Friday, May 29, 2009

luce puppy!


So on wednesday my little girl violet's school had a pet parade. One of the requirements, besides bringing a pet, was a hat decorated with animals. What better hat than a Luce Melon hat with puppy dog ears made out of vintage seventies calico with big daisies and tigers! She carved her own stamp in the likeness of a cat to replace the Luce goods logo on the back. I found the fabric at "The Legacy" which is a thrift store entirely dedicated to crafting! I can buy fabric there for two dollars a pound. Pure heaven...


Monday, May 25, 2009

lucette roll top




Its been a while since my last post what with work and little girls. But i've been busy developing new ideas and trying new things until i'm off for the summer. Then let the production begin...anyway here is one of the things i've been working on. A roll top for those of us who need to cram a little more into our bags when we're riding around town. More new products in the works....

Monday, May 11, 2009

dirt sweat and gears podium!


Yeehaw!! Lucette bags make it to the podium in Tennessee for the 12 hour dirt, sweat and gears race!! These guys asked me to make them some prizes to give to the winners. So I obliged with four bags and a couple of hats. My good friend Curtis ended up taking them there for me and participating in the race which he said ended being mud, mud, and more mud! Good job ladies! Twelve hours is no joke...

Thursday, May 7, 2009

silly things you can do with your lucette bag...


Here are just a couple of silly things you can do with your lucette bag. All courtesy of Jason Vivona artist extrordinaire. Check out his sick blog at vivona-vivona.blogspot.com.

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

In the beginning....

So lets see here....Let me give you all a quick overview of what i'm about without getting too boring. I guess it all started with a dinner party when my good friends Curtis, Mitzi, Jay and Jocelyn (Curtis (inglis/retrotec) and Jay (sycip designs) are both local amazing bike builders) came over for a french dinner and noticed these bags i had started making on my ironing table.
They instantly loved them . Jay bought one for Jocelyn on the spot and Curtis bought one for Mitzi then Curtis , who happened to be hosting the Single Speed World Championships that year asked me to make some bags to give away as prizes at the race and i was launched....

The bags, which are called the "Lucette Bag" are basically musette bags which i have redesigned with a carabiner to clip to your belt, a cell phone pocket and a tab on the front for your night light and your carabiner when you are not using it. Its just a simple bag perfect for a lock, wallet, sweater, keys that sort of thing. The carabiner clipped to your belt makes it so your bag doesn't swing around and crash you out and the light tab makes it so you can ride your bike home safely late at night.


The hats happened later at the Tour de California when Sean Walling (soulcraft), also an amazing bike builder, asked me if I would consider making hats. I went home and worked out a pattern. I wanted to make sure that my hats didn't pinch the delicate domes of my customer. Hats that pinch is the number one complaint I hear from people who wear cycling hats. Sean ordered fifty and the "Luce Melon" hat was born.

So now thats pretty much all I want to do. I have two lovely little girls(Opal and Violet), an amazing boyfriend (chris wells, super wells, crizzle), one dog (Ninja), two cats (Atticus and Shadrack) and two chickens (Thelma and Lucinda). We live in beautiful Sonoma County where there is more cycling than you can shake a stick at. Perfect...

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Welcome!

Welcome to Luce Goods Blog!
Bear with us as we get the whole compu-bit sorted...