pounced! Pitu7 Design.

Darlings, Someone needs to take my computer away from me...I want everything in Pitu7 Design's shop. I am a true jewelry-lover, and the sweet, modern designs of Pitu7 Design's rings have me swooning. The amethyst ring featured below is *so* me. {They offer a watermelon tourmaline ring that is also on my "please buy me this for my birthday" list.} But enough about me already, the creator of these beautiful pieces comes from Sumatra, Indonesia and a long line of Batak people famous for their hand-crafted arts. Definitely check out the Pitu7 Design shop.

{amethyst & blue diamond ring.}

la la la monday.

this weekend,i . . .

enjoyed life without a t.v. {we are analog & didn't make the switch.}
ate yummy seafood pasta at la rustica and watched the sun set over the Olympic mountains.
planned some communal raised beds with our sweet sweet neighbors. {you know i love to garden.}
listened to lots and lots of music. {especially loving making art while listening to yoga mixes my friend bekah made me.}
made tons and tons {okay, maybe not tons and tons, but quite a few} digi-collages.

essentially, i recharged the batteries. how about you?

pounced! Candy Factory.

I'm in LOVE with the juicy, girly photography of Michelle Campbell-Zurek and her brand new shop, Candy Factory. The COLORS and sweet forms immediately drew me in to her shop. it was so hard for me to pick a few to feature here, since I loved them all immediately.

{from left: wounded but not conquered & simone.}

Michelle has another shop, filled with beautiful work at Urban Junkies Photography. Also, check out here main photography site & blog.

inspiration tuesday...wednesday.

hello dear-hearts, i hope your week is lovely. i have tried to write this post about three times now and just cannot get the words right. i will try not to bumble this with a lot of unnecessary words: phish played straight from the heart this weekend, and that is something i never saw before trey was sober.

never let anything {or anyone} rob you of the spark that burns naturally within, loves.

{ visit these beautiful photographers: 1. Phish are touring this summer!!! Things are good in the hood, 2. Grind, 3. Phish Returns at Hampton Coliseum - Day 1 - Concert, 4. Phish, 3-7-2009, 5. P1010348, 6. P1010405}

all love. all joy.

dear-hearts,
i must say that the last few weeks have been like a true breath of fresh, prana-filled air after a stint at the bottom of murky pond. over the last bit, i've been unsure of what to write here and uncertain of this blog's future. hence, the quietness. however, i rode out that wave with a smile in my heart. such is life. so here we are again with a new batch of inspiring souls on flickr. do check out the lovely work of these artists by clicking the links.

joy in all.
love in all.

{1. when I'm 64, by asleeponasunbeam; 2. Fae, by lucidrose; 3. My Spring Wreath, by Jamie Laney; and 4. Untitled, by Rufina Ip.}

a happy hole in your heart.

chasing light today. and always.

we are going to see Thievery Corporation in vancouver for BK's thirty-second birthday. this is outstanding news, because they are my favorite. also, i have fingers crossed that we will get to see David Byrne next week. music really *is* my boyfriend.

I keep on fear, keep on loathing
Nothing brings it on I keep on falling
Decide what it is I can not find
It subsides what you make it
Never feel like you're gonna break, ye
It's gonna be alright alright
Sleep until the morning comes
The sun will warm your soul
Sleep until the morning comes for you
Til the morning it's alright
I can walk into the sunlight, into the day, into the day, to the day
I feel it falling, nothing comes to my mind
Bring it on in a different tide
I feel alright, alright
I feel strong, i feel rigid
It's nothing to do with the vision
Oh feels so right, so right
Sleep on tight, sleep on tight
Sleep until the sunlight
Sleep until sunlight
Sleep on tight
Sleep on tight
Sleep on tight
Sleep on tight, til the sunlight
Sleep on tight, til the sunlight burns you happy
Til the sunlight burns you happy, till the sunlight burns a happy hole in
Your heart,
In your heart
In your heart...
--"until morning" by thievery corporation

a bit of joy for wednesday.

dears,
no matter what, remember that you can do a lot with a little bit of yellow yarn. and that can make all the difference.
happy happy wednesday.

i love seattle in the fall.

