renegade la....

be there!!!!!!!!

i'm busy, busy making and would love for all my california peeps to come out!

i'll be at booth 24, which is kinda towards the back. there's so much happening- workshops, vendors, food and such, so make sure you have some time to spend. the LA Times wrote about some of the workshops. more info on all that's happening here.

Driving Directions:
Use 1245 North Spring Street as your Destination Address when Google Mapping/MapQuesting, etc.

101F Northbound or Southbound
Exit Alameda Street, turn right at the off ramp and Alameda turns into North Spring Street. The park will be on your left.

I-5 Freeway
Exit Broadway, go west and stay in left lane. When Broadway splits in two directions, take North Spring Street to the left.

Renegade Craft Fair Los Angeles
July 24-25, 11 am - 7 pm
Los Angeles State Historic Park aka The Cornfield
1245 N Spring Street
Los Angeles, CA

i'm going home...

... to california for about a month. a little business a little pleasure.

i'll be participating in Renegade LA and sharing a booth with allison of Monkeys Always Look.

SHOP UPDATE: the shop will be going on a vacation too starting Friday July 16 - 30th.  emails me if you got a questions and please be patient with me i'll have these goons demanding my attention at all times...

buddy lee and dexter, originally uploaded by miniature.rhino.

sunday summary

all renegade all the time. it's so close- next weekend, so i'm non- stop working for MR.  i'd love it if you came out and said hi!

i'll be at booth 102 right off bayard st. with my friends of A One Time Thing (who make music!).

there are so many good makers here- i think it's over 300!  lots to see, so if you would like to stop by and say hi here's a little map....

find me! come say hello!

renegade

where to start?! so my first craft fair is done and did! and for all my worry and stress it went well and it was really nice to see that ReadyMade blog picked me among three others for their renegade highlights!

renegade was an overwhelming experience, so many booths and lots of people. i'm so gratefully to everyone who stopped by and many thanks to those who spent their hard earned dollars with me! the positive response is really encouraging.

the biggest highlight for me was finally getting to meet some of my etsy friends in the flesh, like Alyssa of Brooklyn Rehab, Marichelle of Heart Handmade, and Nicole of Astulabee, and some etsy crushes Alice of forest bound- her booth was amazing! and Margaux of The Black Spot Books. 

i got really sick the week before renegade (and still am now a bit too) so i was really worried that i would 

have enough to sell and i was stressed about making a nice display. can you believe it all this fit in here....

i thought, "that's it?" 

but it think the display worked out nicely. everyone liked the hanging stars...

and peeking in on the curiosity cabinets.....

we picked up goodies from folded pigs (a cockroach and anatomical heart plate), a anatomical heart

lavender sachet  from black spot books to go over my bed and! our friend ananda got jeremy bookends from kindling....

more pictures from renegade are on my flickr

got that attitude

a week from today i'll have finished my first day at renegade. so i have a week to get ready and much work to do to get done! you know when you have so much to do you don't know where to start? you just got to do one thing - just start. take it bird by bird....

"Thirty years ago my older brother, who was ten years old at the time, was trying to get a report on birds written that he'd had three months to write. It was due the next day. We were out at our family cabin in Bolinas, and he was at the kitchen table close to tears, surrounded by binder paper and pencils and unopened books on birds, immobilized by the hugeness of the task ahead. Then my father sat down beside him, put his arm around my brother's shoulder, and said, 'Bird by bird, buddy. Just take it bird by bird.'"

- from Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott

i'm trying, really trying, to be focused, do my best, push the rest out. i came across this post, originally from giant robot, which has been great to live with lately, ....
1. do what you believe in. people have bullshit detectors.
2. think small. work with a small group of friends who give a crap. with too many people, you'll get nothing done.
3. ends don't justify the means. the process should be as worthwhile as the results.
4. keep the pma**. positive mental attitude.
5. eat well. no fast food allowed-among other things.
6. keep growing. what was good enough 10 years ago shouldn't be good enough now.
7. be a sponge. find inspiration from everything around you, and not just things with obvious connections.
8. keep improving yourself. when you're not training, your opponent is.
9. join the nfl. that means the no fun league. after you accomplish something, don't celebrate. get on to the next project.
10. have fun. if you don't like what you're doing, stop and find something else.

**i want that attitude!!! and that's the goal for me right now- keep the pma!!! and get shit done!

what the hell am i doing?!

hows was your long weekend?! i was frantically trying to prepare for Renegade, which will be my first craft fair! when i decided to apply i thought june is far away and "i'll have time."
i have no time! i'm making crazy lists that just get longer and longer and i'm feeling so unprepared and outta my league. there is just so much to consider- having enough stock, pricing, creating a nice display, buying all my materials and supplies, business cards, etc. the thought, "what the hell am i doing?" crosses my mind regularly. seriously, i have no clue. luckily, i'm sharing a space with the lovely, seasoned crafter, Kristen Course of Cakehouse. she knows what shes doing and has all the necessary things you need- a tent, tables, credit card machine. if you got advice for newbies- i'm all ears!

i was able to stocked up on some amazing linen.
i've got something special planed and can't wait to show and tell...

i'm also trying to make/finish my piece for Fiber Arctic, curated by Kristen Rask. it's an embroidery show about the environment in the artic and i've got great company in this show! i've had ideas for this, but nothing felt right. i finally am set with an idea of replicating an image from victorian album. i'll update you with the progess of this piece....

for now, here is the begining. i got to get on it!!! the show is the 12th of june.....

after working hard we took time out on memorial day for
a very special tea, Temomi Shincha from Shizuoka, Japan...

and a nice bike ride to the prospect park for a picnic....
how was your weekend?!