changes / movement / details

wildflower hunting this morning for valentine's day! one of my favorite things to do ;)

Hi friends, I just want to check in for a moment. A few new things:

* So, TIGERS to LILIES has a new logo. I really loved the old one but I felt it was time for a change, especially because I am in the middle of so many changes, so why not here too? I would really like to know what you think of it?

* I've been working hard on my website, which is still yet to be up, but I also have been working on this which I very much am happy about. Please have a visit and let me know your thoughts:

tigrestolilies.tumblr.com

* I have been working a ton in my studio too, which means that I am taking a bit longer to respond to emails and comments, but please know that I appreciate all of them. I do. Have I ever mentioned to you that my spirit animal might just be the trusted snail...

* Lastly, this year for Valentine's Day I am trying to create something really unique and special. My friends over at En Soie have generously lent me their space and beautiful work table to hold a temporary space for TIGERS to LILIES on Valentine's Day. I am working hard to hunt down wildflowers that haven't been sprayed and are freely growing. Bouquets will be available at Cookbook Market in Echo Park, the Urban Radish downtown in the Arts District and over at Shelter Half on La Brea. I will be in-store personally at En Soie in Silver Lake to make bouquets per order. My wonderfully talented friend and chef extraordinaire Eden Batki is preparing to bake herbal donuts too, available to pre-order or to simply purchase at En Soie day-of. Seriously waaay stoked about this combination: wildflowers + donuts! Two of my favorite things! Shoot me an email if you would like more details -- we are creating the flavors of the donuts over the weekend and I will know more by the end of the weekend. Many more details on Monday!

I think that covers mostly everything. Excuse the verbose entry today. Lots to share. Thank you for visiting and for your support. Always, Lili 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...

Plants Annonymous

newly purchased flowering lemon verbena plant + flowers

the vendor said this is an African... and before he could finish i already had purchased it

this is why i went to the mart in the first place, not for plants

discovered pink lace (on the left)  too and am really swooning over it

coffee + english muffin prepared by elijah for me, my bfast of champions on busy flower mornings

 Confessions:

I counted our plants the other day while watering them and realized that we have 26 in our home alone, not including our garden in the back. This is what it looks like on paper:

26 plants + 5 cats + 1 dog + 1 fish 

(I'm not even including 4 week old Chamomile in the cat tally--mine and V.v.'s recent forage on a morning walk two weeks ago. I know, I know. . . more on her later)

I realized something yesterday morning while I was at the mart looking to source flowers for a very special event happening this weekend. I have felt this sensation in the past whenever I am around nurseries, gardens, fields, heck even Home Depot. I get completely drawn into the flora world. My mind gets distracted with the slightest glimpse of any green friend. I get pulled into them, linger over them, touch their little leaves. My heart starts to pound and I am sure that my pupils dilate. My hands might even start to sweat a little and it is almost as though I am on a hunt and my prey is finally in plain sight ready for me to pounce.  I truly feel a rush. Then it's over and I am at complete peace, usually with my new green friend sitting in the car in the passengers seat or if on the larger side then in the back seat.  It is only a matter of time from the hunt that it is placed in a pot, watered thoroughly and placed in what I think is the perfect spot for it in terms of light. I introduce it to all the other plants by placing the new plant in between the others in the tub during weekly waterings. I tell them all to say hello and to make our new green friend feel welcomed as a new member of the family. Have I told you too much? I don't believe that I have ever written a post like this before. I just wanted to you let in. I might have a slight addiction to plants. 

So yesterday, as I was trying my best to breeze through the nurseries at the mart to get to more flowers (why I was there in the first place mind you), a flowering lemon verbena entered my plane of vision. I stopped. My heart's beat started to feel stronger. I started to imagine it sitting pretty in my garden. We need this flowering herb I told myself! I don't have one and I can make tea with it and Elijah can use it for his drink botany and . . . and . . . ! Before I knew it, I was in the car with all my flowers + a newly purchased and stunning flowering lemon verbena plant and a tree. I picked up the phone immediately while making my way back home. Hello, Elijah, I did it again. . .

How many plants do you have?