optical...

I was stopped in my tracks by this shadow on my walk to work today as the direction of the sun caused the chain-linked-fence's shadow to look like my favorite scallop pattern.

from my flickr.

all things shiny...

I've had a slight obsession with gold shoes lately... anyways, these bad boys caught some nice afternoon light the other day and I couldn't resist snapping a pic.. I know, I'm such a dork.



Anyways, I've decided that the first person to buy me these will be my new best friend for life:



Not only are they adorable, but they incorporate my other obsession, scallops... like I said, bff FOR LIFE.

OK screw that, I'll just buy them myself ;)


A few runner-ups:









Geesh I need to go to bed... no. more. shopping.

a slight obsession...

A few Thanksgivings ago, while sitting around the table, I took notice of my aunt Harriet's cloth napkins and, well, fell in love...

One side was a deep red with a white dotted scallop print and the other, a dark navy with a geometric, star-like pattern. Figuring they were from one of her many trips to Japan, I was thrilled to hear they were a gift from my cousin who picked them up at her mom/my aunt Elizabeth's spa. (hope I didn't lose you there)

So this past January, while on an uber-relaxing-spa-bday-vaca in Santa Fe, I made sure to pick up a set for myself at Ten Thousand Wave's boutique before I left.


Who knew that this one little pattern could have lead to an all out obsession with scallop print??


they no longer had red/navy so I got purple/green.. (which I'm more than ok with)


close up of the napkins



I've scoured the internet, looking for a similar dotted scallop/wave pattern with no luck.
Dotted or not, I love all these:


marine swallows fabric


red wave necklace by tatsuko


scallop earrings by avery winslow


scallop silkscreens..


adorable peacock notecards by anemone letterpress


cute combo


an old Fresh soap box on my shelf :)


For the longest time, I had plans for the re-design of my site to heavily incorporate this dotted scallop pattern but alas, when on the screen, it makes me a little dizzy. I'm still trying to figure out a way around it, maybe fuzzing/blurring it out a little? Then again, the crispness and simplicity is what ultimately drew me in...


xoxo