Milford, Texas

Milford, Texas, originally uploaded by Natalie Tischler.

Milford, Texas

Milford, Texas, originally uploaded by Natalie Tischler.

Oklahoma City Weekend

This past weekend I had to travel up to Oklahoma City for The Girlie Show. The show was great! They hold it in this beautiful old Farmers Market building. The crowd was super fun. Friday night was a crazy party atmosphere with loud pumping music and a huge crowd dressed to the nines. Saturday was a more mellow shopping crowd with local singer songwriters playing some great music. I met lots of really nice folks and learned that Oklahoma City is quite a vibrant city full of interesting people!



Most of the time I do shows on my own but this time I drug James along with me so that we could make a fun weekend out of it. It was late on Friday when I got out of the show so we had dinner in a college bar called Flips and did some fun people watching. On Saturday night, after the show ended, we had a fancy dinner at Paseo Grill.

On Sunday we had breakfast at a great little place called Classen Grill. I took a day off and relaxed around the hotel room with James. We caught up on some movies, Wall-e and Vicky Cristina Barcelona, and did some reading.


In the evening we ventured toward downtown and walked around the Oklahoma City National Memorial and took pictures. We had dinner at Iguana Grill. On Monday I visited stores before we headed home. On the way home we drove through torrential rain storms and had to pull off the road to wait it out at one point. It was such a nice weekend with my man.



It's a very busy time of year for me and my business. I have 7 shows in the span of 6 weeks! Then I am headed off to Spain for 21 days of relaxing and sightseeing! We are planning to stay in Madrid and travel to Barcelona and Granada. Travel suggestions are welcome!

a little sentimental

Perhaps I am a little sentimental but I really treasure little gifts from friends. All of these things are gifts and they greet me every day when I walk into my studio. They always make me smile!


The little painted toad rock is from Melissa Gable.
The succulent plant was a studio warming gift from Wendy Whatley.
And, the owl is an adorable thrift store find from my assistant/friend, Marisa.

Looking at the stars

I camped with some friends at Inks Lake State Park this past weekend. We hiked and watched lovely sunsets. We cooked yummy sausages over the campfire. My absolute favorite moment was hiking out at night to the top of a very large rock. We laid down and looked up at the stars. We had a panoramic view of the sky. Our friend Adam pointed out a bunch of cool constellations. We saw many shooting stars but two of them were really long and left a greenish trail behind them. It was sort of scary to be out in the woods in the dark. I am kind of a scaredy-cat when it comes to nature. I always worry I will see a wild animal or a poisonous snake. It was satisfying to try to overcome these fears and enjoy some outdoor time. Here are some pictures.

James' Birthday

I am super excited because I was accepted again this year to Blue Genie Art Bazaar and Cherrywood Art Fair! I am making some awesome new jewelry for these shows. I know that the customers who attend these two Austin shows really appreciate handmade and locally produced gifts. I am gonna bring it!


Since James' birthday fell right after ACL this year and we were kind of tired, we didn't do much to celebrate at the time. But, he's 39 - so you have to do something cool to mark the last time you'll ever be thirtysomething. This weekend we spent a night out downtown. We got a room at the Raddison, overlooking Congress Avenue Bridge. We went out for sushi and then drinks at a neat rooftop bar called Speakeasy. Walking around downtown was lovely because of the cool breeze. On Saturday morning we had breakfast in bed and leisurely watched tv all morning. It was a nice little break!



I had fun playing with my new iphone over the weekend. Not only did I get a new phone, I also got a cool new camera! You can download apps that give the pictures a different quality. The one I used in these is called Camera Bag.

ACL Recap

ACL rocked! This was my first year having a booth there and it was such an amazing experience. I met so many nice people from all over the place and received so many amazing compliments on my work. The sheer number of people who came through my booth was astounding. I took as many customer pictures as I could and now they are all up in my customer gallery on flickr. One of my customers was the beautiful and talented Erykah Badu who came through the art market and supported several Austin artists! She let me take her picture wearing her new rings and necklace. She's quite lovely.


Sadly I only got away to see one band, The Swell Season. It was a nice band to see with James. They sounded great. There were more that I wanted to see, like Beck, M. Ward, Iron & Wine and Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings, but my booth was so busy that I never really felt okay about leaving even though I had two great helpers, Karen and Marisa.


I did score an amazing slip dress from Ruby Pearl for myself. I wore it on the second day and I LOVE it!

The days were crazy - we left the house at 8:30 in the morning and didn't get back home until midnight. Our dogs really missed us. We spent some quality late night time with them when we got home. The dust was pretty bad this year and I am still feeling a little sick from it. I have what sounds like a smoker's cough! Overall though I have to say it was just so much fun. James would help me in the mornings and when my first helper got there I would push him out of the booth to go watch bands. He had a great time and I enjoyed seeing the look of pure happiness on his face everytime he would come back from a good show!