If you’re looking for the very best in ribbons, Angela Liguori’s Studio Carta should be at the top of your list: her Italian ribbons are simply sublime. At the moment, I’m besotted with the thinner 2/8″ ribbon in tightly woven cotton, and I think 2013 is the year I treat myself to a pair of [...]
One booth that I never miss at NSS is Sweet Bella. Their roster of vendors is a marvelous mix of sophisticated workaday and avant-garde product. It gives me a good chance to visit perennial favorites, like Korea’s O-Check and Italy’s Antica Cartotecnica, as well as see what owner Nina Allen’s unfailing eye has discovered while [...]
If you will accept “kind of” as a synonym for “completely”, then I will admit to being “kind of” obsessed with London’s Plain English bespoke cabinetry. The cabinets, handmade in Suffolk using traditional joinery methods, are utterly gorgeous, and the resulting kitchens simple, functional, and best of all, serene. Part of the appeal is undoubtedly [...]
While for parties I prefer whimsy + color, when it comes to wedding invitations, I prefer simple, elegant and timeless. This “Poesy” invitation suite, from Bobalong Press’s new letterpress wedding collection, ticks all the boxes. Love it. images courtesy of bobalong press
The Time Wasting Experiment, launched in 2009 (and ongoing via a Tumblr blog), is a compilation of Portland, OR artist Alyson Provax‘s introspective examination of days spent at work, seemingly with little output. To document the process, a selection of her observations are available as simple 5X5″ letterpress prints. While the examples are specific to [...]
