Vintage score from Cape Cod, now serving as storage for thread spools.
Baker of Good Biscuits
One at a time
It's good to rest.
stocked up
Okay, the rest of the tacks are ready for you... grab one from the shop before they're gone.
Thank you!
This Saturday I left home for a last-minute family vacation... you can imagine my surprise when I made a quick e-mail check yesterday and discovered an exploded hit counter and a nearly-sold-out etsy shop, thanks to some very cool bloggers: Design Undercover, Decor8, and NOTCOT. Hello to my new readers! I'll be back to normal by Thursday evening, with new items for the shop ready by Friday evening. Please bear with me until then, while I squeeze the last drops out of this vacation (and aloe gel)!
coming soon
My main project lately has been these cutout pendants. The biggest trouble has been getting the surface right... too many scratches, paint not drying, corners a little too sharp... but this set is really coming out well! The best part is picking little precious bits of fabric to showcase in each one.
I re-sanded and re-painted since this photo was taken, and they look pretty perfect! Finally!
So all I need to do now is assemble and photograph, and then these should be ready to go into the store.
recovered with quilting
it’s official
Ok, now it's official: I'm a published illustrator!
Full-page in Plan Sponsor's 2007 Special Lifestyle issue.
In other news, I'm working on a big update for the store, and I did my first quilting project last night, which was amazing! It went much more quickly than I'd expected, and was lots of fun. Photos coming soon!
fabric loves wood, wood loves fabric
This is a 15" drum lamp I designed and made this spring. It's a combination of wood veneer and vintage fabric. It was difficult to cut the wood shapes by hand, but I'm truly happy with how it turned out!
Lately I've been trying to get my bookmarks in order (folders are my friends). It's been so messy in there that it's been quite a while since I've seen some of those links. Here's a grouping of photos/photographers that tickle my imagination. And I'm not sure, but it's very likely that nearly all of these are from swiss-miss.
http://www.edwardburtynsky.com/
http://www.baraskit.se/random/archive/31/fun_with_clouds.html
http://www.bobbyneeladams.com/age.html
Poem
Illustration Friday submission for "poem". Vintage nursery rhyme pages, old baby photo, colored vellum, and wire on masonite, 6"x7.5"
This was a really exciting piece to work on... there's something about objects that have a history. It does make the cuts more stressful, but there's a sense of awe in working with them. This kind of work is really going to push my packrat button!
old things new
This weekend I found a vintage curtain panel that I couldn't pass by. If you're ever in Providence, visit What Cheer Antiques in Wayland Square... it is my second-favorite store here. (First is the lovely Figments!) So after ripping out the old seams, I added new ones for a set of mini-curtains for our kitchen.
There's only one spot of our kitchen that lacks a generous helping of pink.
The walls and the plant agree, this fabric is perfect!
