dirt crits and a sweet bag

Here is my latest bag i made last week. Its made out of yummy vintage barkcloth my good friend neil gifted me. Turned out pretty good if i do say so myself.

In other news here are a few pics from the dirt crits. The dirt crits is put on by the bike peddler/norcal bike sport and happens every wednesday here in the summer in Howarth Park. If you are from around here and have never been i highly recommend it. Its good clean family fun.

The course is about a mile and a half loop and the idea is too go around as many times as your lungs, legs, and head will let you. There are many different categories, including a kick ass juniors section, so everyone can participate.

You never know what you'll find at the dirt crits. Last week we had an amazing sound system, courtesy of carlos from bike monkey, and sometimes we even get celebrity sightings....

new fabrics for bags

floral
vintage
corduroy

p.s:

Is there some magical way to move pictures on this thing. I've spent the last hour moving picture because i can't seem to able to get them where i want them. Finally I had all my pix lined up just so throughout my post and when i went to preview and publish they came out all crazy and scattered. Seriously?...what am i doing wrong...kenji?

New hats!

Wow i hadn't realized it had been that long since i posted my last blog! Time flies when you are ridiculously busy. So between quitting my day job, sending my oldest daughter to france with her grandparents for two weeks (gulp), and doing all the other end of school year jazz...i finally managed to sit down and make these hats.

As per usual they are all made of recycled fabrics found around town. The cycling fabric on the two penny hat was given to me by my dear friend Missa. An awesome find for sure. You can peep Missa's blog on my "luce likes links" under thrift candy. She has excellent taste!

The other fun fabric i have was custom screen printed for me by my friend Wade who is the mastermind behind SCAREA. You may have seen the stickers around town. He had a screen printing party at his shop last friday complete with Max Wordlow as dj and cocktails galore. A magical time for sure. Bellow are some pictures of Wade and Max hard at work...
















All hats are $30 dollars plus shipping and handling. If i don't have the one you like left i still have some of those fabrics and can make more. Now on too bags....oh yeah and i will be out of town until the 7th of july visiting the mid west and my boy Crizzle's family...



You can click on my flickr link to see all my other hats. There are some new bags there too...

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...

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....

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...