Spoonflower rocks

I recently designed some custom textile patterns for a project that I will be sharing with you very soon. Just the other day, I was thrilled to open my mailbox and find these printed fabric samples of the designs from Spoonflower.com; they are gorgeous! In case you're not familiar with them, Spoonflower is a relatively new, highly innovative company that provides custom-printed fabric in small quantities, on several different types of fabric. I am so happy with the print quality and color integrity on these and I can't wait to place my order. Be sure to check out their website for lots of other great fabric designs!

Rolling it out...

Whew! Just finished packing up my shipment to White Elephant, the cutest darn boutique in Hamilton, Ontario. The store is a very cool mix of vintage and handmade items; I pretty much want to buy everything in the store and move it all into our apartment. I couldn't be more thrilled to have my stuff in their well-curated selection, especially since some of the pieces are by other artists I admire and have purchased before in shops here in Brooklyn, like dutch door press and Modern Radar (in image below).


I'm sending them a bunch of organic cotton tote bags, and a variety of notecards, including some letterpress, some gocco prints, and some based on my collages (see image below). So, if you happen to be in the area, check it out!

Om Tees Are Ready!

My yoga tees are finally ready! I'm so psyched with how they came out, the subtle sheen of the gold ink looking fab on super-duper soft light blue cotton. The style is very flattering and comfy, great for yoga class but stylish enough for post-yoga brunch, shopping, or just hanging out.

Just when I thought it couldn't get any better, I was lucky enough to have my dear friend Fernanda model them. An avid runner and yogi, she was kind enough to lend her gorgeous self for an afternoon of shooting. We had a blast, and the shots came out fantastic. Thanks, Fernanda!!!

You can find the shirt here, in my etsy shop.

Just in Time for Fall...

I had a bit of fun with my trusty Gocco machine the other day, using this fall leaves pattern I designed to make a series of notecards and some cute limited-edition bags. The notecards were done in a marble-swirly fall color palette of red, orange, gold and a bit of purple. You can see from the image of the screen below how the colors naturally mix and swirl together, creating some super-cool variations in tone. The bags are a more classic look, bright blue on lightweight, unbleached organic cotton. These items will be in the etsy shop later today!

Monday, Monday

Good morning! Sometimes Monday mornings can be such a drag, but they can also be full of inspiration - a whole week of possibilities lies ahead! I'm heading to San Francisco later this week, so I've got to be extra-productive in the few days that I have to work. Time to get started...

When we were traveling in England in May, I came across a store in Bath full of vintage birdcages. Soon after our return, I did some research and began a series of ink drawings. Finally, I had some plates made and took them over to the letterpress studio last week. Here are the results... these cute little thank you cards have been added to my etsy shop, along with the chrysanthemums print in dark turquoise, below.

Looks good to me too!

Love these fashion-y illustrations by Caroline of the blog, it looks good to me. A fellow Brooklynite, Caroline is a textile designer by day (where she no doubt does some amazing work) and blogger by night.

Her blog post creating an outfit out of a room was featured on design*sponge and includes my Circles Collage Organic tote bag (see below)! How cool.

Fine Day Press

So, okay, it's not exactly a site YET. But at least it's a web presence. Baby steps!

New Items

I've added two new card designs to my etsy shop. More coming soon!