A Plush Retreat!!

Oh my gahhhh.... a PLUSH RETREAT?! SHUTTUP! Apparently, there's an etsy street team called, "Plush Team" and they just had a retreat in Virginia this past weekend. Oh man... Amazing! Read more here. I'm just geeking out like whoa right now.

I feel soo goooooooooood

I've been working hard on custom orders, craft fair prep, outgoing orders & this newly acquired part time gig... OMG SO BUSY but SO HAPPY! Closure at last with long overdue unresolved personal stupidities & openness with new projects & friends. FEELS GOOD (yeah). I think it feels especially great because I'm doing all this while within my own personal 'home.' And I have kitties. I love them they're so cute!

captain& mr. w

CB Logo custom order in progress

they're giaaaaaant. & therefore gonna take a while to sew! here we gooo!

LA Love, the first week

I've started my month long stay in LA. It'll be a mixture of crashing with friends & housesitting/cat-sitting in Silverlake. The first week has already got me high fiving a million angels!

custom tin can card order. I modeled the girl's outfit after victoria.
Finished these adorable Ls for Luke & Logan!
a deliciously geeky fabric find at michael levine
a revisit to moca for awkward dance/npr listening party
paper & type's first craft fair of the year!
& my favorite... cicLAvia! They shut off 7.5 miles of road from cars & I spent the whole morning/afternoon biking freely & happily. First I biked via Sunset-Grand to LA Live with Kevin for a UniqueLA meeting. Then I made my way via cicLaVia route to meet up with the folks. Then we went to the end, then back to Melrose & Heliotrophe for some SCOOPS!! Overall, I think I biked more or less about 20 miles which is amazing for me considering I don't really bike. YES!

Progress Report: L is for Logan

who loves trucks & loaders. He is also the twin brother of Luke (of the previous L)

Yep. Back at Casbah. What can I say.. it's my go to coffee shop. I spent the day finishing up some logo work for a dear friend & reading a newly-made friend's writings to gauge if we'd collab-create well together. I think it's a good match! If anything, it was a strange, serendipitous, enlightening introduction.

The fragrance of a new season arrived when I put on my first sweater

Mmmm... I'm reading my first Haruki Murakami book, as suggested by Kevin Biggers. That sentence punched all my senses in the face with fuzzy feelings & warmth. It makes me nostalgic for autumn. I guess it's currently fall-like in terms of temperature... but without the pretty leaves & with all the pollen. Gross.

Progress Report: L is for Luke

Yay fast internet! Macbook pros have internet connectivity issues sometimes and it's all the time at Kevin's. So hoorah to Casbah Cafe for having that fast ish. Quick break from travel/transition chatting with Merrick to post this update. Oh no he's coming back.. seee yaaah...

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oh, false alarm. Great! I can blog about this:

Merrick got it for me in Singapore! Sweeeeet. It's so purdy & for/from a wonderful non-profit, 'blessings in a bag'. Here's what the back of the card says:

Beautifully hand-sewn with lots of love by a women's group in the Philippines, these cheery flower key-chains are awesome gifts or something for you to attach to your bags! No two pieces will ever be the same, so if you like what you see... Grab it before it's gone!

Lovely lovely!