New Animal!

Here he is:

(Do frogs have ears?)

Ahh September...

September, September.  A nice time to be here in S.C.  Just look at how empty Seabright beach is:

Heaven.  But, the crowds are gone from the Boardwalk too, and now all I can do is remenice.  Uh, have to get a spell-check on that.  Here are some pics from April 2008 and June 2009.  Wish I had more recent ones too.  It is funny for me to look at the hats and realize that every one has sold.  Some just took longer than others.  

Mushroom Pouch

Here is another funny cool thing that was inspired by someone from the Boardwalk.  Like the tiger hat, originally I brushed off the idea of making a mushroom pouch. It was a guy who was making them but I never even actually saw one because he would make one and then it would immediately sell.  I guess that should be a good sign.  So, in case you couldn't tell, the cap slides up on the string and acts as a lid; the stem of the mushroom is a small pouch good for a camera, phone, glasses, etc.  I will probably make some other colors too.  I want to make one that is brown/earthtones, and one that has some psychedelic color-changing rainbow yarn for the cap.  I love this one because it was fun to make the white polk-a-dots and I think it is so theatrical. Or maybe cartoony. Already it has reminded people of Smurfs and SuperMario.

A New Jar

New Friends

Here is a cute picture of Tammy and Robbie.  I met Tammy at the Boardwalk where she got a green and grey baggy beanie with a brim.  I usually don't do custom orders but it was a pleasure to make this camo one for her in the same style.  The brim was working so well that we had to fold it back a little for the picture so that her face wasn't in complete shadow!  Stylin' either way and look at Robbie's smile.  xoxo

Power to the Peaceful Festival in Golden Gate Park, 9/11/10

This Saturday I went to San Franscisco for the annual Power to the Peaceful Festival.  It was a beautiful Septemeber day and Aubrey, Marcelo and I took a leisurely drive up senic Highway 1.  We decided to stop for a swim (more like icy plunge!) at one of the many beautiful beaches along the coast.  We found this perfect little cove that was sheltered from the wind.

This place is called Pigeon Point and there is a hostel at this lighthouse.

Views from the beach.

I wish that I had taken better pictures at the festival while the sun lasted.  It was a huge, huge crowd. I sold a beautiful gold beret with gold sequins but I forgot to take a picture of the girl who got it!  It's always hard juggling all the hats; it feels like I don't have enough hands!  Marcelo helped me out selling the necklaces that I make with coconut and acai seed beads from Brazil.

Here's one pic I did get of this happy guy looking good in his new necklace.

 

This is of me and Aubrey.  I am excited to compare it to another picture I have of us at a festival in Golden Gate Park from three or four years ago when I was just starting to sell hats.

It was cool watching the fog roll in from the ocean and swirl in the cypress trees. 

Sorry for the bad photography!

After the music ended we had fun biking around the park. Here is one of the many ponds in the park:

Finally, we ended up at Haigt St. 

Rainbows from Heaven

If you didn't think my hats were colorful enough, here are some more brights. 

This one above is my personal favorite.

Rainbow Baby! 

If you ever want to see anything close up, click on the picture. 

It can be magnified to a great detail.

Jar Cozy

Here is a fun and simple project making an ordinary jar into something more special.  I make cozies for water bottles and cell phones too but this one on the jar is not removable like those.  Now if I drop it on the concrete it won't break. (Yes, I have accidently tested this)

Before: Ordinary jar lying around

(That is my cellphone cozy in the background)

After: Irie camo lion jar

Super Tangeriney Baggy Berenie

I love these new hats I made!  I am calling them baggy berenies because they are kind of like a cross between baggy beanies and berets.  I got this yarn recently at a Michael's in San Diego on an impulse because they were on sale, 4 skeins for $10.  I had fun picking out the colors! The fourth color was olive green which was the color that I was actually going to the store to get so I could make some last-minute dread hats to sell to The Black, a store in Ocean Beach.  I really wish you could feel the weight and softness of these hats, truly luxurious.  The teal one already sold today at the boardwalk.