What I Wore: Friday 5/25/12 * Unique Finds: Enchanted Leaves

Greetings from NYC!!! I guess I win the award for bad packer because I packed kinda crazy for my trip. I dunno why I decided my bag should be filled with fancy dresses and shoes, nothing really casual.  I had to suck it up and get this dress as I was passing through Target just to have something to wear.  It is paired with a pair of Blowfish shoes which I found on the same day that have a "Blue Belieze Blanket" pattern. This is my first experience with successfully mixing patterns and I am pretty jazzed for this new addition to my wardrobe - even if I did have to buy everything new. My staple accessory that has been getting some great compliments is my Hunger Games Mockingjay necklace I purchased at Unique LA from Enchanted Leaves one of my favorite stops for fun jewelry.

This necklace is so perfect for me!!! The length of the necklace is great and it is a really sweet size. I am so into Collins's series that when I spot the necklace out of the corner of my eye, I knew it had to be mine!

Enchanted Leaves will be at the Patchwork Shows in both Santa Ana and the show we'll be at in Culver City on 5/10. For more details and location information check out their website here. We are huge fans of E.L. and you can see our previous post on their awesome-ness here.

I hope you have a super weekend!!! We have a full holiday weekend of wedding fun in Brooklyn and next week we will be posting WEDDING details all week long :) Yay!!!!
XOXO, KC

UNIQUE LA's 4th Annual Holiday Show 2011

Here is our UNIQUE LA Picture Wrap-Up! Thanks for everyone who came out and said "Hello"! 

Those of you who couldn't make it- here are the Highlights:

Set-up began Friday and Kevin brought up all of our items for our booth. We did one load in our new FIT and it was just big enough to get everything we needed display wise nicely. 

We lucked out and had an obstructive column just outside our booth that we could decorate on and make sure our booth was visible from the aisle way. :)

Kevin made some AH-MAZING record accessory stands for UNIQUE! Here are some of my favorites:

 There were Craft Demos featured by the Craft and Folk Art Museum- Making Upcycled Gift Bows.

If you happened to miss the demo- Here is our tutorial to make upcycled bows this holiday...

Here bellow, are some of our Friends who are based out of LA. I got this picture with Ryan of Magic Industrie, but missed a picture of his booth :( The rest have pictures of their booths/ contact info:

 Enchanted Leaves and Maiden Voyage Clothing was Hoppin'! 

 

 

Monstertrocity (Monster Kat...formerly known as Handmade Store on a Bike)

 Janie XY always has the cutest table set-up and the Handmade Plush toys are so cute I want to burst!

For even more pictures, hop over to UNIQUE LA's Flickr Set...


Also, I want to give a big shout out to Kristin Parker for our new Logo design for our business cards!!! I am really excited to expand off this logo into 2012. :)

I hope you enjoyed the show! 
XOXO, KC and Kevin

Weekend Wrap-Up: Patchwork Culver City

We were able to take our time setting up Saturday  AND our booth was in a location where we could paint the wall- double bonus. :) 

Patchwork Culver City was rad yesterday! When we applied we certainly thought it would be cool, but I had no idea they were going to crank it to 11 the first time at the Helms Bakery.  Not only was this the 1st time the show came to Culver City, but it was also the first time indoors. Usually Patchwork is held outdoors under tents and thankfully with the possibility of bad weather Delilah & Nicole the co-creators/producers of the Patchwork Show were able to secure us indoors!

Here are some pictures of our booth set-up:

Even thought the space was a bit tighter than a 10'x 10' the set up was quite easy to walk around this time. I actually kinda like the indoor without walls vibe--nice and airy. We were located in the building closest to Venice Blvd. and there was three, count'em 3 buildings worth of shopping and indie vendors and fabulous finds!!!

These little hand made pillow boxes were last weeks tutorial. Wanna make them? Go here.

Note on the Fashion/ What I Wore: Kristin is wearing one of her own creations & my outfit is a vintage find.

I like to check out the other vendors and One of my all time favorites is Enchanted Leaves. I love husband and wife teams and Nedda and Aaron are an inspiring duo. They are  one of my favorite places to get presents from at the shows! I really like their concept and all of their products really make me feel like I am transported to my fantasy spot in nature where all my favorite animals and creatures come and then are displayed using fun accessories. I wanted to share a picture of their booth/ website info because their range of products could fit just about anyone on your holiday list and keep your budget intact too. 

A must to check out: The line of wooden butterflies and moths pretty, graphic and inspired by vintage entomology illustrations- they are in the bottom right bellow:

Our friends Annette and Zach stopped by which was perfect. Annette could fill in at the booth with me so that Kevin and Zach could sneak off to Father's Office for a minute. Man I wish I could have gone and gotten a Maudite at the bar since its hard to find it is totally my favorite beer. Thank goodness we live close, I'll get one another time...  

 annette

 kevin

 me (kc)

We had such a fun time at the show! Best day ever filled with decorating our booth, meeting wonderful customers, seeing  friends, great shopping, topped off with some silly portraits--Yay!

Thanks again for everyone who came out and said hi! 

Best Wishes,

KC & Kevin