bits and bobbins

off for a bike ride. i have been really, really happy lately.

-little boy’s denim jacket: thrifted
-white and fluroescent orange striped tank: H&M
-white ribbed tank: AA
-bleach splattered bellbottoms: goodwill on haight st., SF
-orange bracelet watch: nixon
-fluoroescent orange ring: claire’s, years ago
-orange patent leather flats: steve madden
-blue and white enamel earrings that sort of look like my pants (!): thrifted

the reason for my recent busy-ness of late can now be revealed: i was helping to build content for TWINE, a new knowledge-sharing/social-networking-website that utilizes the technology associated the semantic web (making the web “smarter,” by connecting and making associations between bits of information/data).

we announced the product and launched the closed beta this past friday! it’s the same company my husband pete works for; he’s been working on the foundations of the project for several years now. so nice to see it finally happening, and it’s nice to know i could do something to help! sign up for the closed beta at twine.com, learn more here, and stay tuned…i’ll probably tell you more about the site and how you can use it at a later date.

in the midst of all that hard work, i did take some time to dream of, obsess over, and indulge in more fashion-y, and just plain enjoying-the-good-life everyday things, such like:

-all manner of boots: i am glad boot-weather is inching back in, as i can wear all my new and vintage boots! yay! however, i may eat those words when the cold weather inevitably drags on ad nauseam here in SF next summer…

-pomegranate seeds. pomegranates are back in season again, and they especially delicious in vanilla yogurt in the morning! now, where are the blood oranges?

-homemade limoncello, made by my dear friend jessica. she made some and brought it to the party we had the weekend before last, and we just polished off the remnants in the mid-week that just commenced. absolutely scrumptious, jess! we drank it out of our little french shot glasses, making the experience that much more lovely, of course.

-i am all over the jeu de paumes book series…they are, in short, little jewel like books filled with delicious eye candy from a small japanese press that are filled with inspirational photographs of the interiors of european apartments, artists’ studios, shoppes, kitchens, childrens rooms, and more. quirky, colorful, playful, novel goodness. i snapped up stockholm’s kitchens @ SF’s kinokuniya yesterday, and i am actually pondering riding my bike back up to japantown later this afternoon for a few other books from the series. i’d especially love to get this one.

again, i remembered! again, more photos for your enjoyment. why? because, HELLO, there are almost 5800 people in wardrobe_remix now! thanks y’all! you FRIGGIN’ rock!

ALSO: i will have you know that wardrobe_remix(ers) are not just fabulous dressers, they are also FABULOUS stylists! proof positive: there’s a ridiculously awesome and popular thread happening over in the wardrobe_remix forums concocted by w_r member mi.c.hael called “Dress up another Wardrobe Remix User… Or get dressed up by Us!” in which members offer up their personal w_r photo sets and let other w_r members suggest outfits for them to wear. it’s apparently going swimmingly…over 200 posts have been made to the pool and some of the outfits created have been stunning. some smarties even made spreadsheets to keep track of suggestors and suggestees. brilliant idea, wardrobe_remix(ers)!

(i LOVE the power of the internet!)

this here is the original weekly wardrobe_remix recap of the latest and the greatest from the community, from yours truly, the creator of wardrobe_remix!

any wardrobe_remix photos that find themselves here are about great style + great photography = the two meet and merrily marry to make a perfect expression of YOU! and i’ve said it a million times before, it’s not what you wear, it’s how you wear it…the ticket is the confidence and sureness you exude when you express yourself the way that makes YOU feel most comfortable. that confidence shines through and is captured on film! so whether you’re wearing couture clothes from the finest designers, mass market threads, thrifted stuff, or even a shirt you found on the side of the road…rock it! it’s ALL GOOD and it’s ALL WELCOME in wardrobe_remix!

feytwee:


design killer (a bay-area-based photographer whose work you can find here!):


madam0wl:


Kasmeneo:


cakeybabes:


hermsprong:


lorimarsha (a designer whose work you can find here!):

thanks to everyone who’s been posting about wardrobe_remix or featuring fashions and folks from the group in their own blogs. thanks for getting the word out. i am glad that wardrobe_remix inspires you! remember to give credit to the people in the aforementioned photos (if you use them in your blog posts, etc.) and to wardrobe_remix itself. it’s good internet/blogging karma!

remember: you can click on the photo of any of these terrific wardrobe_remix(ers) to learn more about their photo or outfit, explore their flickr photostream, and beyond. all of the photos are owned by the awesome people who are depicted in them, of course!

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