Lovely colors.

My Independence Day weekend was pretty mellow... foreign magazine browsing at a local bookstore, craft store perusing, outlet shopping (inexpensive additions to my work/weekend wardrobe are always welcome), dinner/ice cream cake/disney movie watching with good friends, bbq with extended family... an excellent weekend, in my opinion. Oh, and I almost forgot Friday evening at the new section of the High Line: art installations/food trucks/beautiful wildflowers... how could I forget that?

Part of the craft store perusal was spending at least 10 minutes in front of the embroidery floss display, picking and choosing new colors to create more and different Kumi necklaces, and possibly a new bracelet design I've been thinking about.


I am just completely enamored with this spectrum and can't wait to get started working with it.

Empire State.

Friday morning I was sitting in Bryant Park, having stopped for a few minutes on my way to work. I looked up from my book and saw this perfectly framed view of the Empire State Building, so I had to grab my camera from my bag and snap it. As much as I grumble about the city sometimes, there are so many things I do love about it.

Snake in the grass.

Or on my hand, in this case. Also on my fabric samples.

Wiksten/Dealtry collab.

This looks to be exciting collaboration! (And how cute are Jenny and Helen?)

Photo by Tara Donne

Farewell, Readymade.

This is sad news. Another print magazine bites the proverbial dust.

Silly old bear.

I think I may be waaaay too old to be excited about this, but I am (excited), and I don't care who knows it.

Summertime.

Summer is definitely not my season (I wilt like a lettuce leaf in the heat), but I am looking forward to evenings at the beach, when it's at its most beautiful... I mean, look at that sky!

I hope all of you in the Northern Hemisphere enjoy your summer, and to my friends in the Southern Hemi, happy first day of winter!