my polaroid blog

too busy to blog

noreply@blogger.com (jen) — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:43:00 +0000

apparently, not only was i too busy to breathe, but also too busy to blog. oops. sorry. here is a beautiful zucchini leaf as a peace offering. yes, a zucchini leaf! from my garden! it's growing!!!! i am loving every minute of it. it has become part of my daily routine. wake up, check mail, check perez hilton (to get my "news"), put on sun dress and flip flops, grab garden clippers and head out back. yesterday i even hand pollinated my cucumbers (sounds so dirty and for some reason i end up singing "reproduction" from grease 2 - yikes). so far we have had one zucchini, one strawberry (yum), one persian cucumber and a bunch of different lettuces (been making salads almost every night). i have also already turned a garden misfortune into a garden fortune. early on i was very impressed at how my radishes were growing. i had never seen radish leaves that big. i must be an amazing gardener. then i thought to myself, "self, this is too good to be true." so i took myself to the computer and googled large radish leaves. not good - - bad. it was too hot for radishes (i kinda knew that, but i wanted radishes gosh darnit), so they never "took." the plant is now huge as i am letting it go to seed and will attempt to harvest the seeds and plant them later in the year. the good part is that i read you can make pesto from the leaves. you can. it's delicious. so all was not lost. ok. i have to run (i will literally get up from the computer and run) and start my busy day of not breathing. bye.

ps. if anyone knows a good veggie garden blog, please oh please let me know.

too busy to breathe

noreply@blogger.com (jen) — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:35:00 +0000

have you ever felt like that? sometimes i think if i just took time to breathe, i would do a lot better. it's important, ya know. to breathe. i just wanted to say hi. now i'm off to run around, take pictures and hopefully... breathe.

finally!

noreply@blogger.com (jen) — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 06:11:00 +0000

corsages and collars are here.
whew.
hooray.
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
i'm tired.
the zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz was me sleeping.

a succulent and a turtle

noreply@blogger.com (jen) — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:37:00 +0000

that's a title i never thought i'd use.

a rosy weekend

noreply@blogger.com (jen) — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 15:25:00 +0000

although most of the weekend kind of drifted by without me noticing, sunday was quite productive. we (and when i say "we" i am mainly referring to andrew and his folks) finally finished the vegetable garden. andrew was nice enough to build a shade cover for the lettuces that actually aren't supposed to be planted in summer (but i want my lettuces, daddy, and i want them NOW!). of course he suggested wire and some green plastic something. i don't think so. you see, i am very difficult. i am aware of this, so somehow i think that makes it ok. i don't want green plastic in my veggie garden, just as i didn't want wire cones for the tomatoes. i mean come on. i was able to find some great bamboo arches for the tomatoes and beans and some cute burlap (yes, burlap can be cute if i say so) for the shade cover. it all looks great. fingers crossed. i am known for killing plants, lots and lots of plants. we also planted my two david austin rose bushes. i did not know about david austin roses, my my mother in law told me they were quite famous. i liked them because they looked like peonies, and since i can't really grow peonies here, i thought this was a great second option. oh, and they smell really, really good. old fashioned rose smell. mine are a lighter version of these. right before we planted them (and again, i am not a part of "we" - - just imagine me in the background shouting out orders and belittling people when they give me a suggestion i don't like) my mother in law gave me the bad news. they would have to be cut back. all flowers off. i trust her, though. she's a real green thumb. so she trimmed and i quickly put them in a vase and took the above photo. hopefully there will be lots more rose photos to come. i checked this morning and they haven't grown at all. how long is this supposed to take?

ps. it is not all glamour. mum and i pulled weeds out of our new back yard that we (you know the drill on "we") grew from seed. wow. what a difference. it looks like a real lawn and strangely enough, i found weeding very therapudic.

