So-Cal Summer

Our quick father-daughter road trip to LA (my second trip there this summer). Just an attempt to cram in one more summer activity before school started. It was short but sweet. Drove by the apartment where my parents first shacked up and texted a photo of it to my mom, ate a French dip at Philippe's, strolled around Old Town Pasadena, and got to hang with the fam. And of course, a stop at the In-n-out in Kingman.

I'd actually never been to the Griffith Observatory before. It's always fun to geek out for a bit.

Oh good. No earthquakes.

I weigh 25 lbs. on Mercury.

The LA skyline. Can't you see it?

Blessings

Our new line of all-natural, aromatherapy soy candles. Coming soon to a farmer's market near you!

David measures the wax for our test batch...

and melts it...

while I prepare some herbs from my garden.

Loving the effect of the mint and rosemary in the wax!

This one turned out a little messy, but boy does my hallway smell awesome!

We have the best ideas! And just sometimes, we follow through with them. The test candles were a great success and now we can experiment with different essential oil blends. Time to really get creative!

Donald Pliner- Peace boots!

Check out the raddest boot EVER, designed by my friend Michele for Donald Pliner. The theme was to design a boot making use of the peace symbol. Her design was chosen, put into production in brown AND black (so hott), and is now available all over the place for a high fashion $595/pair. I tried them on in both colors at the release reception at Goler in SF yesterday. I gotta say, if I had a spare $600 laying around, I'd get the black ones. If I had a spare $1200, I'd get one of each. Big ups to Michele, makin' us proud!

My friend's work in the September issue of In Style magazine. Holla!

I upholster more things.

Had extra fabric and didn't learn my lesson the first time.

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After

I upholster things.

So this was an interesting learning experience. I disassembled my chair about a week ago but bailed on the project after burning the *ahem* out of my finger with the glue gun. I then sought out a staple gun, deciding that that was probably the better route to go. Turns out I have no idea how to use a staple gun. I soon got tired of sitting at my computer on my keyboard bench and braved the glue gun again...this time with a little more caution. Maybe a little too ambitious for me, but it turned out okay!

Before. Blah...

After! Pretty! And matches the room!

Jeans to skirt

An irreparable crotch-hole inspired this pair of jeans turned skirt. Normally I hate this look for jean skirts, but I'm super psyched about my results! I would never buy something like this, but I've worn it probably four times in the past week. Right now the hem is unfinished, which is nice and casual for summer. I may hem it to wear with tights when fall comes around.

*Shout-out to Jordan for giving me the idea to use the bottom part of the legs to fill in the gaps in the skirt. Most smartest!

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