moonrise kingdom

a custom mobile built for a 'moonrise kingdom' movie inspired nursery with arrow, treehouse, raccoon, tent, recordplayer & record.
one of my favorite songs from the movie soundtrack:

venice beach custom

a wonderful lady ordered this custom mobile for her husband's birthday.

they live in a beautiful cottage 

 in venice beach

i made his favorite beer: pliny the elder

(must try that one!:)

his brand new 'milk white' speedvagen race bike

his favorite book

favorite mountain for hiking = black butte in colorado

the couple's little blonde cocker spaniel

and the palm tree

ahhhh.. the venice beach lifestyle is a great one

this couple has a tradition of surprising each other with unique gifts for their birthdays.

hope this one takes the cake!

 

the collective good

 

 

the collective good is a brand new shop opening next month in the yukon! my friend jen (former co-owner of the modern-burl pop-up) took a year off to have a baby... and now is opening a shop of her own. whitehorse, yukon is another planet far far away. i've learned of many wild and interesting things while making a collection of mobiles she has comissioned for the shop opening. the yukon boasts of mysterious roadside enormous mammoth statues, the world's largest airplane weathervane, a colorful downtown with quaint vintage style movie theatres and the most popular grocery item is blue star's whole chicken in a 3lb can!! impossible

have a look:

i'm having so much fun with this collection and there will be much more to come in the series..the dueling moose atop a log cabin for example (just one of many exciting things to see in the yukon)
stay tuned for more!
am seriously checking out the fabulous yukon bed and breakfast getaways for summer.

hello

happy mother's day!
(some photos i took yesterday of the kids at shellie and dan's succulent farm in fontana :)

birthday

yesterday was a simple birthday for me, nothing fancy. i got this beautiful kaoru kawano japanese woodcut as a gift from my parents

and the chocolate cake i asked for.... with many wishes.

my 3 year old son made me 'bacon' for breakfast!

and this morning was back to the routine of packing mobiles that need to ship out

and painting mammoths and elephants to dry on the old blood orange tree.
it's a good life!

the week

on monday i went to the l.a. zoo with my 3 yr old son and his pre-school class. we didn't see any camels but i got this cute patchwork pillow. 

 we did see a lot of pretty pink flamingos!!

on tuesesday i went thrifting and found this little japanese kokeshi doll that looks like me :)

on wednesday i bought a new succulent called a 'white sprite'

on thursday nancy from prettylittlethieves came by to help me hang some art for a project

and now it's already friday! little sid is happy because he made a new friend,
photographer emily ulmer came by to take some pitures with him today for a magazine shoot.
can't wait to see her photos and the magazine when it comes out.
i'll keep you posted as i have some new art that will be featured in a d.i.y.
cute song on the pop radio now   enjoy the week-end!

rock lobster mobile

featruring:  claire the mermaid w neon pink beehive hairdo, rock lobster, pink clam, narwahl, jellyfish,  silly shark and a golden anchor
it's in the shop!