Sunday Eve Trunk Show

Some pics of the trunk show from Sunday evening. It was a fun night, with some very talented designers, good music and good drinks. It was a bit of a quiet turnout due to it being Mother's Day, but shows like these are always fun. I met my fashion neighbors, played around with a new way to display my pieces and found out that my felted wrist cuffs and pods look fabulous with my friend Jennifer's designs.

Trunk Show Event!

Hey All! Come on out this Sunday, May 8th, where I'll be selling my wares with other fabulous designers while celebrating the opening of my friend's salon  - Bijoux, in downtown San Francisco.

Stop by for drinks, music, hair, fashion and moi :)

5 pm - 8 pm.

Renegade Craft Fair!!

Can you hear me people? I'm yelling out that title for a reason! This weekend, the Renegade Craft Fair is  T H E   P L A C E   T O    B E!!

Yes, I've have had my fair share of coffee today (and this week) gearing up for the show, but even if I hadn't, I'd still be as psyched :) It's such a great show, with such talented artists and the friendliest of faces. Here you not only get to shop such a diverse crowd of vendors, but you get to rub elbows with the people making their passions. You get to ask the who, what and why of their designs and of themselves. It's truly personal shopping at it's best.

Here's a few pics of things I've been working on that I'll be selling this weekend:

Glass cozy w16 oz./tumbler - $54/each (one-of-a-kind)
              

Hand felted merino wool necklace cords and wrist cords with embroidery thread. $42/each

Please note that this year the fair will be held at the Concourse Exhibition Center in San Francisco right off the 9th St/Civic Center exit off the Bay Bridge.

See you there!

Felting Class! (class is FULL)

I'll be teaching an intro class to wet felting at Peace Industry Rugs in San Francisco!

Ever wondered how a bunch of cotton-candy looking wool turned into a solid and beautiful fabric using water, soap and agitation? Then you'll need to sign up to find out :)

Space is limited.....e-mail me to join the class - papaververt@gmail.com  CLASS IS FULL(yay!)

Check out some pics of my last class - we had so much fun!

Come See Me at the De Young

I've been wanting to check out friday nights at the De Young Museum for a while and now I get the chance to be a part of the evening! The East Bay Express, partnering with the museum and coinciding with the Amish quilt exhibit, is featuring local artists "at work". I'll be setting up a table there with other artisans where we will showcase our work and how we make it.

And the best part? A live big band orchestra, a dancing coach to teach you some moves and the cafe open for dinner and cocktails. From 5 pm - 8:45 p.m....read about it here.

I Heart Succulents

This past year I have fallen head over heels in love with succulents. I know, I know....where the heck have I been? This love has passed onto Charlie Bravo too and last month, I came home one day to this:
Our very own succulent garden on our balcony! Some were cuttings from a friend, some were bought and the large terra cotta bowl in the upper right was left on our street one day. What a score. You could bathe a small child in there, it's that big.

Using the succulents in my plant cozies have been a match made in heaven. I'm not sure what it is....maybe that they both look so touchable. You always want to squeeze succulents (ok, well at least I do. Some look like pillows!) and I guess my felted goodies are squeezable too. Voila! A match!
With succulents in mind, I had been meaning to visit a fabulous nursery in the Bayview area of San Francisco, so we finally made a trip out there last week. Before going though, I read up on what Flora Grubb was all about and I think Dwell magazine summed it up quite nicely (read it here), calling her place "the hippest plant merchant in the Bay Area" and "the greenest and most charming garden store and nursery in SF". Lordy, lordy they were NOT kidding. Flora's place was the most beautiful, artistically designed gardening oasis that I've ever been to! It has an urban, art studio vibe to it, very open and lofty in the great boutique area, complete with yummy coffee by Ritual Coffee and a very helpful staff. We stayed quite a while, making sure to cover every inch of it.....soaking up the succulents (oh the choices!) and browsing the books. I purchased the funniest looking things there, something called a lithop which also go by "Living Stones" since they have this funky prehistoric rock formation thing going on. They remind me of the bottom of an animals foot or elephant toes....just bizarre but I love them!

Right before we left, we discovered something that totally took us by surprise:
An huge framed planter of succulents on a wall! This thing was really big, at least 6 feet wide. So stunning. You can see me holding the lithops in the middle. Funny, huh?

Ok, one last succulent shout-out.
A while back, Donna of Re-Surface sent me pic of her plant cozy complete with a fuzzy succulent. I'm smitten :)

Like Craft Camp

I feel like I have just finally recovered from the SF Craft Council Show a couple of weekends ago and today it was for-reals back to work, work, work!
I had the best time at the show and it being my first ever, it couldn't have been any better. The other artists in the AltCraft section were just the most perfect neighbors to have and at the end of the long weekend when we were all packing up, I seriously felt like it was the last sad sad day of summer camp and I had to say goodbye to all my new friends until next summer! It was like Craft Camp and I had the best bunkmates :)
Here are some pics of my booth set up, which I had a lot of fun setting up:
My new dot vases which I absolutely love......they should be in my Etsy shop soon....
And my new Pin Pods! These were a big hit at the show, selling out of all that I brought with me. These will also be in my Etsy shop soon!

Papaver Vert in Black and White

My co-worker surprised me a couple of weeks ago one morning by handing me a newspaper while I sipped my tea, saying "Did you see this?"
Uh..NO!!!! I swear some tea dribbled down my face. There were my bowls photographed in the San Francisco Chronicle! All thanks to Zoel over at his really great shop Perch in Glen Park, SF, who mentioned me in his write up - thanks Zoel! Anyways, here it is:
Or click here to read the article.

Run...Don't Walk!!

If you're in San Francisco and would like to get your hands on some of my felted goodies.....look no further than Rare Device: and Rose and Radish:

An amazing combination of two really great stores WITH lovely store owners AND a perfect 'lil something for Mom this weekend.