An Afternoon at Griffith Park

My days are usually filled with nesting, planning, designing, and reading (w/ some tv shows & espn), but today was a bit different. In anticipation of baby and ready to plan the next few months for the jewelry line, we scheduled a dual maternity and jewelry look book shoot with one of my favorite photographers and online friends Nina of Love & Lemonade Photography.

We spent the late afternoon shooting at Griffith Park. First up was jewelry. I am building my classics collection and slightly transitioning my style, so I wanted a look book full of what's familiar and what's coming for this year. It's also going to help our re-branding project that is currently in the works. Nina took charge and styled the shoot so well! My brain is currently always on baby mode, so Nina's creativity for display and lay out of the jewelry through nature was so great. I caught some glimpses from her camera and am so excited!

After the jewelry came the maternity shoot. The light was soft and the temperature was cool. As photos of us were snapped, we felt completely at ease and loved the of focus on the bump. We brought some props (baby's name banner and yesterday's ultrasound photos) and our instant camera for some quick fun. In my current uncomfortable state, Nina made me feel comfortable and good :)

 

Nina and Mark at work.

Half way through the jewelry.

I liked the shadow that these connected hearts cast.

Oh bump, how you grow! So fun to look down and see this.

A little sneak of the maternity photos. Love these instant prints!!

It's such a treat to get out of the house and enjoy a beautiful LA day. Hope you are all doing well :)

Instagram

If you follow me on twitter, you may have started to notice some of my instagram shots. I set up my account last week and have been having a lot of fun editing and sharing my photos, and liking all of my friends' photos. Here are a few of my recent instagrams.

 

Follow me @honeymyheart !! I'd love to see your instagrams.

A Day at the Office

Today was one of those awesome work days. And I'm not talking about a regular 9-5 day at the office, but a work for yourself and create day! Today I met up with Nina of Love and Lemonade at the SB Historical Museum and we shot the honey my heart look book!

The weather was perfect, the lighting superb, and the sneak peeks I got of the jewelry made my heart flutter.

 

Not a bad office ;)

 

Nina working her magic. She styled my jewelry in ways that I did not think to, and I was impressed with how the photos were coming out.

 

 

And here is a little sneak peek of what is to come! The above photo is from Love and Lemonade's Instagram account.

Happy Wednesday :)

Instant Prints from Silver Lake Jubilee

I'm back from another fun weekend of vending and gourmet food trucking in LA and have lots of things to organize, put away, and make, but I wanted to share a few instant photos taken at the Silver Lake Jubilee.

honey my heart booth! We shared a booth with LOK'd jewelry so we reorganized our table lay out, but kept the colors bright :)


LOK'd jewelry's half of the booth. Their more masculine style, edgy design, and darker colors brought a nice balance to our bright and girly side of the booth.


Double Hearts Treasure was also rocking a booth.


Double Hearts is run by my cousin, Paula :)


Good to see Vintage Remade, our Unique LA table neighbors! The booth was decorated quite nicely and had a chic feel.


The Poster List was in full effect. So many cool posters.


Love the design of Love Nail Tree.


One of my faves is MNKR. Their shirts and wood prints are great, but I really love their necklaces!


Another of our Unqiue LA table neighbors was fruition! We love their style. Their booth mate was hi tree!


So much cuteness and craftiness at hi, tree.

Good times :)

Dining Room Art Wall

Because we love adding personality to our home, and we can't paint the walls of our rental, we've taken advantage of putting up art prints and photos all around. There are a few in the living room, a few in the bedroom, and now a few great pieces in our dining room. There is one wall dedicated to family photos taken through the years, and another wall that we have kept blank for a while. I think we kept the wall blank to give us time to collected art prints, posters, and frames. And I'm happy to say, we've finally put it all together!!

Thanks to local artists and designers, affordable prints, and arts & crafts fairs, our collection of prints is colorful and happy!

Below are the details.

Top left: "Candy-Candy Kitty Dream," Print by Miss Kika
Top Right: Postcard print by Murakami. I find that if you like art by a great artist (Picasso, Seurat, Warhol), buying a postcard of their art is a very economical way to add it to your collection :)
Bottom Left: Tree Hearts poster by The Poster List
Middle Right: instax prints from a family party
Bottom Right: "Cookies" My Melody Print by 64 Colors


Top Left: Red Birdie Mini Print by Brittney Lee
Middle Left: We Not Me
Bottom Left: instax prints from a beach day last year
Right: Kobe poster by Two Rabbit Studios


All these prints make me smile. I hope to buy more prints soon, if only I had more wall space ;)

Cherry Blossoms and a Blue Sky

Blessed with amazing warm weather and clear skies last weekend, hubs and I took a long afternoon walk around SB and found cherry blossom trees in bloom! These are one of my favorite trees. I love the puffy look of flowers clustered together, the sweet and delicate look, and the perfectly soft shades of pink. With the bluest skies as the back drop, I had to take a few photos of some trees.




Monarch butterfly!









I think my future home has to have a cherry blossom tree in the yard. And an avocado tree ;)

What is your favorite tree? Are you excited for spring to come?

Suprasensorial and Some Sneaky Photos at MOCA

A quick trip to LA last Saturday brought us to Japantown for lunch and a visit Geffen Contemporary at MOCA. My cousin Nicole of dans les details recently blogged her visit to the Suprasensorial: Experiments in Light, Color, and Space exhibit and after seeing the photos, I was really excited to experience it for myself.

Being able to explore an exhibit, walk into an installation, touch and experience the art was quite stimulating and interesting. Going from light to dark to colorful, and being able to see each installation from different angles and points of view gave hubs and I a chance to get lost for a while.

Lumiére en mouvement-installation, Julio Le Parc. A dark room with by two spotlights and stainless steel moving squares, the waves of reflections were calming.




Struttura al neon per la IX Triennale di Milano, Lucio Fontana.


Reminding me of graffiti and scribbles, this was my favorite installation.




Cromosaturación, Carlos Cruz-Diez. This installation was divided into 3 rooms. Each room was clean and minimal, illuminated by green, red, or blue fluorescent lights. The colors you see change as you move from room to room, providing a great experience to the senses.


Feeling green.


Standing in the middle of the three rooms.




Hubs wearing booties (no shoes were allowed in there) and snapping shots.


Our reflection.


I love all of the colors and how they change as we moved around.




Penétrable BBL bleu, Jesús Rafael Soto.


Being able to walk through these blue plastic string was a true sensory experience. Walking forward, backward, sideways. Too much fun.





There were no photos allowed in the rest of the museum, but I rebelled and took a few when the guards weren't looking ;)

A dark room where different projectors told the story of Alice in Wonderland, word by word.


Wall of inspirational people and quotes.

Art and museums are always fun and inspirational. I'm so happy to have visited this space. Can't wait for future exhibits!!

Happy Friday everyone :)