Erin has been skippin' through her new 'hood and wants to share one of her favorite ports of inspiration-
PATTERN GIRL-
When I first started visiting Southern California and the not so sleepy surf towns of Encinitas, Solano Beach and Carlsbad, there is one store that I always made sure to visit, SoLo in the Cedros Design District in Solano Beach.
Now that I have just gone through a true identity reset, going to SoLo has been a saving grace. Every time I venture into this store my arm hairs stand up, I get a chill of anxiousness and my creative juices sweat out of every pore. I feel like there is hope; that I am truly an artist and designer and that life will be OK.
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I love the way Carole Garden has put SoLo together. Since July, 2001 SoLo has brought a fresh approach to home design. Unique merchant spaces make SoLo a premier source for cutting edge products and interior design.
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I love the way the clusters of products create patterns on patterns.
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There is a feast for the eyes everywhere you turn. Little vignettes are at every corner, enshrining vintage with contemporary products. I just want to soak in all the preciousness and hand crafted jewels. Every time I leave, I want to run home to my studio and begin creating.