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Welcome to my blog // art project about the mix of things and places that make me smile.  I hope you have a nice stay!

SMILE HEART LOVE by Naomi Yamada | Illustration | style | fashion | design | lifestyle
Artist Naomi Yamada's photography painting creative blog
  • August 2018
    • Aug 9, 2018 Summer Fireworks
  • June 2018
    • Jun 13, 2018 Visiting : Oahu Hawaii
  • April 2018
    • Apr 10, 2018 Spring '18 Beauty Update
  • March 2018
    • Mar 13, 2018 Welcome to LA Mansur Graviel
  • February 2018
    • Feb 24, 2018 Editor Note / Feb 2018
  • January 2018
    • Jan 18, 2018 A NEW YEAR SEED
  • December 2017
    • Dec 20, 2017 SMALL MATTERS
    • Dec 7, 2017 VISITING: PALM SPRINGS
  • November 2017
    • Nov 14, 2017 Still Life Practice
  • October 2017
    • Oct 27, 2017 DETOUR: EAMES HOUSE
    • Oct 18, 2017 IT HAS BEEN AWHILE
  • December 2016
    • Dec 13, 2016 GIFT GIVING IDEAS
  • September 2016
    • Sep 28, 2016 TEA WITH MAPPLETHORPE
  • June 2016
    • Jun 10, 2016 DETOUR: GRIFFITH PARK OBSERVATORY
  • May 2016
    • May 26, 2016 SUMMER NEUTRALS ON REPEAT
    • May 25, 2016 DETOUR: HEARST CASTLE
    • May 10, 2016 CHANGE OF SCENERY
  • April 2016
    • Apr 23, 2016 YAKIRA RONA BTS
    • Apr 5, 2016 BREAKFAST IN LOS ANGELES
  • March 2016
    • Mar 29, 2016 THE APARTMENT BY THE LINE / SPRING CLEANING INSPO
    • Mar 14, 2016 DIA BEACON
    • Mar 11, 2016 SPRING IS COMING / SMILE #4
  • February 2016
    • Feb 29, 2016 TRAVEL RECOVERY ESSENTIALS
  • January 2016
    • Jan 22, 2016 GUCCI LOVE
  • December 2015
    • Dec 1, 2015 THE APARTMENT BY THE LINE / LOS ANGELES
  • November 2015
    • Nov 18, 2015 FLOWERS / SMILE #3
    • Nov 11, 2015 BEAUTY TRIO
  • October 2015
    • Oct 14, 2015 RICHARD NEUTRA IN PALM SPRIINGS
  • September 2015
    • Sep 24, 2015 ROAD TRIP: BIG SUR
    • Sep 15, 2015 SUMMER VARIATION
  • August 2015
    • Aug 21, 2015 SUMMER ROADTRIP
    • Aug 1, 2015 WEEKENDING
  • July 2015
    • Jul 20, 2015 MID SUMMER IN THE STUDIO
    • Jul 6, 2015 WEEKENDING
    • Jul 2, 2015 SUMMER NEUTRALS II
  • June 2015
    • Jun 10, 2015 SUMMER NEUTRALS
  • May 2015
    • May 26, 2015 OBSERVING
    • May 12, 2015 ART NOOKS
  • April 2015
    • Apr 29, 2015 PERSONAL TOTEMS
    • Apr 22, 2015 PALM SPRINGS NATURE
    • Apr 13, 2015 LOVE: Palm Trees
  • March 2015
    • Mar 25, 2015 A Fashion Month Fave - F/W 15-16
    • Mar 3, 2015 SIMPLE AND EASY
  • February 2015
    • Feb 20, 2015 San Francisco - A Quick Visit
    • Feb 4, 2015 SMILE 5
  • January 2015
    • Jan 27, 2015 Faded Camo
    • Jan 15, 2015 Table After a Rainy Day
    • Jan 7, 2015 Happy 2015!
  • April 2014
    • Apr 24, 2014 Gathering Smiles - Late April
    • Apr 8, 2014 ZONES WITHOUT HORIZONS
    • Apr 1, 2014 Sketchbook excerpt / Color Study
  • March 2014
    • Mar 14, 2014 Things that made me smile in Venice/Venezia
    • Mar 7, 2014 Paris Fashion Week Love
  • February 2014
    • Feb 27, 2014 Misty Desert Love
    • Feb 25, 2014 New York Fashion Week Love
    • Feb 14, 2014 Happy Love Day
    • Feb 1, 2014 January Smiles
  • January 2014
    • Jan 26, 2014 More Parisian Gray
    • Jan 21, 2014 Parisian Gray
    • Jan 14, 2014 Love FOAM mag
    • Jan 9, 2014 Celine Coat Love
    • Jan 7, 2014 Happy New Year!
