An Artful Weekend: Galaxy Eyes

Happy Sunday! I'm off to Los Angeles today to help open our brand new Santa Monica Free People and I can't wait to be beach-side. There is just something about salt water, sand and clear blue skies that is just good for the soul. These gorgeous prints from Galaxy Eyes are like a little dose of that for your wall...

 

 

I hope your weekend was full of blue skies, or whatever your version of that may be...Enjoy!

 

 



Jewelry Love: Hanna Reingold

Did I mention I get to work with some crazy talented people? Well miss Hanna Reingold is definitely one of them. She showed her work at last month's Art Show and my friends, we have an uber talented jewelry designer in our midst. Each uniquely hand crafted crystal piece is a work of art in itself and I'm kind of in love. They're a mash up of quartz, leather and vintage findings and they are pure bohemian brilliance...

 

 

She made this last piece specially for yours truly and I plan on wearing the thing out. You gotta love a chunky statement piece that somehow goes with everything in your closet. Happy Friday everyone...Enjoy!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

An Artful Weekend: Alexandra Valenti

Alexandra Valenti is one of those artists that continues to produce work that emanates her signature wanderlust style while at the same time innovating and creating something fresh and new with each project she takes on. Her bohemian brilliance is completely unique, mixing stunningly raw photography and fashion with watercolor and patterning in a way that makes each image feel like a little portal into a purely artistic world...

 

images via Alexandra Valenti

 

Wanting to spend the weekend soaking up new inspiration, Alexandra Valenti was on one of the first places I turned...Enjoy!

 

FREE PEOPLE DISPLAY // Fall in Manhattan Beach

Happy Wednesday my friends! I wanted to share how we transformed Free People Manhattan Beach into Fall. This is such a fun store to work in because the windows look out to the beach below and the sun is always shining. Novelty denim is such a huge part of the Fall lines that we wanted to incorporate it into the Fall display. So I spent a good month bleaching, dying and sewing denim into tapestries to hang in the stores. Needless to say, when it came to constructing them for Manhattan Beach, we wanted to give them a beachy vibe...

 

 

I found this rich henna color to decorate the windows with, thanks to Montana's new line of paint pens, and it ended up being the perfect hue for Fall. And of course, after spending the whole month figuring out different bleaching techniques for denim, I couldn't help but transform some of my own denim as well...Enjoy!

INSPIRED BY// Not Your Grandmother's Lace

Happy Monday!!! It was a gorgeous sunny weekend here in Seattle, and as I've been deep into making tapestries for our upcoming Fall display, I've been inspired by cut out lace in the sunlight...



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That second to last photo is a little snapshot of a killer little display moment at Free People Rock Center. It was so inspiring to me, I've been fusing some of the same materials into my pieces for the Northwest's fall display. We'll be installing in the next couple weeks so I'll be sure to share the outcome soon!

My Daylight: Art Show @ Free People Seattle

Happy Tuesday! I wanted to share some shots from my show earlier this month at Free People Seattle. It was so much fun mixing art with apparel and of course everyone loved having a glass of wine to sip on as they shopped. The store has a perfect little Sale room that we converted into our own mini gallery space for the evening. It was such a great collaboration that we want to do it again with more local artists in September! So calling all Seattle artists! If you love Free People, let us know and submit a few pieces of work that you feel represent your own personal style. We'll choose a handful of artists to show for another wonderful evening of art, wine, shopping and great company!

Hope you're all having an inspiring Summer, Enjoy!!