THE VINYL FACTORY // MUSIC IS ART

I've been digging pop-up shops/concepts as of late. The Vinyl Factory concept store, Music is Art (via we heart), is located in the front room of the St Martins Lane Hotel in London. The space "pays homage to records and the relationship between music and art, celebrating the unique, the tangible and the rare in an age of rapid digital consumption". Brilliant.

GREENHOUSE BY JOOST

(Images by Laura Tjitradjaja)

A pop-up café/bar in Sydney built entirely from sustainable materials (via See Hear Say). So rad!

HELLO!

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This weekend flew by! We went to the second installment of Box City on Friday...amazing. If you didn't gather from the pictures, it was an event (put on by New Times and Meathead Movers) involving moving trucks that housed music and art (two things that keep me going!). The night was full of live tunes, dancing, glow in the dark goodness, paint!, jugglers, street performers, food, (and best friends). Block party meets carnival! I'm already looking forward to installment 3.

On Sunday we hit the flea market and the farmers market. No scores from the flea but beautiful goods from farmers. And a big thank you to my house guests for the beautiful flowers that are making my week!

What did you do over the weekend?!

J.

PS This is kind of silly but I entered a contest to win an Ipad...can you help me win it!? Click here for deets.

SNIPPETS...

Snippets of the beautiful Central Coast from this weekend and previous weekends. I'll be posting images from this past weekend late tonight! Hope you're having a good Monday... J.

HOT DRINKS ON A RAINY DAY...

taking it all in...

HOMAKO + GIVEAWAY [CLOSED]

Yoko (from HOMAKO) has just returned to LA from Japan, where she is originally from. She experienced the earthquake first hand and witnessed the massive destruction and devastation it has caused. Her family and close friends are still there and she is raising money through her shop to send to the American Red Cross. For more information and details click here.

GIVEAWAY //

Yoko makes the finest jewelry! The Kuru Maru Felt Ball Necklace was recently selling at Anthropologie and is now completely sold out in stores. She is kindly offering her most popular necklace, the Kaleidoscope Felt Collage Necklace (check out my bestie wearing it!) to one very lucky I ART U reader. To enter, "Heart"/favorite HOMAKO on etsy, then leave a comment on this post with your favorite item from the shop.

She is also offering  free domestic shipping during the duration of this giveaway. Enter "HEARTJAPAN" in the coupon redeem box when checking out. And, if you buy a piece from HOMAKO, comment on this post letting me know and you will receive an extra entry. Giveaway ends March 29.

WEEKEND

this weekend i had a shoot in one of the most fantastic houses i have stepped foot in, here in SLO. you can't tell by these pictures but there were seven crazy fun girls around me playing twister, eating cupcakes, and bouncing off the walls. i loved every second of it! 

on another related note, i had to send my camera in to the shop recently and it's still being repaired. i found it completely humbling to pull out my old camera this weekend but it helped me recapture the art of shooting and i fell in love with photography all over again. i love it when that happens... 

wishing you an inspiring week! -j.