window dressing

Two weeks ago I spent a few days in the Hudson Valley

for rest + a bit of work + fun.

I can hardly call the work "work".

It was really part of the fun...

I was asked to design 2 shop windows.

The first for my friend Helen Andersson,

Make-up artist and lead educator at Face Stockholm.

Helen also has an amazing space, Tivoli Ayurveda in Tivoli, NY, where she 

gives Ayurvedic treatments and sells her products, Sweet Botany.

Ayurveda is an ancient healing science which uses 

natural skin treatments like special oils and crushed sandalwood

to promote one's immunity using special massage.
So much more to it....
oh and I absolutely need to thank
Suzy 
pinterest goddess deluxe
for helping me spray paint
the florescent pink paint on fabric!

 Our feet are forever florescent

The fabric is a gorgeous oatmeal linen-muslin like scrim.

Here's Helen's window:

 from the inside

 out looking in

 I also dressed Jill's, Tivoli Mercantile children's shop window.
Jill's shop is a special place...
gorgeous clothes, jewelry, wares for home, special things for kids
+
much more!
I ALWAYS find at least one treasure there....
Worth the trip!
I promise!

The best part was sewing the new circle flags
in the fab barn I was lucky enough to stay + work in.
Absolute heaven there even in the pouring rain.

sewing

More snaps of the barn:

 outside

upstairs

cozy bed

Jill snapping the field of wildflowers

 perfect little kitchen

until next time!

brickett davda

Brickett Davda Ceramics - handmade in england from Mark Bader on Vimeo.

Love everything about this...

the simplicity of the pieces

the factory

the dog

the colors

the life
check out her gorgeous website:
brickett davda

piper's class auction project

I helped with Piper's class project 

for The Montessori School's

annual big auction fundraiser which took

place last eve.

I had a vision and Ashley, Piper's teacher

let me go with it.

 I was inspired by this piece of art 

I found on pinterest.

I loved the circles, neon colors

+

simplicity.

 Since the children were studying spring flowers,

I thought we could make stamps of their drawings + print 

using neon colors.

Ashley had children draw still life drawings 

of pansies, hyacinths, daffodils & tulips.

 Jessica helped carve the children's drawings in rubber to make stamps.

She's an expert!

{she made a stamp for Piper's birth announcement}

 carving

dining table turned carving/printing station

 children printed with the stamps Jess & I carved from their sweet drawings

 stamps

 Jess + Olivia printing

Hyacinth!

 Each child printed on a 

5x5 inch piece of off white thick paper

one each

I brought finished prints to 

Gregg at Rockwell Gallery in Wilton

to frame in a grid.

Gregg is an artist.  His artwork is usually grid-style

so he knew exactly what I envisioned.

He also helped me pick out

a distressed whitish, greyish frame

+ a grey mat to mount prints on.

 The final piece

went to the highest bidder last eve for

$3250!

Thank you 

to Ashley for the opportunity to help

+

to Jessica for helping with carving + printing with children

+

to Gregg at Rockwell Gallery in Wilton

for the perfect framing job!

swing

take me there

via my tumblr

event of the thread

This was a fun show

at The Park Avenue Armory in NYC.

  SWING....

above images via pinterest

atelier stella london

Love love loving

these little vases made 

by Stella Baggott in the UK.

Above are little lady #1 & #2.

She is creating more!

Available in February

at her Etsy shop.

my boy is seven!

I love you my spud!

xo

mama

 you were just a little thing when you were born

(always been feisty)

 

now you are bigger than big

 drinking hot cocoa in 

NYC

and 

everything!

pia bramley

Digging this artist: 

Pia Bramley.