I’ve been trying out some new techniques with paper in my collages on wood blocks. I wanted to make the paper dimensional in some way. I like how this one came out.

photos by Mark Winwood and Michael Wicks
Yay! Yay! The cover of my book is on Amazon! Feel free to pre-order with abandon! My only caveat is to say that the boor is not coming out exactly on June 1. It should be sometime shortly thereafter.
I will keep you all updated on events and signings and [...]

The ampersand is definitely my favorite punctuation mark (I just love it’s shape) so I flipped when I saw this poster by design team Conor & David (see they like ampersands too!).
Reminds me a bit of this window.
Found via Hello Bauldoff, a really awesome design/visual blog.

These new watermelon pincushions will traveling along with me to the Brooklyn Flea this weekend. I will be selling a few of them along with some other fun new stuff at the New New Etsy team booth. Please stop by and say hi if you’re in the neighborhood.
Also: this is a little far off but [...]

I am just over the moon about these beautiful prints from Mociun ’s fall line. I’ve been wanting to splurge on one of her trademark tie front dresses but I might have a to wait it out for a few month until this one here hits the stores.

One of my favorite parts of the Providence trip was the RISD alumni sale. There are so many craft sales now so it’s hard to have any expectations going in, but this sale had some really special things.

I particularly loved Ann P. Smith’s robots, made from discarded electronics and broken machine parts. I like that [...]

I love this collage of piles and piles of hand dyed paper garlands by designer Sophie Cuvelier.
They reminded me of an image I have had in my “archives” for a long time and sent me running for my old inspiration books.

So cool right? I especially like the messiness of the red string.
You can purchase some [...]

Oh, I wish I had known about this last week!
The World Beach Project is a collaborative art project concepted and organized by artist Sue Lawty and the Victoria and Albert Museum. Sue’s idea was to have people all over the globe submit drawings and sculptures they have made with stones on the beach.

photo submitted by [...]

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Congrats, you are the winner of The Pillow Book!
For the record, I have five pillows: two sets of standard pillows and one cute little decorative one.

Last weekend, Mr. Loveforever and I celebrated our 2 year wedding anniversary by getting out of town for a little weekend trip to Rhode Island. We spent 2 days in the lovely city of Providence (totally number one on our list of places to move when we get out of New York) and one last [...]