amusing adages from kennedy prints found at one of our favorite little art spots in the neighborhood, lill st art center. Thought we’d end this year & start the new with some chuckles  HAPPY HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!  See you in 2012

head over to Lill St for your very own kennedy print

I was on the fabulous style blog, style/SWOON, the other day and she posted about the beautiful world of Sloan Hall, an incredible gift shop in San Antonio, TX.  I whole heartedly agree with Ms. style/SWOON…”really good gift shops should be coveted and rewarded”.  I do covet my favorites and love to reward whenever I can  Hazel on Montrose is still my #1 in Chicago, but my other #1 is Lill Street Art Center (and how nice, just one block from Hazel!).  For all you lovers of ceramic work, paintings, drawings, jewelry, textiles, prints, etchings, glass & digital media (phew!), Lill St is it.   Lill Street is this super cool combo of art classes and gallery all set in this great, warm, inviting space.  Check them out this weekend for their faculty exhibition.  I snuck a few pics while they were setting up the show…..

LOOK at that VASE!!

WOW. How do they do that??

in the gift shop….great gifts…..

I love looking at their wall of mugs. I want to take them all home! All beautiful even on the inside.

just as many fabulous books to choose from

My favorites are the ceramics and pottery….

I can picture my Cheerios already

It gets better…there’s an extra yummy cafe too, The First Slice.

A big slice of chocolate crunch pie please!

There's a peek into the wheel throwing rooms through the windows of the cafe

Lill Street Art Center is located at 4401 N Ravenswood Ave Chicago 60640

of fashion!!  Truth be told, I was not looking forward to working all weekend.  But being the fanatic fashion person that I am, some good fashion can really turn the day (weekend) around!  We had such a great time styling.  We just had to share.

We style every piece that is offered in our on-line boutique.  We like to show you up to three separate looks per piece.  We say it all the time…buy what you love, love what you wear…lots of different ways.   Saturday was all about that….

Today we shot our May cover story at a phenonmenal art center here in our neighborhood, Lill St,  and with one of our favorite models, Michelle Hicks. 

               hair & makeup in our studio, Chicago

                         finished product

              our never-ceases-to-amaze-us photographer, Dane…and Blythe!!

and fashion’s not fashion without a little streetstyle…

our amazing intern, Amanda, never disappoints…