Here's to the Crazy Ones

Dear followers,

2011-04-26T15:49:00.001-07:00

Some of you may know, some of you may not...

My hetero soul mates computer is no longer with us.

This blog has become the Annika show.

Please bear with us while we work out

our technical difficulties.

Thank you and please keep us in your thoughts.

xoxo

AVP

Who knew...

2011-04-10T22:59:00.000-07:00

That my home state of whOREGON

had such an amazing motto.

Real deep and still so simple.

Sometimes I really miss that place,

that place I used to call home.

This solidifies my need for Macabre Glamour...

2011-04-03T23:41:00.000-07:00

Oh baby, oh baby, oh baby.

I want this in my life, preferably as a

mantel piece.

Mmm mmm good.

Want List #1

2011-03-22T17:44:00.001-07:00

Want List #1 by Venice Night on Polyvore.com

divina settee
$4,899 - hivemodern.com

divina lounge chair
$3,232 - hivemodern.com

series 7 side-full upholstered
$810 - hivemodern.com

parlour tangerine chair - Tangerine Chair
$699 - cb2.com

Hand-tufted Black/ White Stripe Wool Rug (8' x 11') | Overstock.com
$423 - overstock.com

Rothko, Untitled 1950
$199 - roomandboard.com

Plates, Bowls, Mugs, Coffee Mugs, Dinnerware, Tea Cups and Saucers
$18 - cookware.com

Teema Glass Bowls
$12 - yliving.com

David Stark Dinnerware | west elm
westelm.com

Three Art Deco Ladies Fashion Paintings, - Cowan's Auctions
cowanauctions.com

White, blue, black and silver canvas painting by Rob Haigh.
80 GBP - lucyart.co.uk

CB2 - crane grellow desk lamp
$80 - cb2.com

It's so much better with two.

2011-03-21T14:35:00.000-07:00

I found this picture and it reminded me of Annika and I...we were friends in another life too, I guess.

And we were just as fabulous then.

Marilyn Von D

2011-03-18T12:52:00.000-07:00

If you know me, you know I crave things that are sexy.

Possibly the epitome of sex.

Marilyn Monroe was uber sex,

and I believe Kat Von D is sex with tattoos.

Now picture them together. As one.

Is it hit or miss?

Who knows?

WHO cares.

I loves it

kisses

Ha HA!

2011-03-16T18:05:00.000-07:00

And our obsession with cutesy morbidity continues...

The New Friendship Bracelet

2011-03-15T19:57:00.000-07:00

So I found this awesome project on one of my favorite sites, This Is Glamorous via a new favorite of mine, Honestly...WTF?, a style blog with great DIY ideas and little tidbits of style inspiration.

I was inspired so my sister and I drove out to Home Depot, where I asked the portly gentleman dressed in an orange apron where the bolts were. He looked at me for a second, standing before him in a cute plaid shell jacket with my vintage oxfords and pointed to the nut section. Not particularly friendly but at least he recognized me for the hardware challenged fashion enthusiast that I am.

We picked up a box of 100 silver nuts, then decided we might want to do the bracelet in gold as well, so we bought up their supply of brass - 24 packets in all. The portly gentleman was not pleased.

When we came to the kitchen twine section we discovered that Home Depot carries a range of fishing twine in various neon colours. This made our shopping trip that should have cost me $10.00 at the most suddenly skyrocket to the level of shoe shopping. Read: expensive.

In total, we spent $30.00 on pink and white twine and close to 400 brass and silver nuts. In the end totally worth it. When we got the hang of it, it became addictive and we quickly made 4 bracelets each, thus using up our large supply and making the money worth it.

You should try this, they look great (my terrible photo taking skills aside) and they're therapeutic. (Just trust me) I even made a special pink one for my gal Annika. Happy un-birthday sweetie.

What you'll need.

What mine looks like. (I know, I have creepy hands...)

Yeah, riding high on love's true bluish light...

2011-03-10T22:31:00.000-08:00

Blondie.

Heart of Glass.

No, no it doesn't have any meaning in my life

it's just an addiction.

and I would like these.

As vases.

In my house.

kisses,

AVP

Thelma and Louise was supposed to be titled...

