black friday

i just recently found this finger painting i did from when my fingers
<                were just about this long              >

 

 

 

images from antonio berardi, unknown porsche, image via delight by design, image via design is mine, mociun scarf, tina frey necklace.

black (white + red) swan

i have not seen the movie, but i do love these posters for it.

 

posters created by design group La Boca.

oh, this old house?

just a few places i could spend some time in my imaginary home.

 

images via things that inspire, delight by design

tgi-a colorful-f

just a couple of pictures i felt should go together.

 

for whatever reason, i simply cannot remember the sources for these images except for the last two (terrain and electric feathers)… so if you happen to know, i will gladly post it.

cherri house, quilter

yesterday i posted about a woman, fred shand, who created quilts with a very organic feel to them. non-traditional.

i thought it would be fun to post about the opposite. cherri house is a well known quilter who has written a variety of books, one of which is city quilts, where she takes her inspiration from the city. sometimes when you are walking in and around and through a city, you can forget to stop and admire just how amazing it can be.

cherri has managed to do that, and then put it in a quilt, go figure.

 

cherri house, city quilts.

fred shand, quilter

just the other day i was talking to a friend who quilts, and she mentioned that she is growing a little tired of her regular angular designs and expressed her desire to explore some more organic, free form shapes.  i, myself have never done any sort of quilting, but i can really appreciate all the work that goes into each one.  i know it’s no simple task… people spend months on a quilt, sometimes years.

a few days after speaking with my friend, i saw these by fred shand, an english artist that anthropologie is featuring.  definitely not your typical quilter, she uses a variety of methods from silk-screening to painting to sewing and quilting in order to make each one-of-a-kind piece.

 

fred shand.

a month of sunday walks

this is a series of sunday walks that leanne shapton illustrated for the new york times.
i wish my sunday walks looked liked this.

see the series.

indigo blues

the indigo dyeing process is long and relies on a fermentation process which differs from that of other colors. it’s no wonder the end result can be so intense and beautiful. it’s one of the oldest dyes used for textiles and is thought to have started in india, but through trade indigo has made it’s way around the world, and has played an intrinsic part in the history of many cultures.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

images with thanks to unknown, hand eye magazine, madeline weinrib, unknown, yuimade, unknown.

a kaleidescope of winter (?!) color

we’ve been having such beautiful weather in santa barbara lately, it eerily feels a little too similar to summer.  i keep reading reports about wild snow storms that have taken over the streets of new york, but i’ll be damned if i don’t have to check my calendar every day to make sure that it is indeed january.

so here are some colors that remind me of a beach ball, in hopes that maybe it will help spread some sunshine.

…i’m sorry that sounded so cheery, i think the sun has started to melt my brain.

 

images with thanks to gene davis, anthropologie, audree lapierre, alyson fox, brian ferry and unknown.

hello, again.

it has been a very long time since my last post; for a variety of reasons, my mind has been elsewhere.

this doesn’t mean that i wasn’t saving pictures or thinking of things to post… in fact, my desktop is littered with images, and it’s driving me a little crazy.  i‘ve grouped some of them into clusters that i will try posting within the next week or so.

…and i do apologize to those of you who keep reminding me of the date of my last post… you know who you are.