barnwood mirrors

A collaboration with my father, who has been making these beautiful frames from 100 year old barnwood and heart pine. The wood is so grooved with holes and knots~ it is full of character!

I applied some of my OneUp vinyl decals as an accent. I always have to add a little extra color...

vintage lucite earrings!

A very exciting batch of earring bits arrived in the mail last week~ I found a stash of vintage Lucite leaves and awesome large filigree pieces that I have been assembling ever since. (oh yes, there are even large brightly colored owls and strawberries!) Although I'm still a little bummed Summer is over, Welcome Fall!

1st Anual Circle City Rat Rod Rock-a-Billy Rumble

My friend Marc spent the day at Vespertine cutting vinyl for his 55 Chevy's debut in Pittsboro. The City Tap booked a great band and the car folks came out to fill the old Thrift Shop parking lot and mill around chatting. Such a beautiful night for a music-filled stroll through Pittsboro.
Before his transformation with the interior of the 55, soon to be sparkle silver and complete the grey-scale look of the car.
Marc's alter-ego Rat Fink in his custom converted lawn mower... Note the excited boys in the background..

plain jane..

It only took me two requests on Etsy for a plain state with no inner cut outs for me to get one in the shop! You can tell I'm fairly pleased with myself.

I'm getting more skilled at cutting out the Old North State.. but of course just when I break down and buy a gross of saw blades I seem to stop breaking them as often, always how it goes!

more wanderlust...

Ahhhh, the thrill of an overseas flight! These buttons were made from stickers that I got on my first ever trans-atlantic flight when I accompanied my mom and my aunt Frankie to visit family in Dresden, Germany (with side trips to Austria and the Czech Republic). Our flight out of Washington DC got canceled, and so for some reason they decided to reroute us to Texas and then to Germany. The only good part of that was that we got upgraded to Business class, which was amazing. I still have my little socks and sleepy mask they gave us... What a wonderful trip too..

happy house (with a little flag)

A new design I've been working on, little houses with silver wire and flags(or branches coming soon). They make me so happy, especially when sitting in front of a postcard of my friend's (Cindy Bainbridge) paintings.

restorative beach trip

I've said it before, and will continue to do so, but summer truly is my favorite time of year. There's no school, there's my birthday, there's the long days... and best of all, there is swimming in the ocean(comfortably... I have been known to throw myself in in January as well).


This summer has been especially good to me: a dear friend visiting from California and some family that I don't get to see often were in town~ an occasion that demanded a get-together at the coast! Closing the shop for a few days was really good for me too, I have returned to it much inspired and renewed.