{Etsy} Love Maude

I don’t know how you feel about it, but I don’t think embroidery equals grandma anymore. These pieces from Love Maude make me want to get out my string and embroider everything. Felt + stitching = love to me!

Leah Duncan Collaborations

I’m pretty sure Leah Duncan is one of my favorite artists/illustrators {see previous post}. She’s been doing a bunch of collaborations recently which I think is super great. Above, she teamed up with Teroforma to create a collection of trays, notecards, coasters and more with patterns referencing the urban and the organic. She also teamed up with Satsuma Press to produce a line of letterpress goodies and printed textiles. I definitely try to keep my eye on what she’s up to!

{Want} Karen Barbe

How cute are these potholders and matching apron from Karen Barbe? Love the stitching and pop of color!

Flower Scans

What a neat concept! This weekend I stumbled upon the blog of Craig Cramer and his monthly flower scans. He takes whatever blooms he has growing in his garden and arranges them on his home scanner, drapes a black cloth over them, and voila – really pretty flower pictures. It’s also really neat that he’s from near Ithaca so a lot of the flowers are from my home area and ones my mom has even had in her own gardens!

Color Inspiration {3}

From one of my first trips into downtown Philadelphia.

Splitscreen: A Love Story

A really sweet little love story. How neat is the filming!

{Want} Room and Board

I’ll take some money to go spend at Room and Board!

Just a few things that caught my eye:
Sofa, Pillow, Red Vase, Wire Basket, Blanket, Blue Vase

Lace Fence

I fell in love with the lace fences that Demakersvan produces years ago. Their ingenuity in bringing beauty to such an everyday object is refreshing. Each one is custom made by hand, simply amazing. Imagine my delight when I heard they were going to install one on my college campus! In connection with a campus wide movement titled ‘Lace in Translation’ the fence was put up a few years ago. On leaving Philly, photographing this fence jumped to the top of my ‘before I leave Philly’ bucket list. Simply stunning.

Of course there are many other equally amazing installations they have done throughout the world as well – I want one!

Color Inspiration {2}

From Sonnenberg Gardens in NY – my grandparents live right down the road and I spent a morning there with my Grandma gardening.

{Etsy} Peg and Awl

I know I’m not in school anymore – but doesn’t this time of year always make you want to buy school supplies? For some reason these chalkboards from Peg and Awl remind me of school and would be perfect for list making. Among their other offerings are a few different styles of spice racks and little flower vases.

The Golden Rule

Moving into a new place always makes me think about new art work and little things to make the space into your home. This Golden Rule poster by Studio On Fire is absolutely adorable. All the artwork was done by a 6 year old boy and it’s letterpress printed!

{Want} Madewell Scarves

I feel like these scarves from Madewell would be perfect for an Arizona fall. I have a feeling that scarves will be used as more of a decoration piece than for much actual warmth. Plus it’s a mission of mine to add more color and pattern to my wardrobe.