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"What are we planting here dad?" I asked. I was walking with him one morning, checking out the fields on our farm. I already knew about crop rotation: the old-school method of managing soil health, pest control, etc. We ploughed the fields with heavy plougs each season, rotated corn, soybeans,...

At the top of the new year, many of us make hard decisions about the clothing in our closets. Purging what doesn’t fit, is damaged, or just plain boring is part of our decision making. The sad part is that sometimes a favorite garment appears to be heading toward the rag bag. Often times the piece...

  "There is some magical rainbow 🌈 light in the studio” our photographer Jenn remarked as we arrived for our “honeymoon getaway” themed shoot. I always have a “run of show” plan for any shoot, big or small. This time this beautiful light changed the flow and the opening shots...

Urban Nomad. A collection of handwoven, plant dyed cotton Mali strip weave Indigo and Mudcloth apparel and accessories. Accessorized with fossil and fish skin jewelry. Long believed to be a representation of abundance and psychic connection, the color Indigo has been said to have the ability to make ideas and...

Photo by Chika Okazumi The Wind, the Gown and the Ball. I spent a very windy Sunday at the Melrose Trading Post this summer. So windy in fact, that my neighbor to the left packed up and went home within a couple of hours, leaving me to ponder how to...

What is sustainable fashion and why does it matter today? Sustainability has been defined as "Treating the world as if you wanted to stay." But in today’s fashion world, the business model for the most profitable, billion dollar fast fashion companies in the world is the race to the bottom....

Baked, and ill-nurtured as if lured from the present to the past. On the shore of bohemia, picnic tables by the water, caviar and lentils, strawberries and bread curds, the beach is left the way it is intended to be. No roads, only poverty. only burnish. The mushrooming opulence, like...

  I have a unique connection to nature. Having grown up on a farm in rural Minnesota, I spent most of my childhood with our animals, in our orchards, gardens, and fields. My best friends were my Golden Retriever Ike, German Shepherd Heidi and my pet crow Tuesday who followed...

Many of us take some time at the top of the new year to reflect on the past year, make New Year's Resolutions, perhaps even do some purging of unwanted things in our lives. Sometimes that involves literally cleaning a closet. Other times it is more profound, such as creating...

A Modern, Gatsby Inspired Wedding featuring a minimalist bias gown and flapper inspired danceable reception dress. While at first glance the Gatsby inspired wedding and reception looks may not appear minimalist at all, the gown and reception dresses are actually body conscious, bias cut slip dresses. What makes a statement...