A little birdie contacted me about Lealand Eve Boutique last week and I thought I might share it with you today for Indie Boutiques. Consisting of both a brick & mortar (located in Sayville, NY on Long Island) and an online shop, the Lealand Eve Boutique features lines from smaller manufacturers and individual artists & designers. They carry home decor, accessories for women and men, gift & novelty items and jewelry. The shop combines a vintage feel with a more modern look and carries goods that help perpetuate that atmosphere.

The shop proprietress, Lealand Eve Richard, is a Pratt (Brooklyn) graduate with a BFA in fashion and is an artist herself. She understands the importance of supporting small independent artists and designers. In fact, the wall space of Lealand Eve is used as gallery space to show off both Lealand’s artwork and the work of other emerging artists on Long Island.

Here’s a few of the indie lines that are carried by the Lealand Eve Boutique.

Papered Together, dbO Home, Cyberoptix, Poppi & Figs & Ginger among others.

Whenever I want to drool over some goods, I head on on over to Three Potato Four…that’s why I thought it would make a great installment of Indie Boutiques.

Three Potato Four is a mom & pop shop, but totally unlike that image that came to your mind when I wrote “mom & pop shop”. Started by Janet Morales & Stu Eli, who are both self-proclaimed collectors and a mom & a pop to their little tot, Three Potato Four has a delicious mix of new & old goods.  I just love the blend of vintage and new indie made stuff, which is all presented & curated with such a lovely reverence for good design.

I can’t really choose favorites from Three Potato Four, it’s more the kind of shop that I wish I could just transplant wholly into my home. But, if I were forced at gunpoint to come up with some favorites, I’d probably have to admit that I’d love one of those restored typewriters, this 50s striped picnic basket calls to me, of course the apple containers that I featured last month in the Back to School Guide should be mine, this Henry Road tote I like, like the teacups & utensils tea towels as well, plus I’d take one of each of all the stuff you see below!

I’m debuting a new feature today called Indie Boutiques. An indie boutique is a shop that carries the work of independent designers, artists and crafters…as opposed to shops that just carry the work of one person.  The Indie Fixx Shop is an indie boutique. I’ve already written posts like this in the past (here, here, here and here), but I’m just giving them a name now.

Today, for the Indie Boutiques debut I’d like to share LAMA with you. I discovered LAMA via an ad on Bloesem and I’m so glad that I clicked on that ad! As someone with Molas, prints from Diego Rivera and Guatemalan textiles on her walls, you can say that I have a thing for Latin art, culture and design.  In fact, I did a little dance in my chair when I read Lama’s tagline: Latin America in the Modern Age. Once I started clicking around, and I was completely hooked!

Based in California, LAMA carries items from abroad, work from Latino artists living in the US as well as other artists inspired by Latin culture. Selections include homewares, bath & bod goods, accessories, paper goods and more.  The shop is such a wonderful Latino feast for the eyes that I really had trouble choosing which goods to share with you. I finally decided on those pictured below and you will have to visit LAMA to see more for yourself!