Drape-y Spring Looks

Loving these Spring/Summer looks from Salvor. Pretty and unusual draped tops in amazing prints and colors. My mom is sporting a snazzy new cast post-wrist surgery, and these sleeveless numbers would be easy for her to get into. Also digging the totally fierce tiger scarf.

Been Tied Up!

Yes, I've been busy, neglecting my blog for a few days. Whew, it's good to be back. But I have, literally, been tying knots, albeit in my very limited free moments. I've been taking Jolene's Giant Granny Square Blanket workshop with Callia at Purl Soho, and am working on creating my own granny square masterpiece (even if currently it's only a mouse-sized blanket). If you're in NYC, I highly recommend stopping in their cute Sullivan Street store - even though I can barely crochet and know next to nothing about knitting, I could spend an hour in the store just ogling all the beautiful yarns and amazing colors. (All images via the purl bee)

A Fall, and Fall Fashion

Silly me, thought I could get away with not wearing my snowboots last night for once. Traded them in for cute little ankle boots, and what did it get me? A nasty spill on the subway steps and a bruise roughly the size and color of a large ripe avocado. What to cheer me up? A quick jaunt through the Fashion Week pages - Here are a few faves from Peter Som, above.

Also loving this Marchesa skirt that reminds me of a jellyfish, below left, in the most beautiful ethereal way, and the bright orangey-red lips at Tory Burch. Images via Style.com.

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!

Vintage Finds

I was one of very few shoppers willing to brave last weekend's bitter cold at the Hell's Kitchen flea market (thanks to my strategic tights-under-the-jeans layering system); I picked up a small army of vintage scarves in awesome patterns and colors. These make for great design inspiration, and can be incorporated into various projects - I think my fave is the insanely bright, watercolor-y floral below, but there's something really sweet about the turquoise dot pattern, above. Happy Friday!

Campbell Raw Press

I came across these really sweet and special hanging letterpress calendars in a local paper shop last week. By Brooklyn-based bindery and print shop Campbell Raw Press.

ten14 textiles

I met textile designer Josi Severson at last year's Surtex show in New York and loved her designs, so needless to say, I was psyched to hear that her eco-friendly line, ten14 textiles, has officially launched online. The textiles are printed using only water-based, non-toxic inks on organic cotton or recycled cotton blend. Beautiful and sustainable.

New Patterned Notecards!

I'm psyched about these new card designs I just added to the etsy shop. I developed a series of patterns - for another, bigger project that you'll be hearing LOTS more about in the coming months - inspired by my love of textiles and folk art from around the globe, like suzanis from Afganistan, hand-woven fabics from Peru and Tibet, and embroidery from Mexico. I took a whole bunch of my own illustrations and hand-drawn design elements and went to town, layering and coloring and adding textures as needed. As I mentioned above, these are intended for another project, but they made such awesome notecards that I couldn't resist adding them to the shop. I hope you like them too!