2013 was a force of a year. It was the kind of year in which big things– gigantic things– kept happening, one after another. Right off the bat, my friends and supporters raised over $12k for my Pointe of View project, and I published a book! I traveled to four countries, two of which I…
Here in California we might not get the snowy winters of my childhood in Michigan, but the holiday season is still a wonderful time to snuggle up with the ones you love and enjoy a warm treat while reflecting on the year. It was a lot of fun making my little snowflake marshmallows and putting…
Pointe of View is now available in form! The calendar comes as a set of twelve 4×8″ cards, each featuring a ballerina photograph from the Pointe of View series and a clean, modern calendar design. It’s a stylish set, beautiful as art on the wall or stacked as a desk calendar. They come wrapped and gift-ready…
I absolutely love seeing weddings in print form, and these heirloom leather albums are the perfect way to capture the story for generations to come. Gemma and Kevin’s album is a lovely “coffee bean” leather in an 8×8″ size. In the leaves, amongst the leaves. Each book is expertly crafted with bindings that will last…
As promised, a full post from the Pointe of View party in New York City! Major thanks to everyone who has supported the project through and through. We had a wonderful celebration at 39 Lispenard, with help from my boyfriend Jesse, party styling from Hannah of Hanalulu Co., and photography help from my friend Shang. Extra thanks…
A million thanks to everyone who came to my Pointe of View party yesterday in New York City! We had such a fantastic turnout for the party, and it was a great unofficial finale to the project. I had a lot of help with this party, and number one thanks goes to my boyfriend Jesse…
I love the simplicity and the slightly raw look of this fabric backdrop. It added the perfect touch for our Pointe of View party and was a great and easy way to establish the coral, peach, and mint green color palette for the decor. Many thanks to my intern Rosa for helping both with making…
We had a wonderful launch party for the last week, and I just wanted to share another DIY project from the party decor. Since the party was ballerina-inspired, I wanted to create something with all this coral-pink tulle, but I didn’t want to be too literal with tutus, so I made decorative tulle pom poms….
Every Monday, I feature an image and backstory from my Pointe of View series. Hooray! Thank you so much to all of you who came to the book launch party in San Francisco this weekend. It was so wonderful to see everyone and to celebrate the successful release of my ! An extra big thank you goes…
Every Monday, I feature an image and backstory from my Pointe of View series. More behind the scenes looks at Pointe of View! My intern Rosa and I worked on shipping a whole lot of books last week and have managed to get about half of them shipped so far. I am just waiting on the printer…
Party planning is under way! I just wanted to take a quick break from shipping out boxes of to share a mini tutorial for a DIY project I did for the next week. It’s a modular cake stand that is super simple to make and take apart, allowing for many configurations. All you need is…
Every Monday, I feature an image and backstory from my Pointe of View series. They’re here! Whole stacks of Pointe of View books! I got to pick up the first small batch from the printers this past week, and while I am still waiting on the rest, it’s been incredibly exciting to get started with signing and…