I Spent this past Sunday art directing portraits of derby athletes for a freelance gig I’m working on. I jumped in and took some photos before breaking down our makeshift studio.

So there you have it, the first cover of LOVE — the magazine the blogosphere has been abuzz about since October.  My thoughts?

The thought of boobs without nipples is weird!
Doesn’t the L seem really far away from OVE?
I’m digging the hand-drawn headlines but not the lack of breathing space.
I love her manicure.
Love the color.
I can’t wait to read what other people say!
I can’t wait to see the inside!

Hey LOVE, will you send me a copy, please?

My mom and I went through some more things and found some more great stuff!  Click on the pictures to see them bigger and in more detail.

My late grandfather’s (navy) pilot wings and watch.  My mom said he was very particular about wearing only “flat” watches… you can’t tell from this picture but the face of his watch is so thin!

My mom had a handful of these detailed golden bangles in her collection, she didn’t say much about them but I love these two in particular.

We found my Mom and Dad’s high school rings; they went to Cheshire High (in Connecticut) and North Kingstown High (in Rhode Island) respectively.

My mom had a ‘treasure chest’ (her words, not mine) with these keys in it.  The cool old Preston key is to a trunk in the basement that is full of her clothes from the 60s and 70s… aka the holy grail of treasures.  Unfortunately neither of us have been able to locate the trunk in the basement, I’m still holding onto hope that my dad didn’t get rid of it when our basement flooded a few years ago.

I found both of these lockets in the treasure chest, too.  I love old lockets!  The heart one has a lot of teeth marks on it which leads my mom to believe it’s actually belongs to her friend from when we lived in Tennessee who used to bite her locket out of nervous habit.

This ship necklace is my favorite! It’s no surprise as I love all things nautical.  It was a gift to my mom when either She or my Dad (I can’t remember) won a trip to Cape Cod from work.  So rad!

America’s sweetheart, Karlie Kloss.
Unedited files on Flickr, as usual.

If it wasn’t obvious by the title this inspiration folder is based on the look I’m going for this fall.  Most of it will be way too warm to wear until at least October… which is great as I wont have any money to purchase any of it until then anyway.  As usual full-sized/un-cropped versions are uploaded onto my flickr if you want to save any.