The Grand Opening of the Truckit Fest will be held this Sunday, March 6th from 11am - 5pm at Los Angeles Union Station! There are over 30 food trucks scheduled to serve their amazing cuisines, plenty of artisans and designers featuring their wares, local bands and DJs to add to the atmosphere, and lots of fun.
The food truck line up is awesome. I'm excited for the chance to try a lot of the trucks that I have been wanting to visit. I'm also excited to be vending at the Truckit Fest! If you are free on Sunday, it would be lovely if you stopped by the honey my heart booth :)
Los Angeles Union Station is located on 800 North Alameda Street in downtown LA. Admission to Truckit is $5.
Hope to see you there!
Because we love adding personality to our home, and we can't paint the walls of our rental, we've taken advantage of putting up art prints and photos all around. There are a few in the living room, a few in the bedroom, and now a few great pieces in our dining room. There is one wall dedicated to family photos taken through the years, and another wall that we have kept blank for a while. I think we kept the wall blank to give us time to collected art prints, posters, and frames. And I'm happy to say, we've finally put it all together!!Thanks to local artists and designers, affordable prints, and arts & crafts fairs, our collection of prints is colorful and happy!Below are the details.
Top left: "Candy-Candy Kitty Dream," Print by Miss KikaTop Right: Postcard print by Murakami. I find that if you like art by a great artist (Picasso, Seurat, Warhol), buying a postcard of their art is a very economical way to add it to your collection :)Bottom Left: Tree Hearts poster by The Poster ListMiddle Right: instax prints from a family partyBottom Right: "Cookies" My Melody Print by 64 Colors
Top Left: Red Birdie Mini Print by Brittney LeeMiddle Left: We Not MeBottom Left: instax prints from a beach day last yearRight: Kobe poster by Two Rabbit Studios
All these prints make me smile. I hope to buy more prints soon, if only I had more wall space ;)
Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier. -Mother Theresa
Happy Valentine's Day to all. Wishing you a day of love and more and more to follow ♥
We were fortunate enough to hit up a lot of food trucks during our weekend at the LA Craft Experience. The trucks were parked in the lots by the vendor booths and lines were quick, so we were able to sample bites of different cuisines for our various meals. Also, since my bro and husband were helping me the entire weekend, sharing an order made for not being too piggy.Below are photos of what we ate.
Pork, chicken, and beef tacos from Calbi truck.
Lobster roll from the Lobsta Truck. Half was lobster with mayo, other half was lobster with butter. I'm more of a butter and lobster person.
Mood Indigo burger from Pattywagon. In the Mood Indigo burger is bleu cheese, bacon, caramelized onions, sauteed mushrooms, all on our toasted ciabatta roll. So good, grass fed beef, and the perfect size!
Tornado Potato! Fun to look at, a bit hard to eat, but snackable and very popular among the crowds.
Dogtown Dogs Chile Relleno dog. It was like a deconstructed chile relleno, but just as good! I'm a fan of meat in tube form (what's up Anthony Bourdain)!
Cheesy tots from Dogtown. Good and fun, but not healthy. Heeheee.
Strawberry and blueberry crepe from Crepe'n Around. So delish! I'm wishing we got a savory one, too.
Handcut French Fries from Munchie Machine. I liked them!
Coolhaus truck's Guinness chip on oatmeal cookie and toasted almond nutella on snickerdoodle!
Close up of the nutella and snickerdoodle. Hubs and bro got to enjoy these icecream sandwiches as I was helping a few customers at the booth. They inhaled the sandwiches in 2 minutes, so I have to go by their raves and the photos, but each looks so great. I think if I made an icecream sandwich it would be chocolate chip cookie filled with pistachio truffle. Definitely have to find them again real soon.
Finally, Yummy Mac from Mac 'n' Roll. The Yummy Mac is all beef sausage, sour cream, onion, and mild cheddar. We also tried the classic mac and deep fried mac rolls with avocado ranch dipping sauce.And there you have it. Treats for your eyes. Follow them on twitter and catch them around LA :)
Untitled. Red, Yellow, and Magenta. Hassel Smith. 1997
My weekend at the LA Craft Experience in Los Angeles Chinatown was a good time. Taking place during the Chinese New Year celebration, LACE was a chance to vend with great artists and crafters, meet lots of locals, enjoy cultural activities, yummy food, and food trucks, and get honey my heart out there.
