Ambatalia Fabrics in Mill Valley, CA will be hosting the loveMAKERS Sustainable Craft Fair next Tuesday, December 4th, from 2-8 p.m. during the Mill Valley Art Walk. Featuring amazing artists from around the Bay Area, Ambatalia is excited to connect communities by presenting innovative artists creating sustainable design. Ambatalia sounds like an amazing fabric store- [...]
Nov
30
Ambatalia LoveMAKERS Craft Fair
Category: art, being green, craftiness, events and announcements, fashion |
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Nov
30
Animal House
Category: art, being green, life and times |
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One of the highlights of my Thanksgiving holiday was visiting Millstone Farm, a working organic farm neighboring my grandparent’s house in Wilton, Connecticut. While I was growing up, the property wasn’t used but it had historically been farmland: my mom tells me stories about my grandmother chasing cows who had jumped the stone wall out [...]
Nov
28
New Eye Pillows
Category: craftiness, events and announcements |
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My eye pillows are in the Treehugger holiday gift guide! I celebrated by making a few new ones and taking some fancy pictures. They are in my Etsy shop.
Nov
26
Am I blue?
Category: inspiration, rooms to die for, thoughts and ideas |
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Nov
26
Toast
Category: fashion, inspiration, products and design |
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I love the look of these photos from British clothing and housewares line, Toast. With a name that was meant to evoke “clothes for Saturday morning”, Toast is gorgeously simple and luxurious.
Look at those blues and that wall! Isn’t it amazing? These are the kinds of things I would want to fill up my [...]
Nov
19
Sweet Paul
Category: food, inspiration |
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I am just in love with these images by food and prop stylist Paul Lowe.
Paul has an adorable blog called Sweet Paul, filled with inspiration and crafty ideas. I adore a man who can craft.
Photography by: Steve Giralt, left and Hayley Harrison on the right
Nov
19
Chronicle Friends and Family Sale!
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Cronicle Books is one of my favorite publishers. Enjoy!
Nov
16
Escape from New York
Category: life and times |
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Last weekend Mr. Loveforever and I did what we seem to be doing a lot of lately, which is getting out of the city. We went up to New Hampshire to visit my Aunt Bean and Uncle Gus for some family time, fresh air and relaxation.
Their house is perfect for reading, sitting by the [...]
Nov
16
Simone Pheulpin
Category: art |
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I love this beautiful sculpture by artist Simone Pheulpin. Would you believe that it is made of delicately folded fabric and held together by thousands of pins? Humble materials trandformed into something extraordinary.
photo from Selvedge Magazine
Nov
12
More Scandinavian Kitchens
Category: inspiration, rooms to die for |
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We’re doing a mini-renovation of our kitchen right now (photos to come!) so I’ve got kitchen organization on the brain. Most people agree that the kitchen is the heart and soul of a home and it’s certainly true in this home. When people come over, we hang out in the kitchen, when I come home [...]
