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renée valenzuela is a clothing, accessories, and graphic designer born, bred, and based about fifteen minutes east of downtown los angeles.

the automaticsweetheart line is her labor of love. every item is handmade by her especially for you in the studio she shares with lots of fabric scraps, plants, books, and two very social feline friends.

when not planted behind her sewing machine, drafting up new designs, figuring out pattern repeats, or thinking about all the neat things she could make if only she had a knitting machine, she's been known to also enjoy endless hours of baking, countless cups of tea, epic thrift store adventures, frequent library visits, taking photographs, impromptu picnics, visiting far off lands, salty dogs, summer nights, sad songs, and daydreaming.

she sometimes makes a blog post or two here and you can browse her photostream here.