I like all the art that I am seeing lately made from books and book pages. This one made by Brian Dettmer for the New York Times Spring Travel magazine is particularly stunning.

This paper piecing stuff is endlessly fascinating to me. I’ve been hit by a pretty bad cold this week and all I can manage to do is watch stupid television and make millions of hexagons and diamonds for paper piecing. It’s the perfect project when you need something repetitive and have a vast amount of [...]

I’m so excited for my friend Susan that her book Bead Simple is out this week. With gorgeous photos and cool, modern projects, Bead Simple is one of the best jewelry-making books I’ve ever seen. Susan has been making jewelry for many years so she’s got lots of crafty knowledge plus she asked a ton [...]

We’re back from Mexico and, wow, I don’t even know what I can say that could sum up our time there. Mexico City amazing and I felt like we barely scratched the surface, which I like to think is a mark of a really cool city.
Some of my favorite things: brightly painted houses and tilework, [...]

Thanks to Jen for introducing me to the beautiful work of Susie Cowie, an embroidery artist.

Susie is currently showing some of her work at the Rockefeller Center Anthropologie in their gallery. I particularly like the work she does with photos.

Ghada Amer has been one of my favorite artists for as long as I can remember. I have a tear of some of her pieces in one of my inspiration books but it is something else entirely to really see her art up close. There are many layers in her work, revealing hidden (and often [...]

Did I mention that I am going to Mexico, um, this afternoon? I think I may have forgotten to mention this very important piece of information.
I am (of course!) bringing my laptop with me so I am going to attempt to updates but I am not making any big promises!
See you all soon!
Oh and PS- [...]

I have always been a big fan of FeraL ChiLde’s clothing designs and it’s really cool to see their collections mature and change over the years. Here are a few images of their spring 2008 collection. I love the mix of patterns and the subtle details.

To find out where you can get a look at [...]

It was a pretty crafty weekend around here: bread was baked, paper piece hexagons were made, patchwork quilts were repaired.

Mr. Loveforever has turned into a bread baking machine lately. Usually he makes Pullman- style loaves but he has started making big crusty rounds in the dutch oven. Yesterday, he tried out the infamous Mark Bittman [...]

A long time ago, a co-worker and I bought this magazine called View on Colour. It was really expensive; I’m not even going to tell you how much for fear of being hunted down by a mob of very sensible, thrifty people. Let’s just say that I actually think it was worth it.
View on [...]