The United States Bartenders’ Guild put on Land of the Rising Shamrock: A St. Patrick’s Day Benefit to Support The Red Cross in Japan.

The event featured USBG All Stars From Across the Country Including:
Jason Littrell- USBGNY President
Debbi Peek- Chicago USBG President
Hal Wolin- USBGNY Treasurer
Aaron Gregory Smith- USBG National Vice President
Kevin Diedrich- San Francisco USBG President

The USBG put on this awesome event in less than one week and Able & Baker Studio rush printed all the t-shirts just in the knick of time!

**Photos by Valter Fabiano

The Musical Hunt is a vendor fair held in our studio the last Sunday of every month. It showcases several talented artists, vintage clothiers, antique-collectors, bakers and local bands. The extremely talented Suzy, from Alembic, created original handcrafted cocktails for the event, as well. Here was the lineup for last Sunday, March 27:

Vendors:

Soul of My Suit
The Bird and the Butcher
Lil Sundance
Mollie Tuggle
What About Phoenix?
Venus Superstar
Christina Ruiz
Hawthorne Sweet Shop

Bands:

Vows
TV DINNER
People People

For future vending opportunities please contact Rohini: musicalhunt@gmail.com or info@ableandbakerstudio.com

One Girl’s Trash is a monthly clothing swap we hold in the studio. Here are a few photos from the first one. Be sure to check the calendar for upcoming events!

Have an great idea for an event? Wanna throw your own? Contact our Events Coordinator at rohini@ableandbakerstudio.com!

Stag Dining Group is an eclectic food society. It consists of chefs, hunters, musicians, artists, cyclists and conservationists. The existential question to this avant-garde group has not been “why?”, but “why not?” They aim to provide a sophisticated (but not stuffy) dining experience that incorporates their passion for creativity, sustainability, eclecticism and their joie de vivre.

We’ve recently partnered up with SGD to create menus for their incredible dinners. The first menus were printed on handmade paper (consisting of recycled biodegradable material and seeds) and on tea-dyed paper. The second menus were printed on tumeric-dyed banana leaf paper. Able & Baker is quickly becoming a mad paper laboratory. Stay tuned for our latest concoctions!

**Photos taken by Andria Lo

Traditional wedding anniversary gifts are chosen from a list of materials that are designated for each year. The first wedding anniversary is symbolized with paper, and from there traditional anniversary gifts become more precious or scarce to reflect the growing number of years a couple has remained together. To celebrate their first anniversary, one newlywed came to us to craft a “paper” pinata for her husband who HATES broccoli. She left it dangling in the garage for him to find after work and filled it with things he loves.

More piñatas!!

WE HEART TOM MARIONI AND SO SHOULD YOU.

Farm:Table is one of our favorite coffee shops in San Francisco! Community-based, they offer a creative and yummy menu that changes daily. Also, Shannon, the espresso master, brews some mighty fine coffee!!

We made some business cards for them, using their very own coffee as dye for the paper. We also hand screen printed some bags made of recycled textiles.