boyfren/girlfren

2012-02-12T18:10:00.000-08:00

summer circle bags

makin a splash

1. little things bag

2. baby cactus bag

3.mexico city field bag

2012-02-09T06:52:00.000-08:00

new things

model: foxy roxy

photo: daniel

styling: bfgf

shoes: solid state vintage

2012-02-07T09:05:00.000-08:00

news print L@@kbook

maybe i like kanye because he raps about margiela and phoebe philo

idk

2012-02-06T15:05:00.000-08:00

small coloring books tomorrow at BIG BIG CITY

1539 N. Damen, 2nd floor

Tuesday, Feb 7th

5-9

2012-02-05T12:37:00.000-08:00

1. work hard

2. play hard

3. cut hundreds of stickers

2012-02-01T14:51:00.000-08:00

1 more week

more info here

2012-01-18T12:12:00.000-08:00

neon cord geometry jewelry

yay / nay

geek / chic

hot / not

both / neither

2012-01-08T10:23:00.000-08:00

it's always very exciting when the books i place on hold arrive at my local library

2012-01-07T09:35:00.000-08:00

little things

small things

big things

2012-01-06T12:24:00.001-08:00

Δ st. johns bay Δ

2012-01-06T07:21:00.000-08:00

SO GOOD

◄ ∩ i s ∩ ►

2011-12-31T15:49:00.000-08:00

not this thursday. but last thursday

2011-12-15T17:03:00.000-08:00

click dis ΔΔΔΔΔΔΔΔΔΔΔΔΔΔΔ

(only if you want to)

2011-12-01T10:43:00.000-08:00

Solid State Vintage

Treat UR feet!

A nice shop by Julio

color block

2011-11-02T17:39:00.000-07:00

2 oversized sweaters

reconstructed into 1 tiny sweater

2011-10-25T08:19:00.000-07:00

i bought this piece of striped wool in montreal for 8 canadian dollars

it's not perfect but it's really warm

2011-10-25T08:11:00.000-07:00

Δ i made some new things Δ

images by debbie

stuff by me

2011-10-03T12:52:00.000-07:00

i added some vintage items to my etsy shop

: )

2011-08-14T16:04:00.000-07:00

last spring i went to the drive in for the first time.

we sat in the hatch ate popcorn and drank red wine.

2011-05-28T08:57:00.000-07:00

this is a photo i took of my friend anna
she makes plush plants and paints
we work at a costume warehouse together

2011-04-27T09:25:00.000-07:00

I am entering the urban renewal contest this into that
the prize is a $1000 gift card
send me good luck vibes

2011-04-10T21:05:00.000-07:00

i used to make scanned collage animations

2011-04-03T15:44:00.000-07:00

two new book bags

digital textiles indigenous patterns
in da shop

2011-04-02T11:28:00.000-07:00

squared bookbag redesigned in collaboration
with my fren debbie carlos
there will be one in my shop

2011-03-30T19:30:00.000-07:00

l@@k

i added vintage things to my shop

2011-03-14T13:23:00.000-07:00

adventures in great trades staring urban revisions
Arlie sent me one of her shredded t-shirt in sage

i will wear it in the summer while riding my bike on turbo
for now i like it under a jean jacket

2011-03-14T12:30:00.000-07:00

this is an over-sized linen t-shirt
constructed from a large mans button up shirt

also guess what
the button owl
posted about my things

2011-03-02T15:32:00.000-08:00

guyz if you are in chicago come to debbie's show tomorrow night
Thursday March 3rd 2011
1330 N Milwaukee Ave
6-9

2011-02-28T18:05:00.000-08:00

hi guyz
i'm having a give away on
commas and clauses

2011-02-18T16:32:00.000-08:00

this is the small room where i make things

!!!!!!
my people purse was on
live and enliven
!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2011-02-17T16:18:00.000-08:00

adventures in great trades starring sarah ann baker

sarah sent me 3 really pretty things
a knit necklace with 2 wooden rings
a wooden mini sculpture ring
and a hand sanded acrylic ring
everything was perfectly made

this is her shop: sarah ann baker
this is her blog: small forms

in other news
where the lovely things are
did a post on my space scape jumper
so nice

