Patchwork Long Beach Part 2

Since the Patchwork shows are always busy, I like to walk around before the show starts to see everyone's booths and to do a little shopping. Here are some of my favorites.

Spiral bound notebooks made from vintage book covers by Brown Bag Books (of course, I was attracted by the vintage suitcases!)  You can check out their blog here.

 

 Accents had a great looking booth (with more suitcases!) full of vintage looking bow ties, scarves and pocket squares. Check out their shop here.

I really liked the packaging from Wildflower Botanicals. In addition to bath and body products, they also sell candles. Check out their shop here.

Whimsical original artwork and art dolls were offered by Little Sage Creations. There's lots more to see in her Etsy shop here.

Being a pottery lover, the ceramics of Lizbeth Navarro really caught my eye. The little pot on the right went home with me! Check out her website here.

Patchwork Culver City

This past Sunday was the Patchwork show in Culver City, California. Since most of set up was on Saturday, I had time to walk around the show and check out cool stuff. The booth next to me was MandaLanda who did super creative things with vintage books and book pages. Even their booth walls were covered in vintage type. Another eye-catching booth belonged to Make Shop Live who specialized in recycled and repurposed goods like the bottle cap magnets on the left. Cute felted toys filled Jenny Smith's booth. I gave the "Best use of Kraft Paper" to Klai Brown's creative booth. It was the perfect background for her ceramics. Melissa Renzi had a display of her collages and last but not least, this adorable owl onsie® from Random Nicole (one of the fearless leaders of Patchwork!).

Spring Craft Shows

It's time for the spring craft shows and so far, I have 3 scheduled. Patchwork Long Beach on May 20, Patchwork Santa Ana on May 27 and Patchwork Culver City on June 10. These are all great shows with music, food trucks and way too many cool things to buy. (It's a wonder I make any money!) You can find out more about all three shows at patchworkshow.com. I did this new promo postcard to hand out and I think it came out pretty well.

More UniqueLA

Here are a few fun booths that I saw at UniqueLA. I wish I had had more time to run around and take pictures.

Relite Candles has handmade soy candles in cool vintage containers


Shannon Len has elegant jewelry


Urban Heirloom has jewelry made from vintage pieces

Upcoming Shows

I'm really excited about participating in Unique LA - a show with over 300 vendors! It takes place May 7-8 in the penthouse of the California Market Center in downtown LA. I've been busily making product for the last 2 months and it is stacked EVERYWHERE! Here's my ad on the Unique LA website. If you get a chance, come for a visit. If you live in the LA area and can attend the show, I am giving away 2 sets of 2 tickets (admission is $10). Just leave a comment below. Winners will be chosen on May 1.

I also sold small collages and paintings. I sold lots of Birds and Owls. What I didn't sell will be available in my shop in the next week or so.