ANN-YA + NEED SUPPLY

By on January 12, 2013 in ANN-YA


I realize that it’s kind of dorky to post a gift guide post-holidays, but this was a cool thing for my line and I want it ~on the blog record~ anyway, even if I’m way late! Having ANN-YA on Need Supply happened during my first ever experience of the holiday rush, and I would have posted about it sooner but I was super busy AND my computer was barely working at the time. Spot the cat coasters! They are the only remaining ANN-YA item on their site right now, I can’t even tell you how many cat coasters I made over the past two months. Let’s just say it was enough to allow me to watch the entire series of Gossip Girl from start to finish in just a few weeks, ha ha.

In other news I’m working hard on new products and will be debuting them soon!

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テーリス

By on January 10, 2013 in analog photography, fashion inspiration


In connection to my last post about Alex & JK POP!, here’s my favorite medium format film shot from the time that Alex & I shot photos together! She’s modeling in Korea now, so awesome. Her modeling agency from Seattle used one of our photos on her model card (I think there is a more official name for these?), which is cool to see. The sunglasses are Karen Walker and the top is a sweet gothic thrift store find that Alex took home with her. The queen anne’s lace is courtesy of my yard. I MISS U SUMMER!

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SEATTLE + JK POP!

By on January 5, 2013 in life, travel



Back in November Carlie and I took a mini roadtrip up to Seattle to see Alex on her last night hosting JK POP! before moving back to Seoul. I met Alex when we got together to shoot these photos, and after she returned home to Seattle we realized that we had a friend in common! Amongst other discoveries I learned that Alex was hosting monthly Japanese & Korean pop music nights at a club in Seattle, with lots of videos and dances and even crazy homemade costumes and stuff. We only had one chance to see her in awesome hosting action, so we made it happen! Carlie and I spent some time messing around in Seattle before the party (by messing around I mean trying to find a parking spot), getting photobooth pictures taken in the mall, buying lots of stuff from Daiso (Japanese dollar store), snacking & getting coffee at Odd Fellows Cafe and browsing the amazing Totokaelo next door. I also bought those sweet weed print socks by HUF at some skate store. JK POP was super fun, we drank tequila and danced around all night, watched crazy Korean music videos in awe, and were dazzled by all of Alex’s costume changes (Pikachu!!). We snoozed on her couch that night and went out for a tasty breakfast in the morning, props to that toppings bar for having the hugest bowl of butter I’ve ever seen. A GOOD TIME!





SOMETHING IN THE WIND HAS LEARNED MY NAME AND IT’S TELLING ME THAT THINGS ARE NOT THE SAME


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DAHLIA

By on January 2, 2013 in analog photography


Carlie at the backyard dahlia farm, total golden flower spirit creature.

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YEAR OF THE CAT (NOT REALLY BUT REALLY)

By on January 1, 2013 in Uncategorized


One of the best things about a new year is getting to pick out a new Jetoy cat planner. I thought about buying something more modern this year but after a few minutes of browsing totally boring notebooks that don’t have adorable cat illustrations on every single page, I accepted that my year just wouldn’t be the same without my daily dose of kawaii cat pix. Jetoy makes all kinds of other cool cat stuff too, all this stuff above is from a Korean ebay seller. CAT CAT CAT CAT every year is the year of the cat.

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MAGIC WINTER

By on December 28, 2012 in fashion inspiration


Hope you are enjoying the holidays! dalas and I had a mellow Christmas at home as usual, with a family dinner over at his cousin’s house in the evening. I drank a lot of wine, and held a tiny dog named Oliver for most of the evening. There’s still time to enter the ANN-YA giveaway, so go and leave a comment if you haven’t already.

Winter in Portland is usually just very gray and rainy, occasionally we get a brief dusting of snow but if you want the real deal you need to go into the mountains. I’m too scared to go into snow territory with our car, I don’t want to get trapped! I was feeling extra wintery the other night and found all these magical, snowy images. Enjoy!


