iron & wine - walking far from home

i can't get enough of iron & wine's song 'walking far from home.'

it's a new semester for me and i'm excited to be taking 3 graphic design classes and working in projects. every now and then if the projects turn out well, i'll share them here.

tea for two, two for tea {crown & crumpet}

Crown & Crumpet is a tea room located in San Francisco's Ghiradelli Square. It was my first time there and I went with my sister, Anna. I love the British and vintage inspired space and the whole shop is beautifully decorated with glass jars of candy and vintage floral wallpaper. The floors are checkerboard pink, i also loved that on the walls were vintage signs that say 'tea merchant' and 'luncheonette.' They also have a pretty gift shop in the corner, with tea cups and other tea related merchandise. I had a fun and relaxing time here & service was really friendly and efficient. i drank tons of tea and ate nearly everything except for a few of the desserts. by then, i was full from all that tea!




behind the counter are cannisters filled with fine loose-leaf tea sold by the ounce. i had a large pot of strawberry oolong tea and really loved it!






a purely decorative (fake) cake, used for birthday parties held at crown & crumpet.


a tower of sweets, mostly in the marshmallow family. very colorful and decorative.



my sister anna, reading all about the scandalous life of the duchess of windsor.





more pretty candy...


tea for two - trays of tiny sandwiches, scones and sweets.

my finds from the vintage paper fair

i spent a few hours at San Francisco's Vintage Paper Fair poring through tables and tables of postcards, patiently finding paper treasures. i bumped into a friend who was attending the show for the first time and guided her through the fair because she was feeling overwhelmed. plus it helped that i knew where a certain vendor sells all his postcards for 25 cents.


one of my favorite finds are these fragile german aerogrammes,which are typewritten. of course i can't read any german, but they are from the 1950s.


postal covers, most of these were 50 cents to a dollar each. i try to limit my budget to items that cost no more than $2.


postcards from france, i also love the back sides which say 'carte postale.' some of them i bought because of the pretty handwriting and not for the image.


a bunch of old photographs, most of them are small snapshots. a few are images of italy, and most are images of people.


a bunch of postcards i found that are all letter writing related.

san francisco's vintage paper fair Jan 8 & 9

next weekend is San Francisco's vintage paper fair, on January 8 & 9 at the Hall of Flowers in Golden Gate Park. I'll be scouring the booths for goodies such as vintage postcards - in an assortment of themes, covers (vintage envelopes), maps, and much more!