Abbot Kinney Festival - 2008

my best friend Lisa, ready to help me sell...

Cristina Sasso

Katie Houlbrook

The motely crew of my friends hiding
in the back of the booth...making noise.

Diana Stadlen

Stacy Buckley

The festival was fantastic! The day started out very overcast, but the sun crept out later in the afternoon to smile on us all. Thanks to everyone for coming out and to Lisa, Samir, Scott, David, Danielle, Max, Tram, Ron and Maya...thanks for being there!

I carried parasols this year, which were a big hit! I am going to get a collection of them on the website very soon, since I see that everyone needs a parasol! Especially in the California Sun! The sun is the enemy! Protect your skin with a beautiful parasol and look fetching at the same time! I just love the blue ones.


I also made some headbands and headwraps that flew off the table within hours. these are not on the website yet...but, I hope to have a big selection up and ready by next week, so please check back at jonesiecake.com

All of the pix here are also in the customer gallery on the website.

A few of my customers are performers, artists, chefs, etc. and have a website of some kind to promote, so I put a link with their picture. Check them out!

P.S. My camera was on some weird setting to focus on what is in the background more than the foreground, so I apologize the pix are not as clear as I would like them to be. Note to self: Check camera settings out before snapping away!

P.S.S. Yes, there was a shooting and it was gang-related. Iit happened after everyone had pretty much left. We are all fine.

When you have over 200,000 people concentrated in a small area and a "hold out gang house" on the street filled with gang members drinking their 40's in the front yard, something is bound to happen. I feel very safe in Venice. There are other elements in the neighborhood, but that is what happens when you live in a city and what makes Venice interesting.

Turns out I knew Adam Pacheco, the young guy who was shot on Sunday. He never struck me as a gang member type, but he was the doorman at our favorite local hangout - The Other Room. He knew me by face and it is very, very sad he is gone now. He always had a smile on his face when I came to the door.

Daily Candy Sold for 125 million

This amazes me.

I get most of my information about the hottest things happening in Los Angeles from Daily Candy. And, it does not cost me a dime! It's the smartest Internet business I have ever seen. I wrote to Daily Candy 2 years ago to see how much it would cost me to advertise Jonesie Cake on their newsletter. In their busiest month? 34,000$!!! It's amazing!

After buying the company in 2003 for what seemed at the time to be the enormous sum of $3 million, making founder Dany Levy a millionaire, Bob Pitman is now flipping for a $122 million profit. Not bad for a company that employs just 55 people and relies principally on the delivery method of email.

A simple idea, but the best part is they created a branding by hiring Sujean Rim too illustrate the emails.

The Royal Ascot

The Royal Ascot meeting is undoubtedly one of the racing and social highlights of the British summer. The first recorded reference to Ladies Day, a day the focus switches from racing to fashion, was in 1823. Kind of like "British Kentucky Derby." LOVE IT!

I am currently designing my own version of the butterfly hat!

Denise Grünstein

I was pretty sure there was no one who loved flowers as much as myself until I saw

Denise Grünstein's Photography

I have a new couture collection i am working on that is very grand and all very much one of a kind. I have been playing with many materials I never thought of before and I cannot wait to post the new designs. Just a little more time...Grünstein inspires me. Her photos are like old paintings. I LOVE it!

Alexander McQueen and Phillip Treacy

I would love to do a play on this for a
wedding head dress...
anyone out there that bold?

Alexander McQueen

(In collaboration with Philip Treacy)

HOT!

Siri Tollerod Pictures In Lula Magazine

Siri Tollerod Pictures In Lula Magazine Spring-Summer 2008 Issue

Katy Perry

I LOVE KATE PERRY!

I Enjoy Being A Girl

Abbot Kinney Festival - September 28th!

Jonesie Cake Hair Accessories will have a booth at the Abbot Kinney Festival again this year and we have some surprises in store for you!

..New Designs!

..A brand new website
with ecart that can handle
wish lists and order history!

