Recently, E and I were digging through the attic trying to find a hat that he had of his dad's, when we came across an old chest that had been left by the previous owner's of our house. We know very little about the couple that lived there, only that he was part of the Underwater Demolition team during WWII, and that she lived there by herself for many years as a widow and had taken really good care of the house. Somehow this chest got left behind by their family. It wasn't filled with too much, but there were old letters and cards, some of his medals, and then a box of photographs and postcards. These were my favorite...

I love fruits and vegetables, not only because they taste so good (especially when they are fresh!) but because the colors always amaze me. I found these little tiny peppers and tomatoes recently and loved the natural theme of green, yellow, red and purple in both!

there are such beautiful colors in food...it is one of the reasons I love to cook. I have spent a lot of time at the farmer's market this summer and always leave there inspired. It is satisfying to know where your food is coming from and to find jewels like this; but mainly I like to spend a little time looking at all the shapes and colors that are coming from nature.

Key Lime Cheesecake made from scratch...yum...

I recently photographed a friend's apartment.
He has a great collection of artwork, photographs, and books. No matter where he lives, his "space" always seems to have a consistent energy too it...which is always inspiring. So I did my best to document that. More photos on my flickr.

I am engulfed again in printing and carving, so these
book covers by Cristóbal Schmal tugged especially
hard at my creative heart strings. Beautiful!

























































via Grain Edit

beautiful prints that i recently got from Hammerpress.
this studio has always been one of my favorite, and i am
so happy to add these to my humble collection!

I had the pleasure of visiting Urbanic while in Santa Monica.
It was a great little store and I walked away with some awesome
cards from Alee and Press.
(They are the ones featured in the last photo.)

I spent a wonderful couple of days visiting my friend in Santa Monica...we visited the Getty, drove down the PCH to Malibu, shopped, stayed in a beautiful hotel, and ate fantastic food.
I captured most of it...just wish i had gotten more pictures of the food!

my talented friend Faith has taken the brave leap to start her own boutique design group, Creative Shift Design, and it was a fantastic decision! The work is smart and beautiful, so check it out!

this week.

things from my week.

images from the past week