icing on the cake

cake via pastrydesign

hi all! the okl sale is in full swing and for the first time in maybe, ever i don’t know what to do with myself! i guess sometimes you have to stop and just reflect. when i did just that the first thing that came to mind was to thank you all for the support you gave over the past few weeks. i’ beyond grateful to have friends like you, so many who influence me everyday whether you know it or not. you’re truly the icing on the cake of my day. funny when you start reflecting, you realize all the help you got and i can only hope to give some back too. most of all, mom and dad, i can’t thank you two enough for always standing behind me from the minute i can remember.

well i said let’s meet for coffee this morning but it’s already late afternoon and i hope you’re having a great day, let’s have dessert instead! this tufted cake looked too inviting to pass up and is calorie free!

March 22, 2012. OKL. 20 comments.

it happened so fast

hi guys, how’s your night going?  it’s been beyond hectic around here for the past few days. the hours are flying by and morning turns to dusk before i know it.  i’m mostly tying up details before the sale and  trying to keep up with daily stuff. most of the stress is trying to shoot something decent in my downtime. i’m getting up tomorrow morning determined to catch something. and since i didn’t want to disappoint my ma,  i took what i could get away with and posting it tonight.

we’ll see what happens in the morning light.

the sale starts at 11am.

not to whine about missing the stuff but i really do love these casanova books. just holding them feels really good. the leather is so smooth and such a deep blue. histoire de ma vie, tomes ix and xii. quel vie he led!

well, just got a call to go thru it all one more time. again. it’s hard to believe it’s finally here.  so adieu for now, see you in the am for coffee~

here’s the link: it’s on countdown  ;p

onekingslane.com/sales/12807

March 22, 2012. OKL. 13 comments.

the time has come

hi all, happy tuesday. i’m scrambling with last minute details before the sale. getting everything properly cataloged et al. the hardest part is realizing that it’s now or never that i shoot my little friends around the house.  to me they’re not really inanimate objects but instead, pieces that hold intelligence and life and information that will live longer than an iphone.

the other day i realized how much i’ll miss the artwork so tried to capture some of it just now and will keep trying. but it’s not just the art, it’s the books, like this one i’ve had here for awhile. it’s a book of receipts from the Moncey Hotel in Paris in the early 1900s. in it are the receipts of each guests, the amount of firewood they used in their rooms,  charges for room service  and phone calls. and reprimands when they got boisterous!

it’s my last chance to keep anything but at the same time i want it to go out into the universe and enjoyed by someone as much as i have.

but the original oils i will miss

and it gave me good reason to frame and mat some of the ephemera i’ve been collecting

i’ve had these porcelain chorus girls for a long time and finally unpacked them. as soon as i did two of them sold the same night. one is really brazen and another looks like she’s about to learn the ropes. my favorite is the one who’s still here.  the shy one holding her hands nervously behind the haughty one.

not to be redundant and use the same accessories but i’m trying to shoot what i can with what seems like only hours before this little world disappears!

for some reason as much as i decorate for others, just don’t do it for myself. the cobbler theory and all that. now that i have a home filled with all this familiar stuff, i like being around it. it’s hard to conceive it will be gone soon.

well i’m going to have to be a big gal and get used to it. the only thing left to do is shoot it and hone my photography skills. in the meantime i thought you’d enjoy a preview. now it’s back to work but in my free moments i’ll keep on shooting, trying to capture that certain something in everything. more soon, have a great day!

March 20, 2012. OKL. 23 comments.

catch a falling star

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hi guys, how was your weekend? i hope you had a chance to kick back a little. i took an hour at the beach personally but mostly have been tethered to this laptop working furiously on my site.  getting to the blog is second only to the beach as an indulgence. i’m signing with relief knowing this will be the last thing i do tonight. and maybe finish an old movie.

i can finally exhale and speak freely about about oh so secret project i’ve been working on, whew!  it’s a ‘tastemaker tag sale’ held on march 22nd.  i’m beyond excited to be working with one king’s lane. of course i wanted to do a container sale but we’ll have to see if we can manifest that once this one happens!  getting it together has been bittersweet cause so much of what i’ve been collecting has come to the apartment and i lovw living with it. especially the art from paris. it’s all in the sale and i’m nostalgic knowing it’s truly one of a kind. art is just like that i guess when it speaks to you!

i had the top shot of jean harlow on my desktop all weekend and just realized that she’s the inspiration my bedroom at the moment.

anyway i wanted to capture everything  while it’s here. the chandelier is jerry-wired to my ceiling fan, there are no curtains and it’s totally un-done.

i love waking up to this painting on the desk across from my bed.

well there’s sill a little night left so i’m going to dim the lights and call it a nuit.

and thanks for helping me with the photo you guys. your input made me stop second guessing everything. hope you have a sweet night and deep dreams!

March 19, 2012. OKL. 15 comments.