love forever

How grey were my gardens?

 

I love this fashion spread from the newest issue of Elle styled by Camille Bidault-Waddington and photographed by Max Farago.
Very Little Edie, don't you think?

Home in 178 square feet

 
 

I've been thinking a lot about how much space I need to live comfortably. In Brooklyn, we lived in a cramped railroad that felt very much like a long hallway. We loved it (it was New York and you take what you can get) but I spent a lot of my time pacing back and forth from room to room. When we moved to Philadelphia, we settled into a gigantic industrial loft and it's as if everything we owned instantly expanded to fill the space. We love this place too but I think it's too fancy for us; I like some crumbling walls and peeling paint in my apartments. So now, as our lease is almost up, we are looking for something a little in-between, a just-right sort of place that we can call home.

But, when I see places like this 178 square foot apartment, the home of designer Zach Motl, I think, "I can do that". There's something actually quite comforting about a tiny home, everything needs to have a place and there's no room for extra crap that you don't need or want.

What do you think? Could you live in a little place or do you like the room to spread out?

London Times

Kate Moss wearing Union Jack(et) in British Vogue, image from Nibs

Oh yeah, did I mention that I will be in London for the next three weeks? I am totally excited to be opening a new store on King's Road and then hopefully doing a little sightseeing/taking a little detour to Berlin to see some friends!

If you have any recommendations for shops, museums, galleries, restaurants and other must-see places in both London and Berlin, please reply!

A little late

Oh boy, I am having a hard time getting anything done this week. I'm chalking it up to a little winter ennui. It's supposed to rain all week here in Philadelphia and everything just feels cold and dark. Plus, my much-maligned adopted city was just rated one of the most depressing cities and it's making me sad!

I've been meaning to post this little Valentine's present that I wrapped for Mr. Loveforever. He's a giant fan of pine soap so I got him two fancy soaps (one British, one Swedish) and wrapped them up in craft paper (actually a grocery bag), some teeny tiny pine cones, twine, a little paper heart and of course, a hand typed note. I was pretty proud of the whole thing. 

Plus, I surprised him with a dinner of crab cakes with roasted pepper coulis, mashed potatoes, shredded brussel sprouts and baked pears. Most of this menu was cribbed from a friend who was also cooking for her dude but it was perfect nonetheless!

I hope you are all having a lovely week and I'll be back when I have a little bit of energy!

Me and Cal Patch, signing books at Treehouse!

On Friday February 19th, I'll be doing a book-signing at Treehouse in Brooklyn with Cal Patch, author of the book Design it Yourself Patternmaking from 7:30-9:30 pm.

We will also have treat and cocktails! Please join us for some crafty fun!

Guest Post: Pip from Meet Me at Mike's

Hello!  It's not Kayte! It's me! Pip!  Kayte is letting me post over here today, and I thought I'd show you a really simple 5 minute project for Valentine's day!

You can make these with things you have hanging about your craft room, and you can totally impress someone you LOVE with your crafty know-how!  It's true!  I give you... Doily Hearts! 

      

And thank you for having me!

 

xx Pip

Thanks Pip for this amazing tutorial! This is totally adorable! And a perfect project for all of those out there like me who are totally snowed in! 

Rest in Peace Alexander

Toady is a sad day for anyone who loves fashion.

 

 

Hee hee.

 

A couple of days ago I went to the site of one of my favorite stylists, Twig Hutchinson and this is what I saw.

I can't even remember saying that about yellow because now I really do think I like yellow. Thanks Twig Hutchinson! I still don't love yellow walls but I love little pops and it has to be a really bright punchy yellow too, not that sad light yellow that I feel like I see too much of. 

Anyway, it certainly was funny to see my blogs' name up there. 

Meet Me at Mike's Blog Tour

 

I'm so excited to announce that Pip Lincolne, author, crafter, shop owner and blogger from Meet Me at Mikes will be guest blogging here on Friday! 

Yay!

Map Totes

It's snowing like crazy here in Philadelphia (again!) and it looks like I am going to be snowed in for a day or two. It reminds me of my old college days in the Berkshires, when the snow was often knee high and I used to struggle though the drifts in incredible inappropriate 4 inch platform shoes. Oh those were the days.

These ultra-cute totes from Map Totes are more my speed now.