At the studio on Friday, I brought in a piece of fabric from Lula Fabrics (find it here) and Medina brought in a book cover. We teamed it all with one of my mugs, and suddenly felt we were starting a trend.
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The day Medina and I started a trend
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Pattern hunting
I stopped in at CAFDA yesterday and found an absolute feast of book covers to add to my fast-growing collection. These Penguin poetry book covers are just amazing… And even better from the back: I found lots of others too… …and then went mad with photographing ’em all. Ah, the treasures and simple pleasures a …
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Style trumps adversity
My friend Margaret had a stylish response to the nasty business of having her car’s back window smashed: Plastic and parcel tape doesn’t make a very pretty repair job, but slapping a Pincushion decal on top makes all the difference. Go Margaret! (and go Lilly, who barked loudly enough to make the bad guys run …
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I filled up a studio window space with all my many-sized postage tubes, Now I like it so much I feel sad whenever someone buys something that needs the protection that only a tube can offer, and I have to remove a tube from this elegant display. Happy weekend everyone. I’ll be at the Biscuit …
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Cutting spaces
Happy 2010, everyone! I’m still on holiday really, but am slowly starting to rev my motor for the new year by making my first blog post of the decade. Once all the relatives left town and we weren’t making treks across the peninsula laden with bowls of salad and bags of presents, Paul and I …
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Herd it on the grapevine
Herd it on the grapevineAnd yes, what you “herd” is true. I have more Herds cushion covers in my shop, in both red and grey. Happy weekend, all!
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New photo in the house
New photo in the houseJust got this back from the framers. It’s by our friend Dave Southwood, who takes very nice photos.
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I wish we had FENOMEN IKEA
I wish we had FENOMEN IKEAAnyone in Hamburg reading this blog? I have a personal interest in the fact that the Museum fur Kunst und Gewerbe in Hamburg has just opened a show called FENOMEN IKEA. This is what the press release says: FENOMEN IKEA deals with the complex field of mass production and quality, …
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Cover collection
Since I spotted a couple in April, I’ve been adding to my collection of beautiful book covers. I’ve been meaning to post about them ages ago, but this image on Design*Sponge yesterday reminded me to get on with it. Read this Design*Sponge interview to find out all about these book covers, designed by Coralie Bickford-Smith for …
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