WINTER SONATA


TUSH MAGAZINE / VOGUE GERMANY


THANASSIS KRIKIS / LARA MULLEN BY JOSH OLINS / FALLEN ANGELS / UNKNOWN


WHEN SNOW FALLS / ALISA FROLKIN BY PAUL DE LUNA / GLAMOUR RUSSIA / UNKNOWN

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HOLIDAY GIVEAWAY NO. 4 // ANN-YA

By on December 20, 2012 in ANN-YA

UPDATE: Thank you so much for all your sweet comments! The giveaway is now closed and Dana from Summer Teeth is the random winner!

To finish off my holiday giveaway series I’m making it personal and offering up $100 in store credit to my own shop, ANN-YA! I’m going to keep this giveaway open until the new year, so please leave a comment on this post (whatever you like, it’s a free-for-all this time!) for a chance to win!

My line recently had its first anniversary and it has already changed so much in one year, evolving from an attempted clothing line into the world of leather. I’ve been super happy to be making things and am feeling pretty lucky that the people around me (both in Portland and virtually) have been supportive of my work. Right now I’m the featured indie designer on Megan Nielsen‘s great blog and you can read about my experiences in becoming a designer. Definitely read the other posts in that series too!

I was going to finish off this post with a bunch of the rad gift guides that have featured my stuff, but my computer is acting super weird and I can’t open photoshop to edit anything, so it will have to wait! I do post things like that regularly on the ANN-YA facebook page, so you can see them there. Yay!

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TINSELBOX POP-UP SHOP

By on December 14, 2012 in ANN-YA, portland


Porltand folks! Some of my ANN-YA leather goods are available at this rad pop-up shop in the NW, it opened today! It’s hosted at the Caravan Pacific showroom showroom and is filled with lots of goods from local makers. It’ll be open all weekend, so definitely check it out. There’s a little Q&A with me over on the blog as well. Lots and lots of thanks to Shannon for hosting this event!

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ALL TOMORROW’S PARTIES

By on December 12, 2012 in fashion inspiration, photoshoots, portland



A new holiday shoot for Summerland, featuring the always amazing Meredith Adelaide! We took these photos at a variety of locations in St. John’s, including ultra cute home, which was featured heavily in our previous spring shoot, So Long, Marianne. Check out what’s new at Summerland and enjoy the photos! Don’t blame me if you find yourself craving a diner milkshake or a whiskey & coke.

Photography: Anja Verdugo
Model: Meredith Adelaide
Styling, hair & makeup: Megan Hart










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HOLIDAY GIVEAWAY NO. 3 // FORESTBOUND T-SHIRT

By on December 10, 2012 in Uncategorized

**This giveaway is now closed, and our random winner is Jenna, who posted about a well-loved old t-shirt. Now she gets a cool new one too! Thanks for all the entries!

I’m excited to present the third holiday giveaway, an awesome Forestbound t-shirt! This is a brand new design featuring the cutest lil’ bag slogan ever. Alice makes the best bags around, I’ve been carrying mine practically every day since I picked it up two winters ago, and her work just keeps getting better and better. It has been so cool to watch Forestbound evolve over the years, and even though the wares change, the vibe remains consistent. Alice makes pieces that feel well-loved, worn-in but lasting, even if they’re totally new. It all feels very comfortable and good. I really can’t say enough good things about this lady and the rad stuff she makes!

If you follow Alice’s blog, you probably know that she has a knack for finding the most perfect old t-shirts (amongst other cool pieces, some of which find new life in her bag designs), so it’s only natural that a shirt would find its way into her collection of Forestbound wares. Everyone need a super comfortable, easy shirt (or two, or a million) in their wardrobes, would you like to make this one yours? Just leave a comment on this post (international entries welcome) and a winner will be chosen next Monday. In your comment, tell me about your favorite piece of clothing and why you love it! It could be something you had when you were a kid, or something you still wear, whatever! Good luck!


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