The One with Unique LA


Saturday, May 7, 2011

I read about Unique LA on Amy's blog and made up my mind to go today.
Photobucket
I was thinkin', oh, I'll just be there for an hour or two, la di da, I'm sure I'll be able see everything by then... Boy was I mistaken! This event was GINORMOUS! I could have spent at least 24 hours perusing everything. But alas, I had a 20 pound baby in one arm and a 10 pound purse in the other (mother's should grow a third arm while pregnant IMHO) so I withdrew after only two short hours. Here's a little recap of the things I saw that inspired me during my brief visit.

Up to the 13th floor we go!
Photobucket
View from the top.
Photobucket
Had to stop by Amy Tangerine's booth, natch.
Photobucket
Had to get a free picture in the photo area, natch. Don't ask me why there's a random naked doll on the chair. I have no idea. Art?
Photobucket
Loved this booth with shadow-box type things with teeny-tiny human miniatures and short captions.
Photobucket
Cute booth.
Photobucket
Super adorable buttons. I want some for scrabooking!
Photobucket
Right up my alley for bright color love.
Photobucket
I liked the fabric flowers all around this booth.
Photobucket
Close up of a fabric flower.
Photobucket
If I had a third arm I totally would have made one of these make-and-takes.
Photobucket
I think one of my top three favorite booths was Magnetic Grain.
Photobucket
All of their wood blocks are magnetized so they stick together in any arrangement you want and they make really cool pieces of art.
Photobucket
Loooooove.
Photobucket
Prints.
Photobucket
Station-ry.
Photobucket
Rings made from vintage typewriter keys.
Photobucket
Me too. Me too.
Photobucket
Purses.
Photobucket
These paper flowers were made with the long retired Metropolitan line by American Crafts. Funny!
Photobucket
I like the booth signage: big mylar balloons.
Photobucket
Perhacs had some really cool inventions. Too small to see here, but you can see and read more on their website. Perhacs is a sustainably minded multi-disciplinary design studio based in the Pacific Northwest (holler!).
Photobucket
My favorite Perhacs thing was this beaker system that's magnetized on the bottom (apparently I'm really into magnetized stuff lately...) so they can be arranged every which way.
Photobucket
Fun pillows.
Photobucket
Mini terrariums! Maybe I'd be able to keep these alive. They don't require much water or attention right?
Photobucket
Photobucket
Cool au-natural booth.
Photobucket
Why hello!
Photobucket
Feathers in your hair are so hip right now. I should have gotten one.
Photobucket
The event was packed by the time I left. I was hoping to run into at least one famous person, but no such luck. Maybe next time!
Photobucket
Unique LA is like Etsy but in real life. It's like CHA, but instead of scrapbooking it's anything and everything you could ever dream of that people have made. Heaven on earth!

6 comments

  1. Awesome! You are so lucky to live in such an artistic place! Thanks for giving us a tour!

    ReplyDelete
  2. so dang fun! i am in love with those magnetic grain wood panels. was thinking of getting some to display scrapbook pages! great work tonight- the coordinator loved the book. maybe it makes up for us getting a little reprimanded. oopsy

    ReplyDelete
  3. It looks like the show was amazing! I would have loved to go...of course I would be broke now! Looks like tons of beautiful original art for purchase. :)

    Happy "1st" Mother's Day to you!

    ReplyDelete
  4. looks so fun! i love fox's shoes and i'm so impressed you could take pictures like these while holding a baby.

    ReplyDelete
  5. Why cool! I see how you could spend all day there!

    ReplyDelete

Paige Taylor Evans © // Quinn Creatives DESIGN