Nathalie Lété is an artist and designer who has lent her creative hand to everything from hand-tufted rugs to chocolates. I love the collaged, painterly quality that runs through all of her work regardless of the medium.

Lete’s most recent collaboration with Anthropologie yields bedding covered in birds and branches and ceramic knobs chaped like [...]

Two great new books have recently landed in my mailbox and I wanted to share them with you.

Apartment Therapy Presents is the new book by Maxwell Gillingham-Ryan, the man behind the ever-popular AT blog. It’s a compendium of fantastic homes and design solutions for people who don’t have millions of dollars to drop on decor. [...]

I’ve been making and sewing and cutting and prepping in every spare moment, just getting myself ready for the Bust Craftacular. These leaves are destined to adorn my pear pincushions. I am going to selling a few things at the Treehouse table this year. Stop by if you’re around!
Also a few other things:
My dear Mr. [...]

Linda was in town this week and we got a chance to see the Hyberbolic Crochet Coral Reef at the World Financial Center on Tuesday. Isn’t it nice to have visitors? You get to do all the fun things in your city that you never make time to do for yourself.
Here are a few pictures [...]

Oh, Adorn, how I will miss you. I know they say that all good things must come to an end but we could have had so many more issues together.
I know there’s been speculation for a while but it’s true: Adorn is no more. All I can hope for is that someone else will launch [...]

Well, Here are some of the fruits of my labor. I will be selling these at the Bust Craftacular at the Treehouse table on April 27th and shortly after on my Etsy site.

Amanda, the lifestyle editor at Parents magazine, told me about this fantastic opportunity to get your work seen in their magazine.
Here’s your chance to impress us with your outstanding crafting abilities! We are looking for the best, coolest, and most clever homemade birth announcements by you, our oh-so talented, crafty readers. We’re seeking submissions of [...]

I love the explosion of color and the contrast of rough versus sleek in these photos from the May issue of Elle Decor UK. It would be really cool to live in a warehouse with crumbling, peeling paint and fill it with bright shiny furniture.

It’s time for the 2nd Annual Softie Awards! I’ve got to pull it together and come up with some great picnic food softies. Entries must be in by April 18th at Midnight.
This little chickie by Budgie Mido, an entry in the cutest face category, just slays me. Check out the Softie Awards Flickr group for [...]

photos of the Hotel Delmano by Noah Kalino for Eater

Last Friday, my friend Sarah and I got all dressed up and had a cocktail at the Hotel Delmano, which is not a hotel at all but a beautiful bar. I rarely get worked up about cocktails but mine was inspired, delicious and involved pear cognac. [...]