2 bits of news!

happy happy with mishima tile end results!, originally uploaded by sproutgirl74 / jenifer lake.

one, i've been taking an online clay course with fab artist, diana fayt & learning some new techniques, this is one of them - i'm super happy to be learning something new & i love how this tile turned out.

two, you can now purchase my instagram photos on canvases at instacanv.as/sproutgirl74 - how fun right? you can get a photo printed for as little as $40 shipped to you & ready to hang! check it out!

i have other big things in the works, but for now, our lips are sealed over here...

a pretty new favorite!

#sproutstudio vintage white stripes, originally uploaded by sproutgirl74 / jenifer lake.

i adore these & they are now in sprout studio etsy shop!

& more

feather leaf vintage brass hair clip - new & in the #sproutstudio shop soon., originally uploaded by sproutgirl74 / jenifer lake.

& more new goodies in the sprout studio etsy shop!

new new new!

vintage glass & gold posts for #sproutstudio & in the shop later today. (lady cora posts, lady sybil, lady mary, & lady edith posts), originally uploaded by sproutgirl74 / jenifer lake.

new goodies in the sprout studio etsy shop!

photo shoot biz

@christinehaynes photo shoot biz going down, originally uploaded by sproutgirl74 / jenifer lake.

a few weekends ago my awesome friend, christine haynes, flew up from LA to do a shoot for her upcoming pattern releases in our home. the mister shot it, she directed it, & i assisted. it was a super fun day & went off without a hitch. she writes about it here on her cute blog. check it out! hudson home did us right!

house as fashion photo shoot space

house as fashion photo shoot studio @christinehaynes @bxlx, originally uploaded by sproutgirl74 / jenifer lake.

love all around.

Untitled, originally uploaded by sproutgirl74 / jenifer lake.

leaving dance saturday morning i spotted this heart. perfectly curly & awesome.

new sprout studio goodies

working on some new #sproutstudio goodies - some off to @needlesandpens & some off to @shanalogic (& for the site), originally uploaded by sproutgirl74 / jenifer lake.

a little peek at some new sprout goodies that will be going up in the etsy sprout studio shop soon. some of these goodies also got dropped at needles & pens here in san francisco & some will be off to the lovely shana logic shop as well. i'll let ya know when they show up for purchase!

happy thursday & march 1st! (i was vegan & alcohol free for all of february - i can have some champers tonight though!)

v-day cards!

massive amounts of v-day cards getting ready to hit the post, originally uploaded by sproutgirl74 / jenifer lake.

the mister & i decided this year we would follow the lead of julia child & her husband paul & from henceforth & forever more send out handmade valentines rather than worry ourselves over holiday cards! we've done this once in the past, but i like to think this is a tradition we can keep up with. i printed one of my photos in postcard size from our europe trip - some street art with "life is beautiful" tagged down in one the london tube stations. it took us several long evening weekends & afternoons to get in the groove of taping, cutting, writing, markering, crafting, drawing magic - but we got them all done in time to at least drop them in the post a coupla days prior to v-day! phew!

we sent out more than 65! we loved hearing back from those that mentioned they received them (& so glad to know they made it as some of them had some funky business taped to them!)

hope your valentines day was lovely & that february has you spotting hearts all around.

happy dog & hallooo

happy dog, originally uploaded by sproutgirl74 / jenifer lake.

phew. poor little bloggy. so sorry to neglect. been brewing with some ideas, a small assortment of goodies for the shop, & getting an idea forming power house of ladies together to launch some of these ideas!

in the meantime, to see some of my headspace, follow me on pinterest here

happy wednesday!

(loo dog loves her beach & hiking time)

teahouse holiday fair & sprout studio!

teahouse holiday fair & sprout studio!, originally uploaded by sproutgirl74 / jenifer lake.

hi everyone! a little reminder about this thursday's show at velcrow studios (see below post) & this sunday's show in bayview at the 94124 gallery.

AND, i just added another holiday show at the teahouse studio this saturday (phew!) - super full week! please come join us, details here

sprout studio is all around you!

i would love to see you at any event you can make - bring your friends!

show season

@3fishstudios pop up shop, originally uploaded by sproutgirl74 / jenifer lake.

is upon us! sprout studio will be out at a few more shows in the bay area, come on out & pass the word...


1. Velcrow Studios Annual Holiday Show
Thursday Night Opening Dec 8th 6-9pm
Closed Friday!
Open during the weekend Dec 10-11th Sat & Sun 12-5pm
900 Tennessee St @ 20th
Dogpatch, SF
velcro

2. saturday, december 11th, butchertown neighborhood association hosting at the 94124 gallery.
3900B, 3rd st - 3rd & fairfax in butchertown/bayview, 2-6pm -- wine tasting (with locally made delicious wine!), art, jewelry, & a sax quartet!

3. the renegade craft fair (my umpteenth renegade!) december 17 & 18th! i'll be sharing with my friend lisa solomon, of modify-ed :)
3rd Annual Renegade Craft Fair Holiday Market in San Francisco - December 17 + 18,
11am-6pm at the Concourse Exhibition Center!

renegade craft fair

hope to see you!
xxx.
*jenifer

ole virginny by tomorrow eve...

ole virginny by tomorrow eve..., originally uploaded by sproutgirl74 / jenifer lake.

leaving west coast for east coast. i'm going to go celebrate my grandmother's life.

it will be nice to be with family, see a few tidewater friends, & be back in my home state.

WEENIE discount for you!

hi sprout friends!

today only a little discount for you. in my etsy sprout studio shop you can take 20% off everything with the code WEENIE! hee hee :)

happy shopping & share it if you like!
xxx.

wise women

i'm wearing my wise elephant brooch i made today for my wise woman mama & my original wise lady grammy who passed away yesterday..., originally uploaded by sproutgirl74 / jenifer lake.

lots going on over here. visitors in, visitors out. friends with babies being born, friends, including myself, with loved ones passing on. laughter & tears. smiles & sad frowns. in the betweens i've been posting things to my sprout studio etsy shop, instagraming all over the place, hoping for a new iphone, making plane flights to go back east for a memorial service, digging a 4 ft trench around my house for drainage, canning tomatoes, reveling in wearing shorts 3 days in a row, & pampering myself just yesterday with a mani/pedi. which i never do.

always lots going on. there's a piece of me that dreads the darkness in the morning that is coming when i wake up now, but a piece of me that cannot wait to start baking & soup making in the darker, quieter evenings.

hope all is well with you friends.

HIYA!

new sweet bobbies for sprout studio, originally uploaded by sproutgirl74 / jenifer lake.

i felt the need to speak loudly because it's been TOO LONG! good grief, send a girl on vacation & you never hear from her again.

i'm back, back, back. back to my teaching schedule & back to getting a few new sprout studio bits & bobs together & these are some of the sweet newness.

so, hello hello & i hope all of you are well. (ALL of you being only certain family members & my one friend that still reads here ;)

i have however, been reading up a storm, check out that updated reading list. i have been loving carving out less internets time & more reading time for myself. it's been good.

i am over on facebook (although i'm hating that new layout - you?) & having a love affair with instagram - if you are on there let me know so i can follow you. & of course, popping into twitter as well.

more posts to come - happy almost end of official summer!

144/365

144/365, originally uploaded by sproutgirl74 / jenifer lake.

jen & tonic + bench + backyard = perfect

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143/365, originally uploaded by sproutgirl74 / jenifer lake.

home.

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142/365, originally uploaded by sproutgirl74 / jenifer lake.

ima git me some chickens soon

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141/365, originally uploaded by sproutgirl74 / jenifer lake.

favorite salon tech