If you’ve seen or talked to me in the last two months, maybe for a minute maybe for an hour, you’ve probably heard me talk about Blogshop. It’s going kind of like this lately, “Hey Piper, how are you?” “Good, I’m going to Blogshop” or “Hi, my name is Piper, nice to meet you-I’m going to Blogshop”. It is still two weeks away, but to say I’m excited is the understatement of the year, decade, century, lifetime! For two days I will fill my brain with loads of goodies-how to use Photoshop, how to make C&B look as beautiful on the computer screen as it does in my head and endless inspiration from the very talented Bri Emery of designlovefest and photographer Angela Kohler. As if that wasn’t enough to make me silly, it is being taught in San Francisco, where I have not been back to since I graduated from SFSU in 2003. One of my favorite cities+learning and talking about my new passion (C&B)+a mini-break from the fam=HAPPINESS! (You’re my life guys, but Mommy needs a little vacay!) Here’s a look at what it was like last year in SF for Blosghop, I think once you take a look you’ll get why I’m freakin’!
Flower child
What I love about this photo:
1-My daughter took it.
2-My daughter art directed it by placing the flower in my hair.
3-I can see her reflection in my shades.
downtime
What am I going to do about this thumb-sucking?
I’ve spent the last several days slowing down a bit with the girls. They were both sick on and off, but mainly we were all just tired I think. So we let things slide, flaked on plans, and were late, late, late for school-all things I usually do not do. Ask my husband, being late makes me insane! But what I noticed about this little week of laziness, is that all is well. The world will go on if we are a little late for preschool, miss a ballet class or eat breakfast in bed because it’s just too cozy not to. I swear I noticed a difference in the girls too. Elle, who can be very moody and bossy sometimes, really chilled the attitude and I heard “Ok, Mommy” way more often than “Nooooooooooooahhh”. Coco, who’s pretty chill to begin with, helped me see the joy in simple things like a walk down the street. I realized I don’t have to have some crazy, uber-stimulating activity planned to make her happy, we could just open the door and go outside, which we did. Maybe it’s the little signs of Spring or post-5-year-old-birthday-exhaustion. Whatever it is, I hope it lasts-it feels good to be so unwound.
Coco and her Girl With The Dragon Tattoo haircut, courtesy of her big sis.
Ahhhh Spring.
Seriously, the hair.
random and helpful-knot free necklace
Chain and "Love" charm Helen Ficalora, heart charm Pepi
There is a sweet little shop up the street from me called the Bead Lounge. They carry a zillion different kinds of beads, make one-of-a-kind jewelry pieces, offer classes and parties and are so lovely you find yourself spending way more time than you have just browsing, chatting, and being inspired. They also do minor jewelry repairs, which is why I was in the other day. They returned my necklace to me in a little plastic bag with the end sticking out because if you put necklaces in your jewelry box, dish, or small plastic bag with the end sticking out, it will not knot. So there you have it, my first installment of Random & Helpful-little tidbits of unsolicited advice that are just that.
spring forward
Today it is cold and gloomy, but this weekend was so warm and lovely all we could think about was Spring.
Here are a few things I’m looking forward to once it officially arrives.
Wearing these
Lazy days
Trips to the nursery
Making mudpies
Getting some work done on Mike’s passion project-1953 Ford F100
Orange blossom in the backyard. Well the dog run, but it still smells so nice.
Maybe a trip
Goodbye
My first music memory is from when I was nine years old. I was in the back of my family’s Suburban heading up to Mammoth Lakes, California listening to a Walkman. I held in my hand a cassette tape with this cover on it. I sang out-loud to these songs like a maniac , thanks Mom and Dad, and when I started singing them out-loud tonight, I still got chills but this time I “got so emotional baby.” Ugh. Thank you Whitney, you will be missed.
Kin comes to town
Me with Kin producer Beth LeManach. I'm wearing one of today's featured looks, a dress by Roberta Freymann
Today I stepped out from behind the scenes and filmed some new style segments for Kin Community. The lovely folks from Kin, a fantastic new lifestyle channel on YouTube, showed up at my door at 7am (ouch) with bagels and donuts in tow (yum), ready to shoot five separate segments, each with a different wardrobe change. I was so nervous, but Beth and the rest of her team made me feel completely at ease, and I have total faith they will be able to cut around all of my awkwardness to make a couple of great segments featuring my favorite Spring and Summer looks. The one I’m wearing here is from Roberta Freymann, and it’s my go-to Spring event outfit-perfect for baby showers, Mother’s Day brunch, Easter and all other Springtime fetes.
Here’s a peak behind the scenes today, and keep a look out for the segments to air on Kin within the next couple of weeks.
Today's location-our living room.
Jack waiting in the wings.
Coco's room becomes the wardrobe room.
Yum
My oldest daughter Elle loves to bake. She loves anything to do with cooking actually, so long as she can help. She already has a favorite chef, Giada DeLaurentiis, and whenever she asks me if she can “watch the first Giada that’s recorded” (meaning the saved episodes on my DVR), I jump at the chance. Something that I’m interested in as well that isn’t animated!?! Yes, please! Today we tackled cupcakes. Mix from the box and frosting from the can, but with a fresh raspberry on top and a little almond extract (secret ingredient) added into the frosting-you’d never know it.
Better hurry before Coco gets it.