Working with a Beautiful New Stationery Line

I am now working with a gorgeous new stationery line, which includes wedding invitations, save the date announcements, baby announcements and holiday cards.

While I don't have my new samples yet, I wanted to share with you the some of the proofs they sent me. Both of these samples are with my images.

To see larger views of the samples, just click on each card.

I will be sharing more samples with you in the next month or so.

Whole Foods - Santa Monica Showcasing My Photography Through July 20

The Whole Foods Store in Santa Monica (2201 Wilshire Boulevard) is showcasing my photography through July 20. Click here to see what it looks like in the store (apologies for the quality of the image. I shot this with my phone camera).

All of these framed prints will be for sale after July 20.

Thank You Piaget

The Bridal Event at Piaget at South Coast Plaza was a lot of fun. Thanks to everyone who came.

Piaget Bridal Event on June 24

Piaget, the high-end designer of jewelry and watches has opened its first California shop at South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa. They are having their first bridal event at this beautiful new boutique on Wednesday, June 24 from 11-2 and I was flattered when they asked me to participate.

Other vendors for the event include Godiva Chocolatiers, Papyrus Stationers and Blossoms Floral Design.

I photographed the beautiful invitation they sent out.

So if you happen to be in the OC that day, stop on by as I would love to see you.

Ace Hotel & Swim Club - Palm Springs

My good friend and fellow photographer, Laurie Bailey, came back from this hotel a couple of weeks ago and told me immediately that I had to go there myself. I went to their website and I was hooked!

The Ace Hotel & Swim Club in Palm Springs was a former Howard Johnson that had fallen into disrepair. It reopened as the Ace Hotel & Swim Club in February of this year.

I don't consider myself the queen of hip but I immediately felt at home in this hotel -- from the record player in your room, the vintage-looking bikes you can ride and the old GMC van near the swimming pool (I looked for a choke inside the van but alas there wasn't one, my Dad's 1969 Ford van had one).






When you hang out in the pool or eat in their great restaurant you hear Bill Withers, Johhny Cash and Nick Drake over their sound system. There is also a real and I mean real photo booth in their lobby (which I went a little crazy with since it takes credit cards). I mean you just can't beat it.





I asked hotel management if I could photograph their hotel and they immediately said yes. So I brought every camera I own and every type of film I had in my fridge and shot away. I even shot a roll of (don't freak out people)......Kodachrome film and used a pack of my very precious Polaroid Viva Type 80 film with my Holgaroid.



I will definitely be going back there some time this summer to shoot more.

A Little Piece of Home is Featured on Kolo's Blog

Kolo Albums was nice enough to feature my A Little Piece of Home book in their very own blog, The Koloist, today.

Click here to read the blog entry.

The response to this book has been tremendous.

A Little Piece of Home

Last month I gave you sneak peek of something I was working on. Well it's finally finished.


Question: Don't you wish you could always have with you a little piece of home?

With this customized small journal you can.

Santa Monica, my hometown, has many iconic landmarks and I've included some of them in this lovely journal.

The Santa Monica Carousel and Ferris Wheel
Station 26 Lifeguard station
Vintage postcards of Santa Monica
A vintage map of Santa Monica from 1940
A glassine envelope where you can add a Santa Monica bus token or some other trinket

The rest of it is for YOU to fill out yourself with what you consider to be your personal little pieces of home.


Size of book - 5x5" x 3.6"
Each book has two inserts - photo sleeves (one sleeve filled with an image of the carousel building) and
a blank journal insert which includes a glassine envelope to put a little trinket in (Santa Monica Blue Bus token, perhaps?)

There is also a pocket in the back of the book.

This item would also make a great gift.

On sale now on my Etsy site. Click here for more information.

Free Shipping on All Note Cards through the end of June

FREE SHIPPING on all of my note cards (both blank and happy birthday) in my Etsy shop through the end of June.

Custom card orders with one of my fine art images also accepted.

Click here to order.