I admit it: I bought Gwyneth Paltrow’s new book, My Father’s Daughter, sight unseen because I adore her, and after watching On the Road Again, decided she knew a thing or two about cooking. I also knew it would be gorgeously designed, so if nothing else would make a lovely coffee table book. But My [...]
There is nothing I like better than looking at party pictures, and I especially love baby showers: they appeal to my girlier side in style (decorating/stationery) and substance (What can I say? I love shower food!), This baby shower, held recently for Sugar Paper‘s Jamie Grobecker and her husband, is just the sort of [...]
California’s Gigi Press has won me over with its classic, simple letterpressed designs accentuated by an appealing modern color palette. Offering personal stationery, boxed notecards, and custom designs (with ready-to-write stationery coming soon): any would make a most elegant impression in your favorite recipient’s mailbox. Because who doesn’t like getting something pretty in the mail? [...]
I love books that unlock desires. Books that show me places I don’t have access to, living in suburbia. That’s why I’m completely enthralled with Lotta Jansdotter’s latest book, Open Studios. Just released, it’s a behind-the-scenes tour into 24 artists’ spaces, full of beautiful photography, interviews and anecdotes. I found myself nodding my head in [...]
Once again, I am belatedly getting around to posting my monthly Flickr favorites. Perhaps it’s because, though time is churning along, it feels like we’re stuck on winter mode. The only evidence I have to the contrary is that spring sports are here, complete with outdoor practice. Without further ado, and as an antidote, have [...]
