More gorgeous photos of art in progress, this time from artist Esther Ramirez of the paper line Essimar. I really love her use of color (pink and black and turquoise are favorites!) and her delicate use of paper-cutting.

I like the way she photographs her work too-piles of cards and prints en masse.

Here’s a link to [...]

Elle Decoration UK (which is practically my design bible) had a really interesting spread on choosing color combinations for your home. Start with a great base, choose a few good compliments to the base and then add a small bit of surprise! Here are a few of the palettes they chose. Not only do I [...]

Right now, I’m obsessed with the ideas of elegance in unexpected places and patterns gone wild.

These colors are totally amazing together but what I really adore is the mix of wallpapers!
Photo from Elle Decoration UK.

I love this python print wallpaper in interior designer Markham Roberts’ kitchen, especially when mixed with the everyday tool of the [...]

Well, the presents are wrapped and my mom and I are about to start making some cookies.
Wishing you and yours a very relaxing and cozy holiday and I’ll see you in a few days!

One of the drawbacks to trying to write a book over the holidays is the lack of time to do, well, anything else. Anyone who knows me knows what a sucker I am for holiday spirit: cookie baking, ornament making, I am into it all.
Making gingerbread is what usually gets me into the holidays the [...]

A couple of weeks ago, I was perusing the craft section at my local book store and I came across this amazing book, The Art of Embroidery. Written by Francoise Tellier-Loumagne, the book shows techniques and embroidery stitches at the front but where it gets really interesting the second part: photographs of trees, seashells, railways [...]

Oh, you don’t know how long I have been waiting to tell all of you this! I am writing a book! It’s a craft book, of course, about embellishing your clothing, accessories and home decor. All the paperwork is signed, sealed and delivered so it’s finally safe to talk about it. It also explains why [...]

I apologize for the lack of updates around here lately. Things have been slow on the blog because my life is the opposite of slow right now. I am still working on this major project that i can’t talk about at the moment and it has managed to swallow up my life whole. Yesterday I [...]

I love these wonderful images from artist blogs All Over Print and Flor de Papel. Scrolling through their blogs is like looking into the minds of these artists and their inspirations.

(images from Flor de Papel)

(images from All Over Print)

We had our first snow this past Sunday and I couldn’t be happier about the advent of winter. I really like all the seasons (and that’s why I live in the Northeast) but the beginning of a new season is really the best part. There’s so much anticipation and symbolism wrapped up into a new [...]