After
a full day of modeling ("modeling") for
Summer Water, Caitlyn (who keeps a blog called
Lemonade) was gracious enough to let me come over to take pictures of her apartment. I had been over once before and was really impressed. Caitlyn is ten years younger than I am, and this is her first apartment (besides shared student accommodations and furnished, short-term sublets). It is unbelievable to me! My first apartment was only a few blocks away from Caitlyn's; it was the basement of a beautiful Victorian-era house on Euclid Avenue, but the basement had none of the pretty features of the rest of the house. My walls were decorated with photographs in clip frames and a picture of Bill Murray that I had ripped out of the New York Times magazine. Caitlyn's apartment is cozy and sweet, and I know it will get so much better over time.
You might know Caitlyn if you've been into Robber (she drew the little Robber ad in my sidebar), or you might know her as one half of
Cosmic Latte if you attended
City of Craft last year. I first encountered her
through Flickr a few years ago, before she had moved to Toronto.
I love this vintage Canadian National blanket. The embroidery is so pretty!
Sometimes Geoff and I treat Caitlyn as though she's our little sister and give her things and let her try out some of our cameras (she has a wall that we jokingly call the "Fieldguided wall" since it features one of my
embroideries of Haydée Politoff on it and a cat print by Geoff). She took these two pictures with one of our SX-70 Polaroid cameras one day when Geoff stopped by Robber. Cute!
This necklace is by her dear friend and all around lovely lady,
Rosalyn Faustino. Rosalyn made these necklaces as part of Cosmic Latte and they are just amazing. Absolutely unique and pretty.
I spy a copy of Valley of the Dolls! That makes me so happy.
Apparently people tease her for her sequins on a string but I think they are so great. I like how here they look as though they're floating in the sky.
Thanks, Caitlyn!