It was nice to be a guest at the Renegade Craft Fair last weekend. I got to stroll from booth to booth, make new discoveries, and see familiar faces from past Unique LA shows.

Here are my picks from the day:

1. Printed patterned shorts have been on my mind since I visited the Trina Turk store in Palm Springs so I instantly fell in love with these by Echo Country Outpost.

2. Paulova Designs makes ceramics for the home. The bright colors inside the jars caught my attention and the natural texture of the outer clay sealed the deal for me.

3. Timber! had a great native/western feel to their work that resembled some of the patterns on the new ANAMU Go Native clutches (available online soon!).

4. Dave of Holiday Matinee shows off new notebooks with his motto: Love Your Work. Work Your Love. Then Repeat. I met Dave last year and its great to see him sharing his awesomeness with craft lovers.

Craft-on people!

Spent the day in Downtown San Diego yesterday working from Hive Haus (an incredibly awesome collaborative workspace) and really fell in love with the East Village district where their retro-fitted building is located. On our walk to lunch I spotted this residential building that incorporated shipping containers in its facade. Would love to see if they are utilized inside too....should have knocked on someones door!

This neighborhood is still considered to be up and coming but I think its already arrived. It had great buildings, great shops and restaurants, and even rad astro turf patches on some of the sidewalks. There's a grittier side to it the further east you go but even that didn't feel too bad; it looked like Disneyland compared to some emerging areas of Downtown LA.

Every time I'm in SD I feel like I could move there....but then I get back home to LA and remember how much I love the endless opportunities this expansive city offers. Even if I do have to sit in traffic once in a while to take advantage of them all :)

**Shout out to Dave Brown of Holiday Matinee for hosting an awesome party, Cause for Drinks, where we raised over $1,000 for FOT!!!