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 To all my fellow spring time lovers -- happy MAY DAY!!!!!!!!

I've been collecting May Day imagery and am excited to share some with you here today. Also in keeping with the spring time celebratory mood I am going to list my favorite floral 11:11 prints available as passport holders, cardholders  and notebooks etc! I also got curious to learn more about the history of May Day and May pole dancing and so of course i turn to my fav, wikipedia.. 

"The earliest May Day celebrations appeared in pre-Christian times, with the festival of Flora, the Roman goddess of flowers, and the Walpurgis Night celebrations of the Germanic countries. It is also associated with the Gaelic Beltane. Many pagan celebrations were abandoned or Christianized during the process of conversion in Europe. A more secular version of May Day continues to be observed in Europe and America. In this form, May Day may be best known for its tradition of dancing the maypole dance and crowning of the Queen of the May."

Ohhh the Queen of May... how totally romantic right?!

Guinevere as the May Queen... anddd she nails it..

So get this , May Pole dancing is so ancient that no one agrees on what its all about. Some say its a symbolic representation of our world continually turning and weaving as the seasons and years go by.. and every spring time the people are so overjoyed that the flowers and trees are coming to life again that they do a dance to symbolize the turning axis of the earth and its eternal spin through space and time! Sounds pretty righteous to me!

And for some charming May Pole Dancing illustrations..

So now here are some celebratory florals for ya.. would make great Mothers Day gifts! Just sayin...

The NEW Rose Plants Passport Holder! 

Also available as a Cardholder , Checkbook Cover, Small and Medium Moleskine Notebook!

The Darling Rose Cardholder! 

This is an old fav, so sweet and charming. A perfect gift for mom if you put a Spa gift card inside it!

The American Wildflowers Checkbook Cover !

Super sweet for any flower and spring time lover..

The Cactus Flower Passport Holder !

For a more southwest spring time flair...

And finally.. a May Day Parade! The sweetest thing I've ever seen!  

"The May Queen rules amid the blossoming hills and dales of the West. She holds high court before a joyous people in a shining fragrant realm. It is the eager bud-time of the year and all the world belongs to youth.."

Love to you.. Happy May and thanks for reading (and shopping)!

xo

At the end of last year I had a vision that I needed to completely re- arrange and redecorate our office / living space rather than move. Ever since we moved to this apt 4 years ago I have been looking forward to the day we would move out. The space is a completely unremarkable 1950's Los Angeles apartment. We like it because the location is pretty central and convenient , its bigger than most other average LA apts.. and its CHEAP! by LA standards anyway... but like I mentioned before.. Its not very pretty , and I like pretty!!! But alas, I am a practical girl, with a big dream, and some times you have to make compromises and make the best of what you have.

I am really excited to show you what we did. I spent pretty much all of January on this. I went through every single thing we own down to the paperclips. It was exhausting and cathartic. It changed everything. I now walk into my home / office and am excited and grateful for the space and the task at hand. It's a HUGE difference... 

Now for the results!!!! Drumroll please....

My office before: SCARY!

This craziness was transformed into this super serene bedroom! OMG! Can you believe this is the same room?

So this was Jai Gopal's office before --

and this is what we turned it into! A super cozy "den" living room!

and then we turned our old living room into our office! We re arranged EVERYTHING!! Check out those labelled bins man!

and what I'm most stoked about.. my spot! I finally feel like I have the base command post I need to take 11:11 to the next level! 

I'm so excited!!!! I hope that this is inspiring for you too! If you don't like where you are - change it! A little Ikea and some hard work does wonders.. 

I am thrilled to debut the first in a series of 7 mini films we have made showing each of our products and how they look in real life! 

Filmed + edited by our amazing all star 11:11 employee Ashley Noelle of Ashley Noelle Studios! She made it possible to bring a vision thats just been in my head, into reality.. and they turned out better than my imagination ! Super grateful for her excellence!

Thanks for watching - and let me know what you think!

Green Kitty Moleskine Notebook

Pride Condom Case

Skeleton Cardholder

Diamond Lady Cardholder

OMG!

We recently hired someone to help us with everything as we enter into our busiest time of year. Her name is Ashley and she has many talents - including photography! She is a professional, as you can clearly see from the above shots, and we are so lucky and so happy to have her on our team. We did a massive photo shoot last thursday and I'm just now going through all the amazing shots. I look fwd to posting more soon, here is just a taste! In the mean time, visit Ashley at her website, and fan her on facebook! 

We've been travelling through the fairy lands of south western Virginia lately.. I have actually managed to learn how to focus and work ( a little bit) on the road, and so have all kinds visions of an office-less future. I mean, I waste so much time being annoyed between four walls. We need to get out more.. and so we are. Life is too short and this land is too beautiful. I hope you are finding the beauty wherever you are too! Happy Summer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!