My friend Joni introduced me to Portland-based Elizabeth Soule’s beautiful photography at Renegade this year. She was already familiar with, and a big fan of Elizabeth’s lovely work and when I saw it I fell for it, too. Elizabeth resists the digital world, and photographs with a Polaroid SX-70 camera, a Polaroid SLR 680, a Holga and a variety of other film cameras,... 
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Jan over at the fabulous Poppytalk invited me to do some guest posts this week, and bring a little Southern California love on up to Canada! I am so happy and honored to have been invited, because Poppytalk is a constant source of inspiration for me. For some of my guest posts, pop on over to Poppytalk all week. Today I blog on the Wonder of White. Tweet#call_to_action h4{padding:0px... 
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What to do with all those bits and baubles, our precious jewels!? I originally saw this image in Blueprint Magazine, and I quite like the idea of keeping a drawer full of pretty, vintage teacups with jewelry pieces stored individually in the shallows of the shiny china. I have my bracelets, earrings and necklaces floating around in this ceramic dish on my bathroom dresser.... 
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I still quite like the look of letters used as decor accents. I am a big fan of graphic type and have a fondness for fonts of all kinds. I really love the look of funky vintage letters, like the ones used above, to spell out a special word, or message. I thought I’d take a look around and see what’s out there in the way of alphabet accessorizing! I get my letters... 
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It was a beautiful, sunny Saturday here in the city, but Sunday was cold and gray. So, I cruised around hunting for photo opportunities, and then hit the Alemany Flea Market in search of some cheap treasures. It’s always a little hit and miss, and I’m afraid today was a big miss. I didn’t capture anything special there, except maybe some fun photographs. Speechless. Mexican... 
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