natalie is the reason that i’m smitten with fashion, i’m mad for it. longtime readers of my blog know that i was once a fashion addict. i subscribed to all the glossies, bought randolph duke cashmere dresses from showrooms (ah, the dot.com days when everyone was flush and insane) and even launched my own […]

i first learned of amy karol a year ago via my friend, jeff, and let me just say that it was love at first click. her website was a miraculous journey into someone who loves crafting and creating things from pieces of fabric, the chink of needles, and the buzz of a sewing machine, […]

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Writers Revealed, originally uploaded by summerpierre.

she’s a writer, an artist and a rock star! she’s summer pierre, a dear friend, a fellow fan of books and all things Plath, a transplant from the very scary […]

i’ll make a confession. i’m a trash picker. the night before the recycling crew rolls up to park slope, i walk by certain houses and pick through magazine piles. i don’t actually reach into trash bins, perse (okay, that one time but it was vogue, for chrissake), but folks are savvy enough to bind […]

remember my crazy craft stint last march? or maybe you’ve checked out craft zine’s national handwriting day? has your handwriting (like mine) been reduced to pathetic chicken scratch? have you forgotten the cost of a stamp? have you lamented that you occasionally can’t remember your address?
well, my carpal-tunnel suffering, paper-frightened friends — i’m here to […]

you’re all talking about it, but are you writing? really? are you making connections offline? whipping out the pen and discovering that the chicken scratch is indeed your once perfect penmanship? (who writes the cursive letter for “Q” anymore??!! Bring Q back, I say!) remember, this project was inspired by both craftzine (big swoon) […]

i’ve just created a flickr page for all those obsessed with abandoning the crackberries for just a little bit. click here to join my letter lover’s group. post sweet correspondences, old notes, and projects that truly express your passion for the written word.
and feel free to check out samara o’shea’s website. the gal who […]

this month will mark a decade since i’ve spoken to my mother. the last time i saw her was in 1996, when a car took her away from me and drove her to a man who would eventually try to kill her. she called in the spring of 97, her voice cracking; i could […]

i’ve been fond of pen and paper and what the combination can do since i was nine. there is something delicious about a foreign stamp, an APO address, crepe paper, fragrant ink, and the husky envelope awaiting to be opened with my teeth. i’d shiver watching the confetti, the glitter, the Lisa Frank and […]

i don’t talk about my day job here because, quite frankly, i want to keep it. also, i don’t dig mixin’ business with pleasure but consider this a commercial break because i simply adore samara o’shea’s for the love of letters. i’ve talked about my affection for letter writing. when i was a child, […]

my father and i have the kind of conversations where we’re always affectionately yelling at one another. i squeak, he growls into base. we’re melodramatic, everything is a holocaust and the world, quite rightly, is coming to a goddamn end (kids today! we lament). so when i mention the possibility of installing shelves […]

click here to view the set, my friends, in all its gritty detail. i am a smidge more confident about this room and note that you’re catching me in mid-week madness as i prepare to mail out hundreds of copies of my literary magazine, small spiral notebook, to my wonderful subscribers.
here are the […]

after loading up all these photos on flickr, believe me when i say that i’m this close to torching the lot. click here to view the set. my living room is quite small, in desperate need of paint, and the room is wired such that the entertainment center has to remain pretty much where it […]