2011-02-16T08:58:00.000-08:00

shortened thrifted dress from last summer

i made a small skirt from the left over fabric
2 for 1

2011-02-15T18:27:00.000-08:00

i thought i was smiling but i wasn't even smiling with my eyes.
i made these 2 things from a big flannel blanket.
the dress is really warm.
dan calls the jumper "my flannel body suit"

2011-02-15T18:21:00.000-08:00

i made dan a tie for valentines day today.
andre 3000 said that everyday is valentines day
the fabric i used is a thin grey wool
with tiny colored dots that form lines

2011-02-14T08:22:00.000-08:00

printing on fabric
the best day of our lives

2011-02-14T08:09:00.000-08:00

adventures in great trades guest staring my homegirl debbie carlos.

i made debbie a bag to carry her posters in when she travels to the post office.
and debbie made me a big and perfect color blocked blanket.

we are eating bacon chocolate chip cookies
you can see the recipe at debbies food blog: weekend

2011-02-09T08:41:00.000-08:00

i saw this on cat party blog
i love cat party blog

2011-02-08T18:52:00.000-08:00

meet meat
perfect and beautiful
leah reena goren

2011-02-08T16:55:00.000-08:00

perfect and beautiful
nomia SS10

2011-02-07T11:41:00.000-08:00

this is what our heads look like

2011-02-03T14:11:00.001-08:00

my feng shui points are through the roof

2011-02-01T12:50:00.000-08:00

i shot these images with the help of 4 friends.
tracy was the model.

debbie was the stylist.
daniel was the photographer
todd was the lender.

you can see the rest of the images in my shop

2011-01-26T19:46:00.000-08:00

who disturbs my slumber?

it is i
Aladdin

2011-01-24T09:37:00.000-08:00

i just bought these 2 things.
i'm very excited
there is justice in the world
after all

2011-01-22T00:25:00.001-08:00

birthday farty

2011-01-21T14:44:00.000-08:00

this is a scan of a bag i am making today.
the last step is attaching the strap.
once i trim my bangs and clean my apartment
i will exit this nerdy slump.

2011-01-21T14:05:00.000-08:00

wool bend triangle shorts with tiny pockets

to rest your hands for a little while

2011-01-17T20:22:00.000-08:00

new things
new things
new things

2011-01-04T09:49:00.000-08:00

7 to sell 2 to mail

2010-12-22T09:24:00.000-08:00

i really like this naked women pendant

2010-12-14T06:59:00.000-08:00

digitally printed fabric

2010-12-13T13:21:00.000-08:00

stickers + people pouch
recycled leather triangle

2010-12-09T08:47:00.000-08:00

really nice things

2010-11-30T15:33:00.000-08:00

i added new things to my shop. look look look
my friend debbie carlos helped me photograph.

2010-11-28T16:07:00.000-08:00

2010-11-24T15:16:00.000-08:00

aviones y dinosaurios

2010-11-24T08:16:00.000-08:00

hola buenos dias

2010-11-23T15:02:00.000-08:00

hola buenas tardes. estoy estrenando.

2010-08-19T10:54:00.000-07:00

i love these bags so much. they are handmade from repurposed shower curtains.

doucheBAGS
Shirin also handmakes clothing with really great simple shapes. she works with new as well as vintage/repurposed fabric. and she is my new friend!

Shirin Handmade

2010-08-11T22:04:00.000-07:00

altered vintage floral dress. i found this as an oversized long dress with sleeves at a thrift in Aurora, IL. shout out to my big bro and to julio.

2010-08-11T21:58:00.000-07:00

reconstructed tshirts

i made confetti circles while trying to organize magazine clippings

2010-07-30T16:07:00.000-07:00

sometimes i'm the queen sometimes i'm the queen to be.floral

+
silk hand dyed shorts

2010-07-20T16:44:00.000-07:00

raglan low cut button up
more vintage florals = more cat head pillows

how do i make this cat head into a pendant for a stuffed gold necklace?

