Local Love- Wrap Up and Pictures

We had such a wonderful time at this past weekend's Local Love show downtown! It is always such a treat to see everyone + the quality of everyone's items makes the shopping fabulous :) It mixes all of my favorites- creating displays, shopping, good people, and great music. 

Thanks to our Pal and PR Guru- Sharon Fain, we had these cute little masks that stopped tons of people dead in their tracks to take a picture at our Table. Kudos for the great masks :)

Here are some pictures of our table at the show:

UNIQUE LA and the State of Unique is so mind-blowing to me! Sonja Rasula the founder has such an amazing vision for her independent design shows as well as the State of Unique Blog.

The State of Unique Blog- which is filled with DAILY content :) is proving to be the hottest online destination for modern, curated, Made in America design! I am just so honored to be a part of her shows and the culture she is not only highlighting but stimulating into existence. What an amazing and talented young lady! Wanna hear this visionary speak + an evening of talk show style events? Check out This is Your Library HERE for more details.

Well, finally off to bed!

XOXO, KC

What I Wore- Friday 2/10/12 (Local Love Set-Up)

Today I ventured downtown to the California Market Center for the Local Love show set-up.

I wore this fun 80's dress that has crazy big shoulders. Even better, it looks like separates but is all one piece. I feel like in its previous life someone wore it to work as their power b*ia outfit!  The top has a mix of grey and light blue that isn't reading as colorful as it is in person... oh well.

I started getting our table space together and I realized I left a box at home with a big portion of inventory I needed to figure out a layout for.  I snapped a quick in progress picture since I will have to do some beefing up tomorrow with the stuff I forgot-

It was really cool planing our table space at home because I could actually test things out and see the whole set up.  It was super helpful to strategize our game plan and make a to-do around where the holes. Once everything was spread out it makes that final stretch feel more attainable and helps you not to do wasted work when it really counts. It also really helped Kevin get pumped and add his touches even if it meant there was no where to walk in the living room-

 

Gypsy is pretty bummed she is missing the fun this weekend :( She made sure to inspect every aspect of the planning to put her stamp on everything.

We have a limited run of these bold, graphic, heart valentines. They are blank on the inside and come with a handmade map paper envelope. The envelope has an adhesive strip + label & the card has 8 hearts made from all kinds of sourced paper.  Each card has its "own story" and is unique in its heart paper patterns and colors.

Dang. It is way later than I had hoped and I need to get up early to get some small bills from the bank before the show.  I am super excited for tomorrow!!! Hope to see you there :)

XOXO, KC

Local Love- This Weekend!

 Come out and share the LOVE this weekend at the First Annual Local Love Event.  Info and details here.

See the little black squares on the right? We will be in the inside row :) We have a table space this time. 

I have been listening to music on repeat with my nose down- hustlin'. As they would say in Deadliest Catch (Yeah, I am really into D.C.- What?!?) its been a constant grind until I make my drop this weekend.  

Right now I feel like I am putting hearts on EVERYTHING! Which thankfully doesn't make them too seasonal, but I have my fingers crossed that the new Valentines for this season will go well. It is always tough as a crafter to make enough inventory for an event. You never want to have too little inventory but it stinks even more to make too much when there are other things you should be focusing on. It is different when you do a Trade Show where you are taking orders and then know what type of inventory to make. 

With that thought in mind, I am nervous about inventory for CRAFTED since I will have only 4 days each week to make new inventory to replenish after sales.  I need to keep up this momentum after the Local Love show and keep grinding to get a surplus of stock for our shop. Thankfully I do best on a deadline in a "make it work" situation. One things for sure- I definitely can't slack off!

These fun heart stickers were made today for this weekend. Gosh I love stickers!!!

Tomorrow I will be assembling valentines cards that go off the heart theme above. They are bold, graphic, and colorful- Just like me ;)

Anyway, come out to the Local Love Show, say hello and find some lovely ways to spread the love to your Valentine. Hope to see you there!

XOXO, KC & Kevin