Millefiori

Okay... so I cannot stop thinking about millefiori (Italian for "million flowers") pendants tonight. I'm not sure why - but I am on this mad search for the best one.

Back in my summer in Florence, I bought a handful of them in the San Marcos marketplace, I loved the glass and saved two "tree of life" pendants - one for my best friend, Amy, and one for myself. Amy keeps bemoaning the fact that in her adventurous life as a relief worker in Thailand, that she somewhere lost hers - and I guess that got me to thinking about how much I love this glass.
There is something so other-worldly about it... like you could just dive right into the glass itself.
And the way they make it is the most amazing process, with little strands of glass that are laid on top of each other - to make these designs, then they are fired and sliced.... so so so lovely.

I found this site tonight, with a great selection and great prices, but I am having the hardest time making up my mind...

Neglecting housework

So tonight, I left the house in shambles, read some blogs, and made these funny guitars from scraps I have. I saw some online at etsy that were too cute (much cuter than mine) but these were free and could be whipped up tonight in time for the kids to play with them in the
morning.
I had a quiet evening, nursing my 4 bee stings that I got today (see my other blog for that detail!) and eating frozen grapes to try and cool down while I sewed....
Now I'm up too late... Again.

Be a friend and vote for Libby Dibby

Hey folks... some sweet fan put Libby Dibby skirts on the home page at kirtsy.com today...
do us a favor and send us a shout out over there by commenting and voting for us.
Thanks!!!!
libby

New patterns

This one is a prototype... I have only a M (maybe one more...) but if
you all like it, we will get more.
It is "moonlight summer"

New patterns

This is "Sweet Sofia"

ps- Sweet Sofia skirts are the first skirts to be made pre-washed - MEANING that you can wash them and not dry-clean them.... (no drying, though... we recommend washing on cold and hanging to dry)

Hooray for new patterns!

They're not yet up on the site... But can be ordered, in all sizes
(email me)
This one is called "Classic"

Lilycake shirts

Another Saturday morning in my pajamas at my sewing machine before a
birthday party....
The Design Director and I worked on this one for her friend that she
calls, "lilycake" ... So we made a "lilycake" shirt... Cake on the
front and Lily on the back. The second shirt, the one that M is
keeping, in my opinion, is a lot cuter and deserves some repeating.
I'll attach more images later...

(my phone only lets me attach one photo per email so I am trying to
figure how to best deal with that and still not have to spend
inordinate amounts of time at my computer at home... I generally only
blog from my phone)

#3...

Figueroa Hotel #2

Date night

So J took me out tonight and we, wisely, forewent The Grove and
instead we went downtown to Hotel Figueroa for coffee (we were too
tired for real drinks) after dinner... He'd learned about it through
work and filming... They filmed lots of ALIAS here...(jill!)
What a gorgeous place... I'll send a few photos...talk about
inspiration... In the shadow of the Staples Center....its been around
forever...