How Did You Get This Number?

I am so excited to share the news of Sloane Crosley's new book, "How Did You Get This Number?", now available for pre order and due to be released in June. Sloane is the author of the bestselling "I Was Told There'd Be Cake".  You may remember me blogging about her a couple of years ago - or better put, bragging about her - because she soared onto the NY Times Best Seller list then and I think she is destined for equal heights with her new book. She is already garnering high praise from the likes of David Sedaris and being recommended for one of the summer's best reads by the Today Show. And I love bragging about all of this because she's my cousin and outside of her obvious talents, a really nice and down to earth person. You can follow her book signing schedule on Twitter or Facebook.

My Mismatched Pillowcases

Sewed these pillowcases last night using On A Whim 2 fabrics (photographed with a Pooki & Co. dog). I love the mismatchy-matchyness of the pillowcases.

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Some Crafty Chicas

A little shout out to some crafty goodness out there on the web:

First off is my buddy Amy Volchok's cool knitting needle keepers in her Etsy shop -

Next up is this fabulous quilt from Blue Elephant Stitch also on Etsy.

Another great Etsy shop is Seamingly Possible. How precious are these baby shoes?

And last is a give away on Tricia Tharp's blog. Hurry you only have until  midnight tomorrow night. I just entered.

The Sneaker Madness Continues

My son's design - perfect for a 20 something Brooklyn dweller, yes? These are men's shoes, but I just added women's and kids to the shop.

Women's Sizes

...upon request, women's sizes will be in the shop in the next couple of days.

Fun With Sneakers

Been playing around with Zazzle sneakers using On A Whim and On A Whim 2 designs - designed some kid's sizes and put them in a shop.

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...and if you order a pair you can customize them like this:

Your Lovely Creations

Lots of busy sewers out there - so pleased you are choosing my fabrics for your projects!

Peasant Dress

Ouch Pouch

Toddler Backpack

Hot Water Bottle Cover

Baby Bedding

Play Blocks

Burp Cloth

Baby Wipes Cover

Limited Edition Prints

I am now offering high quality prints of my illustrations from "What Do You See?" by Little Simon in limited edition prints. I have four images available - Panda, Sea Turtle, Rhino, and Snow Leopard. The colors reproduce really well in these prints, very rich and bright - you can purchase them here.

Brooklyn and Beyond

This was one of my favorite trips to NY. Surtex was fun as always and it was great to catch up with friends. I spent most of my time in Brooklyn (my birthplace!) and honestly haven't been back in years, so it was wonderful to see it in full bloom on a long sunny weekend.

We took in a flea market at Fort Greene -

A walk over the Brooklyn Bridge -

and fully appreciated the fabulous architecture -

NY bound

Looking forward to taking a bite out of the Big Apple this weekend!

Mother's Day S+P

Every year I get new salt and pepper shakers on Mother's Day to add to my collection. You can see some of my favorites in my collection here. I am crazy about these sweet deer salt and peppers that we found this weekend! And perfect for Mother's Day, don't you think?

Surtex

Getting ready to show my work at Surtex in NYC next week. Here is a tiny sneak peek.

A Bad Case of Baby Fever

Q. How to you treat a fever?
A. Plenty of fluids, bed rest and call the doctor if it doesn't go down.

Q. How do you treat baby fever?
A. Look at this photo.

I have to thank Toni of Make it Perfect for curing my 103 degrees of baby fever.

Afternoon Sewing Project

I pieced together some leftover fabrics from other projects, some really great vintage fruit fabric that I picked up at a flea market, and my Spoonflower beet fabric to make this potholder - it is a little wonky and lopsided, but that's how I like it :))