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Inspiration and Ramblings
I keep saying that 2010 is my year, and so far it feels like things are really going my way. We are moving along with the website, there has been a good amount of contact from press and I generally feel healthy happy and fulfilled. I have a lot that I want to get done and it seems that the one problem I'm having is waking up early enough in the day t get it all done. I wake up bu 8 usually but after going to the gym and general beauty regiment (shower, curl, eyelash, dress and heel) It seems like I can never leave the house before 11. We still manage to get a lot accomplished at the shop but there is so much more to be done!
1. Photshoots- We need to finish shooting all the new spring, jewelery and sale! We also need to get it uploaded to the site asap! We hope to launch the new e-commerce site next month. Currently we have been shooting on our own, but we need some help for the final push, so anyone who wants to come in and help us for their portfolios, experience and maybe some lovely merch trade, let us know. I mean isn't just hanging around he BellJar girls reason enough? We promise beauty and decor tips as well as champagne!
2. Video Casts. I want to start doing a weekly video on style, shopping, beauty, love, fashion, and random darling ramblings. Do you guys think you care to hear such things as flea market tips, how to apply fake eyelashes or possibly about my ever fascinating and often tragic but always glamorous love life?
3. Prepare the fall buying plan! We seem to keep running out of gorgeous little frocks for all you pretty ladies so we are really getting strategic for fall to make sure this does not continue to be the BellJar trend. (ps thanks for shopping) We Plan to continue on with Funktional, Grace Sun, and Literature Noir amongst others! But will be searching for new lines!
4. Buying trips and gift shows!!!! Loads of travel coming up. Enk, Project, Pool, International Gift Show, Stationary show and more!
5. Road trips to find random treasures. I need to get my pretty butt out there..so many strange and beautiful things to be found and so little time! What if someone else beats me to them!
6. Get hair extensions put in, and buy some damn new fake eye-lashes...mine are tired I tell you. Ps girls only wear Shu Umera..I kid you not they are a dream come true! Recently a boy told me I had anime eyes. I'll take that!
7. Fall in love...I mean really darlings, isn't that the last step for our glamour filled lives? Well darn it if I don't fall in love weekly and I do enjoy all the lovely gifts, dinners and good conversation, (thanks boys) but this year is all about taking a bit of time to not only focus on my world style domination but also to take a bit of me time and have a real personal life again.
8. Take a vacation. Yes, yes I do realize I'm incredibly spoiled and get to travel all the time for work..and believe me I love my job so it never REALLY feels like work, but I desperately need a week or two somewhere exotic where I do nothing but sip on champagne and get massages! Santarini can you here me?
9. I really want to go to the worlds largest garage sale this year! Who wants to drive the truck?
10. Curate amazing art opening for Gallery BellJar- We have the next five months pretty much covered and I'm really excited about the art we will be showing, but I need to ramp it up, attend more art openings and focus some attention on my other true love. Curating art openings!
11. And of course post more eye candy for you all- so here you go-
xoxo And as always we love and adore you!
A few pictures From Sasha Darling's weekend in LA
Tiff and I went and stayed with Tiff's old BFF from Chicago Kelly. Tiff and Kelly are both visual merch execs for Urban and were working on a store install in Pasadena starting Monday. That left us three whole days to shop, eat and enjoy Kelly's darling little Hollywood Chalet! Some of the highlights include an amazing beautiful brunch, including the best Quiche I have ever eaten, Sasha Darlings spicy Bloody Mary's, vintage shopping, Footsies with Lil K, the amazing realization that Tiff can french braid, and a fab new pair of huge sunglasses so that Sasha Darling could go incognito! xoxo
We love Double K!
Keleigh Kincaid besides being the sweetest and cutest girl in town, she also is one of the Best Local Jewelery Designers!! SHe also donates 10% iff er sales to breast cancer research. Check out more styles here!
Gallery BellJar Featuring Jason Vivonia
SHOOK ONES
FEATURING
JASON VIVONA
January 15th - February 13th
Opening Reception
January, Friday the 15th
6:00 - 9:00 PM
Gallery BellJar
3187 16th Street
San Francisco
A little bit from the artist-
"I was born in Springfield, Massachusetts. (birthplace of basketball and Indian Motorcycles).
I settled in the Bay Area of California, to live and work, after traveling North America for over a decade and a half.
my new paintings are paintings,drawings,sculptures, and quilts all in one. they are odd creatures.
I really enjoy watching Northern Exposure and drinking some wine."
Learn more about Jason at one of these amazing links!
www.jasonvivona.com
www.werideatnight.com
www.flickr.com/vivonaart
Full bio
JASON MATTHEW VIVONA
Born December 31, 1975, Springfield, MA.
Education
1994-1997 Massachussetts College of Art
Jason Vivona currently resides in Santa Rosa, CA. He concentrates on creating visual art and music as well as serving as Art Director for WE RIDE AT NIGHT, an art/skateboard company that produces collaborative works with other artists in the form of limited edition skateboards and clothing. Also, Vivona currates WE RIDE AT NIGHT's quarterly group exhibition that showcases the artists that the company collaborates with.
His work has been exhibited in numerous galleries across the United States such as 111 MINNA in SF, The Museum of New Art in Detroit, and Vitale Gallery in Florida to name a few. Although mainly in group exhibitions, his work has been featured solo at Syracuse University and Homestar Modern in Portland, OR. among others
Vivona's work has been published in Juxtapoz, Transworld Skateboarding, WARP, DIW, Skyscraper, RELAX, Portland FunBook 3 and many more.
His newest work is constructed much like that of the abstract expressionists,where a mark is made, and the following mark is a reaction to the initial mark and so on. Vivona, in a sense, abstractly applies an extensive vocabulary of initially identifiable visual elements to create an ever-evolving narrative within the piece. The end result being a completely cohesive, realized image, often laced with curtural reference and satirism.
Vivona directs a portion of his energy to freelance design. In the past he's worked for such companies as Consolidated Skateboards, Fuel TV, Arena Rock Recording Co., Innes Clothing, and Converse. Currently he is producing work for Nike 6.0, Volcom, and Drop City Productions acting as art director and character/set designer for new animated commercials and television programs, partnering up with Adult Swim alum and director of photography, Jeffrey Gardner and writer/photographer, Tod Brilliant.