How sweet is this proposal captured by photos in a photobooth…
I love it! In the first two frames she had no idea that anything was about to happen. In the third frame she was confused and then totally surprised in the last.
via Oh Happy Day by Angela + Ithyle.
Here is the second feature of ties that I just had to share. I have already professed my love for Shauna and Stephen and all things that their hands create. So naturally I was thrilled to see their latest project that I meant to post about a few weeks back when I first heard about it. I missed the debut of FORAGE, their new line of bow ties, last Friday at The Curiosity Shoppe here in San Francisco {the pop-up shop photos look amazing!}. Don’t worry, you can find their collection on the site.
They are all so lovely! Do you think I could pull off wearing a bow tie? Hmmm….
Anyone watching The Tour? I keep checking online to see what kind of coverage is available {without having to sign up and pay a huge fee}. I can’t believe the crazy crashes that have already taken place so early on. If you’re following it, who are you cheering for?
{the only way I could make it up those hill climbs they do.}
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Aloha! How is your week going? I really miss you and wanted to say that my day job has been keeping me busy so that’s why there’s been silence here. But I wanted to tell you…
Promise, I do. I’ll be back tomorrow or Monday at the latest. Have a happy {rainy, if you’re in SF} Thursday!
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Hello! How I’ve missed you all so much! Since my trip back home I returned to San Francisco and had an extra day to spend with my sister {so much fun!}. I headed back to work after dropping her at the airport the following day. Following that, however, I started feeling under the weather. Actually, all three of us at work got sick. So I do promise that while I am not 100% yet, I’ll try to be back in full swing this week. Hope you’ll have a wonderful Monday!
This Sick Day print {$20.00} by Doodle and Hoob is how we’ve all been feeling at the day job. Curled up with tea {and tons of orange juice!} and going through lots of tissue. Oh, my poor nose!
I kept seeing that folks were using bloglovin’ to keep track of all the blogs they like to read. I have to be honest. It’s confession time. Even though I’m online so much doing work and research I am completely unorganized in keeping up with the blogs and sites I like. So I asked via my Twitter {go on, follow me} what everyone uses – Google Reader or bloglovin’. It was kind of a tie. So I thought I’d finally start checking and testing both of them out.
What do you guys prefer?
Um, yes please! As in, please sign me up for this! And now back to reality…I saw this posted on Three Potato Four’s blog recently and thought I’d share it with you. You know, just in case you feel like booking a little getaway…
Ready to go? Me, too! This is Balbegno Castle in Scotland. It is a 1560’s castle that Charlie and Caroline Gladstone of Pedlars have redecorated and refurbished over the course of two years. It is situated in the center of thousands of acres of undisturbed wilderness. There is a large private garden, a croquet lawn, and so much more. Look at that shot above taken at dusk via Team Pedlars. Oh, and the colorful cabinet? Must. Have.
Well, today is, um. Alright, it’s my birthday today. I never really tell people when my birthday is unless they come out and ask me. Okay, so I accidentally blurted it out to someone I was talking with yesterday. I figured he wouldn’t remember anything I had said, so no harm done. I’m sharing with you because we’re friends and I’m trying really hard to embrace the day. I never make a big deal about it and I guess that may happen as you get older, right? Today I turn *cough, cough* years old and the best part is that no one ever can guess my real age. Yup, the good news is that I look younger than I am. But, oh, if only I were still cute…
Me at Sea Life Park. You know you love the Dove Shorts.
Anyway, big mahalos to you all for being supportive of me. Thank you for always leaving me nice comments and sending me sweet emails. You are the best gift in this crazy online world that I could ask for.
Did you check out the first round of Blog It Forward participants yesterday? Danni of the wonderful site Oh, Hello Friend started off my group. If you’re new to Mixed Plate, welcome! I hope you’ll enjoy it here it and will stay for a while.
What inspires you? It can be difficult to narrow it down to just a few things. I mean, that’s part of the reason I have Mixed Plate. There’s so much inspiration out there that I keep it cataloged here where I can share it with you all. To pinpoint what inspires me was tough, but here is what I came up with…
Colors. All sorts of pretty, happy colors…
via swissmiss
via Color Me Katie
via Oh Happy Day!
via Willful*Suspension*of*Disbelief
via Daffydil
I noticed there’s lots of food above. Which I guess would mean that I am inspired by pretty things people cook and bake.
Office and art supplies {vintage and modern}…
via Present&Correct
via B-Kay
via Lisa’s Collection a Day
via G. Sheller
via reebob
via dottie angel
via Present&Correct
Interesting home design and decor…
via Freshome
via Decorology
via Something’s Hiding In Here {really, I love everything they do}
You know I love paper {especially letterpress}. But I really adore the people that are still making magazines and keeping print alive…
I enjoy perusing beautiful photos…
via alice b. gardens
via abby try again
via Sem
Some of places I wish I could visit…
via Irene Suchocki
via Rebecca Plotnick
via Brooklyn Museum
via Melanie Hillier
I’m absolutely inspired and each day is brighter because of her {she’s magical}…
via Color Me Katie
And, of course, anything that reminds me of home. I miss Hawaii…
via dawneday
via Keola
I am also inspired by the people I meet each day, my family and friends, music, fashion, animals {especially dogs}, typography, packaging design, independent artists and designers, small businesspersons, and anyone who wants to make this world a better place. You know, just to name a few.
Please continue to check out all of the blogs. Tomorrow Manvi of Mochatini will be continuing our blogger mashup. I can’t wait to see what inspires her!
ps – thank you again to Victoria. I can’t imagine how much work it must have been to organize 300 people {although it’s a guarantee that she received more emails than just the 300 of us!}. I really appreciate you putting this project together. Also, thanks to Ez for our adorable badges and Hijiri for the helping to create the special Blog it Forward page!
In case you missed it, others that helped kick things off yesterday include sfgirlbybay, Creature Comforts, Hula Seventy, Paper Pony, Design for Mankind, Ink on my Fingers, Poppytalk, Heart Fish, Smile and Wave.
I’m so excited to be participating in Blog it Forward. It’s the brainchild of the fabulous Victoria who put in an extreme amount of work to organize a list of 300 bloggers {yes, 300} who will be taking to their blogs each day to share what inspires them personally. This is a perfect way to learn more about your favorite blog editors as well as discover new ones {that I’m sure will soon become favorites}. It is set up to be something like a chain letter. Today the first person in each group will start by posting on their own blog, then linking to the next one in their group and so on. This will take place over six weeks and will be all sorts of goodness, guaranteed. I am looking forward to taking part in this project and hope you all enjoy it.
Thank you to Victoria for all of her hard work!
Sorry for the silence the last couple of days. I took a quick, last minute trip to Vegas. My mom and two aunties flew from Hawaii to stay with two of my other aunties that live there. My sister came from Florida and I hopped a plane from San Francisco so we could all meet up. Seeing everyone was great. We even saw Bette Midler’s show. She is absolutely amazing! Other than that we mostly hung out and, of course, ate. I’m lacking photos, but here are a couple from the Bellagio that I snapped with my phone {for Chinese New Year: Year of the Tiger}:
Very exciting news! Amy of Pikaland will be hosting an Etsy Virtual Lab tonight at 9pm EST. The topic will be “Thinking Out of the Box” where she will cover things like how to gain more exposure for your business in a creative manner, and how to go beyond simply setting up your shop to build a solid reputation for yourself. I’m pretty bummed because I’ll be at my day job during that time so I can’t join in. But, you can!
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