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over at her blog, forge, christine gave me a big shout-out for a gift i made for my lady friends years ago! glad you’re finally using them, lady!
what we have here is a combination of two things: a benefit for an awesome lady and an event that you wouldn’t want to miss even if it wasn’t for an amazing cause!
natalie davis over at tool & tack describes her friend the best, saying “Colleen Sommers is a friend, artist, baker, and all-around amazing person. She is the brains and heart behind Pie Fixes Everything and a staple at the HOPE farmer’s market, our home away from home.” Recently, Colleen was diagnosed with breast cancer. Like many of artisans and craftspersons, she doesn’t have insurance and now faces a slew of medical bills. Along with some of my favorite artists, musicians, and friends, we’re throwing a big bash to raise funds for Colleen over at Springdale Farm.
I don’t know if you noticed, right at the top there, the two bands that are playing…Greyhounds and Whiskey Shivers. Our great friends Andrew and Anthony will knock your socks off with their funky bluesy soulful Greyhounds rock, and Whiskey Shivers, who played at our wedding in March, will fiddle, stomp and sing their way into your hearts and then make it dance!
As if that weren’t enough, there will be a pig cook-off between Salt + Time and Three Little Pigs. I’m not even going to try to bet on that one. Everyone wins when two epic food artisans try to best one another. And there will be pies. Oh, yes, there will be pies. In fact, there’s almost nothing that this event won’t have! Go check out the ridiculously tantalizing list of contributors bringing food, drink, dessert—then tell me you don’t want to be here!
In addition, soooooo many amazing friends of Colleen are contributing items to what is sure to be an epic silent auction. Billy designed the event poster above, and there will definitely be some Son of a Sailor jewelry there, so come ready to bid! The list of other contributors reads like a Who’s Who of local maker celebrities, so there will be some amazing treasures to be had.
The summation is this: even if you have no idea who Colleen Sommers is, this event is going to rock the house. (well, the farm) It’s going to be a blast, and a bargain for just $25. But you should know Colleen. She’s great! And if you did know her, you wouldn’t think twice about buying a ticket. You would want to give more than that. And you would want to band around her on Thursday, June 14, with a crowd of her friends, and let her know that you are part of a community that supports her.
So any way you cut it, this should be on your calendar. Get your ticket here, and RSVP on facebook here. Hopefully, we’ll see you there!
so yesterday was our recovery day from a whirlwind weekend at the Renegade Craft Fair here in Austin! we had an absolute blast sharing a booth with Sara, the studio assistant at fail. [Christine was busy kicking butt at WEST, which was apparently a super fun event that brought a bunch of folks to the shop!]
we’ve tweaked our displays a bit since last year, and we were super happy with how they came out. we’re loving the way the brass pops against the darker wood. and, billy let me hit a few things with my neon pink obsession, as well! our DIY tablecloth came out pretty well, i think!
we also successfully launched the first ten pieces from our Karve edition, and are working on creating the remaining pieces as we speak! stay tuned, we’ll be adding a few of them to our Etsy shop any minute now…
one of our all-time favorite parts of participating in Renegade is getting to see (and buy!) other folks’ items. it’s so inspiring to meet other creative folks that are in the same business of making, and getting to know the people that frequent the shows! it’s such a great community. plus, we made it home with some super great goodies!
little minnow is the booth that we were directly across from. i didn’t mind staring at them for a great deal of the weekend, as i’ve had a pretty decent design crush on them for quite a while! billy was all over their tank tops (summer. texas.) and i snagged a tee and a tea (towel)! if our walls weren’t already stocked to the brim with artwork, we’d have picked up a print or two, as well!
we made friends with Cassie from The Mossy Fox, who is pretty much the cutest ever! i’m loving her color combos and had to snag a necklace and bracelet before the end of the fair. she’s from Houston, but much to the dismay of us Texans, we’re losing her to Arizona next week! either way you cut it, her shop and blog are adorable.
so, have you seen lisa chow’s illustration? her dollhouse and city love illustrations are absolutely delightful—-full of wonder and wit and available in sets of 10 postcards. done! go get some! oh, and look for paintings coming from lisa soon—-we’re so excited to see them!
so, i’ve got this on now. it’s a tiny little gold-fill anchor from Diament Designs. Libby is absolutely awesome—she and her man Jared were two of my favorite new friends made at Renegade! she has an amazing assortment of jewelry, you have to go check it out! (i wish there was a Jessica bracelet…the name pieces she has are adorable!)
