running home, running home.

this song always finds its way back into my life this time of year; like a warm cup of cider.

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"with all your lies, you're still very lovable."

find it where you can

hi.
i know it's been silent around here and i plan on changing that. fall is a new start.

found inspiration:
this illustration
this beautiful album
these portraits

chandelier tree

"it's not just the life that we put into it, people have their own little tales about it..."

chandelier tree by adam tenenbaum

22 broadway

my way back home // caroline smith

caroline is doing it right, folks.

new view

what would frida wear?

i think we should all throw out the long winded new years resolutions and just have a one word mantra for 2013 - FRIDA.

"it is a fashion exhibit built around those two themes – disability and ethnicity."

i take this as:
1. work with what you've got and make it work for you.
2. love where you come from.
3. and dress for you.

more here.

know i'm hanging on to the things that you said

"if cosmic force is real at all - it's come between you and i."

how is the new year feeling? i feel lucky, my birthday is at the beginning half of january so i truly consider that day my jumping off point. the first until the 12th is my warm up. i need it, that's for certain.

carson begins his new job tomorrow and he's having those new job feelings. i'm going to be sending lots of love his way all monday long. you know, the way you do when you're in love and you can calm someone even miles away.

enough gush. how about that video? it's pretty and as perfect as a rainy car ride should be.

interview part 2 // noelle sharp of aporta

part two with miss sharp...

1. what gets you out of bed in the morning? what do you give thanks for at night? 

It's a mixture of inspiration and anxiety from all the things I WANT and NEED to make/do. Weather plays a huge part of my work and production. I love a dark stormy day and find myself being most productive in weather like that. There are so many things I want to make that its just natural for me to want to get started right away, so I am up early everyday.

At night I give thanks to the people who have supported me, it humbles me and really makes me stand back and recognize what has been given to me. I have a hard time understanding it sometimes, how supportive friends, family, even strangers have and continue to be. It's something I feel like I won't ever be able to pay back, that I will spend the rest of my life wanting to give back, which is a nice feeling actually. I also give thanks to the people who inspire me, without that inspiration I don't know what I would be doing right now.

2. who are your heros? who are your teachers?

• Tilda Swinton: the characters she plays are challenging and risky. Her strength and overall demeanor is captivating.   
• Elizabeth Bartch: I wouldn't be where I am today if she had not come into my life. She is an amazing artist, woman and dreamer (projectsalvage.com)
• Joseph and Anni Albers: Amazing. Done and done.  
• John Brumit and Sarah Wagner: they are the dream, they are the real deal. I recently visited them in Detroit where they live and came back a changed woman, they have inspired me beyond reason (dflux.org)
• Christy Matson: insanely talented artist who weaves with conductive thread and hooks her weavings up to sound systems. She is a super woman.  (christymatson.com) 
• Thoreau: he has helped me understand my interactions with the world around me and how I want to see myself evolve into something more. 
• My family: I am continually learning from them and owe them so much. 
• Taylor and Rachel: I have learned what the meaning of self-less and giving means because of these two. Constantly in awe.
• Aljazeera: For giving me the facts and not determining what I can and not handle in the news.
• Bill Maher: I know, I know. He hasn't had the best track record when it comes to women, BUT, but, I admire his brutal honesty and self awareness. He is someone who isn't afraid to challenge people and fight for what he believes in. And he makes me laugh. 

So many more, I'll save them for next time.

3. if your fingers weren't weaving/knitting, they'd be.... 

Oh my, building things with wood. Writing music. Cooking. Learning how to make better patterns for designs, taking classes from old ladies to become a better knitter/weaver. Taking business classes. Teaching people how to weave and knit. Planting a garden.

4.  what are your other favorite forms of creative expression?

I grew up surrounded by music, went to a choir school and my parents always had music playing so I feel driven to sing and or write my own songs from time to time. I paint when I have some free time. Honestly, just roaming around the mountains and the desert is like Christmas for me - that gets my creative process going more then anything.

5. in another life i'd be... 

Well I grew up skiing and did that for 3 years straight before moving to Chicago. I'd love to be an anthropologist, wood worker, computer programmer or a mountaineer. Anything outside. 

 6. when you're feeling un-inspired, un-motivated - where do you turn to? what picks you up?

