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unique la

oh my freaking goodness.

It has been almost TWO MONTHS since Unique LA holiday event,

but it's been such a crazy couple of months for us, that i went temporarily

insane (ken can attest to this), and just now coming back to real world.

It was an amazing event, so many people came and said hi,

including him. BIG THANKS to all of you!!!

Here are some pics... sorry it's not as fresh now.. aahgh

our booth!

and our always fantastic booth mate, Ribbit Stopit :)

..and their cool new chest prototype!!

Wally with his cool shirt. and Carrie's beautifully designed and printed

cards. Can't wait for your new website!!!

Ms. Emmie fomato herself. didn't get a clear shot of her pretty self. dang

I think the man next to her is checking her out...

The fantastic Lulu Dee. I am such a fan!!!! so good.

Great calligraphy stamps by Paper Pastries.

Fabulous designs by Ash. Oh I remember when he was

just a young kid.. ha!

And of course, cutest thing at the whole event :)

I will do a next blog sooner. I promise.

past couple of weeks

we must've been so stressed out about our open studio

being possibly rained out, we went into a hibernation mode

after. ok that's not really true. we've been up to

a few things, including:

patchwork

ken and alex working the table

our lovely customers

our friends kris&alan's wedding at ace hotel

in palm springs. it was our first time staying there and

the rumors are true, it's great.

morgan lounging in our room's patio

... and the bed

hello welcome to my establishment

cooper looking casually hip

:)

and then we had a little studio visit at our printshop

with the young people of AIGA USC.

thanks so much for coming out in the rain!!

this has been a super lazy update by shino.

Open Studio!

Fugu Fugu Press Open Studio 2011!

Dear Rain,

Thank you for not spoiling our Open Studio event. Thank you for stopping promptly at 11:00am and starting back up again right at 4:45pm, just as we were wrapping things up for the day. We know. We owe you a big one.

ken and shino.

:)

Whew... we had a close one this year! Whenever one plans something outside in November, one takes a risk with rain. We so lucked out this time around! Thanks SO MUCH to all our vendors for showing up even though the forecast called for one rainy, gloomy, yucky day. The faith paid off! We ended up with a nice day with mostly just fluffy clouds and enough sun to warm everybody up and lift our spirits...

As in the past, we were glad to have our crafty compadres there showing off their amazing stuff. RibitStopit showed off their fancy wares for the kids...

Alissa with jewelry and wishing rocks...

Marilyn and Catharine...

Connie...

Kimiko's designs...

Wolfum...

And there were lots of snacks, and printing demos, and folks wanderin' about..

And lots of little ones...

And, of course, doggies...

We were really glad to have great music. Our friends Pam and Robert were visiting and treated us to some delightful Brazilian choros and gypsy swing to get things started.

Richard, Clarence, Geoff and Mark picked it up from them and kept us swingin' throughout the afternoon.

Our friend Scott Steen had his trumpet handy and sat in on a coupla' tunes..

And of course, I had to sit in on a couple of tunes too...

And while we wandered about, we were really glad to have our friend Carlie ringing people up and holding down the fort for us..

Thanks to everybody for showed up and helped us have such a great day!

LA Printer's Fair 2011

So here are more pics from the Printer's Fair.

These colorful signs spelled out with giant printed letters

were everywhere at the fair. So cheerful.

Love seeing our friends, especially just across the isle :)

Hi Brad!

Hi Carrie!

Madeleine looking very cool giving demos.

Sharon has the cutest cards.

my snack. green tea cream filled oreo sticks, and green tea.

yumolicious

Just Vandy. Cool new-to-me line.

Love these super retro inspired cards by Sixpenny Press.

So I just watched Bill Cunningham New York.

There were girls in cute clothes. I had a camera.

the cutest

Here are my loot. Jill K's awesome pop up card.

cute happy bear dude by Anemone Letterpess.

..and the Sixpenny press cards. yay!

It was a super fun day. Thank you SO much everyone who came

to see me!! It was talking to you guys.

See you at the next event!!!