2010-07-15T09:50:00.001-07:00

rachel wolfe in shirts
you can look at very beautiful images here
and even ask for advice here

2010-07-12T10:38:00.001-07:00

an exchange. debbie gave me one of her great posters and i made her a shirt. i can imagine her wearing it over a dark blue turtle neck with rolled up pants and brown lace up boots in the fall.

her posters and other good things can be found here

a list of things i will buy one day:

blanket poster
free style legging
douche bag

2010-07-10T11:45:00.000-07:00

knit tank + striped headband

it's harder to make things without sleeves. one of the mysteries of the world. not an x-file per say.

2010-07-07T22:53:00.001-07:00

guyz it was 2 hot today
African print metallic cropped top

my etsy is open today!
also i have some things on consignment at local lookbook

2010-07-03T20:32:00.001-07:00

re-posting the thickest t-shirt on earth
my head is a screen print by debbie carlos

2010-07-02T06:30:00.000-07:00

cat heads part deux

a cape made from recycled fabric and cut on the bias

2010-07-01T14:38:00.000-07:00

dress or coat?
made from recycled fabric and hand dyed

2010-06-10T10:10:00.000-07:00

cropped nautical print top.
re-purposing fabric some how demystifies the idea of vintage for me.

2010-06-09T13:26:00.000-07:00

raglan striped top. a shirt for camping.

2010-06-09T07:10:00.000-07:00

Nylon March 2010

sometimes i like looking like a child and dressing like a child.
like being of an early stage in a geologic cycle.

2010-06-02T13:24:00.000-07:00

re-purposed fabric

high waist floral shorts w/pockets
+
tiny cat head pillow
+
elastic waist band shorts w/pocket
+
screen printed magazine holder

2010-05-21T12:46:00.000-07:00

i want to be them. Bernhard Willhelm leggings
cropped top + African mask print circle skirt

2010-05-20T09:33:00.000-07:00

i really like this image. it's from the fashion section of the vice website.
I made a shirt from some left over fabric it is hand bleached and dyed.
it's more optimystical than mystical

2010-05-19T10:48:00.001-07:00

Students with limited experience, tight schedules, and delicate bodies. Hey that sounds like me!

new things

i made a label.

2010-05-15T16:03:00.000-07:00

i'll be pippen you be jordan. I know a girl that has this tattooed on the back of her neck in red. she is always 100% nice.

toms, j crew, keds

good shoes to wear while:

riding your bici
eating assorted little bags of chips
watching x files
dancing to freestyle
browsing the world wide web
and taking your daily vitamins

2010-05-13T15:42:00.000-07:00

you be ren and i'll be stimpy

casual, soft, and relatively unstructured + a perfect tiny ring @ ZOE's

2010-05-11T20:03:00.000-07:00

i'll be mulder you be skully

2010-05-07T17:57:00.000-07:00

A perm and a mustache?

Guyz what's the secret to perfect skin?

I made a book bag for Daniel.

2010-04-24T16:46:00.000-07:00

Isn't string theory so romantic. It's like I finally don't have to be afraid of the cosmos. I want to be a tie and dye prodigy like Shabd. Instead I made a dress and it matched my tea cup. And a tiny shirt w/head piece. But don't mark it as an x-file.

childhood interests

2010-04-23T17:58:00.000-07:00

+ turtlenecks, hot cheetos, bowl haircuts, hammocks, and listening to my voice on tape

2010-02-25T12:41:00.000-08:00

nice things by Jon Harrison

and a conehead collage by me

2010-02-18T18:06:00.001-08:00

leaning on it. not to be confused with kissing on it

Since I cut my hair I like to pretend that I look like Demi Moore from Ghost, but Dan doesn't let me. Probably because he's afraid Whoopi Goldberg will come to our home and make love to me, but I don't even liked Whoopi Goldberg.

