Starting today, Gilt.com is celebrating Independence Day (US) by featuring sample sales by a number of long-standing and up-and-coming American Designers. Worn on The 4th of July “July 4th beckons, and with it comes backyard barbecues, lazy afternoons in the sun and, of course, casual clothing. We can’t help you perfect your BBQ glaze, but [...]

Red Black: $3,500 We at Coffin Couches [...] strongly believe in recycling. Our niche happens to be 18 gauge steel coffins which we collected from local funeral homes primarily in Southern California. [...] These coffins are not used for burial due to slight cosmetic inconsistencies. They are reconfigured and modified resulting in a finished product [...]

via A Softer World. I cringe a little each time I hear a local fashion boutique is closing.  People lose their jobs, local designers lose their outlets, and the city loses a sense of self that Nordstrom can’t match…and I lose a chance to shop somewhere local, if I could ever get off the computer. [...]

While waiting for a table at Wild Mountain Cafe, I heard an interesting conversation between two (also waiting) customers. “I was thinking about buying a Prius.” “Noooooo!  Don’t buy a Prius!” “Why?  Have you read something?” “I just can’t stand the idea.  No more tree huggers in Seattle!” “Oh, you’re not a…tree hugger?” “No.  I’m [...]

You, Only Better Edited by: Ann Colville Somma of Holier than Now It’s a strange culture we live in: we’re always told Just be yourself!, yet the bestseller list is chock-full of self-help books and memoirs depicting radical change. Finding the balance between total transformation and chilling in our pajamas is difficult, but that’s why [...]

I both love and dread Father’s Day. My dad’s such a cool guy: he went from a mechanic to a top sales guy, from teaching SCUBA diving to owning his own business, from childhood dreams to being a part-time cop who spends weekends at car shows…and he’s done it all by breaking the rules of [...]

The Vials of Wrath by Creeley Hang it in your bathroom, above the cabinet containing your blood red lipstick and enviously green polish. Then grab your camera, put on a black pencil skirt, and go play spy games drink espresso and people watch for a while.

I’ve been doing a lot of “what I want” lately.  I hope you all don’t mind the quiet too terribly much. One of the things I’ve been doing is making food appear out of nowhere by carefully watering and (naturally) fertilizing my garden.  I now have my first self-made food: a radish. I almost have [...]

Love is such a fragile thing. Paper Garland of Hearts by bookity *made using recycled paper *packaged in recycled cardstock *inspiration from recycled words so you have something to say during those awkward silences *or give each heart away (there are eight) to all those boys and girls you have spring crushes on *keep one [...]

It’s time to choose a winner for the Eliza + Axel Flora Tee! Drum roll, please… The winner is: Cynthia Richardson! I’ve already sent you an email, Cynthia, as well as Eliza, so the two of you can connect.  Once you’ve received your shirt, I’d love it if you’d let me know how you like [...]