Thanksgiving decoration

We had a special craft day and prepared all these wonderful decorations for our thanksgiving table.

Rag house hunting

Got to go downtown LA to an amazing rag house full of treasures. Do you know 10% of California landfills are full of textiles.

Fabric swatches

Last week I went to Micheal Levine's fabric store in downtown LA. I got some great fabrics to play with.

Patterns

Photos of some inspirational patterns, collected on my travels.

Terra Nova :: Artists Retreat

Creative weekend away in the mountains.

My Pink & Orange Baby Shower

My friends Morgan & Kathlene arranged the most beautiful baby shower for me on Sunday. It was so nice to celebrate baby no.2 in such style.

Screenprinting Day

We screeened a collection of nautical and botanical images onto recycled t-shirts for HomeSpun's Spring collection. Sienna even joined in the fun. They'll soon be for sale on our online store.

Cardboard Box Airplane

Sienna is getting so big these days and had to share these photos. She loved being creative and we had so much fun making this airplane out of a diaper box. I never expected her to play within for as long as she did.

Nautical Inspiration Board

One of HomeSpun's themes for Spring 2011 is nautical. Here is a quick snap of our inspiration board. We love the way vintage and nautical blend together and we are excited to add pops of orange and eggshell blue. Check out our online store for some of our new pieces.

Birthday Party fun!

My husband Aaron organized this fun photreasure hunt for my birthday. Everyone had to run around Westwood taking photos inspired by different clues of things I like!
For example "Thirty- One " my age, "Shades of Brown/HTML shade no. A0522D" Sienna my daughters names etc.
Here are just a few of the photos from the hunt.

Unique LA - Great success

HomeSpun Vintage and Corrie Hill Design shared a booth at December's Indie Art Show Unique LA. We were quite proud of our booth!

New Year New Resolutions

The last few weeks have been so magical and fun! Christmas with lots of Irish visitors and fantastic quality family time. Mexico vacation for my brother in laws wedding was amazing. Lots of relaxing and enjoying.

Now I look forward to a New Year with lots of already exciting things happening including a new baby at the beginning of May.
Creatively I have so much bursting in me and so look forward to sharing them with you here. Here is a list of some of my creative resolutions for this New Year.

1. Keep a creative visual journal
2. Wear more jewelry
3. Experiment more with fabrics & materials
4.Share my creative endeavors with people around me
5. Sell more
6. Explore creativity more within motherhood
7. Blog more
8. Grow & organize my 2 businesses

Unique LA 2010

I've been super busy - again! Mostly getting ready for Unique LA an independent design and gift show in Downtown LA. I will be selling all my new products and sharing a booth with my clothes line HomeSpun Vintage. If you're in the area over the weekend you should try and pop in!

Come see me at Patchwork Indie Arts and Crafts Festival

COME SEE ME AT:
patchwork indie arts & festival showcases over 75 local independent artists, crafters and designers in an outdoor setting. come down and eat & drink from local cafe & restaurant booths as you listen to tunes and peruse goods from the best southern california creators. look & shop... clothing for men, women & kids, handbags, accessories, art, ceramics, home goods, garden finds, plushies, jewelry, paper goods, edible treats, pet gear, crochet & knit goods, kits & patterns, bath & body goodies & more. check out our bike valet, eco-gift wrapping station & diy crafting tables for adults & kids.
WWW.PATCHWORKSHOW.COM for details and exact location

WHEN & WHERE:
PATCHWORK LONG BEACH
NOVEMBER 21ST 11-5PM
MARINE STADIUM- BAYSHORE @ APPIAN WAY

PATCHWORK SANTA ANA
NOVEMBER 28TH 11-5PM
2202 NORTH MAIN STREET @ BUFFALO SANTA ANA, CA 92

Miki Miette

I was so fortunate to meet my friend Sawako last year and join forces with her and her website Miki Miette where my products are available to buy . Sawako has some other amazing products available on her site. I have featured some of them in this post and 6% of all sales go towards three non profits Citta, Walk with Sally & Pandas international.