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

Graffiti Beach Holiday Pop-Up Shop

The Graffiti Beach Holiday Pop-Up Shop opens TODAY! Yay!!!

Graffiti Beach 

Holiday Boutique

@ 1221 Abbot Kinney Blvd- Venice Beach

STORE HOURS
Sunday - Tuesday: 12 noon - 6pm
Wednesday - Thursday: 11am - 6pm
Friday - Saturday: 11am - 7pm  

We have 3 Record Accessory Stands displaying merchandise as well as for sale in this Pop-Up Shop, which is super exciting! I saw a sneak peak of the space and I can't wait to check it out fully displayed and merchandised.
BTW- The Featured Fashion Designers are pretty amazing making this a must for you fashionistas out there ;)

Abbot Kinney is an amazing shopping destination for independent designers, awesome boutiques, galleries, great food and furniture. Every genre is pretty much covered all in one street and easily navigated. Too good to pass up- Add it to your Shop Local Holiday.

* The Graffiti Beach Holiday Pop-Up Shop is inside the Altered Space Gallery FYI.


They have one of those super awesome cork chairs I re-pinned to my Made with Corks board on Pinterest and all kinds of cool re purposed art so make sure to give yourself time to shop in both- super inspiring!

Shop and Enjoy! XOXO, KC

Unique LA Highlights and Pictures

We had such a fantastic time at Unique LA this past weekend! Thanks to everyone who came out and visited our booth!!! We had a terrific turnout and found a ton of great items to buy too.

Above: Pictures from our booth.  Check out items you may have missed in our Etsy store here.

Bellow: Great finds from DUST and Co., Sabo, Monstertrocity, Careful, It Bites and UNIQUE LA Pencils I got from checking in on Foursquare.

On Left: I scored this amazing "C" from a Monte Carlo made by my friend Jill of DUST and Co. the glasses pin is by sabo. Right: Kevin picked out this amazing monster from Monster Kat of Monstertrocity, and I am so glad to have 'Robert Sargent' as a new addition to our family.  Kat also makes the amazing unicorn finger puppet in the above picture- LOVEs it!

Kevin ran the show most of Saturday so I could scope out the show and he had the pleasure to chat with Travis from Blogging LA.  He did a great post on the show that includes our Record Accessory Stands, plus more details and pictures of Jill and Kat's goods. Check it out here.

We had a wonderful customer talk to me about the magazine subscription cards and I thought I would pass along some weird trivia.  When I go to stores to collect the cards that clutter the store and fall to the floor are "Blow-Ins" or Blow-in cards.  The difference between the blow-in and the bind-in cards is that they are loosely tucked into a magazine so that it will fall out and attract attention.  They want those things to fall out?!?!!! Crazy! For other interesting magazine facts The Association of Magazine has an interesting page with more details.

This show we attracted some attention with our take on the blow-in subscription cards.  Check out this great post from The Matcha Box on how we charmed a sale out of her with our Metro Card Address Books!  Thanks for your support Alissa :)

I ran into our friend Klara who along with Tyson, her soon to be husband, had an amazing booth as usual! They have an amazing apparel and accessory line that has amazing pillows too (as seen left) Maiden Voyage.  There is a great post that they are featured in here by LA Weekly!!! Great job guys!  Klara told me when we got to speak her and Tyson are getting married this summer in Poland- how amazing! I can't wait to see pictures.  If it is anything like how they design Maiden Voyage it is definitely going to be a wedding to remember :)

Phttp://www.maidenvoyageclothing.com/ 

Photo via UNIQUE LA's Photostream *here*

(Kevin and his new friend from Careful, It Bites)

It is always so inspiring to see all the great artists and designers at Unique LA.  We feel so honored to be a vendor at the show.  It is so great to be a part of such an amazing event and to get to see all of you lovelies in person!!! 

Thanks again to everyone who came by and said hi to us :)

XOXO,

KC & Kevin

Product Spotlight: Record Accessory Stand

When I was at Kristin's house the other day and I had to snap some pictures of her Record Jewelry Stand in action ;)  It got me to thinking that I have neglected putting some well deserved time into product descriptions... So, today is all about the Record Accessory Stands. 

Above- I love the pairing of colors!

KP's accessory stand mixes perfectly with their wall art.  

They also have one of our folded books 

and use it as a sorter for their Netflix- AWESOME!

I have been gathering pictures of the record stands for Flickr and Etsy.  If you like the orange one you can find it on Etsy here.

When I first came up with the idea for an accessory stand or a multiple record kind of riser, I had many different obstacles to overcome- structure wise.  I am very happy that we let it evolve and re-work it into the place it is now.  

We had a super great weekend!  It still feels more like a fall than a summer in Los Angeles, which is still totally weird for me.  I feel horrible when all of my relatives tell me its in triple-digits :(

 *This guy cracked me up this weekend! He was stalking everyone at Target*

All the summer activities go on no matter what the temperature- And, we had a blast with Kevin's co-workers all weekend!

Dianna had a bbq at her and Thomas' place and I snapped a fun pic of her Jewelry Stand/ Organizer in their living room.  They use it for all their keys and pocket stuff-  My favorite is the pig bank from Norway for the change ;)

Renegade Craft in Los Angeles

We had such an amazing time this past weekend at
Renegade Craft Fair in Los Angeles!!!  

Jill from Dust and Co. and I went to the Etsy MeetUp at the Figueroa Hotel downtown Friday night and met some really amazing artists.  I got a great set of Moo business cards to promote our Etsy shop as a vendor that are AWESOME! They had an Eco option which I didn't know about... I had resisted even thinking of purchasing cards because I am still trying to figure out what my material standards would be for things I make/ use. BUT, they are amazing, and I could have more time to blog and make actual things if we aren't literally prepping and making everything.

Anyway, while we were at the party there were a ton of Etsy Admins and they were all super cool and I asked questions about the new features to come.  I found out that the one I dream about the most is around the corner- A batch list tool!  That way it will be way easier to list items multiple times and not have to re-fill out everything!!! Also, Etsy is about to be the first fully global shopping interface where everything is set up the same but in different currencies and language for that country.  For instance, if you go to Amazon in a different country the interface and layout would be totally different- It is really awesome to be a part of the Etsy community when this happens!!!! They screen printed little flags for vendors with Etsy shops to hang in their booths and even held a raffle if you made a purchase from us :)

Renegade Was AMAZING!  And, I am so envious of all my friends gearing up for San Francisco next weekend!  It is all I can do to re-vamp, rest up and post.   Soon to come- more pictures and some of our great finds!