green stripes

My new post on the shade blog went up on Friday. If you love green stripes 

then you wont want to miss this or this cute tee! 

suzani in style

When I went to Las Vegas Market in February, there was a certain fabric that haunted me. I kept seeing it in showroom after showroom and I loved it more and more each time I saw it. 

I was delighted to find it online today. Tribal Thread, it is not a very pretty name for such a wonderful fabric, but we'll forgive that. 

Isn't it gorgeous? 

Where would you use it? 

adventures in ribbon hunting

Oh the things I will do to get a deal. 

Once upon a time there was a ribbon store named K trimming in Manhattan. They were the place where vintage ribbon went to retire. Their prices were fair, and their selection was unparalleled. They lived happily in Soho along Broadway and sold ribbons to lots of New Yorkers looking to get their creative fix.  Then along came the mean developers who forced K trimming out of their desirable location in to a yucky warehouse in Brooklyn where all their ribbon was stuffed into boxes and left to die in the dark. 

then one day, the fearless Caitlin, along with her friend Camila decided to rescue some of these beautiful ribbons from the damp dark dungeons of the warehouse. It was a long journey to find the beautiful ribbons and she could only take with her as many as she could carry. But determined to rescue the ribbons from their terrible fate, she loaded up with as many rolls as she could carry. 

You can read the rest of the story here, or if you are really brave, head to K trimming yourself. 

It may just be one of the sketchiest places I have ever been. Those etsy headband makers would think they had died and gone to heaven. 

perfect

Isn't the styling in this image just perfect? 

via Emerson Made

star struck

Yesterday I was winding up my trip and doing some research in the D & D building. I was in the John Roselli showroom grabbing some fabric samples when I spotted a lovely woman who looked eerily familiar. Instantly I realized it was the fabric goddess Carolina Irving. 

If you are not familiar with textiles you are in for a treat. She is a master at creating elegant timeless prints that have just enough personality. You can check out her website here. 

She was grabbing samples too and I was DYING to know what she was working on. 

I'll resume my normal blogging schedule in the next few days. 

Have you missed me? 

the blue chevron fabric that made my day

I had a really great day today, but what really got me excited was finding this chevron fabric from one of my favorite inexpensive fabric sources via 6th Street Design School. 

Lots of projects with this coming right up! 

And look at all the pretty colors in comes in!

mine mine mine

I always read about things going on in New York and feel sad I don't live there anymore. Well this week I don't feel sad because I'm headed out tonight to spend a few days in my favorite city. 

The best part, Camila just informed that there will be blue chairs scattered throughout the city as part of an ad campaign for House Beautiful. 

I have my eyes on the Lee Industries chair pictured above. I don't know what I would do with it, but I WANT it! I'll be on the lookout! 

cute pink chair

Have you ever seen such a cute pink child's chair? I didn't think so. 

Leave it to Oly Studio to make all my dreams come true. 

green geometric fabric love

I recently used this cat's cradle fabric on some pillows for a client. It is the perfect shade of of grassy green and I love it. I've been thinking how wonderful it would look on a piece of furniture, and then BAM, the stars aligned when I found this:

green geometric fabric + x bench + Jonathan Adler = serious furniture envy

Decorating with tape, a little tape goes a long way

You may remember my little project with tape a while back. My girl Jenny also did a wonderful project with tape in her entry. And Christina did wonders to her magnet board with a little ribbon, but tape could be used too. 

Well, I was searching the Kate Spade site when I came across this project by artist Rebecca Ward and it totally blew me away. I guess we're not the only ones that have discovered the wonders of tape. Oh the possibilities.