MAKEatx had their booth rocking full of amazing laser-cut wares. I absolutely love their cards and earrings, and this invitation to an upcoming event is pretty much the best invitation i’ve seen… a double-sided-laser-cut-sleeve with a unicorn on one side and colored paper in the middle. instant love. this is going on the wall—-I can’t wait to hang out with these folks again soon!
lastly, i’m so excited to have picked up this beautiful embroidered matriyoshka necklace from Poppy and Fern. We met Rachel and her husband at a meet the maker event over at Parts & Labour—-they are a pretty amazing couple! you know when you meet someone and instantly want to hang out more with them? yeah. like that.
speaking of those sorts of folks, we finally got to meet Kirsten from Triple Max Tons. we discovered her blog after she wrote about us last November, and we instantly loved her style! now, fairly addicted to her blog, we got to meet her in person! she’s just as addicting! we also got to hang out with Danni and her husband Nick of Oh, Hello Friend. we met at the Renegade SF Holiday fair, but we just got the chance to hang out after the fair this time in Austin. they are a super awesome couple from LA, and i love her style. i love meeting great folks, and i look forward to familiar faces at upcoming fairs!
hopefully we’ll see y’all soon—-we’ll be in Brooklyn June 23+24 and San Francisco July 21+22. keep your fingers crossed for Chicago, and we’ll let you know about London…wouldn’t that be fun!?
check out more great shout-outs and Renegade coverage here, here, & here!
×here in texas, we’ve been watching as the funding for planned parenthood and other imperative women’s services, often primarily benefitting uninsured and low and middle class women, has been under attack . planned parenthood is an invaluable resource for a huge portion of the population, offering health care and services to those women in lower income brackets and/or without insurance.
without getting too preachy or political, i just wanted to take a minute to encourage folks to show a little support to an invaluable organization. especially for those of us who are self-employed, embarking on our own creative endeavors, and sacrificing steady incomes and full benefits, PP is a resource that ought not be taken for granted. we just made a small donation yesterday, and i’d encourage you to do the same. even if it’s only a bit of money, it will make a difference.
also, go check out their new tumblr! it’s actually a really interesting and educational site that’s done in a hip and entertaining tone! seriously. like, check out this infographic on the menstrual cycle:
awesome. if you’re into it, take a sec and show some support. even if it’s just following their rad new tumblr!
alright, i’m getting off of my soapbox now. it’ll only happen occasionally! promise!
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Our new mini-collection is a collaboration between ourselves, Son of a Sailor + Mären Burck. Each piece is a one of a kind, hand crafted Bodark wood “gem,” hand painted on brass chain and leather. Limited to an edition of 100, the first 10 Karve necklaces will be debuted at Renegade Craft Fair this weekend!
We’ll be revealing more information about the collection next week, but here are a few more images of the first ten pieces. Come snatch them up before they’re gone!
we just got a new pegboard to help us store our inventory, and it is quite possibly one of the best organizational tools that i’ve ever had! my only reticence to getting one in the past has been that it isn’t quite, well, pretty! but i’ve sort of remedied that by doing what i do. spray painting some of the baskets neon pink! just three of them…so it’s not overwhelming! (i know i talk about neon so much, but i promise i use some good judgement. if you come over to the house you aren’t inundated with bright pink)
and here’s something you won’t find on our pegboard—-found at my friend kristi’s new house. the pegboard, left behind, was very telling about what the former residents kept in their garage…
getting all stocked up for Renegade Craft Fair this weekend!
we’ve got new packaging, new displays, and a few one of a kind pieces from our new line that we’ll be debuting! we’ll try to give another sneak peek before Saturday…
the weather here in austin is gorgeous! there are surely only a few beautiful days where the highs remain in the 80s, and i’ve been inspired to get our patio sorted the heck out!
the foundation of my grand diy patio ideas is this Tullerö patio set from Ikea. we saw it last year and thought it a bargain at $149 for the whole set, but yesterday, after what was supposed to be a “quick” trip, i discovered that the “new lower price” on this set is $99! done. so, it comes in plain acacia wood—-no neon pink at the bottom. but, of course, i just have to add a neon pop to the set! so, prior to assembling, i’m going to tape off the legs and spray paint just the ends in neon pink!
after the jump are the rest of the patio ideas that i have in mind…
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i’ve mentioned many times over the last year that william & i are getting married. well, we got married! there was lots of planning, lots of DIY, and it was all very exciting! march 31 was the date that it all went down, and we wanted to share a few photos of the day.
first, though, we want to give a huge shout out to our photographer, Alisa Ferris. she was absolutely incredible. we were married at Casa Rio de Colores, which is a bit of an insane wonderland! it is full—-absolutely full—-of visual stimuli. just all sorts of stuff, all over the place! (hard to describe, go take a look!) Alisa captured the day beautifully and managed to single out small moments and settings in the chaos of it all! we’re sooooo happy with how the photos came out, and are appreciative of how much she kicked ass!
so here’s a peek at the day, after the jump. all of our friends came together to help make it so beautiful and personal for us. (we stacked the deck for “help” though, by having an enormous wedding party!!!)
thanks to everyone who worked their tushies off to create a gorgeous event!
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so i went for a little retail therapy the other day, which for me often means a trip to target! currently collaborating with target, The Webster Miami has a limited line of pretty cute stuff right now! i picked up this sleeveless jersey dress (a bargain at $29.99) which has inspired me to create a little board of accessories to go with it!
wish i could consider this a shopping list!
×if you guys haven’t heeded our advice of checking out this beautiful little online magazine, you should it now! their fourth issue just came online, and it is so full of summer adorable, i’m forgetting about how insanely hot it will get.
some of my favorite features:
just get these on my feet right now!
the home of this freelance designer is enviable and inspiring…i need to get organized!
just…everything. i want it.
go breeze through their latest issue…it’s worth it!
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