Happy Berkeley Day*.

In case you weren't in Berkeley Saturday night, and you were unable to come to the opening reception at Relish at Home, I thought I'd share a few photos of the party. It was really lovely, and full of fun people - some familiar, and some new - so it was nice to see and meet y'all. It was nice to finally meet both Kelly, Relish At Home owner and curator, and Jill Bliss the featured artist of the evening. I apologize in advance - these photos could have been better, butI think I was socializing more than working. You'll have to visit the Relish at Home boutique to see what I mean!

The shop looked really great - fun aqua walls with lots of nice wood to offset the
soothing blue color. And shelves stocked with the best handcrafted goods -
I could have spent a bloody fortune, but escaped with just a few pretty trinkets.

Here's hostess Kelly and some of the stationary the shop carries from all
of the it girls. Some woodland-themed sticky notes from Sukie; Nantaka Joy
notebooks from Joy at Oh Joy! with really cute with scalloped edges; some
pretty new journals from Lotta Jansdotter; and of course, wonderful
pieces from Jill's new Tides and Trees collection.

Datebooks and Mini Art from from Jill's new Tides and Trees collection.

Jill explained to me a little bit about how she came about drawing botanicals.
She knew all these gorgeous plants by sight, but in order to try and memorize their
names, she started sketching them. Jill says she still can't remember all the names,
but the outcome of her 'research' is just fantastic. I've got to go back and select one
of her little mini prints - they were about 3" x 2" or maybe smaller, and drawn
on grid paper (again, my photos are not doing them proper justice!).

Here's Jill with new Tides and Trees collection behind her.
And a few more of her pretty notebooks.

*Happy Berkeley Day is a rare occurrence that happens only, and entirely randomly. Actually it's just a reference to a funny moment from the evening that I felt compelled to add. :)