2011-03-04T22:25:00.000-08:00

Anna and Annika!

No.

But seriously.

Cleeeaarly I'd be Geena Davis since she's gigantic

And petite Anna would most definitely be Susan Sarandon.

Us bitches be Partners in Crime, yo. Ya dig?

P.S. I feel as if I should be signing out on this like "xoxo Gossip Girl"

But preferably something not as lame as shit.

Whatevs.

Kisses ,

AVP

Naughty

2011-03-04T13:44:00.000-08:00

I haven't been posting...I'm bad I know. Sorry sorry sorry...

This is what I want my room to eventually look like. Blue and yellow are two of my favorite room colours.

(But red will always have my heart)

Wine-o

2011-02-26T00:56:00.001-08:00

Let's talk about how this is a wine bottle label.

Red wine. Naughty Cellars to be exact.

And if I enjoyed wine AT ALL, I would be

the spokesperson for this divine wine

Gaddammiitt.

Brown Paper Packages and So On and So On...

2011-02-22T22:49:00.000-08:00

Counter-clockwise from left:

1. YSL iPad case (found here.)

2. iPad.

3. Warby Parker glasses in Sinclair frame (found here.)

4. Flats in general! (found here.)

5. The Elixer of Life. (Capulus Imbibo)

mmmmmmm....good stuff.

Anna, here's to you...

2011-02-20T19:45:00.000-08:00

This picture is dedicated to my Hetero-life Partner Ms. Anna.

She's my soul sister.

My best friend.

My anchor.

We take care of one another when the other stumbles and falls.

When life get to much and breathing becomes difficult.

When we need somebody to listen.

I'm fortunate to have her in my life.

I adore you.

♥

So I'm a little late but whatever...

2011-02-19T12:10:00.000-08:00

I feel like this project isn't seasonal, and is therefore relevant now, a few days after Valentine's.

I found this on one of my favorite blogs, This Is Glamorous, a compendium of sweet nothings.

She posted this project, and I am sharing it with you, because, well, it's awesome.

Go check out how to make this sweet nothing here.

I'm taking over the world.

2011-02-18T01:45:00.000-08:00

Annndddd....

IT'S PINK!

SERIOUSLY.

I think I missed the whole maturation thing.

Moto Baby...

2011-02-17T11:54:00.001-08:00

I want to be this bad ass.

Mimiiiii!

2011-02-17T11:31:00.000-08:00

I found this last night and have since been posting it all over the internet...I just find her so adorable. And the two of them together makes my heart hurt.

MY baby picture

2011-02-15T14:29:00.000-08:00

Hi.

My name is Annika.

Ziggy Stardust is my daddy.

And my mommy is a ginger.

okay well half of that is true.

Fin.

My Apologies But...

2011-02-15T12:41:00.000-08:00

Ok so Annika specifically asked me not to make this into a fashion blog, and I promise I won't, but I HAVE to post clothes sometimes, I just love them too much. These are from Elie Saab's collection at Paris Fashion Week this season.

Two for me...

And two for Annika!

Oh, My Funny Valentine...

2011-02-14T22:18:00.000-08:00

Kate Spade has the most amazing e-Valentines...you should definitely go check them out. I love looking through them every year and this year there were just too many awesome ones. So here are some of my favorites, dedicated to my star, Annika. Yeah, I'm kinda into Valentine's Day. Suck it.

Excuse me, I'm lost...should I have taken a left or a right at the last glacier?

2011-02-13T23:30:00.000-08:00

Bernhard is leaving tomorrow. And that little boat is me.

Drug addicted, knife wielding, alcoholic Bible thumper

2011-02-11T22:57:00.000-08:00

Oh noes!

This is the kind of Bible I want to hang out with.

Look at the little boy, just precious.

2011-02-04T15:28:00.001-08:00

NO I'm not Mexican. NO, I do not celebrate Dias de los Muertos on November 2nd. ALTHOUGH, I do like sugar skulls; lots and lots! SO you can shut up. MY mister and I are thinking about getting these for our next tattoos, well variations of these. Ya dig!?

Naked as the Day We Were Born.