The setting was cozy, the weather was warm, the energy was positive. All the makings of a good weekend!
I tried stopping by a lot of booths and talking with my fellow vendors. Below are a few of highlights.
Lots of great illustrations at Bill Green Studios. My favorite is the Duddah print on the top right. The Dude abides.
Love Nail Tree. Great shirts and vintage inspired jewelry.
Enchanted Leaves had so many cute charms on necklaces and a booth full of green. Standing in it was like being in a forest.
My favorite piece by Sweet Siren Designs.
My booth was directly across from this wall of great posters by The Poster List. Loved all of the designs and Adam's ability to stand all day!
Double Hearts Treasure had fluffy feather earrings and various pearls/charms on chains that clipped on earrings and hairpins.
Double Hearts also has amazing heart rings, "yes" and "love" rings, and can personalize a ring with your name or initial. Definitely check them out!
The Last Supper Designs had beautifully designed, customized jewelry.
Really loved this hair flower by Pieces of Inspiration, who also carry whimsical head bands and charm bracelets.
My booth was simple and small, with a pink, white, and brown color palette inspired by this chicly styled shoot.
We did a lot of heart cut outs and decals, since Valentine's Day is right around the corner.
Flower stud earrings in heart shaped paper. Yes, they are in a big egg holder :)
Filigree band flower rings and filigree flower cup rings.
Table of various necklaces.
More love incorporated into the jewelry.
I was really fortunate to have friends and family come by my booth throughout the weekend. One very cool person was Mo of Pink Argyle! She is just as sweet and cute as her blog, and definitely love how our outfits matched :)
The whirlwind weekend was a lot of great things. I am so thankful for the wonderful help of my husband and family with booth setup, take down, and throughout the day, for the cool people who stopped by and purchased a piece or took a business card, for meeting very cool vendors, for the yummy food trucks we got to try (post on that coming!!), for the warm reception I got from everyone, and for the efforts of LACE staff.
I learned a lot and am feeling energized and inspired.
Happy Wednesday everyone!
ps. At about an hour before close on Sunday, there was a multi-car accident on Hill Street, right by our location. Prayers and positive thoughts go out to the elderly couple injured in the crash.
White freshwater pearl necklace. Love the irregular shapes, the varying sizes, the soft white color.
The blue-ish purple of these pearls is such a fun color. I love the simplicity of a small grouping of mini pearls.
Freshwater pearl bracelet. This is my favorite piece.
The pearls curve nicely around your arm.
The Grand Opening of the Truckit Fest will be held this Sunday, March 6th from 11am - 5pm at Los Angeles Union Station! There are over 30 food trucks scheduled to serve their amazing cuisines, plenty of artisans and designers featuring their wares, local bands and DJs to add to the atmosphere, and lots of fun.
A rainy Saturday could not keep us from grabbing lunch at nom nom truck's Nomacita in Thousand Oaks. We recently stopped by the nom nom truck in January, and can't get enough of the amazing bahn mi sandwiches, so we knew it was time to enjoy more. 
The rain can't keep nomsters away.
So much cuteness on this truck! I love the bow in nomacita's hair.
And the definition of nom.
We also tried the pork and chicken tacos with amazing vegetables! The are definitely nom worthy.
Thumbs up greets you for your great dinner choice.
The menu is Filipino and Mexican fusion. I am all about the adobo burrito (chicken adobo, garlic rice, fried egg wrapped in tortilla) and hubs loves the carne fries.
The white rabbit truck as art. I love that they have the cafe because sometimes tracking down a food truck is just too much.
Cozy eating area filled with lots of patrons.
Hubs' dinner was pork tocino fries.
And milo macarons!! I remember drinking the chocolatey goodness that is Milo as a kid. Eating the macaron was a little nod to my childhood :)
LOVE pendant and baubles.
Spread the love - heart and peace necklace. 
Turtle and pearl necklace. Turtles are one of my favorite animals :)
Octopus and pearl necklace.
Blessed with amazing warm weather and clear skies last weekend, hubs and I took a long afternoon walk around SB and found cherry blossom trees in bloom! These are one of my favorite trees. I love the puffy look of flowers clustered together, the sweet and delicate look, and the perfectly soft shades of pink. With the bluest skies as the back drop, I had to take a few photos of some trees.
Monarch butterfly!
