San Francisco & Palo Alto Shows
February 10th, 2007We’ve just finished two trunk shows - Appel & Frank in San Francisco and a fabulous fundraise
r for the Palo Alto Partners in Education Fundraiser. It was a lot of fun to meet people, and get great response from visitors and customers. Appel & Frank got a decent turnout for a Super Bowl Sunday. Our dear friends Mitzi from Livie and Luca Shoes for kids www.livieandluca.com (these tassel shoes are so cute!)
and Amy and Janel from AbeJones www.abejones.com , stylish apparel for kids (of course I had to buy a tunic for my daughter), were there. We also met Trieste Prusso, a self-proclaimed ‘wife, mother, artist, modern Renaissance woman’. She does beautiful artwork,
like this Robot for instance.
She has a great blog http://triesteprusso.typepad.com/ where she discusses mothering, being an artist, and a a business woman.
But the Palo Alto fundraiser was just amazing. It was held in a beautiful private residence and as such only had room for a small number of vendors (less than 20). The atmosphere was cozy and informal, a combination of social get together and shopping. Perfect! We met some amazing women and great products. The collection of products was really well planned - very hip stylish products for kids. We met a few women in particular whose combination of product and personality was top notch. I was so bummed that i either didn’t know about them (or they weren’t in business) when i had babies. Unfortunately, i don’t know anyone having babies any more (i guess i am that OLD!).
Ana, from Super Natural Baby www.supernaturalbaby.com , sells crib sets and accessories for kids. And she’s from Oakland too - go Ana! They make these lovely baby blankets that convert to a poncho as the child grows.
Dagmar Daley http://dagmardaley.com makes couture quality clothing for kids at great prices. She’s also a lovely person as well. Teri succumbed and bought these adorable suspender pants for her daughter. That’s a difference between my life and Teri’s - if i got those pants for my daughter, she’d probably cut them up with her scissors and use the suspenders to make a sling!
I also met Iris of Extra Small www.extrasmall.com . I just love love love the colors she uses in her clothing. I urged her to make them for 6 year olds, but right now they only go up to size 2. She also sells toys. Look at these super adorable handknit animals. They are so cute! I didn’t realize that she sells these until i looked at her website after the show. If i had known, i would have been out some more cash.
And finally, i have to show you Catherine’s jewelry, which has nothing to do with kids, but we were right next to her table and i really couldn’t take my eyes off her stuff. She was just a delightful lady as well - so down to earth for someone so talented. Check her out at www.colmet-daage.com .
Happy Weekend!
xo
February 17th, 2007 at 7:36 am
hi! LOVE your bedding + site + new blog!
i’m going to post about your lantern bedding
for chinese new year!
soooo cute!
i have a “thing” for adorable illustrated noseless kids
February 21st, 2007 at 6:41 pm
What cute red shoes.
March 1st, 2007 at 7:56 am
i got a great response + lots of clicks on my post about your lantern festival collection. it was linked on apartmenttherapy: the nursery too!
here’s a link to my post:
http://modmom.blogspot.com/search?q=kukunest