Thursday, October 28, 2010

Inspired at Disneyland

On my recent trip to California I visited "The happiest place on earth", Disneyland! I've always loved it. In high school I even had a season pass. The artists and "imagineers" that make Disneyland's magic have always been an inspiration for me. On this trip I visited with my friend Jesyka Mares and her baby Laelia, it was fun & we spent a lot of the day eating!

While waiting for a table at the new Cafe Orleans we discovered some awesome stuff the New Orleans Square.

First we spotted the caricature artists who can also do really nice regular portraits, too. We even spotted them practicing on each other.
They were also selling these nice watercolors of the haunted mansion, there were many different artist interpretations of the same drawing. I wanted to buy just the blank one and paint it myself!



One of my other favorite shops was a vintage jewelry store, right there in Disneyland! To my dismay it was gone! In its place was a new jewelry/handbag shop with branded merchandise. I snapped this pic because I thought the jewelry really reminded me of our good friend Camille Jackson's work, check out her etsy, Diamonds & Guns.
Next door to that was a glass etching shop where this guy was etching some awesome stuff! You could get your name with your favorite character etched onto all kinds of glassware.


Amazingly we spotted a very cool window display that some hipsters were sitting in. I had to take pics because it was so similar to the theme I devised for our recent Stella makeover. You'll have to stop in and see how she looks & stay tuned for the new pics!


And lastly isn't this bat light amazing?! So Austin!!

3 comments:

  1. Loves it! You snagged some really good snaps. Thanks for thinking of me too! Hope you had a blast. The kid in me has the biggest soft spot for Disneyworld and Disneyland.

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  2. Oh I love D-land!! Thanks for taking pics of the Halloween stuff, I havent been during the fall yet. Its so wonderful!

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  3. That bat light--- I know where it comes from! Rejuvenation http://www.rejuvenation.com/fixshowC327/templates/selection.phtml

    I've always loved it, but never seen it installed anywhere :)

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