Catch Up // Happenings + Inspiration

It's been a packed couple weeks and though I've been taking lots of photos, I haven't put together posts on each topic.  Instead of fretting or letting photos go to waste, I've created a mash-up cheater post to share with you ....everything all at once!  Sneaky-sneaky...  and enjoy xoxo

Emma Robertson of Emma Dime and Lo Crosier of LoCro invited a bunch of ladies over for happy hour at their co-joined studio spaces {dreamy}.  Also check it: Emma's book just came out! http://amzn.to/1gACDTe

Made this little rosecut diamond ring for Heather and Jon.  Jon actually made the band himself!

After getting back from the Grand Canyon and Zion, I was hungry for a good view... so I went for a 10 mile run on Mt. Tam.  Lovely.

For some reason I got a crazy craving for oysters, so I drove out to The Marshall Store and ate a dozen BBQs with a buddy.  We then stopped at Tomales Oyster Co. and picked up a sack to BBQ at my childhood friend's house in West Marin.  This here is a Golden Nugget, a name right after my jeweler heart.

Uh, did I mention we got featured in SUNSET MAGAZINE?!  Guess I should have mentioned that, it was such a huge honor!  My neighbors Marion and Rose + Umami Mart were featured as well.

Took an overnight to my namesake/god-auntie's house in Sebastopol.  We had a campfire with wine and great conversation, and I did an early morning jog through the orchards the next day.  I also did an Enneagram and discovered I am a 7-- The Enthusiast/Epicure.

Just a pretty Oakland Sunset captured from my bedroom window.

Took a weekend trip to my Grandpa's house near Whiskytown Lake, and took the boat out for a picnic.

Found a bunch of old photos at my Grandpa's house, this one is of the two of us.  He calls me Katy-Bird.

My favorite place to sleep in the whole world, out on my Grandpa's porch during the summer.  Crickets singing, stars blarring.

Hiked out to Alamere Falls/ Bass Lake.  I grew up in West Marin and unbelievably had never been before.  Gonna go back with my bathing suit for a dip next time.

Bass Lake is a 3 mile hike in from Mesa Road in Bolinas.

The Falls.  Like Whoa.

Walked out to the new tower on the Bay Bridge.  Pretty awesome.  It's 7 miles round-trip though, so wear sunscreen {this dummy forgot}.

Got out my sandcasting tools to craft a special ring for a client who wanted to use silver her Dad had given her, in remembrance.  

The result.  

That about brings us up to date, friends.  xoxo

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Go Far // Bolinas

Okay, so I guess technically Bolinas isn't "far" from Oakland.  Only about an 90 minute drive from The Town, Bolinas is one of my old haunts from teenage-dom.  I was getting up to no good back then, as many kids growing up in rural west Marin are apt to do.  It's a very different place for me now, although I usually go to Stinson when I need a beach day.  The little extra drive was worth it though, Bolinas is significantly more laid back which was just what my best friend Lynsey and I needed.

Laying out on our big beach blanket (that I always keep in my truck for just-so purposes), I felt transported back to what the beach felt like when I was a kid-- lots of families hanging out, naked kids everywhere, dogs running and playing in the water with little to no supervision, big over-sized and dangerous holes dug near sand castles.  It feels less structured, less worried, more trusting.  There must have been at least 50 surfers in the water too which makes for good entertainment.  I had myself a pretty good sun-soaked snooze which was absolutely heavenly.

My bud brought her dog Adeline July with us, and she had herself a good old time digging with her ball, trying to scavenge food from other beach-goers, and running wild and free in the water.  She was a beautiful sandy, exhausted mess at the end of the day.

Here are a few outtakes from our day.

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