A friend of mine recently commented that she could tell when I was feeling overworked because the blog goes quite a few days without an update. Oh, so true.
I have a love/hate relationship with being so busy. This week, I have barely been home other than to get some (much needed) sleep and my kitchen [...]

I just wrote an article for Etsy about Williamsburg Fashion Weekend, a biannual event here in Brooklyn that features indie designers working outside of the mainstream fashion biz.
Check it out!

Artist Vadis Turner makes beautiful installations and art quilts from everyday materials. She is especially fond of using materials such as pantyhose, tampon wrappers, beads and curlers, subverting their original uses and transforming them into other icons of femininity like quilts, dresses, fancy chocolates and cakes.

I particularly love the art quilts made from money, packaging [...]

Pictured about are shoe designer Valeria “ValBlue McCulloch and fabric designer Elizabeth Sweetheart. All photos by Tina Tyrell
Here’s a great article in New York Magazine about five New Yorkers who dress entirely in one color. The article was written by Joanna Goddard, an editor and the blogger behind A Cup of Jo.
I am excited to [...]

This is really amazing. Dutch publishing and communications house, KesselsKramer, has a series of art objects called “Do” that tackle various social issues and provide somewhat useful items that help solve these issues. They remind me a little bit of “Chindogu”, the Japanese term for “unuseless” inventions.
Here are a few below:

The Do box is designed [...]

When I found out that textile artist and fashion designer Alison Willoughby was coming out with a book I immediately pre-ordered it. 49 Sensational Skirts arrived in the mail this week and it does not disappoint. I love that Allison works with only one medium in this book, a-line skirts. In restricting her palette she [...]

I am so excited to report that my friend Nicole, known for her Queen Puff Puff line of handbags and accessories, just opened a sewing and craft studio! StitchCraft will be offering classes like “Make Your own Duct Tape Dress Form” and “The Summer Blouse”, so if you live in the area and have been [...]

A little shameless promotion here: Mr. Loveforever works in the design department at Little Red Schoolhouse, a very cool and progressive school in the West Village, and they are having a charity art auction this week. All proceeds from the auction go to providing financial assistance to kids who would otherwise not be able to [...]

This might be my favorite Japanese craft book title yet, coming in right above A hint for Bringing Memories.

I finally got over to the new Kinokuniya space yesterday and picked this little beauty up. I love little things lately: scraps of lace, balls of twine, tiny porcelain animals. I think the photographs in this book [...]

This is so cool. The Victoria and Albert Museum website has a fun little feature for you to design your own textiles. Here are two I just “made”. Pretty wild Friday night huh?
Ooh, I forgot to add: thanks to Sarah G. for showing this to me!