Renegade Holiday Fair

I'll be spending the next couple of weeks getting products ready for this year's Renegade Holiday Fair in San Francisco. The show is December 19-20 at Fort Mason and I'll be sharing a booth with Christine of Chocolate and Steel. Stop by!

Doors of Paris, the lavender sachets

My mom kept walking in and out of my room this morning while I was sewing these lavender sachets. Finally, she said "I could really use some of these sachets for the linen closet." Which cracked me up - my mom is so rarely direct about what she wants. I told her that she could have all the sachets she wanted, but she only took two.

Then she came back a few minutes later and asked me to hem some towels for her. The towels are actually one bath towel, cut into smaller pieces. She explained that she doesn't need another big towel in that print, and would prefer to have a few washcloths and face towels instead. Mom grew up relatively middle class in post-war Philippines, but some remnants of her third-world (since "developing country" is a relatively recent term) frugality occasionally pop out and surprise us. And that's why I'm hemming pieces of a ten dollar towel the day after Thanksgiving.



I'll add these lavender sachets to my etsy shop soon. In LA and bereft of my usual props, I'm having a hard time styling these photos. Besides, I don't want to go through my parents' linen closets and remove Mom's carefully-placed sachets.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving! Jake's got his party clothes on and is eagerly awaiting the evening's festivities.

Doors of Paris, the tea towel

When I was in college, I spent six months studying in Paris. When my parents, who had never been to Europe until then, visited me, my mom exclaimed "This city looks like a movie!" Which it does. My dad, a photographer, spent his week in Paris photographing all the doors on my tiny street.

I'm sure that photos and drawings of Parisian doors are as much of a cliche now as illustrations of the Manhattan skyline are, but I still love looking at them. And so I decided to draw them and print them. The linen I used is a heavyweight, absorbent fabric that I bought from the garment district in LA. I only bought enough for five towels; if they sell well, I'll buy more yardage next week.


I also have a bunch of coordinating ornaments, that need to be sewn. First, however, I need to prep for a job interview (yay!) and pack up my little calendars for MoCFA.

Towels are available here.

Change is good

Trying to change my photo styling a bit, I pulled a little table I'd found on the street out of the closet and used it as a prop. And because I was too lazy - um, busy - yesterday to return the table to its storage place, I left it out. And I like it a lot in that space.


Apparently, Jake likes it too. Then again, that dog can and will sleep anywhere. He also seems to like having easier access to the feathers in his bed because I keep finding feathers all over the apartment. At least I hope they're from his pillow, and not from a stray goose that may have found its way into my apartment.

The Complex of All These

Amazing stop motion animated video of the bookmaking process from The Women's Studio Workshop. Found via the Craft Magazine blog.

One more calendar, some cards and a hello

I've been a bad blogger lately. I suppose I've been busy working on new products, looking for a job and gearing up for holiday shows. Or I've just been lazy.

Well, not really lazy.I did manage to print two new products - a 2010 calendar featuring my fishnets print and some galoshes notecard. Most of the fishnets calendars will be going to MoCFA for its "50 Under $50" holiday promotion, but I did print a few extras for my shows.

And I'll be working on a tea towel print as well as a few linen ornaments this week and next.

Also, if you're in the Bay Area, be sure to check out the Avedon exhibit at the SF MoMA before it closes on November 29th. So good.

Double also, I love styling product photos almost as much as I love creating products.

Calendars are available here. Cards are here.