this milk bottle from alyssa ettinger is one of my favorite handmade possessions. i love it for its beauty and simplicity, i love that it’s from brooklyn and because alyssa is a friend and i think everything she makes is pretty great.

this morning while reaching to get a book off of a shelf i knocked my milk bottle over and it tumbled to the floor!  i was sure it was going to be in pieces.  i looked down and there it was at my feet, not a scratch or a nick.

so not only are they beautiful but sturdy as hell.

you can find the shirts here and here.  you can find the dress here.

i’m not a shoe girl.  really, i’m not.  well, i was. once.  i’m a reformed shoe girl?  i’ve just gotten too practical over time.  and i’ll be the first to admit comfort wins out over style these days.  heels are surely a thing of my past.

but these!  oh my god!  look at these shoes!!!  they’re too gorgeous, too over the top, too fabulous.  and i love them.

last night i was wandering through flickr.  looking at photos from my contacts and their contacts and so on… and then i stumbled across the work of karen barbé.  my first thought was how amazing it is - the use of color, the mixture of motifs - really beautiful work.  and then i also thought, haven’t i seen this somewhere before?  i think i must have seen her on another blog.  so if you have already seen her work, my apologies for the repeat, but if you haven’t you should definitely take a few minutes to check out karen’s shop.

a painting that i had been working on just last week.  i guess i’ve sort of had feathers on my mind for awhile now.

wow.  i mean really, wow.  i’ve got a soft spot for feather necklaces, as you can see here.  a little online browsing yesterday and i came across this one.  love.

over the weekend i made my way down to beacon to a new shop called clay wood & cotton.  now before i tell you how cute it is i must admit they carry some of my work so i am slightly biased :)

but truly, even if i was not involved with them it really is a great store!  housewares, paper goods, ceramics, as well as fabric and a few diy kits for the crafty among us.

poor neglected blog.  i haven’t posted since the beginning of the month and when i do finally come to post it’s only to say that i’m taking a break!

i’ve been going nonstop since the beginning of november and i am tired. i need to relax, unwind, stop thinking, stop doing. just for a little while.  so i’m going to take this time between the christmas holiday and the new year to spend good quality time with chris and dexter and family and friends.

hope you all have a lovely holiday and a happy new year!

ps - this photo of me is not recent. despite living in the mountains we haven’t had snow in weeks!  it just seemed appropriate to the post so i thought i’d add it.

my apologies that posting has been more sporadic than usual lately. i’ve been a busy bee. lots of holiday shows which have been keeping me printing in the studio all during the week and then away from home selling on the weekends.

this past sunday i attended the bizarre bazaar in boston. what a great show!  the cyclorama, where it was held, is a beautiful space and the crowd was fun and energetic. a great time all the way around!

my  neighbor at the show was albertine press. if you don’t already know their work i suggest you make yourself acquainted here and here.  i came home with this lovely calendar which you can see more photos of and purchase for yourself right here.

some current faves over at anthropologie.  i’m particularly smitten with the stripey one in the lower right.