a tour of our abode (from somebody else)

A few months ago a crew from founders & followers popped over to our home to shoot their spring lookbook. I especially enjoy the last picture where you can see my homespun birthday present to Landon which was drawings of all of his favourite things/things that remind me of him/things that I wish I could have given him for real scattered around the house. It's neat to see your own space from a fresh perspective. Beautiful Kristina and those dreamy outfits fit in rather nicely around here O_O.

Photography - Dan McMahon (seriously inspiring fellow)
Model - Kristina at Basic Model Management
Stylist — Lilli Millhiser
Hair — Bethany Brill
Makeup — Chifumi Nambashi
Stylist Assistant — Chelsea Rizzo

flash, lights

Around the house with Pippin and Bobo on hot summer nights. Sorry for not being the attentive blogger that I promised in my previous entry. Our final scheduled guest for this month just left moments ago and my free time is now clear as can be. I'm ready to internet party for the rest of the summer!

Shop goods update after the jump :D.


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home tomorrow

My time in Los Angeles ended on a super positive note with everything at our sewers, the showroom organized and a most delicious punch-filled friday night sale (charming Meg snapped some photos of the event that you can see here). Tomorrow we return to New York and I plan on hibernating in our home for as long as I possibly can upon our arrival. This year has seen us in more airports than any year prior and while I do love a bit of adventure and hard work abroad I can't help but feel terribly homesick for my own surroundings and neglected friendships (plus staying in one place for more than a month means I can finally have kittens).

KITTENS!

ps. I should specify that these pictures are from Sedona, AZ. So crazy beautiful there! We celebrated an early thanksgiving with Landon's family while on the west coast.

get cozy

(wearing wonderful knit scarf by favourite knitting babe, Tara-Lynn!)

Just a quick post to share a new mix and some exciting news!

New mix: here!

Exciting news: Thanks to all of the generous beings that helped spread the word (see the wonderful and complete list here) and backed us our kickstarter project was a success! I'm up to my neck in bows and am putting pen to paper to get all of our rewards finished and sent off in a timely manner, whew. In a few weeks I'll be joining Elvia in LA to start the hunt for fabrics, meet with the sewers and start plotting our next collection! I plan to document this process to the best of my ability so keep an eye on our tumblr for frequent project updates should you be curious! I can't express just how enthralled we are that the project was a success! Thank you so, so, so very much! You guys did it!

scenes from a marriage

Earlier this month Landon and I celebrated our 4th year of wedded bliss. I feel sometimes almost ashamed of our good fortune, as though we've hogged up all the love and joy in the world for ourselves! I am a very lucky being having found a partner so kind, intelligent, creative and (I daresay) incredibly good looking.

I'm sorry I've not been of many words lately - I'm afraid the hot sleepless nights and even hotter days have not been kind to my brain powers. In the meantime I recommend my link list to the right for loads of food for thought reads!

ps. I added more pictures to this post as I've had quite a number of wedding picture requests lately! I promise to add more once I've located our album (lost under our bed where the bugs with many legs that give me the creeps reside).

a guide to the metz family household

Here I am lounging comfortably (surprise!) with one of our vintage girly mags (for the articles, naturally). I found the edwardian onepiece a few weeks ago and have successfully torn the rear in multiple places after wearing it for three days in a row (am making end of day repairs). I don't deserve vintage clothing. (On the same day I stained a favourite pink silk dress with taco oils all over the skirt - had earlier intended to sell on ebay but dress and tacos have determined otherwise.)

I thought I'd bring you on a small tour of our present home! I realize the only room missing is the bedroom which I can describe as A Very Large Bed, some poodle portraits, a scattering of hat boxes and a ginormous antique dresser cluttered with jewels, hats, glasses, Landon's bow-ties and night snacks.



A collection of embroidered goodies we've found - I've been trying (rather unsuccessfully, though I wont give up!) to make some pretty embroidered goods. Can you spot my handiwork? hehe



Always on the hunt for vintage undergarments to stuff my drawer full. Drawer is overflowing with "the good colour" (Wray knows all about the good colour.)



This hutch was a thanksgiving day miracle! We found it outside of our apartment with a "free" sign and the sun shining like fingers from heaven on it. It was exactly what I had been wishing for. It's a bit dodgy in construction though and I've had dreams of it tumbling over and all our little buddies smashing to bits.



We often wonder what a stranger would think should they stumble into our abode - does a twelve year old girl or a grandma live here? Or both? Where are their cats?



This mannequin took a roadtrip from Arizona to Vancouver with us and then from Vancouver to Los Angeles and finally from Los Angeles to New York. She was a gift to Landon from his best friend and will follow us forever. (We regularly swap her hats.) The one-antlered deer was a present from our beloved summer house-guests before they flew home.



A chair covered with Landon's great-grandmother's furs and my great-grandmothers doll (and a few we've picked up along our flea market travels). One of the things I miss most about Los Angeles (the thing I miss most after friends and cheeseburgers) are the flea markets and antique malls. New York may have flea markets but the prices lead me to believe that no fleas have ever made a cozy home in these collections. You lucky friends living in LA, visit the PCC flea market cat lady for me please (on the second floor I believe, surrounded by kitty and horse paraphernalia). She is my future.

an overzealous employer of parentheses

This cold is relentless and refuses to let me out of the house without promise of a dripping nose and growly throat (which is actually fine by me as generally I sound like a small child and the geriatric smoker is a welcome change). As a result I've spent a lot of time perusing the internet looking at blogs (though not commenting much as my last post is evidence of my present intellectual shortcomings) watching videos of dogs freaking out to the law and order theme (also watching law and order), taking digital tours of museums and being consistently outbid on ebay hat lots (much to my chagrin). Landon, however, has been productive and has been daily updating The Company of People (take a gander, lots of great sculpture and collage work).

Today we venture out, hanky in hand, to hand in adoption forms for our future fluffy housemate, wish us luck! This (important cat videos) is old news but just in case and because I wanted to leave you with something from this otherwise flat entry! Kittens!

a very thin mustache

Much of today was spent reclining as pictured above with what feels like an exploding head (do you remember those cold medicine commercials where the people were walking around with huge heads? I've never seen a more accurate depiction of the common cold). My languid state no doubt the result of a busy week of visitors and filling my shoes with cold wet slush. Last week we had the pleasure of hosting my most beloved brother Liam (Guy Smiley plus Shaun White) and his wonderful girlfriend Ali (who has the best cat ever). There is nothing I enjoy more than spending time with my family and so I happily embrace runny nose, achy cheeks and leaky eyes (lack of taste-buds, I do not embrace you). I would like to write a bit more but brain is failing me and desires more sleep (I have been writing this sentence for a good five minutes). I hope you are all well! I've not found my brown dress girl just yet, but I have hope!

abode

our new home!