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Pawpaw flower from the green thumb in the family. It must skip a generation.

I know I've been a bad blogger lately. Its just been so pretty outside. When not 9-5ing it I'm outside in the 80 degree weather. I know that laptops were made for just this very reason but indulge me. I have been very busy. I think I have it out of my system and have a bunch of studio updates coming this week.

In the meantime I've been feeling these for spring:

Marimekko wallet from Auto

Bluelines business card holder

Illoiha's Omotesando-style climbing wall by Nendo

k. talis at Modishoppe

Etsy Prints including but not limited to:

Pommebirds print

Rule # 1

Homage to Eames

Lure # 5

art and ghosts

West George Street

Battle of Extinction

Please Save Me

Alpaca and Lacy Birds

k. talis at modishoppe

k. talis is now available at Modishoppe. Jena from Modish has gathered some great designers in her new shop including Good on Paper and Five and a Half and fellow NC designer Alena Hennessy. Modishoppe is stocking the Anderson necklace in cobalt and antique gold as well as earrings exclusive to the shop. The Dorethea earrings are the perfect gift for picky mothers.

Revolver

Revolver Boutique: 2011 Fairview Rd.

For all of you in Raleigh I just dropped off new spring pieces at Revolver in Five Points. They now have Anderson necklaces, a vintage leaf necklace and a few other surprises. Stop in soon before it disappears. When I was in the store it looked like people around town were doing some serious spring cleaning. Spring dresses and shoes are everywhere.

Design Sponge Guest Blog: Weddings

Welcome to the new readers from Design Sponge's Guest Blog. Rebecca of Moontree Letterpress has done an amazing job over the past two weeks collecting information about handmade and green weddings. I won't be planning a wedding any time soon but the letterpress guide and flowers guide will hopefully be put to good use in the near future. It is so exciting to me that "green" is losing its granola stigma and becoming a part of so many people's lives. If you are interested in the k. talis pieces featured today they are in my shop here. Thanks for stopping in!

Type Parade

The Visual Dictionary: click here to search 4,000 photos of 3,000 words or add your own.

Also check out AIGA's archives for more fun with type.

poodle power

Love these paintings from Amy Jean Porter via d*sponge. They remind me of my friend Jack.

In for Spring

I have just updated my shop with a few pieces for early spring. Click here to check them out. Also new to the blog is the mini shop to the right where you can get a peak at what is currently in the shop. For spring I am using is a lot of gold chain, freshwater pearls in dewy neutrals and even making a few bracelets. The chain bracelets are made entirely of vintage materials- no new clasps, jump rings, wire, nothing. Chain is everywhere right now so these are the perfect everyday spring signature pieces.

Getting ready for spring.

Francesca Tallone take pictures here.

I just posted some earrings with vintage gold fill leaves and antique brass charms in my shop. They each have a unique patina and are super wearable. Only $24 here.

The styling of these Lyell images seems as if the girls were just playing dress up in their (very chic) apartments. Image above is from Lyell's Spring/Summer collection and images below are from past collections. Click here to shop online.

I love this Ms. Tooth illustration by Miki Amano. A lot her work is geared toward children but the cheery pinks are great for dreary winter walls.

Jan Von Holleben has a great series of children entitled "Dreams of Flying" that I really like. I found it on Kate Spade's Things We Love page on her site. There is an entire day's worth of pretty pictures to be found here.

Cat is the new black

The Sartorialist has some great coverage of the shows at style.com this week. Its great to see the number of variations on coat, skirt and scarf. Some of the tulip coats are particularly great. This look is also from style.com-could cats be the new accessory for 2007?

for the lovers

"I love you more than yesterday, less than tomorrow"

For all the lovers out there.... a sampling of new work to be added to the shop later today.

Spring hanging things

I heard on the radio that someone has decided that January 22 is mathmetically the most depressing day of the year due to lack of sunshine, mounting Christmas debt and the realization that New Years resolutions have come and gone unrealized. Here is the antidote: lovely hanging springlike things.

Gerda Steiner and Jorg Lenzlinger's Falling Garden at the San Staë church on the Canale Grande gor the 50th Biennial of Venice in 2003. I love their story : The Doge (Mocenigo) needed a church so as to be able to have a monumental tomb built for himself, the church (San Staë) needed a saint so as to be able to be built, the saint (San Eustachio) needed a miracle so as to be pronounced a saint, the miracle needed a stag in order to be seen, and we built the garden for the reindeer. The visitors lie on the bed above the doge’s gravestone, and the garden thinks for them.

My friend Breigh's Christmas twig. Although sometimes I think it is an Easter twig .

Lighting designer Stuart Haygarth's Tide chandelier from 2004. The mainly plastic peices were found washed up along the shoreline in Kent. The clear and translucent objects hang from monofilament.

David Wiseman's porcelain blossoms with bronze branches.

Recent finds for today:

Atelier Lzc is a French design firm creating home goods from wallpaper to tea towels. Their vibrant overlapping patterns use bright colors and playful motifs. Highlights are the steel shapes and notebooks. A few of the tea towels, the steel flowers and birds are available from Rose and Radish.

Amy Sedaris has a few hilarious things for sale at Fred Flare right now. Who wouldn't want an Amy Sedaris fake cake Valentienes day? My sister gave me her I Like You, Hospitality Under the Influence book for Christmas and I have to say its very useful. A few recipes I haven't had time to try yet are in her Munchies section:

2. Mozzarella sticks dipped in Cool Whip
3. Take the chewed-up cracker that is in your mouth and top it on another cracker and eat it.
18. Uncooked hot dog dipped in Swiss Miss

Amy grew up in my neighborhood and her brother (not David) runs a floor finishing business in Raleigh complete with Rooster trucks. His website also has a dont kill the rooster game and BBQ sauce. Only in North Carolina.

SANS a Frech fashion design company creating gorgeous draped clothing incorporating green design. Also heck out inhabitat for more contemporary green design. I found them when they featured k. talis in their green jewelry guide and they have proved to be a great resource.

illustration next

From Fashion illustration next by Laird Borrelli. Above is Anastase Charles' pencil on paper drawing Telepathy & Electricity, Wendy & Jim. Below is Jasper Goodall's pencil, felt-tip pen, Photoshop and Illustrator illustration Crows. The book is really great at showing the variety of mediums used in fashion illustration- many at the same time. Its not so much about the clothes. Another highlight is a self portrait of each artist represented in the back of the book.

Happy new year. I'm back in the studio this week sending out recent orders, restocking the office and putting together work for the Spring collection. I hope everyone had a great holiday- doing great things or not much of anything. I got a chance to slow down a little bit. I started Zadie Smith's On Beauty and some great books from Lark. Later this week I'll be adding a few new necklaces that made it through the Christmas season.

[above is Andy Goldsworthy with his sculpture Roof at the Smithsonian photo by Lee Ewing]

resolutions:
read more books without pictures
organize the office
rock out in my lapidary class