Leave it to the Crayola company to find a way to bring out the kid in us all. Lights, Camera, Color! a new feature on their Play Zone at Crayola.com gives you the ability to turn your favorite photos into coloring pages. And while I’m aware that this could be an awesome foul weather project [...]
I am always on the lookout for something affordable to brighten and refresh my space (and life) . Last weekend I was inspired by both a trip to Jones Beach and a stroll along Columbus Ave. to my eventual destination - the Jonathan Adler store.
I last went into the J Adler store (my Mecca of sorts) and [...]
On the advice of a friend, a textile designer no less, I visited the Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum this weekend. I had never been to this gem at 91st and 5th ave, an outpost of The Smithsonian housed in an Andrew Carnegie mansion. What a treat ! Visit www.cooperhewitt.org to plan your visit.
The Fashioning [...]
Thanks to a tweet from @tinydecor I learned that there is some very cool software that allows you to search the fabrics on etsy.com by color.
Check out morecloth.com for more details. I’ve already had fun playing around with this neat tool. I hope you enjoy it!
The New York Botanical Garden had its 17th annual Antique Garden Furniture Show and Sale the weekend of May 3rd, 2009. What luck that I made a visit to the gardens to celebrate a friend’s birthday that very day. Even though I was in my rain boots, I have to say it was one of [...]
I grew up in the age of the Bedazzler and worked my fingers bloody trying to get rhinestones on everything I owned. The 80s afforded me the opportunity to live in a shining, glittering world, not unlike Miss America’s gleaming crown (and 2008 winner’s dress) .
Last week I had the pleasure of attending a preview of the Metropolitan Home Showtime Showcase . This 19th century Gramercy Park townhouse is the canvas for some of today’s most talented designers, channeling today’s most exciting TV shows on ….Showtime. As an extreme fan of Dexter, I could not have been more excited to [...]
Wishing each of you a very happy holiday. Thank you for your encouragement this year and allowing us to add a bit of color to your world. We truly appreciate the support you have shown through your regular visits, comments, and emails. We look to getting to know you better during a very colorful 2008.
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Michael James, a world-renowned quilt artist, has a well-honed sense of color that is expressed in each of his quilts.
Examples of his quilts are included in the collections of the Smithsonian Institute, the American Craft Museum, and the International Quilt Study Center.
Michael left painting behind to pursue artistic expression through quilt-making. A bold [...]
When I buy a gourmet cookbook, I know I may never cook a recipe that has multiple steps and takes hours to complete. But I still enjoy reading the recipes and taking away the inspiration to create a fabulous meal for my family and friends.
Like a gourmet cookbook, Elaine Eskesen’s Dyeing to Knit is thoroughly [...]