busy week

noreply@blogger.com (jen) — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 15:11:00 +0000

what else is new? busy is good. rich and relaxed would be better, but we'll get there. we just put up a bunch of new styles at ban.do so check them out. great stuff for summer. i think this one is my favorite. or maybe this. collars and corsages coming soon! i'll keep you posted.

oh, i also finally got around to planting the veggie garden (with a lot of help from andrew and his folks). it is so exciting, a tiny little dream come true.

have a great weekend.

sneak peek

noreply@blogger.com (jen) — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:43:00 +0000

coming soon - - as in the next few days!
ban.do corsages.
they are amazing.
take that from an unbiased source.

a fine mess

noreply@blogger.com (jen) — Thu, 28 May 2009 18:22:00 +0000

a took this one not too long ago after being inspired by chelsea. she always has such pretty flower photos. now this part is totally cheesy, but . . . do you see the heart? i swear that wasn't on purpose.
a happy accident.
those are the best.

ps. the lovely taylor swift wearing no. 88. how cute.

how was your weekend?

noreply@blogger.com (jen) — Tue, 26 May 2009 15:38:00 +0000

i slept a lot. seems my body has taken charge and is now making my decisions for me. no matter how much i want to do something, if the body decides it would rather sleep . . . then, we sleep. i spent several years feeling really guilty for napping, but i am starting to get the hang of it. hooray for naps - - down with productivity. also, we are getting ready to plant the two raised garden beds that came with our house. one of the reasons i fell in love with this place and they have been horribly neglected since we moved in. andrew's parents are here and they are both green thumbs, so we have put all four of their thumbs to hard work and hope to have it all done by the end of the week. i'll keep you posted.

ps. the photos imply that i had a beach picnic. i didn't. did you?

a couple more

noreply@blogger.com (jen) — Fri, 22 May 2009 15:40:00 +0000

a couple more shots from veggie times.
um, how much are you looking forward to this weekend?
if there wasn't such a stigma put on drinking at 8:30 in the morning, i would splash some vodka over my morning grapefruit juice.
it's been that kind of week.
goodbye week, and good riddance.

vegetarian times

noreply@blogger.com (jen) — Tue, 19 May 2009 16:01:00 +0000

hi. i forgot to tell you that i did a detox story for vegetarian times. the issue is out on newsstands now. these are a couple of shots from the story. there's more. i'll show you. it was a great assignment. they gave me the story and then let me run with it. i shot over an entire weekend. i tried to do the detox (which seemed pretty cool), but as it turns out it's hard to shoot, style, detox and think all at the same time.

beach picnic

noreply@blogger.com (jen) — Mon, 18 May 2009 14:52:00 +0000

oy vey? where did last week go. yikes. sorry i didn't post. i think i posted in my mind, but never got to the physical part. hope you had a great week and a great weekend. i worked all weekend and back at it today, but i wanted to share with you some beach picnic polaroids. these are some outtakes from a story i shot a couple of weeks ago (food by her and styling by her). i shot a lot of digital and it looked really great (thanks to andrew). i'll share those when the article comes out.

happy monday.

april showers bring may flowers sale

noreply@blogger.com (jen) — Mon, 11 May 2009 22:54:00 +0000

i almost forgot to tell you. we're having a sale over at ban.do for the entire month of may. the april showers bring may flowers sale! 25% off all floral pieces (including belts and black label).
hey.
why are you still here?
get on over there and get you one!

style (e)scapes @ coco + kelly

noreply@blogger.com (jen) — Mon, 04 May 2009 14:14:00 +0000

cassandra was nice enough to ask me to kick off her style (e)scapes this week. check it out!

more from the weekend

noreply@blogger.com (jen) — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:50:00 +0000

more from our lovely sunday.
um, does anyone know how to time travel?
i'd like to go back.

a really nice weekend

noreply@blogger.com (jen) — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 18:23:00 +0000

chillin' out with good friends, my new oliver peoples shades (a gift not a purchase), red stripe, twilight and some amazing chocolate chip cookies. how was your weekend?