2011-01-30T11:48:00.000-08:00

A very happy birthday to my co-author and best friend Annika - may this year be happier, more exiting, and more amazing than the last (which is asking a lot.) I love you girl and I'm so lucky you were born!

Now let's go dancing :)

2011-01-25T14:53:00.000-08:00

This is d.r.e.a.m.y

Not till the Fat Lady Sings, My Friend.

2011-01-25T13:52:00.000-08:00

I feel large today... I put on my pants and thought - time to get out the Spanx.

My (ideal) humble abode

2011-01-23T12:28:00.000-08:00

For a hot minute I've been thinking about when I have a house, I want to make it my home. Needless to say I'm quite obsessed with finding pictures of what I'd love to have. Here's a taste of my future bungalow.

<3<3<3<3<3<3>

Hot Damn I'll Say...

2011-01-22T14:14:00.000-08:00

Speaking of crazy ones...

2011-01-22T00:17:00.001-08:00

Cydni Lauper and Paul Ruebens (Pee Wee Herman) playing putt-putt golf. This is my dream day out

2011-01-21T11:42:00.000-08:00

- Karl Lagerfeld

...Ladies, some sage words of advice from the heir to the Chanel empire. I try to remember them always.

O, I Left My Heart...

2011-01-21T11:27:00.000-08:00

This is where A and I first met...about a year before. The Painted Ladies are looking especially perky here don't you think?

Even the beautiful will someday be broken

2011-01-19T11:58:00.000-08:00

Even though this is the epitome of destruction and decay, I think it's beautiful.

Endless Summer

2011-01-17T14:16:00.000-08:00

Today is a beach day.

2011-01-17T12:13:00.000-08:00

5 rules to live by.

Things To Do Today....

2011-01-16T11:51:00.000-08:00

Johnny Cash's To-Do List

So many things to do...I finally wrote them all down in a list (no particular order) and I feel so much better...that sick feeling in my stomach is somewhat abated.

Ooh La La

2011-01-16T09:47:00.000-08:00

Good morning everyone. Here are some dirty old man statues to start your day off right. Enjoy.

2011-01-15T13:34:00.000-08:00

Story of my damn life.

2011-01-14T18:48:00.000-08:00

Here's to the crazy ones.

The misfits. The rebels.

The troublemakers.

The round pegs in the square holes.

The ones who see things differently.

They're not fond of rules.

And they have no respect for the status quo.

You can praise them, disagree with them, quote them,
disbelieve them, glorify or vilify them.

About the only thing you can't do is ignore them.

Because they change things.

They invent. They imagine. They heal.

They explore. They create. They inspire.

They push the human race forward.
-Jack Kerouac, On the Road

Do it like the locusts do.

2011-01-13T10:22:00.000-08:00

I woke up this morning to a beautiful day in the Hollywood Hills, finally got my ass out of bed and into my tin can car to putter off and get coffee...only to find TEN MILLION PEOPLE ON HOLLYWOOD AND FRANKLIN! It took me twenty minutes to get to the Starbucks on the corner for my latte. We definitely need a new plague.

Somewhere under the sea and beyond our imagination

2011-01-13T00:57:00.000-08:00

Since my arrival in El Lay, I've spent a lot of time in San Pedro where I have taken a number of trips to it's rock covered coast. I've come to the realization the ocean holds a lot of emotion for both Anna and I, but for completely different reasons. It's her home, her rock, her anchor.

For me, it's more along the lines of a dysfunctional relationship, I respect and adore the sea but then again I terrifies me to no end. Although, I think we can all agree the majestic rolling waves and the cerulean hue gives us all kinds of chills. PLUS it's where the Little Mermaid was filmed :)

Ground Control, This is Tom, Major Tom...

2011-01-12T08:20:00.000-08:00

Source unkown

Well maybe I'll just keep posting then...

A Birthday Present to Myself

2011-01-07T18:39:00.000-08:00

(c)Cori Kindred

Setting up house on a new and wonderful adventure with my best friend in the whole wide world. This blog will serve as a library for my collection of sweet nothings found on the internet, a sounding board between the two of us, and hopefully something to amuse you with as you read the paper and have a cup of coffee on Sunday mornings.

Here's to a new year and a new endeavor!