May 2008

I just discovered a really nice art blog called one strange morning. The author/artist Kyu friended me on Flickr. He found this amazing Russian artist Irina Troitskaya. I’m totally in love with her work. Here’s Kyu’s post about her incredible stacking dolls. Here’s her blog. There are not enough hours in the day to enjoy [...]

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Etsy projects: A couple of new Etsy sellers I’m loving: MayLuk Ceramics Pikaland (Read about this cool E-zine and project here) Chikabird Here’s Kate O’Connor’s embroidery set on flickr. + her fabulous illustration too. Flickr craft project: Also, don’t forget to check out the newest Inspiration E-Zine over at Design For Mankind. Erin is genius!

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I’m always on the hunt for that perfect “comfortable” dress. You know, not a sack trapeze and not a slinky McSlinkerson. I just want a breezy, yet flattering silhouette, interesting but not busy print, or bold solid everyday dress, is that a lot to ask? Joanna Goddard’s little post about a nice Bird dress, got [...]

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Pita and I were all alone last weekend. So I just worked a lot and snapped these photos of some treasures I found on the sidewalk outside the house. I’m obsessed with the maple helicopters and mean to do a pattern with them. I also found lovely ginkgo leaves. What beautiful shapes. I’m becoming obsessed [...]

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Sneak peek- July issue. I hope you are all having a lovely weekend. My husband is away so I’m trying to get a lot of art projects done so that when he gets back we can spend a nice holiday together strolling about in the park with the pooch and enjoying the nice weather. I [...]

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