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Outfit of the Day: the yellow ladder.

Monday, May 2nd, 2011

betsy & iya has been around for 3 years (+) now.  Sometimes when I look back I think…how in the heck did I get here???  It is true for me that when I’m climbing a tall ladder, if I look down, chances are I’ll probably turn around and go back.  For some reason, with this particular climb, I’ve just kept on going.  A few rungs have wiggled and cracked here and there, shaking me up, yes, but I haven’t let them stop me.

I’ve been in crazy design mode lately.  The awesome pleasure I have of working with amazing people who get things done (Will, Lupe, and Kate + other amazing folks) has afforded me the open time and space I have needed to let the ideas flow.  With that plus the weather, these are the outfits I feel like wearing most days:

Every morning I think…oh this could be an outfit-of-the-day day…and most mornings I end up throwing on my brown cords or slumpy jeans and think…no, this is what I need for design brain.  So I figured it’s only fair that I show you where I’ve been for the past few months.  Cheating, maybe, but this is an accurate OOTD for the time being.

Pants: years old J. Crew staple

Shirt: Forever 21

Headband: an amazing trade from the Holiday Crafty Wonderland sale (I cannot for the life of me remember the name of the company…I will post as soon as I do)

Boots: Matisse

Earrings: new color vintage, betsy & iya

In addition to the new design project, The Music, we are busy editing (slash: killing) old designs and making room for new ones, like these hot new color vintage pieces:

These color super models will premiere at the Crafty Wonderland Spring show this Saturday and we’ll have them available in our online shop very soon.

In the meantime, we’ll keep on climbing that bright ladder and hope you do the same.

See ya up there.

xoxo~betsy

***Song of the Moment: SpottieOttieDopaliscious, by OutKast***

Week(s) in (picture) Review.

Friday, February 4th, 2011

Have a beautiful weekend.

~betsy

***Song of the Moment: Where I’m From, by the Digable Planets***

Outfit of the Day: care packages and jellies.

Monday, August 23rd, 2010

A few weeks ago, I received a care package from my mama.  I love care packages.  I remember the first time I left home for more than just a down-the-street sleepover, I felt like I was leaving for years.  I had a blast making new friends and learning how to ride horses and shoot with a bow and arrow and slide down huge slides and fight for the red team and spill an entire box of beads from the top bunk to the floor, but I never forgot about home.  And the thing is, I was the envy of all my bunk-mates.  The reason:  my family sent me letters and packages EVERY day.  I started feeling a bit guilty because the mail dude would come in and say our names if something came in for us… it never failed.  I felt like the luckiest little girl in the world.

Jumper:  Stewart & Brown

Tee:  American Apparel

Leggings: basic blacks from anywhere

Jellies: CARE PACKAGE! (steve madden)

Earrings: yours truly

When I opened this package is was like a gust of childhood nostalgia permeated the room—swim team, bathing suits with holes in the middle, dress up, long afternoons of song writing (I used to take old songs like…”It’s my party and I’ll cry if I want to…” and somehow manipulate them into my own), forest deck forts, painted rocks, friendship bracelets, the 80s…just– the 80s, lots of cuddling, lots of love.  All of these amazing memories jumped out at me in the form of jellies and my day was instantly made.

Thank you, mama!  I love my new jellies SO much!

If you’re thinking about sending a loved one a care package—do it.  In the age of facebook messages, texts, and emails, there’s really nothing like a rough cardboard box with a handwritten note and a little surprise inside.

xo~betsy

***Song of the Moment: Lovin’ Arms, by Etta James***

Famous Jewelry.

Wednesday, August 18th, 2010

It’s so fun to see our jewelry on National TV.  Hurray for Model Latina NYC!!

Meet model Amanda, who won the challenge, wearing betsy & iya jewelry:

Beautiful!  She’s wearing the Righteous Record earrings in black.

Sooooo fun!

***Song of the Moment: Moves, by The New Pornographers***