now that we've closed up 1415 valencia shop, we'd like to transfer some of the brick & mortar world into making your online speesees experience extra-special.

remember when artist micheline hegi made a gazillion origami cranes & hung them from our shop window? she made them out of the paper fabric of san francisco; chinese newspapers, muni passes, music sheets, recycled paper from scrap. big & small, each crane is totally unique & has a story, just like all of us speesees.

thousand origami cranes (千羽鶴 Senbazuru^?) is a group of one thousand origami paper cranes (鶴 tsuru) held together by strings. An ancient Japanese legend promises that anyone who folds a thousand origami cranes will be granted a wish by a crane, such as long life or recovery from illness or injury. this makes them popular gifts for special friends and family. the crane in Japan is one of the mystical or holy, & is said to live for a thousand years.

so, cranes for everyone! all online speesees orders will receive a crane (until they're gone); we'd like to share a ilttle piece of what was & is part of a larger whole.

xo*

little irma wanted to show us her favorite flock jumper all the way from germany!  we think she is just too cute.*

(& we'd love to visit :)

we recently had the pleasure of meeting with the lovely sabrina helas of milk and cookies photography who does fantastic, modern photoshoots with kids, babies, & families. 

here is a preview of a recent shoot she did right here in san francisco -- with all her frontier kids outfitted + ready to save the world in speeses. so fun!

precious ryland is so sweet lounging in his harmonize jumper*