Leather Wrapped Hanging or Table UPOs

Our signature hanging UPOs are now available with a longer leather strap. The longer strap allows for wrapping it around the vessel when not used for hanging and can then be used as a table planter. If you want the original hanging UPO look, just unwrap the strap and simply knot at the holes to allow for hanging.  

Two designs in one!  Now available at our store.

Macraméd Lovelies

These plant hangers from Matters of Space in Highland Park make our hearts flutter. We're just aching for one of our vessels to be cradled in these. Definitely going back.

Public Stairs

Recently the L.A. Times did a little article on the old wooden public stairway in Highland Park that happens to be right by our house. So we expected to see an influx of people walking up and down our street...and then we expected the popularity to go back down after a bit.  

It's a month later, and it's still popular!  L.A. Times has some avid stair enthusiasts! I only mourn that I can't take the trash out in my pajamas and wild cave girl hair anymore because I will invariably meet people walking the stairs. They are amused that we actually live here...yes, I am too.

Dropping a Hint

I take it a little someone wants to go back to the beach.

Buddha's Temple

When we went plant shopping, this succulent with densely stacked leaves caught our eye. Finding out the name, we just had to buy it. It's a Crassula hybrid and commonly called "Buddha's Temple". The stacked and up turned leaves are reminiscent of a pagoda. Doesn't it look so serene and zen looking? They are slow growers and the ones pictured here were cultivated from single leaves and took several years to mature to this size. 

We took this plant with us to the Grow! Festival and someone purchased it as a gift for their yoga instructor back in the East coast.  Yup, sometimes a plant just totally matches up with the new owner.

It's for the Books!

We are very happy to be giving back 15% of our sales from Grow: A Garden Festival to the LA County Arboretum Library book buying fund. Along our creative process we gather resources for the plants that inspire us and the Arboretum Library is a usual stop. We are always welcomed by Susan Eubank, head librarian and her assistants Tanya Koukeyan, Cynthia Cohen and the many other volunteers that help stock the shelves. We appreciate this public resource!

If you love books as much as we do,  especially about plants and local cultural history stop by and see Susan and she'll help you find whatever you need. And if you feel compelled to give a little, take a look at  ways to give and get involved. We particularly love their children's book wish list and happy to be supporting it.

The Pop-Hop

On Friday, we discovered The Pop-Hop, a Highland Park bookstore, print shop and salon on York Blvd. We met the friendly owners, Robey and Sarah. I love that they have a kid section! I came away with a couple of books for Alex.


Congratulations on your opening!

 Happy weekend:)

A Sequoia Sojourn

Scenes from Cynthia's getaway to Sequoia. I love the tunes.

New Favorite Cup

One of the gifts Cynthia gave me for mother's day was this lovely ceramic cup. She picked it up from the Xiem Clay Center spring sale and is made by a visiting japanese master potter. It's now my most favorite cup. 


The other gift she gave me was an artisan sour dough loaf baked by Craig Ruggless. Here is Craig of Winnetka Farms holding a basket of his sourdough available every Saturday at Mother Moo Creamery in Sierra Madre. It was such rustic goodness. 

Score! Thanks Cynthia!

Lovely Orchid

We hope everyone had a lovely mother's day weekend. I was gifted an orchid for the occasion but I couldn't help myself and I just had to change out the container. So here's the pretty orchid in one of our own PUTIKMADE vessels.