DIY: Lucky in Love

Hi friends! I took a little blog break (being pregnant and planning the next few months is pretty crazy!) but I'm happy to be back and have a fun DIY to share. My love for all things hearts has given me a large collection of heart stickers in a wide array of colors. When playing around with how to use them, and with St. Patrick's Day coming soon, I noticed that a clover's leaves look like hearts! And the heart stickers would be perfect clover leaves.

 

Start with a heart on top, then add 2 hearts to each side. For the bottom of the clover, I just cut a piece off one of the heart stickers and attached it. The finished clovers would look great on card stock, envelopes, and I chose gift tags.

Perfect gift tags for St. Pat's! Tie them to a six pack or stick them to a card to celebrate the holiday.

Hope you are lucky in love!!

Merry Christmas

Wishing all of you a warm and wonderful Christmas season.

We at honey my heart HQ are prepping a lot behind the scenes and planning our 2013. Hope that you are all enjoying the holidays.

This Weekend: Renegade SF

We are closing our 2012 show season in San Francisco for Renegade Craft Fair. It will be our second time in SF this year and our first Renegade, and we are so excited! The show is this Saturday and Sunday, Dec 15-16 at the Concourse Exhibition Center in SF. Please click here for more info, and do your last min holiday shopping among so many amazing designers.

All hmh classic pieces will be on hand, and a sneak peek of what's to come for 2013!!

Our booth mate is the sweet Z Confections!!

Happy Weekend.

Festive Scenes Around the City

It is always a treat to see festive scenes and holiday decor when running errands around the city. Here are a few of my favorite scenes.

Lights at The Grove.

Santa! It also "snowed" at The Grove.

Tree decked in lanterns and neon lights in Chinatown.

 

Sister and one of the trees at our favorite restaurant.

Red bow and flowers decorate building window in the Old Bank District in DTLA.

What are you favorite holiday scenes?

Happy 4th!!

Wishing you a Happy 4th of July friends! Cheers to made in the USA businesses.

To Love

"I have decided to love. If you are seeking the highest good, I think you can find it through love." -MLK Jr from Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?, 1967.

Joy and Hope in 2012

2011 was a beautiful year of growth and love. The business is growing! The amazing people we met, shows we participated in, and friendships fostered were absolutely wonderful. I am thankful and amazed by all of it.

And I am super excited for the creative adventures and lovely inspiration that 2012 will bring.

Wishing you a new year full of joy and hope.

A Merry Christmas!!

Wishing you and yours a wonderfully Merry Christmas and Happy 2012!

Happy Thanksgiving 2011!!

A Happy Thanksgiving to all of you wonderful blog friends :) Hope that you enjoy family, friends, and good food this weekend. Also hope you get some good shopping in! I will be participating in Small Business Saturday to celebrate and support small businesses during one of the most shopping heavy weekends of the year.

Have a great one!

ps use THANKS11 for 15% off the shop from today until Dec 1.

Labor Day, Beach Days

This weekend was quite beautiful. We enjoyed the sun, relaxed our minds, and took some new jewelry photos at the local beach. I loved it.






Hope you all had a wonderful 3 day weekend. Hooray for a short week!

Happy 4th!

Wishing you a great weekend of bbqs, sunny skies, and fireworks. Happy Fourth of July! Have a wonderful and safe celebration :)

Happy Memorial Weekend!!

Whether it's at the beach, in the desert, in the mountains, in the city... I hope you enjoy the extra day off. Wishing you all a wonderful 3 day weekend :)

Love on Valentine's Day

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 ♥

Exciting News: LA Craft Experience and a Blog Makeover

Very happy and excited to announce that honey my heart will be vending at the LA Craft Experience for the Chinese New Year Festival in Los Angeles Chinatown. The event is in under 2 weeks on February 5 and 6, 2011. It runs from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturday and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday. This is my first big craft show and I hope you all can make it!




Also, I got a little blog makeover from the super awesome srslyliz. She simplified my lay out, designed an awesome navigation bar (the little hearts by each tab are killing me with cuteness) and super fun side bar category images, and I'm loving the look. Thank you again Liz!!

Happy Monday everyone :)

Only Love

darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that. -MLK Jr

Happy 2011!

Wishing everyone a beautiful and sparkling New Year. Hope that 2011 brings you countless wonderful times!!

The Best of 2010

Although 2010 was a bit more solemn and mellow than previous years, there were still a lot of fabulous and amazing times that happened. For all of those experiences, I am immensely grateful.

Here is my list for the best of 2010.

Best Sunset. February, a few days after my birthday.


Best photo with Kobe. So close to him. Can't wait til his next camp this summer ;)


Best Meal. Your Place Thai!


Best Beach Day. Labor day weekend. A nice close to the summer.


Best Cupcakes. Ube cupcakes form the Manila Machine. Love!!


Best Street Art. Banksy in DTLA.


Best Shoes. Maria Sharapova Bacara in leopard print!!


Best Necklace. Vintage gold camera charm necklace is a favorite in my shop :)


Best Concert. Phoenix at the Santa Barbara Bowl.


Best Flowers. Roses at the Mission Rose Garden in SB.


Best DIY. Three Cheers gift topper.


Best Sushi. Tuna box sushi from Takenoya.

Also, I feel very blessed for the support towards the honey my heart etsy shop. In 2010, we are now in the following cities and countries: Santa Barbara, CA, Los Angeles, CA, Glendale, CA, Pasadena, CA, Dana Point, CA, Monterey, CA, Cerritos, CA, San Diego, CA, Folsom, CA, New York City, NY, Bellingham, WA, Spokane, WA, Dallas, TX, El Paso, TX, Austin, TX, Canfield, OH, Singapore, Victoria, Australia, Sydney, Australia, and West Yorkshire, United Kingdom. Hoping to send jewelry to many more great people in various cities and countries in 2011!

Love to all. Be safe and cheers to a prosperous new year!!

Unique LA Holiday Show

The Unique LA Holiday show was last weekend. I was not sure we could attend until that morning (travel plans, bro's work schedule), but once we knew our day was free, we rushed to downtown LA :)


Held at the California Market Center, this art piece greeted us at the entrance. We braved the line in the lobby and headed to the penthouse.


We were greeted by this amazing view and great vendors. Below are a few of my favorites.


Amazing brownies by the very sweet ladies of Embrace Sweets. Their pumpkin brownie is too tasty!!


Paper Pastries! Loved chatting with Margaret about cards and picked up some great stationery.


Brittney Lee has beautiful art prints.


Thought these wine bags by Saucy Sacks were a perfect gift for my dad.


The Manila Machine was on hand and had ube cupcakes in stock! Every time we've visited the MM we'd miss these delicious purple treats, but today we were lucky. The cupcakes were as yummy as I'd hoped, with a hint of ube flavor, light cake, and sweet coconut frosting. I bought a half dozen so we could enjoy now and share with my parents later.


Loved the colors and images at Rock Scissor Paper.


Really loved the shirts at SEIBEI.


Steppie had the most adorable rings. I love her ninja and panda characters, and purchased a fun shirt for my sister.


oh, hello friend had such a great booth display. Dani was really sweet when I purchased the most adorable packaging supplies from her.


We took advantage of the show's extras, taking super fun photos by Oh Snap! Studios.


Abominable!!

Attending this show full of locals, hand made designs, and LA love, we left energized and in love with our city.

We also left with Kobe,

packaging treats,

playful stationery,

and super cute birds :)

Can't wait til Spring!