Super Happy Fall Time

Hello lovely people of internet land.
If you are reading this, you are AWESOME.

Let me start by saying that I expect all of you to be very impressed with me right now. BECAUSE the first day of fall is September 23rd at EXACTLY 5:05am (which also happens to be less than 2 days before my 30th birthday)  and I have already begun to release the Fall 2011 hi tree collection. Isn't that amazing? I mean, Im usually late to the game with this stuff. But this time I am on top of it. I can sense your enthusiasm from here, so I will go ahead and say thank you. I really appreciate it. I would also like to mention that my ass is now fused to my desk chair because unfortunately I have yet to acquire a factory full of 6 year old to make them for me. 

Thats enough rambling. 

How about some glitter encrusted mushrooms on a giant tree stump? I think YES.

I made owl babies with my sewing machine!

I haven't made these is such a long time. As you can see they have been redesigned. 

I like them very much. 

Or perhaps autumn orange trees? 

OR how about some autumn color oak leaf hair clippies? 

I did a small run of these little tree stump zipper pouch keychains and change purses. They are very handy for keeping small things in. I always have 1,000,000 small things floating around my purse. You know, just the usual stuff like viles of glitter and tiny unicorns. No better place to keep those things safe!

If you live in the Los Angeles area, I will be at the Abbot Kinney Festival this Sunday. Happy birthday to me. Come by for a visit!

That is all for now! Until next time, keep the glitter flowing.

-Tina

Shows, Giveaway, Sale and NEW STUFF!

mr. creepy mushroom

 Hello friends!

Long time no see! Its been a very busy year over here at hi tree.

First let me start off by saying that today is officially the FIRST day of summer. I am so excited! I love summer time. So to celebrate I am having a GIVEAWAY and a summer sale starting today and ending next tuesday. To receive the 20% summer sale discount use the coupon code HELLOSUMMER during the checkout process. Update: I found a killer Etsy app that automatically adjusted all of the prices in my shop to reflect the 20% discount. 

It's the perfect time to have a sale, I have a bunch of new stuff!

 TheGiveaway:

I will be giving away one of these sweet little tiny tree stump pincushions and a vintage mushroom spool of handprinted ribbon. I can sense your excitement from here. The pincushion will of course come with a little mushroom pin, color of your choice.

Here’s how to enter to win:

1. Leave a comment on this post = 1 entry.

2. Tweet about this SALE & giveaway on twitter, sharing a link to this post = 1 more entry. Be sure to add @hitree so i can follow you! (Leave a separate comment with your twitter name.)

3. Share this sale & giveaway on Facebook, with a link to this post =1 more entry. (Leave a separate comment to let me know you posted a link.)

4. Blog about this sale & giveaway, with a link to this post and the hi tree etsy shop= 2 more entries. (Leave a separate comment with a link to your post.)

That’s a maximum of 5 entries per person! (Be sure to leave a separate comment for each entry.) The giveaway is open through Thursday June 30th. One lucky person will be selected at random and announced on this blog on Friday July 1st.

Good Luck!!

Finally here are some fun pictures from the past few weeks. 

MY NEW SEWING MACHINE!!!

tree stumps in all sizes!

Unique LA spring 2011 day one

Unique LA spring 2011 day two

trees at Unique LA

I made a giant mustache. TAKE THAT HIPSTERS!

I'll be listing new items in the weeks to come. I have a huge stack of new felt colors to get started on. So prepare yourselves! 

H.D. Buttercup & New Things

Friday night! Grand opening of the Apartment 3 & Unique Los Angeles Shop at H.D. Buttercup. 

This shop will be carrying the full line of Hi Tree pillows.

So needless to say i will be there! If you would like to come and enjoy the OPEN BAR and celebrity DJ's, click the flier to RSVP via Eventbrite. 

Also, i listed some new things in my shop this week! 

Including, the newest addition to the Hi Tree pillow collection, Hi Mr. Maple Tree!

At $45 he is the most affordable of the big trees. YAY!

You can read more about him here in my shop.

hi mr. maple tree!

pinky the decapitated unicorn!

grey ear hat

light brown autumn oak leaf barrette

dark brown autumn leaf autumn

hi tree installation at Black Maria Gallery

i am in the midst of a food coma, so i thought i would take the opportunity to do a little blog post, since i can't seem to remove myself from the couch in the sheridesthelion studio (next door to hi tree).

anyhow, loads of awesomeness going on right now. this morning i awoke to a very exciting google alert. apartment therapy mentioned me as well as posted some images of my work. check out the article here.




and and and also ive been slowly but surely fall-ifying (is that a word? now it is) hi tree. lots or oranges and yellow and pretty fall colors.

i feel a giveaway coming on....

well hello,
how are you? good? oh, im so glad to hear that. I am doing quite well myself. did you see the laist.com article about hi tree? no? oh, well here it is . isn't it lovely!? whats going on over here you ask? well, I am getting ready for the nela art walk that is coming up on second saturday, that is always fun. I just got my lovely crib bumper back from pregnancy and newborn magazine.
now i just need to figure out what im going to do with it!
I just completed a 4 foot tall giant giant giant sequoia, he is so lovely. i promise ill have pictures of him up soon. He will be making some appearances around town in the next few months.
Oh! i dont want to forget to mention that ill be at Renegade Craft Fair Los Angeles. woot! im very excited to be participating in the first ever here in lala land. Its going to be so fun!
Any how, if you know anyone that would like a cheap but awesome computerized sewing machine, im selling mine for $150. Its super duper awesome but its time for a upgrade! yay!! so anyway, thats all for now, i need to get back to work! This week ill be posting some all new, one of a kind totes! by the way, thank you to all who voted in my little poll!

enough of that, here are the giveaway details: I will be giving away a pair of small oak leaf earrings. you know the drill, leave a comment on this post to be entered into the drawing! i will announce the winner on tuesday june 9th.