Stop Motion Video - "Forget Me Not"

Decided to give stop-motion video a try with my 5D Mark II... Hope you enjoy watching as much as I enjoyed making!

Forget Me Not from Studio 219.

Horizontal.

I made these necklaces a couple months ago from resale store pins.  I liked the idea of making them into horizontal pendants rather than the more common vertical type.  Lucky for me, all three sold while I was consigning at Design Collective in Minneapolis.  

While there are plenty of resale stores out here in San Francisco, many don't have the same price ranges that I'm used, but I'm still on the hunt for the good deals!

Stamp and Ink

Just putzing the day away with typewriter letter stamps, no big deal.  If you are in search for some stamps, try the local thrift store first because crafts store stamps are way over priced. 

200 yards...

200 yards = 182.88 meters = 7200 inches = 0.113636364 miles...

However, 200 yards is not just any ol' measurement but it happens to be the name of one of Lightbox SF's unique photo projects currently happening in San Francisco.  Their idea behind the project is to highlight a micro-neighborhood that branches a 200 yard radius from a specific point.  Within that radius is free range for photographers, of all kinds, to take photos of what compels them or what they think defines that area.


Their 4th show is happening at Dickerman Prints which is the center point of the radius.  I've decided to enter the contest for the affordable fee of $25 for each 5 photos entered.  So, I had a photo adventure of the area the other day with my friend Aaron.  Lots of neat industrial buildings housing dance studios and lofts lined the streets.  I kind of found it a difficult area to photograph but these are my final five photos that I came up with and entered.  I guess we'll see what comes of it; wish me luck!

 

Check out 200 Yards for more information...

Pyrite

Over the weekend I visited one of the most amazing stores in San Francisco, Paxton Gate.  It's located on Valencia Street in the Mission between 19th and 20th street.  Paxton Gate offers unique landscaping services but it's store is filled with wonderful artifacts of the natural world.  Various taxidermy line the walls along with terrariums filled with moss and succulents.  They have wonderful one-of-a-kind jewelry, numerous books on critters and gardening, and carnivorous plants to rid you of any fruit fly problems.  I found a nice chunk of pyrite for $3 and turned it into this hefty piece of jewelry.

I highly recommend stopping in to see what beautiful creations they have come up with and it's a perfect place to buy a one-of-a-kind gift.  

A few of my favorite things...

As I was syncing my iPhone with my computer this morning, I decided to flip through the hundreds of photos I've taken with it.  Here is a highlight of some of what I miss from my 7 years spent living in Minneapolis...

Thrifting with buddies...

Snowy, snowy Winters

...and pals

Backyard patio

Cupcakes 'n Coffee at Cake Eater Bakery

                 

Garage with the boys

1101 Roommates

Minnesota Summers on the Lake