Day four started off with a ferry ride over to Balboa Island. A pair of dolphins escorted us over to the island to visit and shoot lovely customers at our year old Handpicked Store.

Happy Anniversary to Deanna, Stacy and their team! If you’ve never been there, Balboa Island is absolutely tiny, (yet oh so charming - in a storybook kind of way) so we had quite the time finding a parking spot for our van. However, we persevered and found a place right in front of the Balboa FP store, a converted fire station! After makeup and hair, we took our gorgeous models, Ashleigh, Diane, Margie and Linda out on location for their close-ups. Modeling our fantastic new polo shirts, the girls had some fun and kicked up their heels in the sand. Deanna’s man, Charlie, even brought his vintage Corvette out to Balboa for the shoot. Let us tell you, it’s in mint condition! After shooting more Spring 2009 product and great new patterns like Pick a Posey and Sweet Poppies, we headed to The Cannery for lunch. It was a nice break from the heat and humidity!

Diane in the Sweet Poppies print

Margie in Pick a Posey

Lunch was followed by an afternoon of shooting Ashleigh at Newport Beach and the pier. And even though it was quite hot and humid, the light was amazing and the Spring 2009 product, exquisite. We know you’ll love this stuff when it hits stores next year!

After saying goodbye to Ashleigh we packed up the van and headed to Santa Monica. During the drive we watched one of the prettiest California sunsets we’ve ever seen and ended our adventure with dinner at The Lobster on the Santa Monica Pier…sidenote: John Wayne’s grandson served us cocktails :) All in all, a busy but very eventful and fun California day.

And last but not least, our playlist…enjoy!