Music. Movies. Friends. I have to talk that shit out or it just festers and I end up super depressed and lost. I have learned to be patient and treat myself kind when it happens, force myself to work through it and take breaks.  I just know it's a part of life.

7. what's next?

Sweaters and a new line under APORTA for babies called "Børn APORTA", which means "Baby" APORTA in Danish.  A lot of collaborations for 2013 will be happening, working again with fashion designer Jordan Jenner to create a collaborative line  of clothing for men and women. A large studio (which will develop  into a mill)  for weavers and knitters to come and produce APORTA will be happening in 2013. 

I am moving to Iceland in April to continue my conceptual practice and design 2013 sweaters for APORTA, I'll be back just in time for fall.  The biggest goal for APORTA for next year is working with local yarn suppliers and finding  skilled weavers/knitters/sewers to become apart of the APORTA mission/team.

Hopefully getting a great dane, been dreaming about that for a while.

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thank you, noelle. such a pleasure. you are an inspiration.

thank you for reading. check APORTA out, won't you?

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*all photos are noelle's

friday // field guide

mountain: "the mountain" by terje sorgjerd
follows: the photography of thomas albdorf
sea: painting by katie barnhardt called "lost pirate"

rules:
1. pretty mountain(s)
2. a blog/artist/site i follow and dig
3. pretty sea

a little guide to lead you to new corners of the internet for wild, awakened adventures.

past field guides here..

friday // field guide

mountain: "sleeping mountain" by cathy mcmurray
follows: creative blog of fen and ned
sea: illustration by lizzy stewart

past guides here.

friday // field guide

mountain: i want a mountain of polka dot veils, beautiful photograph by amelia j dowd found here
follows: the amazing blog called sen.siˈʝes
sea: a piece made of glitter, "sirens 2" was created by artist jamie vasta

rules:
1. pretty mountain(s)
2. a blog/artist/site i follow and dig
3. pretty sea

a little guide to lead you to new corners of the internet for wild, awakened adventures.
past field guides here. 

look to the flowers

now i get it.

when i don't know what to wear, i'm going to find a pretty photo and just match it.

done and done.

why did that take so long to figure out?

[that collar is almost too pretty, i get afraid to wear it out of the house. and those flowers are from our last visit up to "the land". a good memory.]

friday // field guide

mountain: mountain brooch from etsy shop, pannikin  
follows: parallel lives witnessed on the blog 3191 miles apart
sea: artist helga schmid gets lost in her art

past guides here. 

friday // field guide

mountain: pretty shot from one heck of a photographer, carlie armstrong
follows: street fashion historian, brent luvaas, at urban fieldnotes
sea: mixed media by ian francis

rules:
1. pretty mountain(s)
2. a blog/artist/site i follow and dig
3. pretty sea

a little guide to lead you to new corners of the internet for wild, awakened adventures.
past field guides here. 

friday // field guide

mountain: hand painted and earth friendly cape by vietto
follows: creative story telling team, tiger in a jar
sea: an untitled photograph by ilona olkonen

past guides here.  

artist // jennifer davis

the details are fuzzy.

i'm not sure which coffee house i was at, but it was in minneapolis, years ago. it was freezing out and  i had a chai (or coffee) in my hand and i was looking at flyers for upcoming events while my friend got her latte. it was then i saw a few samples of jennifer davis's work.

i know i loved them, instantly, that part was crystal clear.

her paintings are windows into hidden worlds. but in those worlds, you know the people and creatures living in them, fondly and they invite you in for secrets and tea.

whenever i'm stuck creatively, i like to peek at her website. it always stirs up new ideas. she's good, real good. 

friday // field guide

mountain: collage "cyclic I" by alexis ann mackenzie
follows: the funny and inspiring blog of victoria hannan
sea: pretty mint sea, found on society6 by joy stclaire

rules:
1. pretty mountain(s)
2. a blog/artist/site i follow and dig
3. pretty sea

a little guide to lead you to new corners of the internet for wild, awakened adventures.
past field guides here.   

friday // field guide

mountain: photograph by anjel benitez
follows: artist and writer chad whys
sea: vintage top from etsy shop called icy as hell

past guides here. 

trippy dippy

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i am really loving this collaboration between SUGARHIGH + LOVESTONED and photographer ALEXANDRA VALENTI.
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