Bunny honey.

Now I've seen some great latte art, but how incredible is this?


(courtesy jollygoo, one my favorite blogs)

Let it snow...

We're anticipating the first snowstorm of the season here in NY tonight, so I'm hunkered down, warm and safe at home. I'm planning to finish off a couple of holiday gifts for my family, make some progress with my first attempt at circular knitting (a cowl scarf in charcoal heather wool), and pore over the newest issue of Lonny magazine.

Looks like I'll be starting with Lonny, as it's the easiest to check off my list and is filled with articles on holiday gifts, a winter garden party, J. Crew's Women's Collection store on the UES, Kate Spade's Fifth Ave. shop, and loads of other beautiful and stylish things. What a great way to spend a snowy night!

Please stand by...

...for new posts (hopefully in the very near future). I recently started a second part-time job with a local "fashion jewelry" manufacturer. Between this and my existing PT job at a local museum reproduction/ nature-inspired jewelry manufacturer I have been working seven days a week and can't really think clearly enough to create any interesting posts. I hope those of you who've visited my blog in the past will check back for new material soon!

Getting crafty.

Stay tuned... later this week I'll post about my visit to Saturday's Martha Stewart Holiday Craft Sale at her NYC headquarters. I had such a great time!

Liberty for all... really!

Since I was on the wrong side of the pond for Liberty of London's September sample sale (talk about alliteration!), and I am a major fan of their products, I was extremely thrilled to discover that they will be collaborating with Target on a line of merchandise, set to launch in March! I'm hoping they'll have some great women's oxford shirts in classic Tana Lawn fabrics, like this. So many designers have put the fabrics to great use... Cacharel, A.P.C, J. Crew... fingers crossed that the Target line will be one to remember!

Gimme shelter.

Like so many, many others, I was so sad when Domino ceased publication. It was a unique, fun, creative, stylish shelter mag. I'm so thankful I hoard magazines and have a full set of the issues. I enjoy looking through them for inspiration and to fantasize about living in such beautiful spaces.

Now, in the same vein, comes Lonny. It features folks from the Domino team and is just as stylish and creative. My only complaint is that it's only digital; I am someone who will always chose turning the pages of a magazine or book over reading one in the glow of my computer screen or an e-reader. The trade-off is that it costs nothing to read now; maybe one day they'll get the funding to produce Lonny in print form.


PS: I am planning to have my Etsy shop up and running shortly after Thanksgiving. (Not that anyone was worried or anything.) Just thought you might like to know.

Pigs must be flying.

11/17/09 Update: Shop coming very soon... I promise!
I have been intending to open an Etsy shop for almost as long as I've known about the site. Somehow I have allowed an embarrassingly great length of time to pass (measured in years, not months) while continuing to say, "One day I plan to sell my jewelry on Etsy." I don't know if I was waiting for pigs to soar past my window or the devil to wear ice skates, but the time has finally come... almost.

I figure if I post about my plans I will feel obligated to actually get my Etsy shop going very soon. I'm going to shoot some new photos of my work over the next few days--as you can see from the two examples below, I really need to reshoot! I hope to have the shop go live sometime before the end of next week. I'm going to start with some jewelry, but plan to expand to some of my photographs and possibly a sampling of handprinted paper goods. Stay tuned for the launch announcement, and I hope that you'll find at least one thing you'd like to own!