Glamping California Coast

Treebones Resort yurt

 We have some of the most beautiful coastline here in California especially the Big Sur area in Central Coast...still predominantly untouched.  I miss the legendary drive up Highway 1.  It's been a while since we've been up there. And now that summer is almost here, I've been longing to return to one my fave places in the world,even the memory of getting poison oak has not deterred my love for this place. So hikers beware! Although there are plenty of options- from the upper echelon luxury lodging (Post Ranch Inn anyone?) to roughin' it style camping while surrounded by redwoods or the ocean, I'm leaning towards the middle ground with glamping at one of these yurts.

More Textile Love-Fashion

Joanna Fowles' Lookbook

My love for textiles and prints continues with these designs by Joanna Fowles.While I use to dress in just neutral earthy colors with greys, nudes, beiges and browns taking over my closet, I've really been drawn to colors lately. I've incorporated more prints in my wardrobe, especially when coming across beautiful textiles like these.

Holiday Weekend Promotion

To beat the May gray (it's been gloomy and misty here in San Diego) and to celebrate a nice restful long weekend, enjoy 20% off all orders until Tuesday 5/29/12 with code MDAY  in our shop. And of course, FREE SHIPPING on all domestic orders continues until the end of May. Whether you're going out of town or just enjoying some down time at home,we hope you have a wonderful holiday weekend!

And I'm now in Pinterest, so join me in my visual journey of discoveries, lovely things, places that I love and images that inspire me.

Textile Love

Textiles by Ink and Spindle

I love textiles! From tea towels, totes, wall art, pillows, upholstery or even when integrated into wallet and handbag design as featured in Nancybird's line. These are projects showcasing beautiful prints by Ink and Spindle. The Melbourne based textile studio is owned by designers Lara Cameron & Tegan Rose who design and screen print all their textiles by hand. They also do most of the screen printing for the lovely textiles used in Nancybird's accessories.

Nancybird Nougat Backpack

Pretty in pink

all images via

No longer just pastel pink synonymous with spring, it's wonderful to see the different shades of pink popping up in design, fashion or anything edible too. These images posted by Lizbeth from Sweden via Creative Living makes me want to surround myself with pink,wear anything pink, or even eat yummy pink cupcakes.

And of course, since lipstick/gloss is pretty much the only makeup I wear on a daily basis, my favorite go-to pink shades are Korres Pomegranate Lip Butter Glaze (goes on buttery smooth and smells great) and MAC (Lustre) in See Sheer (a great natural pink shade).

Nature's Great Design-Annular Solar Eclipse

Quezon Province, Phillipines-Getty Image via

From Yokohama near Tokyo, AP photo via

From Redondo Beach, CA via

 Yesterday was no ordinary Sunday or already Monday for others. For the people in parts of Asia and Western US, we were lucky to have the opportunity to witness this infrequent event and for some, a once in a lifetime opportunity to expericence a natural wonder. Although for me, as much as I tried to utilize the hole through the cardboard device while waiting patiently to view this spectacular event and fixated on this tiny ball of light to change shape....the silhouette of light did not change. Oooh the pesky late afternoon clouds, left over marine layer, my angle related to the sun, whatever the reasons maybe, I'm left admiring the wonderful pictures taken by many and appreciating this amazing phenonomen. It just reminds me of the wonder of the cosmic processes that are constantly occurring and how we are part of something greater in our natural world or in this case...universe.

Message on a Friday

Happy Friday! While I should really try to eat more veggies, this little message makes me want to meet my daily servings requirements. Oooh and I see my favorite vegetable, eggplant. Although from a botanist's perspective, it's actually a fruit.  It's great when grilled, flattened,  dipped in eggs and then fried. Yum!