As much as I love living in Seattle, our winters tend to be gloomy, soggy, and drag on for-ev-er. Today? It hailed AND snowed. My preferred remedy during the slow season is to escape to a sunny locale. Unfortunately, this year I’ve got so many bags in the works, I can’t pry myself away from my sewing machine anytime soon.
So, I thought I’d share two favorite new methods to cope:
- Rock this NPR playlist “ Beyond California Dreaming”
- Design a virtual sunny-weather outfit on Polyvore, using their huge library of all sorts of fashionable awesomeness.
However, if you’re one of the lucky bastards people to be in southern California right now – go check out Mixture in North Little Italy in San Diego. You’ll be immediately smitten by open loft-like space, adorned with modern furniture and accessories.. .and some great handbags.

p.s. What are your winter-weather coping methods? Please share them in the comments section below. (And if you’ve created some outfits with a Crystalyn Kae bag on Polyvore, please post a link!)

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