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May 19th, 2011

6 things to love - etsy bike round up

May is all about bikes and bike riding. In fact, today is Bike to Work Day. Heidi rode in this morning with her lunch in the handlebar basket and a smile on her face! Bicycles have been popping up as a popular design motif as of late and in celebration, I put together this etsy [...]

June 22nd, 2010

patchwork show in long beach - this weekend!

This coming Sunday, we’ll be setting up our little pop-up retail shop in Long Beach, CA at the Patchwork Indie Arts & Crafts Festival. We participated in this event in December and it was so much fun. The location is right on the water at the Marine Stadium Park and Long Beach is such a [...]

May 18th, 2010

a little boston love

Some of the most popular items we sell on our website are the ones that feature a Boston Terrier image. People ask us all the time if we have a Boston ourselves and the answer is no. We were inspired to create our Boston designs by our friend Deneen and her dog, Floyd. Well in [...]

April 27th, 2010

unique LA recap

Here are some pictures from Unique LA this past weekend. We had so much fun setting up our display, meeting customers, seeing fellow exhibitor friends and indulging in awesome food all weekend. And yes, we’re totally exhausted, but in a really good way! The event was a rip-roaring success! Here are some pictures we took of our [...]

April 22nd, 2010

unique LA this weekend!

We’re so excited about this upcoming weekend! We will be participating once again in the Unique LA shopping event happening here in Los Angeles this Saturday & Sunday, the 24th & 25th. If you live in the Southern California area and you haven’t been…you are seriously missing out on a fun day! This isn’t your [...]

April 15th, 2010

small pleasures - mother’s day gift ideas

What to get as a Mother’s Day gift for Mom, Grandma, or Mother-in-Law? The answer to this question always seems hard. Maybe it’s because our relationship with these wonderful women is very meaningful to us and hence, this gift comes loaded with big expectations.

I’m not a big believer in extravagant gifts. It’s always seemed to [...]

March 24th, 2010

here comes the easter….OWL?

As small children, each year we would receive an Easter basket filled with jelly beans, robin’s eggs, chocolate eggs and, of course, a stuffed animal. Sometimes it was a lamb or a chick, but most often it was a candy colored bunny. A couple of special times we got those inflatable bunnies holding a carrot. [...]

February 24th, 2010

lemon yellow

We were out shopping at the craft store recently and came across these bright yellow storage canisters. We couldn’t resist their simple shape and bright hue. Remember our big studio reorganization project back in October?  Well, we’re still working on it!  These canisters will be perfect for holding teeny tiny craft supplies.

February 1st, 2010

vintage heart lockets

Let it be known, that I adore anything heart shaped. I’m not particularly a girlie-girl, yet for some reason, I love hearts.  One of the things I have a small collection of is vintage heart lockets. I bought one, on a whim, on eBay once and fell in love with it [...]

December 7th, 2009

little holiday shop

This past weekend we got to play store for two days with our little pop-up store at Unique Los Angeles, an amazing event of independent design. This was the 3rd Unique Los Angeles show; we participated in both the event last December as well as their spring event and love working it as [...]