a collage out of all-natural elements found at the beach, but, once I started collecting I quickly realized I was finding more plastic than anything else. These days our So-Cal beaches are covered with so much plastic and trash it makes me sick - and this art piece is the result. It’s impossible to find a shell anymore without finding 20 pieces of trash to go along with it. How did we let it come to this? Let this be a reminder to help keep our beaches clean and next time you go out for a surf, when you leave, bring some of that trash with you.

*Thanks to Brett, Brent, Dad, Mom and Bill for helping me with this project - I couldn't have done it without you (and all your tools :) !).

vintage san sebastian

Another vintage postcard, of San Sebastian, Spain, that I found at Antiques on Second in downtown Milwaukee. Happy Friday!

white owls

I came home to a package from my mom and in it were these two cute little white stuffed owls that she had made me! I love them - they are a perfect addition to my (attempting to be) all-white bedroom. Thanks Mom!

tropical florida sea shells

When I was in Milwaukee last week I stopped at Antiques on Second, thanks to a recommendation from my friend Lauren. It was a three-story antique store with the biggest collection of vintage postcards I've ever seen - I could have spent hours in that place. One of the treasures I came home with was this vintage postcard of Tropical Florida Sea Shells.

Hartford, Wisconsin via Instagram

Two things happened last week - (well, three) I had my birthday, and for my birthday got a beautiful brand new white iphone from my dad (thanks dad!). I am SO excited to finally be a part of the iphone club, and most specifically very excited about instagram, it was the first thing I downloaded when I turned on my phone. A few days later I had to head back to one of my favorite places again, Hartford, Wisconsin, where I spent the week for work. The architecture there is so different from what I'm used to in California, and the barns are so picturesque... there is a barn practically every single mile. Here is my week in Hartford, through the eyes of instagram.

refugio state beach

Took a nice drive down the 101 on Sunday, starting in Santa Maria. It was such a beautiful day, we stopped at all the state beaches on the way home to check the surf. Here's Brent surf-checkin' at Refugio State Beach.