Holidaze! BUY LOCAL! ARE YOU LISTENING?

Buy Local Gifts this holiday season! There are plenty of amazing artists and creatives to support and order custom gifts from this holiday season. This will be my 6th year buying locally or from an artist. Sometimes your recipient may have to wait a bit longer as orders get back logged but in the end the gift is truly priceless. Supporting local is a vote for supporting yourself! When you buy from an independent, locally owned business significantly more of your money goes back into the local economy. The money is cycled back into services,farms and continues to strengthen the economic base of the community.

Our one-of-a-kind businesses are an integral part of the distinctive character of San Francisco!  Happy Holidays and see you Saturday at Peter's for an amazing art extravaganza!  Rare art and artifacts for sale keep San Francisco unique and keep it all in the family!

(All images copyright 2006-2010 by Velvet Valentine (TM)

Alice in Wonderland Time of Year Sept 2009

Going into fall I challenge you to turn your world upside down. Bring a sense of bold fantasy into your life with the colors of fall fashion. Bring your world alive with color in every detail of your wardrobe. Pack your whites away as summer slips into slumber and unveil your adventurous color palette. Look inside for inspiration and look outside for clues from nature. Be the explorer of your own fashion statements. As an archeologist dusts away the crumbled rock from their buried treasure. Excavate your your soul and find your true colors and wear them!

Alice and Wonderland is the eternal child spirit alive in all of us. Let this dormant season allow the deeper sides of the self to creep through. Find yourself on the other side of the rabbit hole. You just might find joy in what character you really are and not the mask you put on everyday.

Summer Time Soups and Eating for the Soul

What greater pleasure than to whip up and eat homemade summer time soup. I have had the good fortune of growing up in California with the freshest ingredients. Some of my fondest memories as a child were spent in the kitchen. My belief is cooking and eating are not chores, they are one of life's gifts that nourish the soul as well as the body. A great way to get your vitamins and have hearty meal is with this organic puree of carrot ginger soup. I bought the ingredients at Rainbow Grocery and simply cooked the carrots in 4 cups of water. When the mixture boils and softens you just place the mixture in a blender and puree. You can use any fresh ingredients and add herbs as you desire. This is my way to have lunch handy or a sweet dinner on the patio under the stars of summer. It's bright and colorful and pleasing to the eyes.

Eating sensibly is really the best diet, and the best way we can teach our children to appreciate good food. The pleasure we can take from eating leisurely together or alone. Savoring a good meal simply makes us feel good. Food should not be feared. It should be a source of pleasure and well-being.

New Beginnings! 2009:) Yoga

Yoga is taking center stage in my life these days. People who know me well know my passion for teaching! This is to say all my fashions, creations, and art will be moving into a meditative direction. I will still be making and creating for clients and stores. The focus of the items will be inspired by nature, movement, meditation, and with the best quality ingredients.

New In 2009 by Velvet Valentine

ECE Yoga (eceyoga.com coming soon) Wellness classes designed for schools, non-profits, camps, & kids of all ages!
Family Yoga Classes: Bonding classes designed to bring connection, harmony and joy to the whole family!
MIndful Care Giving Classes: Learn the yoga of spending time with children while going with the flow.
ECE Yoga Certification : Learn to teach early childhood education yoga in an age appropriate style.
ECE for Adults: These classes involve connecting with your inner child. Yoga postures, dance, and creativity are a part of every class.

*** All my classes inspire one and all to get into a flow consciousness. Teaching love and kindness towards self and others.***


Services Still provided: (Consultation Required)
Mindful Styling:
Feng Shui your life head to toe and inside out. The appropriate hair cut, clothing style, and image for your success. Also includes diet and movement assessment.
Contemplative Photography:
Individuals, companies, businesses, experience the joy of thoughtful photography to advance your goals.

I look forward to serving the world with my new inspiration and perspective.

Love Letters, available at Paragraph 1234 9th Ave between Irving & Lincoln

Please visit Paragraph located at 1234 9th Ave at Lincoln near Golden Gate Park! Hurry and get your limited edition Valentine cards by yours truly. All hand made and ready to send to your loved ones. Get them while they last! See you soon other great ideas a head. Enjoy your life every day! Love Velvet

Recycled Paper Only used n the making of these products:)) Think green from your heart!

Everything is coming up roses:)

Really fun shoot! More Photos to come!

Happy New Year Happy New President!!!!!

I have been sitting in silence and meditating pouring out the old thoughts from last year. It's been an eventful year full of life and change. The old saying is still appropriate "If you have nothing nice to say......" you know the rest. As we say nanana na na na na GOOD-BYE.............. to the BUSH REGIME......I sit in peace and harmony! As an educator I have HOPE for the future generations who can believe in change. Tiny hands that create can now hopefully use all the colors in the box. Only 60 years ago the world was a much different place.

His speech this morning monumental and poetic. The beautiful poem by poet Elizabeth Alexander mentioning sewing and mending "that which needs to be mended." As I look ahead to the year there are many things that need to be mended in my life.

When I glance the gorgeous Jackie O look Mrs O wore a golden ensemble to the inauguration. Designed by Isabel Toledo a veteran of the fashion industry. Symbolic choice of color, texture and cut were carefully chosen for this special day. Many special women also apart of this day. Aretha Franklin, Hilary Clinton, and so many unmentioned strong amazing women can also look to a more promising future. To the future, let there be color, let there be light, let there be the brightest days to come!

From Cole Valley HOOORAY!!!!!!!!!!!!