well, this is a super fun post for me! y’all may already be following some our twitter antics and know by now that san francisco-based artist lisa congdon and her lovely girlfriend clay are good pals of mine. we like to tweet on and on about project runway and other interests of ours, and somewhere along the line of lisa’s tweets i found out she had recently redecorated her art studio. so, admiring it from afar was just not enough for me, and i think i just went right ahead and invited myself to photograph it!

and so, lucky you — you get to see lisa’s studio up close and personal too! it’s so smashing — with its tall loft ceilings and exposed brick painted white, and big old skylights to provide lisa with all the natural light she needs to happily paint her days away. and i can assure you, it’s a pretty cool place to hang out — like a mini museum displaying many of the infamous collections that grace the pages of her book, a collection a day. thanks for letting me share, lisa! for more of lisa’s work, visit her brand new blog, website, and etsy shop.

a summer blog tour inspired by artist Lisa Congdon’s a collection a day was launched this month, and it’s my honor to take my turn on the tour! lisa’s beautiful book, housed in a cute collector’s tin, was designed and produced by Janine Vangool, the brains and indie publisher of UPPERCASE magazine. It features 365 of Lisa’s eclectic collections, some real, some imagined. uppercase has offered me up two A Collection a Day books to give away to sfgirlbybay readers…so, now’s your chance to share your own collections for a chance to win.

for a chance to win one of two collection a day tins & books, simply share with us in the comment section what you collect, or what you might keep in your tin should you win. if you’d like to link to a flickr photo, a twitpic, or a photo on your blog, all the better – we’d love to see your collections! we’ll choose two winners at random by tuesday, august 16th and announce it on twitter. be sure to include your twitter handle, email or a way to find you in your comment…remember, you can’t win, if we can’t find you! and, me? a big surprise — i collect cameras.

and, if you just can’t wait, you can purchase a copy of a collection a day over at uppercase, and Readers can enter the discount code “iheartthings” for $5 off the purchase price.

For a complete visit of the blog tour, drop in these other sites and have a look around at what they’ve posted along the tour.

this friday, if you’re in san francisco, you just gotta go to the curiosity shoppe’s a collection a day book signing! lisa congdon’s new book a collection a day, published by uppercase is launching this week, and we’ll all be celebrating at the curiosity shoppe friday evening, march 18th from 6 to 9pm.