Rosemarie Auberson + CM @ 0fr

If you're in Paris this week you must go to this! I so wish that I could. I have just discovered Rosemarie Auberson's beautiful collages and artwork through my dear friend Cheri Messerli. To see this in person will surely be a capticating and lifting experience.

*(Cheri, you know that my spirit will be there! SO proud of you)!

Herbal and Mineral Pouch Workshop!

Artist and dear friend Lauren Spencer King is holding a workshop at BOOKSTAND as part of the Plants: Our Silent Guardians installation this month at The Standard! This is going to be a really lovely evening where Lauren will guide the class as we sip on homemade chai tea + snack on homemade rosemary infused chocolate w/ Himalayan sea salt and listen to Velvet Underground! Such a treat I hope that I see you there and should we be sitting next to each other please say hi. See you there!

Tuesday, April 16th

7 - 9pm

BOOKSTAND

@ The Standard, Hollywood

8300 W. Sunset Blvd.

Hollywood, 90069

$45

RSVP helpdesk@artbookstand.com (super limited space)

Shalimar de la Tefu Tefu

me + v.v. photo by Kumi

This is the sweetest! Thank you so much Choko and Sonoko for this really sweet post. I met these sisters while they were traveling through different cities in California to do research on a lifestyle book they were working hard on. Their book and blog emphasizes the importance of eating fresh food (preferably raw and vegan), drinking green smoothies and living with more nature and peace. They want to bring this awareness throughout Japan. Everything that I too believe in. So I had them over for tea and cake and we shared wonderful conversation about this kind of lifestyle living. They also told me about their old 70 Volkswagen bus that they were in the process of turning into a juice bus to drive around Tokyo and deliver juices! They clipped some herbs from my garden and made me the best green smoothie I have ever had! I hope to get to spend more time with Sonoko and Choko when they are here next or perhaps when I finally make it out to Japan.

Check out the rest here

Threading in The Choirs

photos Michael took of flora in his house

I made some new friends this past weekend and I am so happy that I did, I really am. Sometimes you meet people only once and you already know that you're going to be in each others lives and it's going to be even better for it! Check out Michael's pretty perfect site here and Leigh's pretty perfect site here.

BTW, what kind of flora is currently around your house?

St. Valentine's Day Pop-Up

A really big and heartfelt thank you to everyone who showed up! It was a busy, busy day but I felt extremely grateful: to Marta & Robert of Cookbook for letting me use their beautiful space, to Shelter Half for granting me their grand scale space, to artist Lauren Spencer King for her winsome handmade cards, to artist Cheri Messerli for her bewitching marbleized papers, to Ben Medansky for his one-of-a-kind hand thrown ceramics and porcelains, and to each and every one of you who stopped by and gave me love from far and wide. 

I read that 'flowers trigger emotions of happiness.' How very true. Really then, what could be better?

Check out the rest here

xx

TRADESMEN Part II

thank you for my cool sign Doug!

This past Saturday was the beautiful evening hosted by TRADESMEN in Venice. The minute I met Doug and Ruben (the shining and über-talented couple behind TRADESMEN) I felt as though I was with kinfolk. They gave me free reins and so I set out to do whatever it was my heart desired! I really enjoyed their space and felt inspired with every corner, every shelf, every object in there. But it really comes down to Doug and Ruben and their trails of inspiration that orbit them wherever they go, whatever they touch. More pics here!

Katarina provided her really special and especially clean tasting wine, Wahrheit, which she had shipped from her vineyard in the Black Forest (Germany!) and the Venice Merchant + SMOHK bread provided fresh produce and smoked grilled cheeses!

• • Thank you so much Doug + Ruben • •

...and if you haven't yet been to TRADESMEN yet then go and pay them a visit! You'll be inspired the minute you walk through their doors!

Freunde von Freunden

Way back in the height heat of this past summer my wonderful friend Claire (of BOOKSTAND) asked me to style some flowers for a shoot that was happening of her brand newly moved-in house for the esteemed Freunde von Freunden. I was so excited by this proposal for several reasons, but mostly because there are few people that I enjoy working with more than Claire. Her eye, her natural tendencies towards colors and shapes, her spirit, and her language. We had such a fun and inspired day and kept our cool from the sweltering heat sipping fermented natural sodas and eating cannelle's! I am so proud of her for all her accomplished endeavors. Read more here and get ready to be inspired! Here's to you Claire! xx

*first six photos were shot by Jessica Comingore

BOOK STAND @ TOMBOY (Silver Lake)

Friends, won't you to stop by tonight? My divine friend Claire is having a little BOOK STAND pop-up at Tomboy in Silver Lake! She possesses a most exquisite collection of all things bound and let me tell you that we're lucky that is sharing it all with us! A feast for your soul and eyes you'll see. So see you there*

BOOK STAND @ TOMBOY TONIGHT

Fri December 14th / 6-8pm

1406 Micheltorena Street / Silver Lake

(I'm making teeny wreaths and a couple of flowers will be around too)

Cortez

I am really so excited and honored with my newest wildflower account: Cortez! Everything in the space is already so beautifully curated (including the beautiful Sam Gore vases I get to use) by owners Marta Teegan and Robert Stelzner that it makes is absolutely divine to float in there and add some finishing touches.

Have you eaten there yet? Go! It's absolutely stellar. I find myself lingering after the flowers are done to have a coffee and appreciate all the beauty around me.

Thank you so much Marta + Robert!