  • December 2013
    • Dec 19, 2013 Holiday Totems
    • Dec 12, 2013 Things that made me smile in Florence / Firenze
  • November 2013
    • Nov 5, 2013 Smile at: Avedon / Women at Gagosian Beverly Hills
  • October 2013
    • Oct 25, 2013 Packing light when traveling
  • September 2013
    • Sep 30, 2013 Patterns of Surpise
    • Sep 18, 2013 Project // Website for Amy Hoban
    • Sep 10, 2013 PROFILE: BROOKE BORISOFF
  • August 2013
    • Aug 27, 2013 Sea + Sky
    • Aug 20, 2013 August Smiles
    • Aug 6, 2013 Mid Summer Mix
  • July 2013
    • Jul 24, 2013 TRAVEL JOURNAL: BIG SUR
    • Jul 18, 2013 Weekend Smiles / Spring 2013
    • Jul 1, 2013 Profile : Janis Faye
  • June 2013
    • Jun 21, 2013 Summer Solstice starts with Hockney
    • Jun 14, 2013 Summer Flowers Moon Canyon Style
    • Jun 7, 2013 Japanese magazines are my favorite
  • May 2013
    • May 30, 2013 Summer Rainer Cherries and Weekend Reading
    • May 22, 2013 Free Spirited Flowers
    • May 16, 2013 Echo Park Artisans
    • May 10, 2013 Feathers!
  • April 2013
    • Apr 29, 2013 THE PARKER PALM SPRINGS - DESIGN STUDY
    • Apr 19, 2013
    • Apr 17, 2013 Profile : Amy Hoban
  • October 2012
    • Oct 19, 2012 handmade vintage patterns
  • May 2012
    • May 9, 2012 Unfurling beauty in a petal
    • May 1, 2012 California sun
  • April 2012
    • Apr 25, 2012 Americana via Prada
    • Apr 17, 2012 Caught my eye
    • Apr 11, 2012 Spring Blue Skies
    • Apr 4, 2012 Waiting for warm blue skies
  • March 2012
    • Mar 26, 2012 Zig Zag
    • Mar 22, 2012 For Betty
    • Mar 16, 2012 Lace Love
    • Mar 8, 2012 Full Moon Groovy Crystal Love
    • Mar 2, 2012 Pretty Pink Paper
    • Mar 1, 2012 Collage: Lilac Fleurs
  • February 2012
    • Feb 21, 2012 Beauty Lingers
    • Feb 13, 2012 Breathe....
    • Feb 2, 2012 Live from the core
  • January 2012
    • Jan 27, 2012 Flower Collage: Pale Pink Tulips
    • Jan 16, 2012 Floor Beauty in San Miguel de Allende
    • Jan 12, 2012 Instagramed - Isabel Marant Dicker Boots
    • Jan 9, 2012 Suenos de Mexico
    • Jan 5, 2012 Falling tomatoes
  • December 2011
    • Dec 30, 2011 Twenty Twelve
    • Dec 23, 2011 Happy Holidays ♥
    • Dec 12, 2011 Roadside Beauty
  • November 2011
    • Nov 17, 2011 Blurry bits
  • October 2011
    • Oct 31, 2011 Heart Forever
    • Oct 18, 2011 Blur
    • Oct 4, 2011 Unearth
  • September 2011
    • Sep 27, 2011 Individuality
    • Sep 22, 2011 Vintage Bag Love
    • Sep 1, 2011 Color Fun
  • August 2011
    • Aug 30, 2011 Coffee Chic
    • Aug 17, 2011 Power of Standing Still
    • Aug 15, 2011 Fun pack
    • Aug 9, 2011 Silhouette
  • July 2011
    • Jul 11, 2011 Bubbly
    • Jul 5, 2011 Delicate souls..
    • Jul 1, 2011 Soak it up
  • June 2011
    • Jun 27, 2011 Ponyboy
    • Jun 21, 2011 Lightness
    • Jun 20, 2011 Coffee @ Kaffe
    • Jun 7, 2011 Embrace it all
    • Jun 3, 2011 when my hot pink is your hunter green
  • May 2011
    • May 31, 2011 Everybody wants to love / everybody wants to be loved
    • May 27, 2011 Summer sun fun
    • May 20, 2011 my kind of blues
    • May 11, 2011 renewal
    • May 4, 2011 eternal sunshine of spotless minds
  • April 2011
    • Apr 28, 2011 Around and under
    • Apr 20, 2011 The mystic link to bind and hold
    • Apr 18, 2011 Love Line
    • Apr 13, 2011 market day
    • Apr 11, 2011 Start Again // Hiatus Over
  • January 2011
    • Jan 8, 2011 Say it isn't so
  • December 2010
    • Dec 21, 2010 I used to know you
    • Dec 14, 2010 aloha
    • Dec 7, 2010 E ho'omaha me ka maluhia
  • November 2010
    • Nov 27, 2010 The ocean and the leaf
    • Nov 22, 2010 Tied together with the lessons you taught me
    • Nov 10, 2010 Every single song brought me to the same place
    • Nov 3, 2010 Seeking, Searching, Sipping
  • October 2010
    • Oct 19, 2010 The doing and the being
    • Oct 5, 2010 Three thymes
    • Oct 1, 2010 I wrote down my wishes and sent them away in a bottle.
