correspondence

it's important to have stickers of yourself. i put them on my letters so my pals dont forget what i look like.
this is a letter to my friend kimbles. i drew pictures on the border of my banana pipe, my moccasins (and a cigarette heading towards them), and pb and j.

this is the cover of the letter. more dwell cut-outs.

i am very hungry, there's nothing to eat here. nothing looks good to me anymore. i just want seaweed salad from tokyo rose. mmm.

i made these little envelopes from dwell magazine and glued them onto cards. i was inspired by martha stewart.

they're for 2 friends' birthdays, who hopefully never read this. i mean does anyone?

i made this stocking for a buddy for xmas. he loves 80s/90s volkswagens. this is a mk 2 gti. i was happy with how it turned out. you may recall the one i made for my friend charlie last year. charlie still has it hanging up in his room. i thought that was sweet.

i like nice people.

here is what my day consisted of:

1. waking up at 11
2. reading blogs
3. eating banana cake with lemon glaze frosting that my bunny and i made together
4. talking to my bunny on the phone about the redeeming qualities of cycling caps (it may have been an argument) and the merits of backing out or pulling through a rotunda parking spot
5. planning dinner with my dad
6. playing street fighter alpha 2

winter break is lovely, but i think i can stand for it to be over. i need more direction.

a preview of something i've been working on:

i havent been very creative since ive been home. ive been so antsy and i have some nice ideas, but i havent been motivated. oh well. at least i have something to keep me busy...

things i want

happy december!
here is a wish list:

a mercier kilo tt. this is my new bike-of-choice. it's more practical (and less expensive) than a keirin. i also want to get it powder coated. i'll probably go with a sea-foam green. or maybe navy.

here are some books i want to read and thus i want to own:








I am literally obsessed with this bracelet from bittersweetsny. i actually think i like a ring they have better. but this bracelet is the epitome of awesome design.


owl pendant for A.P.C. owls are very trendy, and of the millions of owl necklaces i've seen, this is the most unique and cute.


no description needed - just gorgeous.


a 500$ honeycomb blanket from 2modern. so beautiful but more money than i would ever want to spend on a blanket.

what do you want for the holidays?

21!

My boyfriend, Will, turned 21 on Sunday. I wanted to make it a pretty awesome bday - 21 is a pretty big one.


I bought him a Jeff Lewis plays Crass album. It's really good. I saw this wrapping style in a Martha book. Basically you wrap your gift in tissue paper and then wrap it again in folded parchment paper. I just used tracing paper. The folds are very convenient for tucking in notes.


I also got him a straight razor set from Lehmann's and wrapped it in newspaper.


I dropped off a strawberry cheesecake from the Cheesecake Factory in the hotel room before I brought him there and at midnight we lit the candles, he blew them out, and then we went to the bar for a drink and to watch people dance.