san francisco

Some of my favorites from a mini weekend trip to San Francisco with Linda (one fine dae) and our friend, Anh.

Filed under: noodle 'n thread, san francisco, vacation, weekend

new top

Suddenly felt inspired this past weekend, I decided to attempt at another top again. This time was more of a success than the first one. I LOVE this print, but these type of fabrics can be so difficult to sew and hem! It didn’t turn out boutique-perfect, but still wearable. :-) I want to make more summer tops now..

I cannot wait for warmer weather!

Filed under: fashion, noodle 'n thread, fashion, sew, shop, tops

100 years of fashion / east london

LOVE!!

Found here: vimeo

Filed under: fashion, fashion, videos

a new year

Leavenworth, WA {2010}

Good bye, 2011.

I hope that there should be no more of the kind of year worse than the one you’ve given me. You took away from me one of the very few important people in my life through a tragic accident, and I just can’t get myself to be the same person again. A new day or a new year won’t change the past, so all I can rightfully hope is that life may slowly and imperfectly mend itself from here on out. For what it’s worth, you did present me with a better job and a closer relationship with my mom. But at the end you still turned ugly. We had to put down our newly found kitten, who had developed a fatal disease at barely 12 weeks old. It was the second hardest thing I ever had to deal with. The holidays became extremely difficult and unbearable. I kept wishing for everything and everyone to be over quickly and get on with January already. But I do apologize if I’ve been lackluster with the holiday wishes and cheers.

Good bye forever, 2011. I won’t ever forget you.

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Hello, 2012.

I hope you’ll be a better one. I have some big goals I want you to see through, and a few little ones along the way. I’m just going to try to grasp on anything I [think] still have control over in this life. But in no particular order; I want to owe nothing more to the education I now realized was a worthless 2 years [mistake] of my life. This is going to be tough and most likely drawn out til the end of the year. Second, the Seattle-to-Portland bicycle trip? Yeah, I want to go through with it and push myself (physically). Which leads to my next goal: exercise/stay fit/work out/be active. Whatever you call it, I’m going to be doing it. It’s always been a very passive new year’s resolution but, I could feel this year will be different. I did get a 2 days head-start already–very proud of myself! And then there are a few more things I’d like to accomplish (or at least begin) this year, but I’ll bring them up to you later once I get my head wrapped around those ideas for at least a while.

You’ll see.

Filed under: about, noodle 'n thread, 2011, 2012, goals

hero

by Miguel Endara

A.ma.zing.

Filed under: art, art, illustration, miguel endara, video

turning 7

{Summer 2010}

Happy birthday to my one and only dearest nephew, Jayven!

He is the best, and I love him so much!. :-)

Filed under: about, noodle 'n thread, birthdays, jayven

my poketo

WISHLIST
1. Recycled paper colored pencils
2. Orange bicycle bell
3. Color dipped mug
4. Catherine Campbell vinyl wallet

{Images from Poketo}

Filed under: noodle 'n thread

jump from paper

Aren’t these bags so cool?! I had to do a double take when N. showed them to me. Fun!

{Images from: Jump From Paper}

Filed under: fashion, art, bags, jump from paper

have a long, wonderful weekend!

{Thanksgiving 2010}

Filed under: food, noodle 'n thread, food, holidays

against the grain

Enjoy this cute & awesome stop motion music video “Against the Grain” by Hudson, using color pencils. :-)

Filed under: noodle 'n thread, music, pencils, videos

this ilk

Okay, I admit that sometimes I just want a little “bedazzle” on my simple tops or a very subtle dress when I go out, and I found these perfect accessories from This Ilk. Cute, right?

{Images from This Ilk}

Filed under: fashion, jewelry, noodle 'n thread, accessories, fashion, jewelry, this ilk

bicycling

Happy Friday!

You may have seen these before in my tweets, but if not–here they are! Mine and N.’s used-but-still-great bicycles, and we’ve been trying to get the most of out of them the second half of this summer.

My red bike (I was told by the seller that it was in the STP (Seattle-to-Portland) Bicycle Classic). So it’s quite a trooper.

N.’s bike (his is newer and better than mine).

It’s been fun (and sometimes stressful/frustrating) learning how to ride a road bike for the first time, but I am loving it now. Too bad we live in a rainy city!