2010-02-12T10:22:00.000-08:00

Minnesota thrift store finds

We went to unique and everything was really organized. It was so weird. And only Mexican people worked there. The majority of the things seemed to be made within the past 10 years.

some details

The stalkings feel oddly thin and sort of frail. They came unopened in their original packaging. I think I will dye them a soft grey. I also bought a lot of fabric there. I cut out small rectangles of each to photograph.

2010-02-03T18:38:00.000-08:00

What a great father daughter combo. I makes me wish I had a father. OK fine I do have a dad he's just not that cool. A witch in Mexico told me that he put a spell on my family. And although she could potentially be lying I wouldn't be surprised if she wasn't.

Don't these pictures of young celebrities make you feel weird?

cute

convertible furniture

This is how I wanted to dress this winter but I have been too distracted by things that don't help me dress like this. And I can't help but think it's too late. Possibly the most luxurious thing in the material world. Fur vacuum sealed with gold dust. The fur becomes porous under pressure and accepts the gold particles into it's open cellular membranes. And the gold only comes off in outer space. But I imagine there are things far more luxuries in outer space. So you would never even need golden fur.

2010-01-16T17:54:00.000-08:00

reducing, reusing, and recycling fabric from the thrift

2010-01-15T07:13:00.000-08:00

I am scared of people. Not people of any particular race, just people. People that will try to rape me or people that will hurt my feelings. Basically I am scared of people that could potentially in any way harm me. And I am also scared of dogs because I think there is always a potential for attack.

Anyways take a look at this drawing of a girl meditating while wearing a pencil sharpener necklace

2009-12-30T17:33:00.000-08:00

Big sack to carry laundry in, unisex bags and 2 too shiny skirts.

I think my favorite part of sex&the city and lady gaga are the big noses

2009-12-29T13:50:00.000-08:00

On the last day of Christmas my true love gave to me.

Clockwise from left. AA leggings, H&M bra top, man's watch, Marc Jacobs eau de parfum, and an orange half keychain.

El ano nuevo es un bebe

2009-11-27T16:10:00.000-08:00

2 year old polaroids

2009-11-25T14:35:00.001-08:00

Based on true events

Eating cheetos at The Musuem of Science and Industry

Attempting to celebrate Halloween

Being breast fed by my mom

2009-11-23T19:19:00.000-08:00

nieces and nephews

Dear God,

If I can visit you anytime I would ask you what to do when I get scared. Maybe they should have made the bread the shape of your body. In my head green is plants, blue is water, yellow is money and the sun, red is fire and white is for angels.

Love Monica

2009-11-21T15:06:00.000-08:00

New patterns inspired by adolescence like flat chested babes and force quitting a boner.

2009-10-21T08:12:00.000-07:00

This is not a test. Tie-dye is not as easy as it looks.

It either is or isn't a good sign when only strange thrift store people compliment you on your brand spanking new tie-dye projects. I haven't decided
Please check one

All that and a dime bag

2009-08-08T22:26:00.000-07:00

When small fragments of societies become geographically far removed from their traditions the remnants of ethnicity remain but cannot always be traced back. “Women’s bodies are often the repository for tradition; when traditional dress is worn by women it can be seen as an attempt to preserve or recreate a real or imagined past.”(Eicher 30) But when does the past become only imagined or even mythical?

When I was a kid my sister had this boyfriend that everyone called Johnny Green Grass. I feel like I finally get it.

2009-06-30T11:44:00.000-07:00

My general interests include:

1.Patterns
2.Repetition
3.Disbelief

Why the caca face? One day I'll buy you all the mariachi songs in the world.

Whenever my mother means to say that she likes something very much she always says that she likes it too much. I don't think that she means to phrase her interests in a negative or excessive context. But I like the emphasis.

Example as follows:

I really like to eat mole.
I like to eat mole too much.

2009-06-04T13:48:00.000-07:00

Welcome back summer, in honor of your return I have made a few things. I hope that you like them because they remind me of you.

What happens when you realize that you are moderately good at several things, but only excellent at one thing, being yourself?

Mandarina Chapstick

2009-05-28T18:36:00.000-07:00

And this year I thought I'd win Maxim's Hot 100 for sure. But you know what I always say. There's always next year birthday girl.