CALIFORNIA STYLE Vol.2

Elijah and I would like to give a heartfelt thanks to Kumi and the Japanese magazine California Style /Illustrated Living Style in California! What a fantastic feature along with such other wonderful fellow Californians! We're stoked!

Pick up a copy at your nearest Japanese book-stand (or amazon)    ;)

ありがとう 

APIECE APART x TTL

I was really pleased and really quite flattered to have been included in the new Apiece Apart journal. It is beautiful and filled with artists that I admire and appreciate, so to be included with them truly means a lot. I wrote + shot a 2-page story about the magical maranta plant (aka prayer plant). I hope that you can get your hands on a copy - it makes for a wonderful morning read over coffee and toast. Be sure to check out their blog too, notes from apart.

Thank you kindly Apiece Apart + Leigh Patterson

Our Fine Friends / TTL x FUNKHAUS

all photos above taken by Amy Jacobowitz 

 So stoked to be featured on FUNKHAUS' Our Fine Friends this week! Thank you so much boys + Amy J.! Read more about Tigers to Lilies atelier and a bit more about what it is I do H E R E !

Hope you're having a nice week + staying cool! Make sure your plants are getting enough water too!

x

MONOCHROMATIC WILDFLOWERS + BOOKS + SYNONYM JOURNAL

monochromatic wildflowers indeed!

the beautiful Henbane watercolor + Love Totem drawing by artist Lauren Spencer King

kittens and kale!

Mallory! That dress! That hair! That spirit!

 lovely Leigh Patterson of synonym journal

captivating us as usual, Dana!

sweetest little boy showing us his moon fish collection

lovely, lovely photographer Stella Berkofsky

What a weekend we had over at the L.A. Art Book Fair at MoCA Geffen Contemporary in Little Tokyo! Leigh and I were in charge of the BOOK STAND table all weekend long and it was so much fun! The theme that Claire so cleverly created for BOOK STAND was one color : pink. We got to:

• meet the loveliest bunch of people
• part stacks of books aside to set up a temporary flower shop + sell monochromatic pink flowers (!)
• share all of our favorite artists / photographs / books / journals that fell under the pink umbrella
• drink strawberry-silver-milk from Moon Juice
• stare at Mark Borthwick's 'all the best bird`s feel her' poster over at Jane & Jeremy stand
• spotting Yolandi Visser of Die Antwoord  nearby getting a book signed
• dress in shades of blush and pink all in the name of pink
• witness a very special moon fish collection
• got to see/touch base with so many friends that we hadn't seen in a long while
• got to enjoy (finally) some rain as we were tearing down Sunday night

Overall it was a success! More than anything I enjoyed getting to spend time with Leigh Patterson, who I don't often get to see because she lives in Austin, Texas. Important to mention too: it was so nice meeting all of you who so kindly stopped by to introduce yourselves, to say hello, or simply talk flowers with me. Gosh I was so stoked! Still am, actually...

I Heart Wilder (Bigtime)

Happy Spring, doves! If you know me then you know that I love Wilder Quarterly and all things it represents. I have a wonderful little collection of their quarterly journals stacked by my bed. I was and still am so humbled about this write up on their site! Read more here.

Thank you so much Celestine + Wilder Quarterly.

(Above photo of Alana + I picking wildflowers in the french countryside shot by dear friend/artist Jamie Russom)

You Are A Circle

"This may sound like a cliché, but remember: If there are no opportunities around you, create them.

Ask yourself:

How can I help them?

How can I surprise them?

How can I create smiles on their faces?"

-excerpt from Guillaume Wolf's

book You Are A Circle

that I am enjoying so much.

Looking through Dennis Hopper's photography book. Stellar, stellar work.

Just Like You

...also, a little shout out to Citizens of Humanity for including TIGERS to LILIES in their Just Like You section of their website. I was peacefully looking through all their featured lovely artists and almost fell off my chair when I saw the above image. I am honored to be included, really. Thank you!

Check this out!

L.A. Book Fair @ Geffen Contemporary (MOCA)

untitled, the southwest by ye rin mok

heneban, watercolors by lauren king

flowers picked and gathered, by jaime rugh

Claire Cottrell's BOOK STAND has a booth at the L.A. Book Fair @ Geffen Contemporary at MOCA (Little Tokyo) and I can attest that hers will be a shining reflection of the magic that conjures up when you choose your collaborators/artists carefully. Oh yeah, and her theme is PLANTS AND WILDFLOWERS! Besides her much coveted collection of books, journals and zines, she will also be selling textiles, prints, bookmarks and celebrating the work of these 3 brilliant artists:

• Ye Rin Mok and her booklet The Southwest
• Lauren Spencer King and her beautiful Heneban watercolor prints (I know that I'm a bit biased here because Lauren is my dear friend but so what; I've already seen some of these prints and they are hauntingly beautiful)
• Jaime Rugh's new book Backyard Wildflowers (I'm elated for Jaime because I've been following her for quite some time and she is über talented, period. Her wildflowers are exceptional, but so is her spirit of living and anything else that she touches).

So come! More info here!

Opening Night: Thursday, January 31, 6–9pm
Friday, February 1, 11-5pm
Saturday, February 2, 11am–6pm
Sunday, February 3, 12pm–6pm

The Plant Journal

The Plant Journal, Issue 1 (Staghorn Fern)

I'd like to get my hands on this. Pretty rad.

"The Plant Journal is made for all the people who, like us, love plants. People who get excited looking at how a kentia grows in their living rooms and arranging a bunch of fresh flowers. People who recreate the greenery with affection, who decorate their houses, gardens and lives with plants. But also for those who try and try but are unable to keep them alive.

Lead by curiosity, we began to discover the work of many photographers, illustrators, gardeners, craftsmen, scientists, cooks, designers, filmmakers, writers, architects and artists, both established and emerging, who shared with us their perceptions and experiences about plants. Because of them, our idea of this publication began to change and became The Plant Journal, a curious observer of ordinary plants and other greenery."

Get one from Mr. Kitly!