mail is wonderful

i received this in my po box today. i probably have the best friend of best friends (sorry best friends, she's pretty awesome).

so i decided to make this to share with you, and others, and your friends:

and this is for my dad... he turned 61 this week. holy shit.

and here is some artmail that i'm sending out today.

i know, it's been a long time, and i haven't shared much of what i've been working on with you. mainly because i haven't been working on anything. between Seattle, moving, and LA, everything has been a whirl wind. oh, and i was sick. twice. so i'm finally settling into my new home, and my new studio - which is heaven on earth, its' true.

greg gifted me with a printer/scanner, so i no longer have to run around trying to find an unused one.

upcoming things (that you should probably know about):

artshow:

this fall (stay tuned)

artmail:

it's going to have a real operating, functioning system,

so we can get the whole world on board.

listening to Mumford & Sons.... because they're beautiful, with beautiful souls, i'm sure.

different countries

having your own space is one of the most necessary aspects of being a healthy person.

so, today, i bleached the floor of the studio and began unpacking.

i cannot wait to see what comes from this space, and see how i create here... please come along for the journey.

here's my three minutes of creating that happened today (sorry for the poor quality):

i've been listening to The xx all day (i heard them on garance doré's recent video, thankyou!). it's lovely. combined with the back door open, and a breeze on this perfect day... not much could be more relaxing.

its friday. enjoy the weekend.

- k.

feist

why is she just so lovely?

-k

oi vey

it has been a tiring and lovely vacation, here in los angeles. the best part being that after spending 6 days with jeff & jacquie (my brother & sister-in-law)(in seattle), i am now spending this entire trip with them... which makes, 12 days spent with family - just making up for lost time.

as lovely as relaxing has been (and let me tell you, i adore it), i'm going crazy not working. so much to do at home: the floors need to be bleached, the studio unpacked, bedroom organized, and projects. projects. projects. my mind is always going. which means there are new projects every day.

one of the projects being branding myself: such a hard task (how do i want the world to view me?). so here is the beginning:

branding myself

(my sad attempt at illustrator... i have to learn, i have to!)

©k baergen

what do you think? i need some input here (especially on the oi vey)...

today, we're headed to pasadena (one of my favorite spots here), where i'll be scouring all of H&M for a great deal... and i'll be back in nashville tomorrow night.

share with your friends,

- k.

ps. listening to Maurice Ravel on Pandora (Ross would be so proud)

pps. local natives play in nashville on thursday... oh i'd just love to go.

about to leave,

headed to LA for the next 5 ish days. enjoy your weekend.

- k.

east tennessee

this season in life has certainly been one of travel.

between the beach and Seattle, el & i went to east tennessee to explore the mountains.

i had an entire day of wonderful shots, i mean, just unreal photographs. but i made a total rookie move and came to find that i'd forgotten to put a new roll in... thus, all those beautiful shots, gone. everyone makes that move at some point in their life (and you'll never do it again), but that weekend was my time to learn the lesson.

here's what i got, later (definitely nothing close to what i initially had, but i tried):

all images ©kbaergen

listening to a lovely mix of Noah & The Whale, by Pandora.

and it is lovely outside. absolutely lovely.

oh! i finally found the charger to my digital slr.... so there will be some less expensive shots soon.

enjoy this beautiful day (no matter where you are),

- k.

twitter // po box 60282 nashville, tn 37206 // kamariebaergen@gmail.com

if only i could be there....

coco chanel, 1960

via bloginity

one day i'll be able to go to every fashion week, gawk, gaze, fall madly-deeply-in-love with fabric all over again, chit chat, photograph, sketch, and enjoy every moment of people enjoying and celebrating fashion (and all the hard work that's being displayed). but for now, i'll just have to linger around news articles, and blogs like The Sartorialist and Garance Doré (which is actually quite wonderful).

and of course NPR always keeps us in the loop (i just love the 'arts & life' section) with articles like this one.

oversized clothes are in... but those shoes. how can i find myself a pair? ©TheSartorialist

©GaranceDoré

via NPR

i'll do all my gawking and day dreaming from afar, and make a goal of being at all of them in the next five years. that sounds reasonable, right?

some links for you:

adrianna glaviano

fiction living

listening to Kings Of Convenience, so lovely.

have a wonderfully lazy sunday,

- k.