4 years

noreply@blogger.com (jen) — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:38:00 +0000

4 years ago today our friend bobbi took this picture of us in vegas. we had been married for about an hour.
my arms were thinner.
my waist was thinner.
our wallets were fatter.
still, i wouldn't go back. i like where i'm going. i like where we're going. it's not always easy, but i'm pretty sure it's not supposed to be. no trip to paris this year. that's ok. we took lots of pictures, and the ones andrew took where on slide film. we love slideshows. so tonight, we'll eat dinner by candlelight, drag out the slide projector and reminisce.
sounds pretty darn good to me.

half birthday and napkin sculptures.

noreply@blogger.com (jen) — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 05:50:00 +0000

please accept these digital photos of napkins. i took some polaroids, but my computer is insisting that there is no scanner installed. well there is. i can see it. i have followed the plug from the scanner, under the desk, over a bunch of cables (many of which belong to amplifiers and other things that make a lot of noise, hurt my ears and make me cry) and directly into the computer. but alas, i am tired, weak, so i will surrender. oh, and yesterday was my half birthday (silly, i know, but important to me cause it's like a birthday but your not getting a year older). it didn't go as planned. it was a stressful,recession fueled day. i solved it by taking myself to the movies to see this. please don't tell anyone, as i think i am too old and too cool to go to this movie - - alone. well, i did and i ate a kids pack and even laughed a little, and now i've told you. great. my cover is blown.

enjoy the napkins. a few more in this set.

spring cleaning

noreply@blogger.com (jen) — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:51:00 +0000

most of time if you call me when i am at home and ask me what i'm doing i will tell you that i am cleaning. i always seem to be cleaning (and andrew, too), but i am so messy that i can't seem to keep up with myself. this weekend andrew and i did some real spring cleaning. we took all of the pots and pans out of the cupboards. andrew cleaned the cupboards while i bossed him around. the usual. it felt good to get everything organized and finally find the lid to the stock pot. hooray! and when we finished, we rewarded ourselves with gin and tonics. now that's my kind of cleaning.

current inspiration

noreply@blogger.com (jen) — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 19:48:00 +0000

anyone who knows me, knows that i love sparkly things. i also like sheer things, lacy things, old things, tattered things, embroidered things . . . oh, and chocolate . . . i like chocolate a lot.

these things inspired me today, while i was supposed to be putting stuff away. i ended up taking more stuff out. that happens a lot. poor andrew.

pincushion doll party

noreply@blogger.com (jen) — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 16:35:00 +0000

1. lipslikeaheart, 2. dollparty, 3. dolldresses, 4. loosethread

another bit of jen history has been found. an obsession i had with pincushion dolls. these dolls were sent to storage after andrew moved in. i just didn't think it was fair to subject him to all of this femininity at once. now that he is talking about creating a wall of guitars in our living room, i think these little ladies can come out of hiding. our maybe i'll take them to our studio and make mini ban.dos for them.

ballet

noreply@blogger.com (jen) — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 15:56:00 +0000

file these under, "adorable things found while rummaging through boxes we got from storage."
apparently, i used to be a ballerina. oh, what i wouldn't give to have the matching tutu. it may be hard to tell my the photo, but they are teeny tiny.

ps. tutu is a funny word, isn't it?

one more thing. i'm here again if you are interested.

easter lace?

noreply@blogger.com (jen) — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 16:00:00 +0000

is there such a thing as easter lace?
if so . . . here! this is for you.
if not, have a happy day.

the bow collar

noreply@blogger.com (jen) — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 15:58:00 +0000

you probably want some words with this, but i just don't think i am up to it today. maybe you can add your own. thanks.

what did you do this weekend?

noreply@blogger.com (jen) — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 20:21:00 +0000

i took pictures. some polaroids (too tired to scan last night) and some digital. we are branching out at ban.do. get ready world . . . here we come!