bow ties and pins.

My friend Grace recently finished a Kickstarter project designing tops, bow ties, and jewelry for Sew Love, a startup that focuses on crowdsourced clothing.  I hopped over to her apartment in Oakland to say hello and caught her finishing up these orders, just in time for the holidays.

Suede bow ties

Notice the tiny pin stuck in the neck of the body form? Such a tiny detail, I love it.

Hipster heaven.

Ladies and gentlemen, how to properly tie a bow tie.

Morning light is gorgeous.

There's something about this image that I love. It's quiet and calming, and there's a hint of blue in the shadows of the wall that pop with aqua and teal of the painting underneath the kitchen island. 

Setting up for jewelry making.

Grace.

A surprise birthday gift for me! Beautifully and lovingly wrapped, 4+ years and counting.

tailored.

Just some sketches that make me want to go frolic somewhere. 

ocean beach + golden gate park.

An abandoned horse track on a cloudy day in the park.

And the flat skies of Ocean Beach.

Pomona Colleges, Claremont.

Tuwie being her normal colorful self on the glade in front of Bridges Hall.

Yellow + Tan

Details, details. Shocking green and blue argyle socks peeping out from underneath the cuffs of the jeans. Really draws the green of the vine and the grass together, doesn't it?

Blue Tattoo

The second photo down is probably my favorite. Sean has a tattoo of a human-drawn eye--the kind that you'd find in a 18th century science book complete with latin terms detailing the different parts of the eye--on his arm. Totally unexpected and completely fitting.