I still want a little basket on my bicycle, though. And then maybe put our cat Link in it for a joy ride. ;-P

Filed under: about, bicycles, hobby

disparity project

Disparity, by Christopher Boffoli

I just had to smile, ooh/aah-ed and be entertained when I saw the work of Christopher Boffoli with his Disparity Project {via Awesome Robo}. Miniatures are always so fun to see, and these photographs are not ones to go without noticing.

What’s your favorite?

Oh, and his other photography works/projects are also impressive and worth taking a second look (I also love his Tilt Shift photos). See more here.

Thanks N. for showing this to me!

{All images from Christopher Boffoli}

Filed under: art, food, noodle 'n thread, christopher boffoli, disparity, food, photography

labor day weekend

A small sample of the many nice things you will find in one of two Karolin Felix’s Etsy shop, Karolin Felix Dream.

Happy Friday, and I hope you’ll have a lovely 3-day weekend, everyone!

{All images from Karolin Felix Dream.}

Filed under: art, noodle 'n thread, art, home, karolin felix

welcome, september

Wouldn’t you want to cozy up to these cute PJs by pop-lin?

{All images from Pop-lin Homewear.}

Filed under: about, fashion, fashion, poplin

coni matta + giveaway

{Images from Coni Matta.}

I would love to wear these beautiful hand-painted (!!!) silk tops from Coni Matta, a workshop in Milan, Italy. Light and airy, simple subtle designs and colors–totally my style. (I’m so especially in love with the bottom-left top.)

As I’m slowly catching up on my favorite blogs, I kinda got inspired again and started thinking about what I want to make/create next. Perhaps new headband styles or clips for my shop, and more summer tops and skirts for myself? Ideas are running through my head now.. Oh, how I love finding out about all these talented people and their creations!

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Speaking of the shop, I’m currently having a summer giveaway over at Sandy a la Mode’s blog. Come check it out! :-)

Filed under: fashion, noodle 'n thread, shop, conimatta, fashion, giveaway, shop

music

Less than two months before summer is over, but I JUST started riding and enjoying my new bicycle (photos to follow soon!). Why does this time of the year always fly by us so fast? I feel like I’m constantly late trying to catch up to summer every year, and by the time it finally rolls around the corner–fall appears. I could go on forever about this, really, if I wanted to. But enough of this boring weather talk. :-)

I am currently loving British electronic composer James Blake’s shockingly sultry voice (try closing your eyes and listening to him sing before seeing what he looks like first–you’d be pleasantly surprised, too) and super chill music when I first heard him on an episode of Entourage.

If you haven’t heard of this kid yet, check out The Wilhelm Scream and Limit To Your Love on YouTube.

Some other songs that cheer me up:

*Home by Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros
*Faithfully by Journey
*Little Lion Man by Mumford and Sons
*Bad Day by Daniel Powter

Filed under: about, noodle 'n thread, james blake, music, summer

quarter three

I hope your summer is going well, everyone! It’s already the second half of 2011–have you accomplished most of your goals or met your resolutions yet??

It has been almost a month since my last blog post. I can check off everything on my “summer to-do” list (from last month) except for working out and making new products for the shop. I’ll keep working on those two goals, but in the meantime, my two jobs are keeping me quite busy. Let’s hope this isn’t going to be my life for the next several years! But then again, if I can manage a vacation here and there each year, it won’t be that bad. Right?

{Images above: beautiful and delicate watercolor paintings from Mai Autumn.}

Filed under: art, noodle 'n thread, art, mai autumn, paintings, summer, watercolor

wedding weekend

Yesterday was my friend Anh’s wedding at Golden Gardens {a lovely beach in Seattle}. She and her new husband Tyler are such a fun and adorable couple and I can’t be any happier that they’re finally married!

The bride was beautiful, weather couldn’t be better and the wedding turned out great with all their close friends and family. Now I’m just waiting for the little ones to come so I can play with. :-)

Congratulations to Mr. & Mrs. Cook!

{See more photos}

Filed under: noodle 'n thread, friends, weddings, weekend

colors, colors

It’s officially summer, and I am loving these funky and colorful pieces by RHLS, paired with some pretty jewelry from Janelle Wisehart.

So there’s only a few more days until my friend’s wedding, and I am super excited (for her)! We are crossing our fingers for beautiful summer weather this Saturday. Please don’t disappoint us, Seattle!

And yes, I got a new look for my blog to cross off on my little to-do list for the summer, courtesy of Derek Punsalan.

Filed under: fashion, jewelry, noodle 'n thread, fashion, janelle wisehart, jewelry, rhls, weddings