Featured in Maison Creative Magazine, France

We are truly grateful to have our cinderblock outdoor seating  featured in a recent printed issue of Maison Creative Magazine, France.

Instagram lately...

A collection of drawings and everyday life...

New mural : Aiea, Hawaii

Recent Drawings

"I Got You!" 

"Do YOU"

"Captured"

"Love Is A Connection" 

DIY - Recycled bottle vases

My lovely in-laws are in town from Hawaii and my children are on spring break!
They took the kids to the The Flower Fields in Carlsbad yesterday and they had a lot of fun!

Jaxon and Maya bought me a mini succulent plant and my in-laws gave me a bouquet of vibrant Ranunculus that are in full bloom at The Flower Fields. How sweet!

Instead of putting the whole bouquet in a  large vase, I decided to divide them up into different vessels so that I can enjoy the flowers in more than one room of my home. 

I recycled used bottles I had laying around. I like to keep bottles with cute shapes.
I have here a large cold brew coffee bottle, a natural soda bottle, and a spice jar.

This one I have on our dining table since it is a larger presentation. 

This dainty guy will look cute in our restroom against our white walls.

This cluster will look great on our kitchen counter. To jazz up the spice jar, I simply glued a piece of paper from a catalog to it. 

So don't throw away your glass bottles and jars...they make great flower vessels.

I hope you enjoy creating your own display of flowers in your home this spring! 

Better Homes and Gardens Feature!

Our DIY Outdoor Seating was featured in Better Homes and Gardens 12 Garden DIY Ideas For Spring blog post!

Thank you for the feature Better Homes and Gardens!

A bit of typography

An ode to this wonderful historic community called Sleepy Hollow. 

And it's a wrap...

Sleepy Hollow, Chino Hills, CA

Painting - final touches

I re-worked the orange color of the sun three times before I was satisfied with it. The first two versions did not give off enough energy I felt. I like it much better now....

I have to go in and clean it up a bit, make some areas pop and I should be done with it.
Most of all I am grateful that the owner of this wall is very happy with it!

Painting Progress

Not the best photo, but this is my progress after the weekend.
I would say I'm about 1/2 way there...

Painting Progress

I started on the wave over the weekend.
It started to rain on me by the time I got to the larger wave.

New painting

Happy New Year!

I took about a month off from everything so that I could focus on my family. My father had shoulder surgery while my mother had to fly on a whim to Japan to take care of my ailing grandmother. We lived with my father for 10 days so that we could care for him while my mom was away. My in-laws whom usually visit during the holidays were unable to do so due to my grandmother-in-law who was also recovering from a recent surgery. The end of 2014 was challenging, and although we were unable to celebrate the holidays as we usually do, I am happy to say everyone is healthy and doing well now so that is all that matters. 

I started 2015 with a new commissioned painting project. 

Here's to a sunny 2015!

A work in progress...

Bits of Whimsy

I have been working nightly on items to be sold at a holiday boutique targeting children.
It is a 3 day event where the children come in with cash-in-hand ready to purchase handmade gifts for their friends and loved ones... Although often times I see them buying items for themselves. So cute!
The challenge I am faced with every year is that all items are to be sold for $5 and under.
However, limitations seem to bring out the best in me. I focus on quality and think about what it is that would make the children smile. I am fortunate to have my Maya and Jaxon...The perfect little critiques.
They are great indicators in what they think is cute or cool!

Adopt a little monster that comes with a handmade paper woven baskets as their home.

Hand painted beech wood spoons.

Ice cream hair clips

Handmade bookmarkers with retro prints.

Faux bois backing.

Handmade key chains made with recycled 80s vinyl.

Holiday pom pom hair clips.

These are only several examples of what I have in store.
Each item will only come in select quantities.
Stay tuned for more fun things to come!