WE HAVE MOVED TO WWW.WORKSTYLIST.COM.

I'm back and have moved to a new space at http://www.workstylist.com/. Come visit or follow me on twitter @workstylist.

PLAYING WITH A NEW BLOG

Oracle Fox via Fashion Over Reason

The blogging process has truly been an introspective process. I've been reflecting and playing to unravel a NEW blog; it has been so much fun without all the pressure. I may continue WORKSTYLIST but written for my college students. I am enjoying the journey and have had some major revelations in my visual play blog.

Look out for a blog for the tribe of modern woman who believe in wonder woman, medicine woman, and fairy queens -- dreamweavers and lightworkers. Until we meet again...follow me on twitter for updates.

Love, light, divine,
-Tanya

WHAT DOES A BEACH GIRL WHO IS ALL GROWN UP WEAR?



My hottest bikini photo of all time


I am in my element when I am by the ocean. I spent my childhood summers in the Philippines with my extended family on the beach, lived a few blocks from Santa Monica/Venice beach for 11 years, and one of my most peaceful memories is waking up in a sleeping bag on a secluded beach in Kauai with my cousins and our "local" friend as a mountain goat stood high up on the mountain above us.

There are beaches in the SF/Bay Area, but after being back for 5 years, I just have not found a beach where I feel like home. My home decor has been inspired by the ocean and textures that remind me of the Philippines. I moved in to my new corner unit in January because the open floor plan and floor to ceiling windows remind me of looking out into the ocean. And just until a couple of weeks ago, as I found a chain of blogs filled with images that triggered memories, I had not realized how I have truly missed my beach lifestyle.

I still wear flip flops to go to the corner Subway, even when it's 50 degrees out. But I no longer feel comfortable wearing shorts and tank tops on hot, summer days as I did daily. Although I just recently purchased a jacket from SWELL, flipping through their catalog and their style blog's favorite blogs seems to be more about fantasy fulfillment. Beach fashion is limited (and acceptable) to young women in their 20's.

This blog is about style -- in all areas of one's life. I am a beach girl. I'm going to find my beach, and I'm going to let the beach inside of me lead the way to what a beach girl, all grown up will wear. Now I feel like clapping (see photo above)!

WORKSPACES ON VIDEO: ARTISTS, CRAFTING, CREATIVE ENTREPRENEURS

What is better than images of creative workspaces? VIDEOS of creative workspaces.


A Selby Film - Lucy Chadwick for Zara from We Folk on Vimeo.


Laura Hollick of Soul Art Studio


Crafting a Meaningful Home from thayer gowdy on Vimeo.

The Book:
CRAFTING A MEANINGFUL HOME: 27 DIY Projects to Tell Stories, Hold Memories, and
Celebrate Family Heritage
By Meg Mateo Ilasco

Do you have any workspace videos/links to share? I'd love more inspiration.

EMERGE - PART II

"There came a time when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom." - Anais Nin




Spring 2012 Runway. All images courtesy of HarpersBazaar.com.



EMERGE

Nicole Warne - image courtesy of Gary Pepper Vintage

When we emerge into a new beginning, we can emerge like roses or butterflies. The rose bud slowly opens, seemingly effortlessly until it is in full bloom and splendor. The butterfly on the other hand must wriggle and writhe out of its cocoon, and although it may seem like it is struggling and suffering, it is exactly what the butterfly needs to push fluid to its wings...so it can fly.

(To view more  of these gorgeous images of Nicole Warne in The Babushka Ballerina dress, visit her blog at http://garypeppervintage.blogspot.com/)

WORK IS LIKE QUICKSILVER



Emilio Pucci via Vogue on Tumblr



Change is happening. Change is coming. Fast. In my body, my work, my relationships. I feel it, and I would be a liar if I said I embrace it fully. It was glaringly clear when most of what I read this week centered on change.

1. On getting a job: “Today, that’s the kind of worker that it helps to be: flexible, self-propelled, forward-thinking. The old way is over. This is the new way. You are not who you think you are. You are who you fear you are. You can reinvent yourself today. And tomorrow. And the next day. And the day after that.” How to Get a Job If You’re a Forty-Something Woman by Susannah Breslin, Forbes.com

2. On starting small and getting big in business: "Recognize that your original concept will evolve and that your product is completely separate from your business. You need to evolve both of these concepts separately and at the same time." -Jessica Herrin, Founder of Stella & Dot in Starting a Small Business via GOOP

3. On thriving in this new economy: “What defines Generation Flux is a mind-set that embraces instability, that tolerates—and even enjoys—recalibrating careers, business models, and assumptions.” Generation Flux by Robert Safian, Fast Company

4. On career change: The title says it all, “The Four-Year Career: Lessons From the New World of Quicksilver Work, Where ‘Career Planning’ is an Oxymoron” by Anya Kamenetz, Fast Company

5. On change at the most basic human level: "It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent of the species that survives. It is the one that is most adaptable to change." -Charles Darwin (quoted in Generation Flux by Robert Safian, Fast Company)