I’ll be there again in October! this time, I will have misprints galore at half price!!! Come out to the Civic Center Commons Block Party in San Francisco to check out wares from your local makers. The Commons’ 1st Sundays Block Party Sunday, October 7th 11:00 AM – 3:00 pm #localmakers #sf #civiccentercommons #bayarea #craftfair #sanfrancisco

Come out to the Civic Center Commons Block Party in San Francisco to check out wares from your local makers. I will be there with all your favorites and a ton of discontinued and misprinted items at amazing prices. The Commons’ 1st Sundays Block Party Sunda, September 2nd 11:00 AM – 3:00 pm #sf #civiccentercommons #sfetsy #september #bayarea #craftfair #sanfrancisco

The fine folks at Rickshaw Bags are hosting members of the SF Etsy team at their headquarters in the Dogpatch neighborhood of San Francisco this Saturday from 11:00 am – 3:00 pm. You can check out who else will be selling their handmade wares on the facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1550104221895371/ Here are the details: SF Etsy Pop-Up hosted by Rickshaw Bagworks 904 22nd Street San Francisco, CA 94107 Saturday, February 14th 11:00 am – 3:00 pm #ricksh

Hitting the city on my bike is one of my favorite things to do on a holiday. A lack of traffic and the general quiet that comes on a holiday makes for ideal riding, in my opinion. On New Year’s Day, I made my way over to the Dogpatch and found that there is an abundance of my favorite kind of beauty, the abandoned, busted kind. If it ain’t ugly, it ain’t pretty. Hot Cash Only Bluest sky Tall and broken Birds, the bay and barges Broken windows, barbed wire Safety Stories Self

I went to take pictures of houses for a new design I’ve been working on (which if you follow me on Instagram, you already know about). It was late-August when I went on this field trip and the main reason I finally made it out to another neighborhood was because I was sick to death of wandering around in my own neighborhood. I needed out, so on a whim, I set out to the West Portal station and wandered around from there. It was grey and foggy. It was perfect. This was the hous

I can’t believe that October is here already. It’s nuts! My last appearance at the Mission Community Market for 2014 is happening this Thursday, October 9th. The market continues year-round but I’m too much of a wimp to stand out in the cold all winter. Here are the details: Mission Community Market 21st Street at Bartlett San Francisco, CA 94110 4:00 pm – 8:00 pm – FREE TO ATTEND The Heated will be there October 9th for the last appearance of the season. I’ll also be at

Check out the snazzy poster for the event I’m working this Sunday. It’s the 12th annual Excelsior Art & Music Festival. I will be there with dish towels like you wouldn’t believe! Here are the details. #excelsiorartmusicfestival #sanfrancisco #sf

Man, have I got a busy week ahead of me. First of all, you can find me this Thursday at the Mission Community Market. Here are the details: Mission Community Market 21st Street at Bartlett San Francisco, CA 94110 4:00 pm – 8:00 pm – FREE TO ATTEND The Heated will be there August 21st, September 11th and October 9th only. #missioncommunitymarket #britampco #remakefestival #missionmercado #sf #alamosquare #fortmason #sanfrancisco

I’ve got two events this week. If you’re around come and check out the Mission Community Market this Thursday or make your way on Saturday to the Rickshaw Bags Headquarters for an SF Etsy Pop-Up. Both will be awesome. Both can be viewed on my events page: EVENTS #rickshawbags #missioncommunitymarket #sf #themission #sanfrancisco

I’ve seen some good stuff out there lately. Here’s what’s up in San Francisco. Geometric The luxury vehicle, the homeless encampment, the important question. Sure, why not? Psssst! Dream n vote. #art #missiondistrict #tags #mural #sf #graffiti #streetart #sanfrancisco

I was really bummed when RAG announced they were closing late last year. The store itself had great stuff and they sold a steady stream of dish towels by The Heated. So, I was really pleased when a new store moved into the space. The store is called Gather and they opened last weekend. Christian and Daisy have really managed to make the space feel new and fresh. Go and check them out! Here is their information: gather http://www.gathersf.com/ Address of the shop: 541 Octavia

As a small-business owner, I wear many hats. All the office jobs I’ve worked in the past have given me the skills I need to do most tasks. Using Excel, Word, data-entry and accounting software are quite familiar to me. What’s worse is that I actually like a lot of that stuff, a rarity among the creative types. But damn it, I can’t seem to take a good product picture. So, I outsourced it to Liz Daly, a professional photographer who did a bang-up job on some product shots for m

The good folks over at Muni Diaries were kind enough to give my latest dish towel, the F Market Streetcar, a shout-out on their blog. Thanks, Muni Diaries! As a bonus, posting about this inspired me to update my press page. I hadn’t realized how much I would like seeing all my shout-outs on one page but damn, I love it. It makes me feel accomplished. It also makes me realize how long I’ve been slinging ink onto dish towels. Thanks to everyone who’s ever given The Heated a cha

I’m so pleased to announce that the F Market design I’ve been working on is ready to go! I decided to go with one color for this design and electric blue was the overwhelming favorite during the testing phase. Here are some images: click image for closer view click image for closer view click image for closer view Clicking this photo will take you to my Etsy shop. It took a while for me to learn to love the F Market line, which is part of San Francisco’s Market Street Railway

I’m in the last stages of releasing a new design (it will be released in late March) and it’s going to be the F Market train. Designing for a dish towel means that I need a strong image that can fit onto the front third panel of the fabric because that’s how everyone hangs their dish towels, right? So I need some specific stuff and it meant I needed to get out there and take some pictures of trains. I went out on two separate occasions and here’s what I got. This is the image

A few weeks ago, I awoke at five in the morning to the familiar but dreaded sound of a mosquito buzzing around my head. Mosquitoes love me. They will bite any part of skin I leave exposed and the welts these bites leave are no joke. I’ve received bites on my eyelids that have swollen them shut! So, I’ve become a bit of an expert on mosquitoes. Once a mosquito feeds on you, they usually land nearby to process all your blood. When I heard the mosquito buzzing, I knew they were

I know I’ve told you all how much I love the Mission Community Market. Well, this Thursday marks my last market of the year with them. Come out if you can! It happens from 4:00 pm – 8:00 pm at 22nd Street and Bartlett in San Francisco’s Mission District. It keeps going all year long. #missioncommunitymarket #sanfrancisco #sf #themission

I have three new flour sack dish towels ready to go! “Golden Gate Bridge” design in red (or international orange, right?) etsy link “Cedar” design in green etsy link “Fern” design in green etsy link For an updated line list, please click here: The Heated Line List Summer and Fall 2013 Click the image below to zoom in on what I’ve got going on. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: cente

I have a few friends that are participating in the AIDS Lifecycle this year. Now, many of you know that I like to ride a bike around town, often to deliver towels to stores or to go to the post office. It’s fun and all but me riding a bicycle from San Francisco to Los Angeles? I don’t see it happening. So, I give what I can and in this case, what I can give is a design where 90% of the proceeds will go to four riders of the ALC. Cute dishtowel, right? Click this link to view/