sunny style

great little summery finds from the Japanese shop, Sunny Style.

Walk with Sally~White Light White Night

As some of you know my husband, Nick Arquette, created a non-profit mentoring program supporting children whose families are dealing with cancer. Having lost his own mother to cancer at a young age, Nick knew how much the support of an adult who has gone through this tragic loss, would be valued. From this, "Walk With Sally" was created.

Over the weekend, Walk With Sally held their annual, 'White Light, White Night' fundraiser. With everyone wearing white, over 700 people gathered to enjoy food, drink and an amazing concert with Gavin Rossdale. The energy in the air was unsurpassable. Friends and supporters gathered together on the warm breezy evening, while the mountains of Los Angles, stood behind us, bathed in the lavender glow of the sunset. All in all a magical night.

one of the more powerful moments was Gavin {and audience} covering, Stevie Nicks, "Landslide":

Walk With Sally.org

peace out

::pink::

photo credit: mainemomma

danish ceramicist- jette arendal winther

I wish I had more to tell you about this artist. But it's probably best that I don't read Danish. Because really the whole point of this is the visual experience. Ceramics by Jette Arendal Winther. Romantic, Ethereal and lovely.

David Paul Seymour's de-luxe desgins

my fave- the jeep wagoneer with wood paneling {oh my heart be still}

fantastic, frameable art for that 'Endless Summer' vibe.

Three of these across your kid's room, and you have an instantly hip, affordable {around 19.00} art wall.

david paul seymour

purveyor of cool design for the modern mind

Frédérique Morrel

Textile artist, Fre´de´rique Morrel, was so distraught with the idea of her grandmother's tapestries being carelessly tossed posthumously, that she became inspired to create unique,usable art, all made from orphaned textiles. Regenerating something old and staid into something new and fresh. "Since each piece uses recycled patches, each is completely unique, involving a painstaking search through archival needlepoint stocks and an elaborate effort to source pieces in sizes that will fit with one another." there current project is a life size model of a stag. ...Which would completely freak me out if I woke in the middle of the night to get a glass of water.

happy 4th

when it came to the 4th of july, i wasn't the pyro in our house. that was my brother (who once cut a hole in the middle of a hardback dictionary, placed a brick of black cats and lit the fuse--good times) no, i was the little kid, content with waving the sparklers- big circles, zig-zags, my name, your name, back to zig-zags.

frankly, the other kind scared the beejezus out of me. but i did love the aftermath: the miasmic haze of spent fireworks, wafting through the air, *slow, inhale* ....*exhale* ahhhhhh... "summer" . and i especially loved the discarded packaging. beautifully odd. foreign. usually Chinese. was the art made for fireworks? how did they randomly choose the names? the best, art direction, by far was 'black cat'.

with the recent out law of fireworks, these are definitely relics from summer days gone by. so peruse. choose your favorite. and have fun spelling your name with sparklers.

peace out

white fence: let's explode