  • September 2010
    • Sep 21, 2010 Just take me with you
    • Sep 20, 2010 Essentials
    • Sep 16, 2010 When the heart and mind are out of sync it is hard to see clearly
    • Sep 8, 2010 The creative spirit knows its way home
    • Sep 1, 2010 Release expectations, quiet ambition and get lost in the line
  • August 2010
    • Aug 30, 2010 Nourish me, be good to me - always take care of me
    • Aug 19, 2010 No one knows the folds in the future
    • Aug 16, 2010 'There are always flowers for those who want to see them' -H.M.
    • Aug 13, 2010 When all else fails, just draw
    • Aug 9, 2010 Quiet are the in-between moments that reveal more than we think
    • Aug 5, 2010 So Emo
    • Aug 2, 2010 Among the undefined, the unconventional and the uncertain
  • July 2010
    • Jul 29, 2010 between my toes and in my hair
    • Jul 17, 2010 Closer to the clouds, all worries float away
    • Jul 14, 2010 take it from the top
    • Jul 9, 2010 Something new in something seen
    • Jul 2, 2010 You never see it coming until it's gone
  • June 2010
    • Jun 30, 2010 Things I carry within me / Things I carry with me
    • Jun 29, 2010 Feeling spellbound is reserved for true believers
    • Jun 27, 2010 When I close my eyes, you are there
    • Jun 22, 2010 dream / intend / wish
    • Jun 21, 2010 Just right
    • Jun 17, 2010 comfort zone fading
    • Jun 16, 2010 i looked down and saw the clouds
    • Jun 14, 2010 noir
    • Jun 11, 2010 Summer Greens
    • Jun 8, 2010 ✷ Sun Luv
    • Jun 7, 2010 Girl in the Mirror
    • Jun 4, 2010 Tomodachi
    • Jun 1, 2010 Louise ♥
  • May 2010
    • May 28, 2010 Help the Kelp
    • May 27, 2010 Trellis
    • May 25, 2010 Box-fest
    • May 24, 2010 zapatos
    • May 20, 2010 20 May : View from a Cloud
    • May 19, 2010 19 May : Moon-esque
    • May 17, 2010 17 May : Floating on My Wrist
    • May 15, 2010 15 May : Sublime
    • May 13, 2010 13 May : New Moon
    • May 11, 2010 11 May : grace
    • May 10, 2010 10 May : Musée d'Orsay Restaurant
    • May 7, 2010 7 May : Kimono
    • May 5, 2010 5 May : ¡Hola!
    • May 4, 2010 4 May : Latte
    • May 3, 2010 3 May : Inspiring
  • April 2010
    • Apr 29, 2010 29 April : Vata
    • Apr 28, 2010 28 April : Delicata?
    • Apr 27, 2010 27 April : Bag Luv
    • Apr 26, 2010 26 April : Shanti Shanti
    • Apr 23, 2010 23 April : DIY
    • Apr 22, 2010 22 April : Earth Rocks!
    • Apr 21, 2010 21 April : Sueños
    • Apr 20, 2010 20 April : W e l c o m e
Shooting with expired Polaroid film and I was happily surprised with these “mistakes”. Missing areas, light leaks and a blue tone made me very happy. .. I have been studying the work of 19th century English  photographer and botanist Anna Atkins and attempting to study flowers in a similar way using film.
She adds a whole other dimension to the celebration of love ❤️Happy Valentines Day everyone 🌹
Always love stopping by the Kaufman house, hoping one day the gardener let’s me explore the grounds 🤞🏻
Keeping the process going ... many fails, but sometimes there is one that flows.
The other day at the beautiful and exciting @honeyedfigs launch. The venue (jaw dropping home of @keller.made and @artlesscorporation) could not have been more fitting for such thoughtfully designed and made with love and quality built furniture.  Excited to be ordering a few things soon.
Exploring the said benefits of sauna time for detoxing as I enter my pre-cleanse mode @cleanprogram .... It is suppose to be an infrared sauna but this should work for now.  The best part for me is the silence that comes with sauna time. I am such a fan of  occasional quiet time 🤫
She keeps everyday very exciting... and look people, not even two years old and almost half my height 😳
Watching my daughter tirelessly run and play is a great reminder for myself of how essential it is to play, create and explore without any set goal or finite end in mind... to just play with no care to result or opinion of others.  It is true, children are our best teachers. #momlife
View from a favorite neighborhood walk, that I hope to do again very soon. ...Anyone recognize the area ?  Hint #notlosangeles
Leaf study II. A sketch from a current project.
Just looking for a little solo time today to reflect and think..... life and motherhood pulls in so many directions that my mind feels clogged with logistics and tasks, will make some room for a little breather today.  I need to start building this into a routine because it is very important x
Love winter citrus and some sunshine 🍊
Just the basics.
A beautiful view of the Los Angeles sprawl // Stahl House, Winter at dusk.


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