lost in their overcoats, waiting for the sun

spent a pretty, foggy morning at the big barn house flea market up near battle ground, washington this morning. i'd read about the amazing sale in flea market style magazine (so great, grab a copy if you can find one!) and i wasn't disappointed. if you ever get the chance to, go check it out! (and don't miss the vintage gathering down the street!)

i know sometimes i must get out in the light

remember this crazy post about the poem i had published in sassy magazine about a boy that killed himself a few years later? and remember after 17 years i finally found the poem on a blog post tavi wrote? well guess what sweet miss tavi did - she mailed me the sassy with my poem in it!!!! can you believe it? i can't. no seriously, it's blowing my mind right now. i thought this story couldn't get any stranger, and now here's my poem staring up at me from my lap.

thank you tavi, and thanks to everyone who read and commented or emailed or talked to me in person. you guys rock.

that top pic is of some flowers (given to me on my birthday by some great friends) in my favorite vintage jar ~ it's for sale in my shop. the second pic is by my talented friend chelsea. it's an outtake from a photo shoot we did yesterday ~ i got to play the brushing bride three times! i'll let you know when the rest of the photos are up. this week is a busy one: i'm participating in the poppytalk back to school market starting aug. 2nd so i need to pull out all the fun vintage ledgers, typewriters, books and other school-themed stuff i have and clean them up, take photos and get them listed at my mushroom & moss vintage shop. plus my friend jen and i are combining our spaces at found on fremont into one mega-super space of vintage awesomeness ~ if you're in portland check it out starting friday! hope you're having a productive week :)

doted on like seeds planted in rows

i haven't been blogging much because i think i set these unrealistic expectations for myself, that every time i post it has to be accompanied by amazing photos (hard to do when my digital is a piece of crap and i'm almost out of polaroid film) and have some insightful, deep content. well i decided in the case of my blog, i'd rather have quantity over quality (you know, as long as the quality doesn't suffer too much ;) because i really want to start posting more.

so here's random post #1 ~ my friend nicolle and i held a little crafty girls night at the park last week and i showed how to make my little 12 things i love about you notebooks, which inspired me to make and list a pretty summer version of the books. there's a limited number available here if you're interested.

also i get really stressed about listing stuff on my vintage shop, because i have so much stuff to put up and it's such a hassle to clean, photograph, edit photos and list stuff. so i decided i'm going to start listing stuff just a few (or even one) at a time. my last update had 20 things and literally took me 8 hours to do. !! so today i listed that pretty wooden gazelle guy ~ if you just have to have him you can find him here.

two other things: i'm finally on pinterest! and *holy crap* it's amazing for saving and organizing images. and it keeps the original source! let me know if you're on it so i can see what you've pinned!
also, the talented pia jane bijkerk blogged one of my photos, and i'm so honored! pia wrote the gorgeous paris: made by hand book and is an amazing photographer and stylist. make sure to check out her blog, it's chock full of inspiration. thanks pia!!

hope you're having a beautiful week!

ps - i forgot the bottom picture! it's of one of my latest favorite thrifty finds ~ a beautiful vintage mug from goodwill for $2. the bottom says "moribana" which is the japanese art of flower arranging. ?! whatever, i *love* that mug :)