..New packaging: 100% Recycled
Natural Kraft Paper Shopping Bags

Come see us at the 24th annual Abbot Kinney Festival. Renowned for eclectic shopping and world class restaurants, Abbot Kinney Blvd will be closed to traffic from Main St. to Venice Blvd to accommodate 3 stages of live music, dancers and performance artists, a spectacular Family Courtyard, Traditional festival and ethnic foods, Beer Garden, Green Living Area and over 300 vendors featuring original, handcrafted goods.

This year, AKDA is proud to announce that ABBOT KINNEY GOES GREEN! With the goal to be a zero waste event, we are encouraging recycling, providing carbon offsets and not allowing our vendors to use plastic bags or Styrofoam. In the "Green Living Area" there are environmentally conscious vendors and non-profits, interactive events, workshops and innovative ideas on Green living. We ask everyone to please bike to the event (there will be a bike valet), or take public transportation. If you plan to drive, remember parking is very limited. For those who plan to shop, we have cloth tote bags for sale - and if you have your own, then bring those too!

Chris Nicholls Photography

I adore Chris Nicholls' Fashion Photography

Project Runway

My guilty pleasure is Project Runway.
I just love this show!
My favorite designer this season is Kenley!

Added October 3rd...What a bitch this girl has turned out to be! I understand that Reality Shows can paint a picture and skew things, but she cannot hide from her words and attitude. She is such a poor sport standing on the runway and making fun of everyone else. It's too bad because I think she has real talent, but she is so full of herself and so nasty...I take back that she is my favorite now.

Nina from Elle gave her some great advice,
maybe she will bounce back.
Check it out.

If you would like to see more of her clothing line...
here is
her website kenleycollins.com
and her myspace.

Bernie Dexter voted #3 Top Pinup by AskMen.com

Jonesie Cake's very own model - Bernie Dexter was voted #3
of the top ten pinup models on Askmen.com !

Petros Chrisostomou

Oh, how I love shoes!
Installation by Petros Chrisostomou

Baby Girl Boutique

Jonesie Cake clips are now offered at
Baby Girl Boutique!

BabygirlBoutique.Com is an online boutique specializing in a wide selection of pulse quickening Retro, Rockabilly Clothing, Indie Clothing, Bohemian Clothing, and Alternative Clothing.

Cutest Placements Ever!

I doubt they are handmade...most likely die-cut by a machine, but I bet someone hand cut them once to figure out the design? regardless they are so cute, I just had to post!

POPMAT PAPER PLACEMATS / A charming addition to your table setting in the form of pop-up graphics on disposable paper placemats. Each design incorporates an area which doubles as a name card, as in the back of the chair, the mailbox, and the sign post. In packs of 10, available in 3 designs and 2 color options, White Sand and Natural Kraft. Made from 100% recycled paper (30% postconsumer fiber and 70% preconsumer wastepaper).

Cro Customs

My good friend Caleb Owens has started
a blog for his bike shop Cro Customs.

Cro Customs Blog

Caleb is another "artist friend" of mine
making way towards doing what he loves.

I love the quote on his website...
"Does Over Time make up for Time Lost?"

I say...Nope.

Go out and turn your love into what you do everyday!
Make something with your hands!

Buy Handmade!

Buy Handmade Video from Etsy on Vimeo.

Pledge here to buy hand made!

Buying Handmade makes for better gift-giving.
The giver of a handmade gift has avoided the parking lots and long lines of the big chain stores in favor of something more meaningful. If the giver has purchased the gift, s/he feels the satisfaction of supporting an artist or crafter directly. The recipient of the handmade gift receives something that is one-of-a-kind, and made with care and attention that can be seen and touched. It is the result of skill and craftsmanship that is absent in the world of large-scale manufacturing.

Buying handmade is better for people.
The ascendancy of chain store culture and global manufacturing has left us dressing, furnishing, and decorating alike. We are encouraged to be consumers, not producers, of our own culture. Our ties to the local and human sources of our goods have been lost. Buying handmade helps us reconnect.

Buying handmade is better for the environment.
The accumulating environmental effects of mass production are a major cause of global warming and the poisoning of our air, water and soil. Every item you make or purchase from a small-scale independent artist or crafter strikes a small blow to the forces of mass production.

Kiku Towne Toys

Handmade Toys that are so cute I have no words!

Kiku Towne Toys