to all the mama's of the world... Have a happy mama's day on Sunday!
here is my mama on the left with her lifelong friend Merle on the right, dressed as Gypsy's! pic taken probably about 1950, Saxonwold, Johannesburg, SA.
+ a bunch of flowers for you all from Lily!
i'm tagging along after Helen from Orange you lucky
instead of trying to rack my brain for things about me, i put up the 1st of my movie lists:)
i LOVE MOVIES!
Especially Indian, French, Italian, Spanish etc... here is a list of SOME of my favourites which will hopefully give you a small insight into what i like visually, creatively + musically. a lot of them have fabulous music scores.
check some of them out if you have a chance, a lot will not be available at ya ol' conventional video store.
Director Peter Greenaway
1. Prospero's books
2. The cook, the thief, his wife and her lover + others
Another Canadian director i like is Denys Arcand who did
3. Jesus of Montreal and others
4. C.R.A.Z.Y - loved this one....
5. Delicatessen
6. Withnail and I
7. Before night falls - director Julian Schnabel, actor Xavier Bardem.
8. Water - deepa mehta... ONE OF MY FAVES!
9. Monsoon wedding...
10. The Party
11. The Darjeeling Limited.... craven
12. Napolean Dynamite
13. Arsenic and old Lace
14. Nacho Libre... hilarious + brilliant music
15. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - Terry Gilliam ...www.terrygilliam.com
16. Il Postino
17. Mediterraneo
18. The Virgin Suicides
19. the hairdresser's husband
20. Unbearable Lightness of being ....
21. Wah wah - with Richard E. Grant. same actor in Withnail and I. this one is about this life growing up in Swaziland.
22. the diving bell and the butterfly - meant to be great....haven't seen it yet
we are introducing a lot of new product at the New York Stationery Show.
here is a brief selection of 2 NEW workbook sets: seedlings + daisies...
i will post more leading up to the show.
btw: our booth number at the Stationery Show is 4127
we will also be taking part in the Poppytalk Paper Pops! (A Papergoods & Affordable Art Market & Showcase) which runs from May 12 - Jun 06, 2008!
more details to follow soon.
i was fooling about, of which i really shouldn't, created these wine bottles. i would LOVE to design fun stuff like this. i'm also bidding on a pair of shoes on ebay....sssssshhhhhh!
you'd think i had nothing better to do!
i'm like this though, when i have so much on my plate, i just kinda skirt the issue until i absolutely HAVE to do it + its a major deadline. working under pressure... there's nothing like getting stuff done this way!
i know i'm going to be stretched thin this week. what with the NY stationery show only 2 weeks away. OMG!!!
SO much to do, TOO little time. anyway, i'll try my best to post every day to keep it interesting, may just post older stuff BUT will release some NEW designs to be showcased at the show in the next 2 weeks.
for now, some daisy's i did a while ago.
Contest has ended. Lily + i picked the winner today, we cut up all the names printed out + she picked ERICA! Congrats Erica and THANK YOU to all who entered with such lovely things to say.
i will be running another contest soon.
keep on checking back.
just had this love seat recovered. i am so happy with the result, especially as it's in 1 of my favourite colors
the name was KANAN mobila or Bramminge mobel vaèrk. anybody know anything about Danish mid -century modern furniture?
the after...
ziggy seems to like it...
the before...
The cherry blossom (sakura) is Japan's unofficial national flower. It has been celebrated for many centuries and takes a very prominent position in Japanese culture.
There are dozens of varieties in Japan, most of which bloom for a few days in spring. The Japanese celebrate this time of the year with hanami (cherry blossom viewing) parties under the blooming trees.
i am really lucky to have my very own cherry tree just outside my window. she is in full bloom right now, so fleeting, i thought i should capture the moment with these pictures + then naturally a design to follow. i luv it!
footnote: for your own bit of Cherry Blossom style, see our mini handmade Chiyogami notebooks now in Anthropologie.
this is a new pattern that i might use soon. i generally don't put up my latest stuff as i just don't know where it's going yet. but this one i thought i might get some feedback on. what do you think of it?
it's called birds with berries. mmm
as promised last week, here is the give away surprise.
1 prize pack of 100% recycled ecojot products worth about $50 retail. includes a set of file folders, an agenda (which is perpetual - you fill in the dates), a set of workbooks + a couple of mini notebooks thrown in for good measure. for a chance to win, just leave me a comment on the blog.
contest closes Friday May 2nd. good luck!
