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Art & Fashion in an Old Catholic Convent

Posted on January 16th, 2010 in local artists, musicians, & other creative folk, photo shoot fun, we like to gather with 6 comments

A few nights ago I finally got myself and some of my friends together enough to pull off an indoor photo shoot. We did it at St. Joseph’s Hall and Cultural Center- built in the 1860s, St. Joe’s originally served as a convent and orphanage for the early Catholic, mostly Irish, Gold Rush 49ers. There is a beautiful old cemetery across the street, a grand church across the other street, and a Catholic school right next door. Today the great hall serves as a stage for performers, meeting place for traveling Tibetan monks, and hopefully from now on regular Violet Folklore photo shoot space.

Graham made a delicious enchilada casserole, we had free flowing beer, wine, and chocolate, and random friend folks stopped by and ambled through as we did our best to make a go of this brand new photo shootin’ experience. (Next time: better lighting!).

The art backdrops were all hand cut out of paper by Nevada City artist Tahiti Pehrson. (<- Website designed by Graham- jack of all trades. For more on Tahiti see my blog from last year Epicly Layered). His work is beautiful, intricate, and one of a kind- check this blog for a giveaway featuring one of his (smaller) pieces next week! That’s him top left in the above shots. Top right is photographer Samantha’s very cool, obviously very stylish nine year old son Julian, bottom left is my new friend and stellar new model Ariella, and bottom right is my older but still pretty new friend and also stellar new model Jasbir, being primped by her husband, musician Spencer Seim. Continue Reading... (589 words + 17 images, estimated 2:21 mins reading time)

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Tales From A Gunne Parade

Posted on October 14th, 2009 in 70s, bohemian, favorite pieces, local artists, musicians, & other creative folk, photo shoot fun, we like to gather with 8 comments

You all remember our Gunne Parade in Sacramento this past weekend, of course?

Here is the wonderful Atelier, one of the most charming clothing stores in all of Northern California. The ladies who run it have made an intimate, inspiring space filled with incredible vintage and one-of-a-kind clothing designs. It's true love right from the rosebush by the front door:

Hey, that's us on the sign! And recognize the clothes on that rack? It's our Trunk show! We just love how all the pretty dresses look hung up together…

(Every inch of Atelier is thoughtfully decorated, even the windows!)

Here is one of the Atelier "advertisements" for the Gunne Parade… none other than an exquisite Gunne, of course! And some more of the dreamy inside of the store:

The adorable children's section:

We were talking about how someone should do some kind of Gunne database… I mean, all of us agreed that we just keep seeing new Gunne designs all the time! How many dresses did this one company make? Here's a late 60s one that takes the cake:

Love those birds!

The Gunne Database might solve some of the Gunne Mysteries… like why these two very similar dresses (one is ours, one belongs to Atelier) have different labels. One is in the Bridal Collection, one is not. Huh??? (By the way that's Amber with Kara, one of the owners of Atelier. Kara also runs the fabulous Etsy shop Porkchop Rules! Check it out! Kara is wearing a Gunne skirt/vest set.) Continue Reading... (544 words + 15 images, estimated 2:11 mins reading time)

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Golden Girls

Posted on August 13th, 2009 in Clothing Fantasy Lands, Shop Preview!, photo shoot fun with 3 comments

From Sasha

Yes, we're at it again… your late afternoon girls at Empire Mine State Park! The gold in these hills built this fabulous mansion and grounds, and now it helps us to build our Etsy Empire– hee hee! Check out all these ridiculously yummy goodies, coming to the shop tonight, if my mother-in-laws chocolate cookies can keep me awake long enough to upload everything:

Yes, it's a Gunne… start the covetous sighing.

Do these earrings look familiar? Sharing is Caring!

I should SO have a beer stein in my hand:

We love this trellis, which must have been made for climbing vines; it kind of looks like a giant parasol behind Amber:

Do I not get out enough? This photo is my idea of funny: "Amber, pretend you're talking on the phone!" Yup.

The newly coronated Tropical Queen:

Fall is coming and cozy is just starting to seem fun again… especially in this fuzzy little dream poncho.

Amber gets in touch with her roots:

Alice in Wonderland has never gone out of style in my mind, and I am so glad that she will be back in the public consciousness with the forthcoming Tim Burton movie. This dress has the total Alice vibe… just waiting for a trippy ride down a rabbit hole!

This open-weave sweater has the best label ever: "Inspiration"- with a star. Hells yes!

And the "model's hair toss". Don't hate me because I'm beautiful, as the Pantene model used to say!

Back to school, on the plane or the train, or just hanging out looking like there are important and mysterious things in your paisley bag:

Cozy-coze!

These shoes are in perfect shape! I would have thought they were new except for the distinctly 60s font on the label!

Cold chillin':

Amber christened this one the Forest Fairy Dress, and I couldn't agree more.

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Champagne wishes and pretty-dress dreams!

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Roadside Attractions

Posted on July 29th, 2009 in 60s, 70s, Shop Preview!, bohemian, photo shoot fun, the lore of the land & herbs with 2 comments

From Sasha

Last night I got home too late to take pictures at my house, which is in the shade of a big hill and gets dark early. I was hot to capture these two cool pieces, though, so I did something I have never done before– got fully dressed, hopped in the car, and went looking for a roadside that still had lots of light left. I found one! Such lovely meadows and cat-tails… even a lane lined with blackberry bushes. The funny thing is that, even though I look like I am in the middle of nowhere, I am actually standing right at the side of the road, with the occasional Ford pickup driving by with someone on their way home from work, people walking their dogs, etc. I even got buzzed by a car full of teenagers who were hanging out of the windows of a dusty beater and (quite genuinely) yelling "whoo!". The things we do for art…