Articles from March, 2008

Around the Web: February 2nd through March 29th

March 29, 2008 at 5:31 pm | In Around the web | 1 Comment

Interesting stuff from around the web:

Heidi Merrick :: Dresses - beautiful, beautiful clothes
Pretty Lace Handwarmers - the purl bee - I love these lace handwarmers, but I wonder how warm they’d really be.
The BookScans Database - Wow, check out this huge collection of vintage paperback covers. I only wish the images were larger. {via [...]

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Pricked: Extreme Embroidery

March 18, 2008 at 7:55 am | In Art, Crafts | No Comments

It’s times like this that I wish I still lived in NYC. I missed the Radical Lace and Subversive Knitting exhibit at The Museum of Art and Design, and now there’s Pricked: Extreme Embroidery. This show looks amazing.

This last piece reminds me of The Two Fridas.
Check out many more of the [...]

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Rainbows and rain clouds

March 16, 2008 at 8:10 am | In Clothes and Style | 3 Comments

{rainbow image by Flickr user Mick Y}
A few weeks ago, we were driving over the Emperor Norton Bridge after a rain, and saw the most beautiful, vivid rainbow set in a pale violet-silver sky. The colors made such an impression on me that I have since become a little obsessed with rainbow colors punctuating [...]

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Hetty Rose Handmade Shoes

March 15, 2008 at 10:04 am | In Clothes and Style, Crafts | 5 Comments

Wow. I just discovered these amazing handmade shoes by Hetty Rose via an article on Craft Boom. The article talks a little about the business and the shoemaking process, which I’d love to learn more about. The end result here is amazing, custom shoes made with vintage kimono fabric.

Like a lot of [...]

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SXSW 2008

March 14, 2008 at 9:57 am | In Crafts, Creativity, Travel | 1 Comment

I’m back from South by Southwest! Austin is a pretty cool city, full of neon signs, tons of music clubs, very weird weather, and dirt-cheap thrift stores. I came home with much more than I left with, thanks to my beautiful and super-hospitable cousin Danielle, who really showed me around. I will [...]

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This week

March 5, 2008 at 4:08 pm | In Life | 7 Comments

This week, I:

ate amazing cookies off old ironing boards in the sun at Bakesale Betty, around the corner from our new place
sewed silk curtains for the living room
cooked up some amazing orange-marinated roasted beets with rainbow chard from our new produce delivery. best beets I’ve ever eaten!

saw michael pollan speak and got his new [...]

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Myth and Ritual

March 5, 2008 at 8:57 am | In Clothes and Style | 1 Comment

I am really loving the spring 08 collection from Myth and Ritual.
{via ali loves curtis, which I just discovered and adore.}

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