{why? you might ask.}

for morning trips to the Japanese Gardens.

for rides down Boren on my trusty bike.

for the grey afternoons that highlight the beautiful mundane.

for the colors, of course.

the GEMMY MOLESKINE giveaway.

dears, exciting news: i have a new addition to the Kelly LOVES Whales line of papergoods-- a block-printed moleskine notebook. look for these beauties in the shop starting this weekend. to celebrate, i'm giving away a sample of newest project... THE GEMMY MOLESKINE notebook. to enter, write a comment by 8pm {pacific daylight time}, Friday, October 10, 2008. i'll draw a winner over the weekend, and announce the winner on Monday, October 13.
XOXO

{What the heck is a moleskine? Click here.}

i love today.

{vrksa, a new painting, is available in my etsy shop.}

dears, this week simply flew by. i started school, taught lots of fun yoga classes, made art & worked at my desk job. today, i had much time to work in my studio. this made me smile.

le inspiration.

darlings,
i'm updating my shop! i'm making new art! life is good! here are a few of the images that have grabbed me lately.
big loves,
kel

1. wayto-go-card, 2. Happy Elephant :-), 3. ME, 4. IMG_0033.jpg, 5. Untitled, 6. Untitled, 7. starting to decorate the back lawn for this weekend, 8. Citron, 9. did I tell you that I love bikes?, 10. Untitled, 11. Avis de tempête #06, 12. IMG_8619, 13. Reste Mütze, 14. Crazy Bokeh, 15. Day 222 - Pharaoh?, 16. Untitled, 17. Bibhatsa, 18. Untitled, 19. lightning, 20. Clever, 21. Blue skates, 22. [胡言亂影] 老實說 我一直很不快樂, 23. Untitled, 24. red pier walk, 25. say Yeah, 26. heart of a Japanese teenager, 27. Untitled, 28. Untitled, 29. Untitled, 30. easy as, 31. 07.27.08, 32. piesitos, 33. Yarrow, 34. happy, 35. summer towels, 36. Untitled

Anjali.

Hello, dears.
This is Anjali. A new painting.


It depicts the anjali mudra.
Anjali means offering in Sanskrit.
Literally, mudra means seal (as in, sealing or channeling one's energy), and the mudra in this sense is a hand gesture-- palms touching in front of the heart (anahata).
The anjali mudra allows one to center, in order to offer all that is good back to the universe. Oftentimes, the mudra is accompanied by the word namaste. Namaste means (roughly) the light in me, bows with respect to the light in you. By coming back to the heart, we are able to offer that blessing to each other.
With that, Namaste, dear-hearts.

le inspiration.

i am forever obsessed with color. this much i know.

here are my current round of shiny, sparkly sources of inspiration via flickr. links to their source are below.

all photos copyright of their creators.
Untitled, See?, urgencies, Digitus Medio Proximus, Amigurumi Crochet Catepillar, Untitled, 007, Rainbow Greeting, What She Said, Untitled, RADIATE, . WR Esalen Gestalt Rainbow 2, ur heart, . 3500 seats in yellow, . Spin-N-Win 1, . Untitled, . patoo.xai, . Toy Bokeh, . Day 36 ~ There is no spoon., . Peace/Victory Hand Pocket Mirrors and Pinback Buttons, . la + Arrow, . when in doubt, . Kellen Minor, . Untitled, . I feel scattered., . upgrade, . ..., . When you make something beautiful, you are an artist., . Rose and Radish Fête Show, . Setting the Sun, Stages of Jumping, . I say, "sir, how much for the glasses", . Amo l'estate, . miro la vida pasar, . wing walker

white hot.

light. transparent. unexpected. white intrigues me.

