Bappy Yew Near

2010 I ain't mad at ya, happy 2011 everybody!!

Entering the Winterwonderland

Just outside of Ashland Oregon we came upon a great white cloud, i took this first series of pictures in rapid succession as we entered the unknown.





..and we're in


from clear blue skies to everything covered in ice. beautiful.





Sarah skips her way to the first fotoshoot shot.....

Jackpot

While the thrifting and scouring small towns brought us numerous epic finds, Portland provided one stop that was top of the pops. The Pendleton Factory Mill Outlet, a huge wharehouse filled with cut yardage, selvedge edges and entire bolts of the famous Pendleton designs. There was even a "museum" room filled with gorgeous weaved wall hangings. We were in heaven!!! All of us were filled with inspiration as we explored the space.

bolts and bolts

Liz laying out some yardage

cut and discounted yardage--scores galore!



crates of selvedge, buy by the pound


Sarah with her scored yardage in front of one of the many gorgeous pieces in the museum

Happy Holidaze

hope everyone eats too much, drinks too much and hugs the relative they like least..heres to it.
pic taken from my new favorite blog TheLonesomeLACowboy

Creatures of the Night

the walls will talk..

Those Shoes Gave Me The Craziest Dreams

more from the curly redwood...

Who Knew

...action shots could be so much fun!

Redwood Curls

this is right before things got reaaaal wierd.

Crescent City

We found ourselves on the first night in Crescent City California. Not too many miles from the Oregon/Cali border.






Interior ahh-mazingness provided by the Curly Redwood Lodge. A perfect stopover point on the way to Portland, this 1950's motorlodge was built entirely(the interior and exterior) from one redwood tree. Instead of the usual round age rings, this tree had curly age rings. We inquired from the santa old biker front desk guy what made it curly. After much speculation and expert visits, it was determined to be a genetic defect. Whatever, some peoples trash are other peoples treasures. Biker santa said Liz she was a curly redwood herself....