Hemp Picnic Party

About 19 months ago we made up a large custom order for a client ...

30" square hemp pillows w/flange trim & luxurious down feather inserts.
Full size hemp feather bed coverlet to be used as a comfy picnic blanket.
We were told the items were being used for a photo shoot.
We made them.
They paid.
We never heard another word.

Until this week.....


We were given a tip that our items were used in this magazine shoot for our favorite magazine, GARDEN DESIGNS. We weren't credited but no matter as she paid the entire enchilada for them so she need not credit us. We're just tickled pink at the use!

Doesn't this make you want to go on a picnic???!
(Photo: Garden Designs)

Pasadena Showcase House 2008

Vintageweave was honored when asked to play a small part in this amazing undertaking!


A little bit about the house itself: The property, overlooking the San Gabriel Mountains, was built in 1919 by architect Henry Harwood Hewitt whose job it was to create the owner's Moorish Design, so Henry was sent on an expense-paid trip to Alhambra and Granada, SPAIN to study, learn, and copy! It's been said that the 14-room, Spanish Colonial Revival house rivals that of the construction of Hearst Castle, and this home certainly is a castle. The original cost of this award-winning architectural masterpiece was $250,000...GULP....that may have been an incredible amount back then, but this is California, after all, where homes prices are so exorbitantly priced so you can imagine the value today is well over $8.5M. Some notable owners of this castle have been J.A. Powers (RKO Pictures), Patrick Anthony Powers (one of the founders of Universal Pictures) and others.

Thanks to the two amazing designers who brought us in...big shout out to lovely and talented Antoinette Loupe (In the Loupe).




Can you imagine walking past this every morning??! Oh, how the other .000002 percent live......!

Hemp Hearts

We're always looking for unique add-ins for our client gift baskets. When you have top entertainment studios on your client list, you have to be constantly on the lookout for fillers....some studios order up to an average of 50 baskets every month (sometimes less and sometimes more---LOTS more!) and every now and then the recipients overlap so finding unique french smalls is a full time job! And since the recipients are often some serious movers and shakers in the Industry, one can appreciate the emphasis is on
unique!

One of our best designers for Vintageweave (and one of our dearest and most favorite friends), Trish W., helped us recreate several artistically-shaped hearts reminiscent of those we've been loving on our last two buying trips in Paris. We spotted these cotton hearts at the Maison & Objet show last year (see bottom shelf and below) only to learn they were merely props and not available for purchase. Boo Hoo!

Not one to be discouraged for long, we went on a stringent hunt to track down the talented designer, Pia, only to find she does them for gallery showings.... and on the rare occasion she does part with them, they are over 1000 euro each. Ouch!! We really wanted lavender-filled sachets for our clients, and not necessarily wall art, so we begin sketching our perfect version. Enter Trish.....Trish is the most amazing artist EH-VER. I do mean, EH-VER! She took our ideas and our picture samples, etc, etc, and then weaved in her magic touch. We're still in prototype mode, but we think you'll agree the results are fabulous and we're jumping up and down with excitement and anticipation! Look for them soon! {<----Pia's design to left; ours at top of post.}