“Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.” -Saint Augustine
“Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.” -Saint Augustine
Above: Angels Flight is a funicular railway. Funicular basically means that it’s a little tram that goes up a steep slope. It opened in 1901 and was designated a Historic Monument of LA on August 6, 1962.
Location: Hill Street and 3rd Street.
Above: Eastern Columbia Building was built in 1930s. YES, it’s ART DECO! It stands out from the rest with its beautiful turquoise colour and gold details. It was designated a Historic Monument of LA on June 28, 1985.
Location: 849 South Broadway
Above: The City Hall building was designed by John Parkinson, John C. Austin, and Albert C. Martin, Sr., and was completed in 1928. It is the tallest base-isolated structure in the world. The tower is art-deco. Interesting fact, the concrete in its tower was made with sand from each of California‘s 58 counties and water from its 21 historical missions. The building was designated a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument in 1976.
Location: 200 North Spring Street
Above: United Artists Building was designed by the architect C. Howard Crane for the United Artists corporation formed by Charlie Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford.Construction was completed in 1927. Its style is Spanish Gothic.
Location: 929 South Broadway
Above: Pantages Theatre opened in 1920. In 1929 it became Warner Bros Downtown Theatre and in 1988 it became the Jewelry Theatre Centre.
Above: Angels Flight is a funicular railway. Funicular basically means that it’s a little tram that goes up a steep slope. It opened in 1901 and was designated a Historic Monument of LA on August 6, 1962.
Location: Hill Street and 3rd Street.
Above: Eastern Columbia Building was built in 1930s. YES, it’s ART DECO! It stands out from the rest with its beautiful turquoise colour and gold details. It was designated a Historic Monument of LA on June 28, 1985.
Location: 849 South Broadway
Above: The City Hall building was designed by John Parkinson, John C. Austin, and Albert C. Martin, Sr., and was completed in 1928. It is the tallest base-isolated structure in the world. The tower is art-deco. Interesting fact, the concrete in its tower was made with sand from each of California‘s 58 counties and water from its 21 historical missions. The building was designated a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument in 1976.
Location: 200 North Spring Street
Above: United Artists Building was designed by the architect C. Howard Crane for the United Artists corporation formed by Charlie Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford.Construction was completed in 1927. Its style is Spanish Gothic.
Location: 929 South Broadway
Above: Pantages Theatre opened in 1920. In 1929 it became Warner Bros Downtown Theatre and in 1988 it became the Jewelry Theatre Centre.
Good morning, today I want to introduce you to the amazing husband and wife team behind the indie shop, LoFi Nomad, Becky and Graham. Like all of the interviews on my blog, this one is truly inspiring! Read the brief interview and get to know a little bit about how this couple and their shop, LoFi Nomad.
1. How did you and your husband decided to start LoFi Nomad? Three and a half years ago we started our travel blog GlobalGrasshopper.com, my husband takes the photos and I write about our experiences, the more we travelled the more people started asking about our photography. We were even lucky enough to gain to a few award nominations along the way. After a few Jack Daniels and cokes in a Los Angeles bar we decided we decided to turn our favourite travel photos into products, we came up with a brand name and Lo-Fi Nomad was born. The range combines our love of abstract and lo-fidelity style photography and travel.
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| [Above: In Bloom Blossom Large Wallet] |
2. What inspires you and how do you keep yourself motivated? Travelling to new places always inspires us and we find beauty in every place we travel. Thinking about what we can discover on our next venture and striving for the next set of beautiful photos is what mostly keeps us going.
3. How would you describe your style (your art)? We have a love of retro, vintage inspired photography so we wanted to give the range that kind of feel. We also use bright abstract style shots as these always look good when printed.
[Above: Beach Life Clock] 4. What is your creative process? My husband takes hundreds of shots from each destination and then we both spend hours sorting through them. The most powerful and emotive images always stand out by themselves so they are the ones we look to use on our products. Although saying this that they don’t always translate well onto to products! Some of my favourite images just didn’t look good enough when printed so sadly we had to leave them out. A lot of trial and error is involved.
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| [Above: Carnival Coaster Set] |
5. What do you enjoy most about creating your pieces? When an image you really hoped would look good does and it fits perfectly onto the product, it’s actually quite a rare moment if and when it happens it’s easily the most enjoyable part of the process.
6. Any words of advice/tips for people who want to express their creativity, but don’t know how? The actual idea is often the most difficult part, so work hard on getting this right. Take inspiration from the beauty in the world around you whether it’s from nature, landscapes or urban areas. Once you have your idea stick to it, work hard and everything else will fall into place.
Becky and Graham would like to giveaway one Pacific Cove MakeUp Bag to one NOTM reader!
a Rafflecopter giveaway
Good morning, today I want to introduce you to the amazing husband and wife team behind the indie shop, LoFi Nomad, Becky and Graham. Like all of the interviews on my blog, this one is truly inspiring! Read the brief interview and get to know a little bit about how this couple and their shop, LoFi Nomad.
1. How did you and your husband decided to start LoFi Nomad? Three and a half years ago we started our travel blog GlobalGrasshopper.com, my husband takes the photos and I write about our experiences, the more we travelled the more people started asking about our photography. We were even lucky enough to gain to a few award nominations along the way. After a few Jack Daniels and cokes in a Los Angeles bar we decided we decided to turn our favourite travel photos into products, we came up with a brand name and Lo-Fi Nomad was born. The range combines our love of abstract and lo-fidelity style photography and travel.
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| [Above: In Bloom Blossom Large Wallet] |
2. What inspires you and how do you keep yourself motivated? Travelling to new places always inspires us and we find beauty in every place we travel. Thinking about what we can discover on our next venture and striving for the next set of beautiful photos is what mostly keeps us going.
3. How would you describe your style (your art)? We have a love of retro, vintage inspired photography so we wanted to give the range that kind of feel. We also use bright abstract style shots as these always look good when printed.
[Above: Beach Life Clock] 4. What is your creative process? My husband takes hundreds of shots from each destination and then we both spend hours sorting through them. The most powerful and emotive images always stand out by themselves so they are the ones we look to use on our products. Although saying this that they don’t always translate well onto to products! Some of my favourite images just didn’t look good enough when printed so sadly we had to leave them out. A lot of trial and error is involved.
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| [Above: Carnival Coaster Set] |
5. What do you enjoy most about creating your pieces? When an image you really hoped would look good does and it fits perfectly onto the product, it’s actually quite a rare moment if and when it happens it’s easily the most enjoyable part of the process.
6. Any words of advice/tips for people who want to express their creativity, but don’t know how? The actual idea is often the most difficult part, so work hard on getting this right. Take inspiration from the beauty in the world around you whether it’s from nature, landscapes or urban areas. Once you have your idea stick to it, work hard and everything else will fall into place.
Becky and Graham would like to giveaway one Pacific Cove MakeUp Bag to one NOTM reader!
a Rafflecopter giveaway
On August 22, my sister in law and I joined Canada’s number one cosmetic brand, Lise Watier in celebrating the launches of their products (20th Anniversary Neiges, Something Sweet fragrance, Lift & Firm 3D, Base Miracle & Luminous Correcting Primer) at the beautiful Loden Hotel in Downtown Vancouver.
On August 22, my sister in law and I joined Canada’s number one cosmetic brand, Lise Watier in celebrating the launches of their products (20th Anniversary Neiges, Something Sweet fragrance, Lift & Firm 3D, Base Miracle & Luminous Correcting Primer) at the beautiful Loden Hotel in Downtown Vancouver.
