Now in the shop here.

Lovely weekend. Saw the wonderful Avett Brothers here.

savannah ahhh

I just returned from a trip to Savannah. The trees stoop to greet you there.

I loved the ornamentation on the buildings and the care that went into restoring them.

Urban Office

Decor8 has an slideshow of the Urban Outfitters Corporate Campus in Philadelphia posted on her blog. Previously abandoned buildings in the Navy Yard have been reborn as a work space that could only foster creativity. Those windows alone would be enough for me. Having watched local (albeit much smaller rehabilitation projects i can only imagine what a large undertaking it was. But how can a creative company be creative in an office park? Check out the rest of the images here.

bad katie

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.