On the windy Friday evening of March 25th, 6 local designers/makers/artist-types (including Casa M of course) transformed Daniel Jau Jou's Jau Jou Studio hair salon into a little boutique filled with pillows and art prints, terrariums and incscribled metal pendants, nature-inspired jewelry, frilly panties and bold necklaces, colorful coin purses and totes made from salvaged materials with birds and other animals adorning them and haute couture clutches.

Daniel Jau Jou was the host with the most and made sure that nobody went thirsty or hungry while they were on his turf. And it wasn't just a good time, we also raised almost $500 ($495 to be exact) with a raffle that included lots of goodies donated by all of us designers. All the money we raise went to the Red Cross for earthquake and tsunami relief in Japan.

Luckily the lovely Marissa Rocke took incredible photos of the event that were published along with this awesome article about the trunk show on Slow Fashioned - an online magazine that "goes beyond fashion to empower readers to slow down and make more educated shopping and lifestyle decisions. Instead of being wrapped up in consumerism, acquiring more stuff just to acquire more stuff; Slow Fashioned challenges you to reduce, reuse, and recycle and to join the slow movement." I could not be more on board with this philosophy if I tried. So I was really excited to get connected with Slow Fashioned and look forward to future opportunities for collaboration.

And don't forget to check out the article!

 

 

We had a total blast in Kelseyville, CA this past weekend at the two-day Harvest Festival at the Steele Winery.  We sold a bunch of cool Casa M goodies including two new offerings -- the Casa M "Around Town Tote Bag" and Casa M "Decorative Festive Banners."  We had just been in Kelseyville a couple of weeks ago at the Pear Festival in downtown where we got a warm reception and we were happy to see some of the same faces come out and say hello again this past weekend!

Why Kelseyville you ask?  Well, Eric spent many of his formative years there and his parents -- Mama Bird and Papa Bird West -- still live there.  So it was great to have a home base and lots of willing help in setting stuff up and taking it all down.

Here are some photos from the Harvest Festival and the newest iteration of the Casa M booth.  I was really happy with our set up this time around...though admittedly, it changes a little every time.  And some of the shows we have coming up (including the one this Sunday, October 17th in Hayes Valley -- the RAG Designer Sale in conjunction with the Capsule Design Festival) have smaller or odd booth sizes so we will be forced to get creative and use space wisely!  We will let you know how it goes....

A full booth photo from the Harvest Festival at the beginning of Day 1!




A view from under the tent at the Casa M booth -- Harvest Festival




Casa M's tea towel display




Casa M's new totes!

Hey Bay Area people interested in getting a taste of screen printing.  I will be teaching a class an afternoon class on Thursday, October 14th 2010 from 2-5pm.  It will be held at patchwerk press' shop where I am a collective member.  This class will be geared to beginners who don't know the basics...so we will be building a good solid screen printing foundation by working with paper stencils to make one or two color prints...depending on how much time we have. 

I think it will be a true blast and it just might get you hooked on screen printing.  Anyway, check out the full class description and all the details on what we will cover and supplies needed on Rock Paper Scissor's website, where you will also register for the class.  Feel free to contact me with any questions.