42nd and Orange

studio visits

sorry for lagging on the blog posts. my brain is a bit fried as multiple projects are nearing their end at the same time, so we are crazy multi-multi taskers right now... what day is it? do i have to be somewhere? what are we working on today? mom and i ask these questions and more, a million times each day.

this anika, a recent studio visitor. she was sooooo nice and friendly. anika is from germany and is taking 3 months to travel. so far she's hit new york, san francisco, los angeles, and encinitas (kinda crazy that encinitas/san diego is part of her "places to go"). then she heads to australia, and i think she said she was going somewhere in indonesia. how fun! oh and she's traveling by herself - total girl power!

here is shaylin, my cousin leela's middle daughter. we had a fun day a few weeks ago when my aunt kathe, shaylin, and little genevieve stopped by for a visit. here shaylin is showing off a prototype bag we made out of nu-nu doll t-shirts. shaylin is one of the original m•o•m models as was her older sister haley who you may remember spent a long weekend with us this summer as our first intern.

as little sisters do, genevieve wanted to be just like her big sister. so we shot a picture of her with a bag too. and as little people do, she proceeded to put it in her mouth.

thanks for stopping by. i'd like to say that i will be better at posting, but these next few weeks are really full and i just don't know how much time i can give to the blog right now. we're not going away, quite the contrary, things are pretty exciting and we really want to share everything with you. i just need to get a few things finished and off our plate. i will try to post small views of the studio as we work and get ready for the holidays.  have a great weekend!

m•o•m wouldn't exist without mom.

i call this image: mom is cool. (1997)

and this one: mom is rad! (2002-2004?)

i will call this one: mom is too cute. (taken a few weeks ago)

we're busy making new things for the shop. lot's of crocheted pieces, more beanbag, placemats, and cool ties of course, plus a few new surprises. people have started Christmas shopping already, so we really have to stay on top of everything. we also have new jessica(fied) jewelry, plus two other jewelry designers, powder and starkRAVINGmad.

cute kids in our clothes

a big thanks to the family and friends that stopped by this weekend to celebrate with us. the studio is a bloom with all the great flowers brought to us.

we also made new friends, a mom and her three adorable daughters -thanks to their uncle bill!

sophia had just come from a soccer game and was still in her uniform, but she couldn't wait to wear her new gracie pinafore. 

little annaclaire, the youngest, was the first to choose. she went straight for our katie dress and wore it out of the shop.

ella, the eldest sibling decided to go for an accessory; our newest product a crocheted fabric purse. she's also holding a bookmark which was a gift from us.

devlin is an original m•o•m fan. she knew us when we were sewing out of our home. with a closet full of m•o•m, she showed up saturday wearing a one-of-a-kind m•o•m t-shirt. devlin and her family are some of our favorite people.

and here is benjamin, the son of a very dear friend. finally, a dude! he's wearing the buddy shirt and we think it looks great paired with his plaid shorts. this kid gets it.

here's to another year at our lovely little studio.

1 year down, who knows how many more to go...

we can't believe it's already been a year.
this has been one of the best years i've ever had and i'm pretty sure my mother feels the same.

because of the studio we have met wonderful people, formed new friendships, and have proven to ourselves that we can do it!

thank you to everyone who has supported us by purchasing m•o•m products, writing about us, reading our blog, or carrying our things in their shop. we love what we do and because you are out there, we've been able to continue.

we are thankful, grateful, and blessed.

here is a picture of the garage we rented; then a quick coat of paint, moving stuff in,a gorgeous gift from a friend, words of wisdom, inspiration growing, making folks comfortable, and killin' em with cuteness.

letter perfect

here are the custom monogrammed pieces i recently did. i think they turned out pretty good.

a onesie for the baby boy, ben.

and a cute top and bottom set for the little girl, bea.

see the little nu-nu applique on the pant leg? oh so cute.
the boys onesie got the nu-nu on the tush.

this type of project is always more work than i remember. from choosing the right font to cutting the templates, choosing fabrics, cutting out teeny-tiny letters, placement, color and pattern combos, then sewing on to a completed garment -not a quick turn-a-round. but the finished product is oh-so-cute.

haven't decided if we'll advertise that we do this type of work, but we certainly won't say no when it comes along.

take time to smell the roses

Hi everyone, sorry there hasn't been a new post in a while. I became sick last week from a flair up of Crohn's disease, got an intestinal infection and landed in the hospital for 3 days. So to say the least, things came to a screeching halt around here. I'm home now, gaining my strength back, looking forward to work and giving my mom some deserved time off. Although now that I think about it, she has been extremely creative and productive during this time and has had great success down at the shop...hmm, maybe she should run the shop all the time?

Here's the last thing I was working on before I got sick....aren't they pretty?

our crocheted rosette pin.

 

we've been making the pins for a while, but i hadn't decided on how to present them. we decided to call them rosette's and that helped me a great deal in designing the card. the graphic rendering of the flower printed on the card is one of the templates in lena corwin's book, printing by hand.

top down, shades on

here are a few images from directly outside our studio....

the way to roll on a sunny southern california summer day.

the other day nu-nu was found hanging out in the Raen pop-up shop at Univ.

she wouldn't come out until she tried on some of the hottest styles.

the guys of libre design / raen optics are our newest neighbors. we are so lucky to be surrounded by such good and creative people.

lots a dots

we've been busy making fun stuff.
a new headband (or choker) that's just too cute and flying out of the shop (oh and it's reversible!); our dot pins continue to be a hit and we're totally stoked about that because wearing a dot pin makes people smile and well, we can always use more smiles. both of these items are available at our studio, 42nd and Orange in encinitas -it's gorgeous here, so why don't you stop by. you can also make a purchase over the phone or via email.
have a super fun, smile-filled weekend.

so hip it hurts

my sister bought the wooden mustache from something's hiding in here.

rock on nanny!

bethany-stache

my sister jessica; she designs jewelry under the name jessica(fied) -now to be known at jessica(stache).

mom-stache

and last but certainly not least...

stella-stache...hot-cha-cha-cha!

now all we need are fixed gear bicycles.

new canadian friends

sisely came by our shop last weekend with her brother and mother; they're vacationing from canada. we had such a good time with them. sisely began accessorizing her outfit right away with our cool tie and an adorable pair of huaraches -so very southern california of her.

 

here's the best shot of the day. sisely wanted to see what mom was doing, so mom offered to hold her piggy-back; she jumped on and got a great view. how cute is that!

have a great weekend!