Featured Store: Urban Mercantile, San Francisco

I spent the past Christmas weekend up north with Dan's family in Cupertino. Talk about a food coma Christmas with fresh steamed crabs, prime rib, his mother's famous oatmeal muffin (legend has it that Dan inhaled 13 muffins in one sitting, must've been his younger days), cherry pie (another famous recipe) and way more food than I can list.  

After a day of visiting friends in the city, Dan and I decided to explore Haight-Ashbury (hmmm, quite an interesting sub culture there) and walk off some calories while we were at it. Lo and behold, on the way, we passed by Urban Mercantile, one of the wonderfully modern boutiques that carry our products. Of course we went in to look around and take some pictures for our blog (which also gives us the idea to feature stores we like every so often!). What a store! The shop is full of precious collections for the home. I was a bit sad that owner, Bradly, wasn't there that day.  I highly recommend stopping by if you're in town.  

Urban Mercantile

85 Carl Street San Francisco, California 94117

 

To Live and Buy in LA

LA Times writer Jeannine stopped by our booth at Unique LA and mentioned our collection. Woo hoo! Thank you Jeannine for the write up! Click the image for the complete article. 

Unique Los Angeles 2008

What an exciting weekend it was! We has so much fun showing our wares and meeting new people at the first Unique Los Angeles holiday gift-mart. The vendors there are such a creative bunch. I was tempted to splurge everything I made there on things I wanted for myself (forget holiday shopping for other people!). Fortunately, I had the sense to hand over the loot to Dan who made sure I only spent what I needed (holiday gifts. bah!)

Check out our new sign! It was cut on a CNC by the incredibly talented furniture designers from A Single Tree.  Thank you John and Brendan for the last min. save!

Brendan checking the cuts. 

I'll post more in the days to come some of the items I LOVED at Unique LA. Sadly, I didn't take enough (or any at all!) pictures. 

Good Impression

Thanks Sarah at Ideal Bite for writing an awesome feature on our products! 

Click on the photo to see the complete article. 

Special deals on TISELLE product available online at Broadway Paper or at Pulp 425 S. La Brea Ave. Map It (323-937-3506).  Unique Los Angeles Independent Design & Gift Sale, Dec. 13-14, 11 am-7 pm. 

Mention {Ideal Bite} at Pulp or enter {Biter} at Broadway Paper’s checkout online, and get 10% off any TISELLE product through Dec. 31. Mention {Ideal Bite} at the Unique LA event-booth #3012, and get a holiday gift with purchase.

New Works by Ming Ong

My friend Ming Ong recently had an exhibition of her new work at Sage Gallery in Los Angeles. Check out her amazing paintings!

Her website below is also one of the coolest sites I've ever seen!

Take the ideal bite!

Look out for a feature on TISELLE's new holiday line with IdealBite.com early December.

This is a wonderful site that sends daily newsletters to readers with simple tips and recommended products to living a greener existence with style.  Make sure you sign up here to subscribe to this site!

Unique Los Angeles 2008

Come join us December 13 and 14th at the California Market Center for a holiday trunk show hosted by Unique Los Angeles. We can't wait to show you our new winter holiday collection! 

With over 150 of the best independent designers, artists, and merchants around, you can't go wrong with this one stop shop for all your holiday gift buying! 

Check out the article LA Times wrote about Unique LA yesterday.

See you there!