browsing the anthropologie website today i was really loving the diamond and lattice i noticed throughout the site.

finally, after much foot dragging on my part, i’ve got a new print in my etsy shop.  i’ve printed it on a long sleeve shirt and will be doing it on short sleeved shirts in the near future.

it’s a rainy sunday here in the mountains.  i’ve been puttering around, playing with the dog and gearing up to make some corn bread (yum).  i’ve also been going through my shelves and revisiting old books that i haven’t looked at in awhile.

i happened across an old catalog from the rug company (if you are in the soho area definitely worth a visit).  i’m so glad i saved this book, i still find so many of the images inspiring.  a few of my faves below.

i’ve been meaning to post about this for awhile, over at the dover website you can sign up to receive weekly emails containing free samples of content from their books.

here’s an example of some of the samples that came in a recent email -

two new patterns i’ve been working on -

sometimes things don’t work out the way you think they are going to. as i had mentioned in an earlier post i had a rough idea of what i wanted my holiday cards to look like:

i did lots of tweaking but nothing seemed to work. the tree seemed sad and not at all festive. not that i was looking to design a card with a large jolly man on it or anything but just something that was happy without being overly “christmasey”. eventually after much trial and error i came up with this:

and this:

one of things i love most about the end of the year is shopping for a new calendar. i always have the worst time making a decision about which one to buy, there’s usually three or four (or five…) that i want but honestly how many calendars does one girl need?

a few of my faves for the coming year -

snow & graham always tops my list. i love all of their paper products:

i love this calendar from jhill design, part of the places i have never been series:

this letterpress one from dutch door press is perfect:

i just posted my robin ornament in the shop.  i’m going to be adding others soon.

this is an idea i’m working on for holiday cards. i sort of like it but it needs to be more festive… brighter colors, maybe some leaves on the branches. not sure, i’ll post the outcome whatever that may be.

a new pattern i’m working on, kind of makes me miss the warm weather already…