california film

I'll start with Angella's beautiful apartment in Golden Hill, San Diego because it's as good a place as any to start and I was so happy to see her and Lyra, and Lyra slept at my feet and I was so happy.
We went up to L.A. shortly after, here are a couple from my booth.
Driving up the coast to San Francisco the next week: a stop to look at elephant seals, various roadside views including the bluest blues in Big Sur.
I stayed at Delaney's house in West Oakland. I liked it, it had Bushwick vibes. Junior is a good cat. We did stick n pokes. We had fun.
I met up with Julia Kostreva for a day and we went around Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. These are from the Flower Conservatory and a butterfly exhibit there.
Last night in Oakland drinks with Kaye. We took two photos and we both don't look awful in this one.
And a couple from the drive back. You're all right, California.

Renegade Prep

My pal Kaye Blegvad (of Datter Industries jewelry fame) emailed me a couple months ago to ask if I'd like to take an epic California trip in July, make a ton of money, and tax deduct the whole thing. I immediately said yes, of course, and now I'm sort of regretting it (but feeling a lot of anxious excitement too). So, I'll be at Renegade Craft Fair in Los Angeles on July 20-21 and San Francisco on July 27-28. Kaye and I are sharing a booth, so stop by and say hi (and maybe buy something because I've gone completely broke preparing for this)!

I'm spending a lot of time gazing up at my Napkin pom banner for inspiration. I've never make this much product before, everything in my shop is made to order or in very small runs, and my anxiety (and workload) is insane right now. Have any of you done Renegade before? Have any advice? I need it!

Boogie, Pam, and Truffle

Boogie, Pam, and Truffle are my friend Courtney's dogs. She runs a handmade shop called Napkin and sent me one of her amazing pom banners so I made her these mini ceramic figures of her dogs.
If you don't follow Courtney on Instagram you should. I also recommend Pam's personal account.

More on my pom banner: it says RICH BITCH, and hangs above my desk to help me stay motivated even when I'm making cat dress after cat dress to pay my overpriced Bushwick rent. I moved into a new studio recently, and I'll post photos soon when it's all set up.

internet girls

I don't think I ever got around to posting photos from Internet Girls at Habitat House last summer. Here is one!

Hey guys, I just printed a zine of my work from this summer! It's full of lots of colorful patterns and girls, and is only $5! You can buy it in my Etsy shop.

The zine has some images from Internet Girls which opens tomorrow night at Habitat. That's me, still in my yoga clothes framing the dozens of little pieces. Hope to see you tomorrow!

Internet Girls

Internet Girls are the result of the cycling of images and tastes through the internet among girls. Internet Girls explores the current state of the Internet Girl. Right now, Internet Girls like vintage things, florals, patterns and textiles, pretty pastries/food, cats, the color pink, lace, and natural earth things (geodes, crystals, plants, succulents, feathers, bones, etc). If my show is any good, it will probably look like your dream bedroom.

Internet Girls will be at 1008 21st St. San Diego, CA 92102 at like 7 pm.


You can follow all my Internet Girl-spiration on internetgirls.tumblr.com.

los angeles and crafts

D and I went up to L.A. yesterday for the Renegade Craft Fair. It was like Etsy in real life, some things I loved, and some things not so much. This is what I got! A crystal and "seed bombs" (homemade compost mixed with California wildflowers) from Terri Planty, a zine about making friendship bracelets (screenprinted with a cool gradient), a bird and horse mobile by Hillery Sproatt (really, really want a bunch of her dolls too), and a leather tassel keychain by Carrot + Corriander.



Other highlights:
It was super fun wearing my cat dress because a bunch of people recognized me! It was nice meeting Caitilin of Nice, and I wish I could have bought her Wild Heart banner. Also had fun browsing through my old neighborhood(s), and catching up with old friends from my former life as an L.A. girl. So much has changed in Silverlake, Echo Park, and Little Tokyo in the last 2 years! My favs were IKO IKO for amazing everything, and Wurstküche for the best fries ever.

poppies

summertime squiggles

Newly printed squiggly silk is cause for an impromptu shirtless photoshoot! Check the Habitat babez of summer.



Dylan



Jackson.



And me.

Plant Life

tropical times? no, just a couple I did while stranded at a Starbucks waiting for D to get out of an important meeting about clogs.

real summer

The summer solstice was a really nice excuse to pack up some oranges and a sketchbook and go to the park. There's been too much indoor work lately, and a late afternoon sun break was much needed. I tried to look nice by wearing my cat dress since it's the only clothing I have that's not from the Salvation Army. Also, I feel cooler wearing it now that a lot of bloggers and internet girls have convinced me that it is a cool thing. Sunglasses are from In God We Trust, and the denim shirt is from, yes, the Salvation Army.

summer patterns

Hiiii. No, I'm not having a lazy summer on the beach, I am inside most of every day at D's house making things for my lovely Etsy followers and trying to do new things in the little time that's left. Some of these new things (like cooking!!! I'm becoming an expert at non-beef burgers) have a hard time fitting on the scanner.

Here are a couple new patterns I've made, though. They're ready to be dragged off the blog and tiled as pretty summer wallpaper.

summer studiooo

Max moved to Vermont and left us his Nelson bench. Throw some cats on it.



Dylan made me the lil desk.


Also, I'm tweeting now (@leahreenagoren) so you can follow me if you'd like! It'd be much appreciated because twitter makes me a bit nervous.