studio tour!

come take a tour of my studio, and peek into my daily life:

on west elm's front and main blog!  photos by jessica comingore

merry and bright

i love this pom pom tree posted on west elm instagram with pink flamingos and rainbow tigers! now with christmas almost here, they're no longer available to purchase online at west elm or domino, but, if you're lucky, there might be one or two left hiding on the trees in stores.... and at 50% off!!!  hurry, runnn to your nearest west elm and get some before they're gone... forever

local girls

taken from my sister nancy's bookshelf...looks like a great book! .... here's the other (live) version:

 fun w britt castellano and genesis duncan
this week-end, i took a roadtrip from l.a. to roseville (near sacramento)

 a 7 hour drive solo, pedal to the metal and made it just in time for west elm roseville's local launch party

packed my bag and forgot a comb (but hey,did you know meh hair is cool?!)
sooo proud to have been chosen by this beautiful store to carry three handmade mobiles: succulents, arrows and twig

also got to hang out with the brilliant and adorable sacto local artist ryan morris

ryan designs these awesome cards

and  genesis of graphicanthology makes these sweet cards and prints + she's wow! pretty and nice too.

i really wanted to take home a few strands of beaded tassels to hang above my bed at home ..but i already have the ceiling filled with twig mobiles (dilemma :)
if you're anywhere near sacramento, be sure to stop in nearby roseville and visit west elm, it's well worth the drive and say hello to jenny jun (lead home stylist)!!!

west elm/ etsy pop-up

yesterday, the west elm/etsy pop-up event curated by uber cool and cute emily henderson (in los angeles) was a big hit! this was my space upstairs with plenty of beams to hang mobiles from

and a great view of downstairs. there was a constant flow of people coming to see the 12 featured artists and our works and i made a lot of new friends.

i shared the upper level with

 sass and peril's shannon kennedy (unseen in this pic)

and rosanna of iron cutain press.
i got a chance to wander downstairs and meet some of the other artists but regretably forgot the camera... some of my favorites were tracy of tw pottery, dominik and his gorgeous wooden cutting boards, kristen of pommes frites (i love all her soy candle scents), mickey from fabled soap co. whose super nice sister passed out wonderful little samplings, and elinor nissley of krank press (letterpress) who is about to be the owner of an intaglio press and has invited me to come print as a guest artist once she gets all set up. we have a lot in common when it comes to old style printing methods and oil based inks. so, i'm going to hold you to your word, elinor (;
it was wonderful to see old friends and make new ones: my dear friend nancy mungcal of pretty little thieves came to the show to say hello and it was truly great to finally actually meet her in person. hey, coffee next week?  + great to see you and liz too, leanna!
did i mention the dj spinning goodies and the fancy pink drinks of blood orange ginger and clove with spritz, pink sugar, stripey straws and sweet coconut treats from heirloom la, the glitter smilebooth? this was  truly a well-planned, organized, smooth running, non-stop fun, fun fun event. thank you west elm!