all of these images are owned by their individual creators. click on the links to visit their amazing work.
1. Untitled, 2. White sands - spring 1999, 3. To the Blue Caves, 4. ufo, 5. melted lines, 6. 235/365 - Touch - GTW*L*, 7. the curtain call and the satisfied bow after a good performance, 8. Untitled, 9. WHITE, 10. super macro moth, 11. IMG_0004, 12. Untitled, 13. in bed, 14. White days, 15. 06182008, 16. Saskatchewan, 17. Untitled, 18. shooting assignment 02 - e, 19. Unforseen?, 20. bloom., 21. routine, 22. sometimes you just need an extra pair of hands...or finger, 23. Follow Your Heart, 24. Untitled, 25. Untitled, 26. angel, 27. ringwood, 28. Untitled, 29. Untitled, 30. Amazing Grace - Buddhist monks chant at Pongour Falls, the largest waterfall in Dalat, Vietnam., 31. SCREENS, 32. saffron, 33. whiteballoonsandalightswitch, 34. alitastar, 35. Wonderfalls & 014/365, 36. could use a curve

big breath in. and then back under the water.

dudes. you know i'm totally psyched about the one year birthday of this blog. and pretty introspective about it as well. i'm taking the afternoon to think about where we've been and where we are going, and i promise to write all about it on monday. for now, i'll leave you with a little inspiration collage that i made yesterday afternoon. i'm LOVING these colors right now.

peace.
love.
joy.

bright. and brand new.

Bright, shiny new poster prints and post-cards. In the shop.

draw-ing.

darlings, on these days when i teach yoga before the rooster crows (six-thirty in the morning), i tend to feel a bit confused about what day it is, what time it is, where i'm supposed to be and the such. luckily, there is very little time for me to really wallow in the confusion, since i'm teaching two more classes today, mailing art from the post office and working my heart out. here is another new drawing. it's going into the shop tomorrow! UPDATE: it's in the shop, for sale. You can buy it right here.

the monochrome.

Monochromaticism has been on my brain lately ever since Joanna Goddard's piece on Monochromatic New Yorkers took the world by storm...at least that is what I thought until I recently browsed through my wardrobe remix portfolio and noticed that I have *always* been a devotee of a monochromatic palette.

For years (the shaved head days), I wore brown exclusively. As a student in an industrial part of Germany, I adopted the shades of grey that graced the sky, the air and the earth as my own personal crusade against standing out like the chubby blonde amidst the sea of gaunt brunettes that I, indeed, was.

Nowadays, I am more likely than not to embrace a monochromatic look, and I think my choice of article (a) is significant, because it is not just one color I have chosen. Rather, I enjoy choosing one color to highlight for that particular day, and just going at it with a MEGA attitude. Perhaps I don't fit the same mold as the Monochromatic New Yorkers, with their entire wardrobes built around a single hue, but I like my interpretation of the monochromatic look just the same.

Can ya dig it?

I hardly need a new hobby.

I found Polyvore. Holy awesome. It's my newest obsession. This is my idea of the perfect look to ease into spring.

le chartreuse inspiration.

Sour green! Truly amazing!

1. The Wall in my green heart 2, 2. The green door, 3. Conspiracy of Silence, 4. Margarita, te voy a contar un cuento., 5. Green Assignment / Tâche Verte, 6. Flad handskecrossprocess, 7. Colors of Maligne Lake, 8. Oriental Venice of Hong Kong, 9. A substitute, 10. Vert-jaune, 11. The Ship, 12. exit up, 13. Bathtub toys....., 14. Beatrice in green, 15. .ad astra per aspera., 16. chartreuse car, chelsea, 17. My CHARTREUS World, 18. Untitled, 19. IMG_7693a, 20. The Photographer, 21. bergen street, 22. Orange & Lime bars, 23. Cake, 24. singing ajoshi at APAP, 25. This Way To Pleasure, 26. Fountain abstraction, 27. Christmas Eve 2008, I mean 2007 :), 28. nox, 29. realism, 30. Esther, red hallway, Seattle Library, 31. friday flickr fix: chartreuse, 32. Chartreuse..., 33. concerto in chartreuse, 34. Lemon & Lime..., 35. new wall, 36. Wardrobe Remix day 112

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