16 posts categorized "loving {forever}"

March 31, 2013

Loving {Forever}: Shades of Spring

This Saturday was one of those early spring days in the Northeast, where it's still only 50 degrees but everyone gets delerious and puts on flip flops and shorts. I was still wearing a scarf but I did change my nailpolish from dark plum to lavender.
Spring makes me think of pastel shades, the colors of Cadbury mini eggs and scoops of gelato, crocuses and daffodils popping out of the cold ground, Easter baskets woven from candy colored reeds.
When I was a child, my mother took me to an Easter egg hunt in our local town. Every year, I looked forward to the cupcakes they served all the kids after the hunt: vanilla cake iced with mint green dyed frosting, dusted with green coconut and crowned with three jelly beans. They were these perfect little fantasy birds nests. I thought of them all year.

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Thomas Whiteside photographs Naty Chabenenko (styled by Joe Zee) for Elle Magazine

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Moschino Resort 2013


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on the left: Karen Walker detail Spring Summer 2012   on the right: Encyclopedia of Roses by Yuki Kitazumi
Fd2e64ab4fb428aa3981786d56df2d0dLouis Vuitton Spring Summer Ad 2012 photographed by Steven Meisel

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on the left: Nick Knight melting flora paintings  on the right: J Crew spring presentation SS 2013

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painting by Michelle Armas

January 29, 2013

Loving {Forever}: Hats Off!!

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It's hard to be sad with a hat on your head!

Images from top to bottom:
1.) A fashion story from Paper Magazine inspired by the amazing cult fave Weetzie Bat by Francesca Lia Block, shot by Autumn de Wilde, styled by Shirley Kurata
2.) Hats from Paname Spring Summer 2012
3.) Model Rosie Tupper shot by Andreas Sjodin and styled by Lisa Lindqwiser for Elle Sweden May 2011, via dustjacket attic
4.) Model Barbara Fialho shot by Danny Cardozo for Elle Mexico Jan, 2013 via Fashion Gone Rogue
5.) on left: Moschino goes mod for Spring/Summer 2013, via Vogue UK on right: Maxime, Comtesse de la Falaise, photo by Avedon, Paris, 1948 via
6.) Model Dorothea Barth-Jorgensen in Prada shot by Marcus Ohlsson for Elle Finland, via




December 10, 2012

Loving {Forever}: Bundled Up

Some think they look best in a sundress, I think everyone looks most gorgeous all bundled up, cheeks red as apples and snowflakes falling gently on their hair.
Winter always makes me want to channel my inner Anna Karenina.

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Alexi Lubomirsky photographs model Toni Garrn for Vogue Germany
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Missoni Fall/Winter 2012
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Irina Lazareanu and Iekeliene Stange photographed by Serge Leblon for the Sonia Rykiel Fall Winter 2008 Campaign

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Mariacarla Boscono photogrpahed by Steven Meisel for Vogue Italia October 2010

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On the left: Uvi Koponen photographed by Daniel Jackson for i-D #283 December 2007  on the right: Mulberry Fall/Winter 2012

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Two Anna Kareninas: on the left, Sophie Marceau in the 1997 adaptation and Keira Knightly in the 2012 film

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Madeleine de la Motte photographed by Thomas Whiteside for Russian Tatler

November 15, 2012

Loving {Forever}: Stitches in Time

I've got nothing but love for embroidery. Tactile, expressive and colorful, like illustration with a needle and thread.
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From 1954 Swedish sewing book, Hemslöjdens Hardarbeten via Glad you could make it

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Squish Face Cat Embroidery by catrabbitplush

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A private commission for a family set of Sweater Letters by Maricor/Maricar

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Artist Jacob MacGraw embroidered the Trademark T for the T Styles magazine by the New York Times.

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Happy Rain by PataPri
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iPhone pouch by Karen Barbe

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Sailor's Delight by Rebecca Ringquist


July 23, 2012

Loving {Forever}: Hawaiian Tropic

It's high summer and I'm stuck in Philly so let's close our eyes and pretend we're in much more tropical climes instead...

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Arthur Elgort channels Gaughin for US Vogue via Dusty Burrito
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Fernando Mazza photographs for Kaltblut Magazine via Trendland


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Print by Amy Sia for Society 6

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Mario Testino for US Vogue via Pinero Solanno

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Egor Vasilyev for Interview Russia via visual optimism

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Richard Bush for I-D Magazine via Pinero-Solanno

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Mara Hoffman Swimwear 2012

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Mikhail Jansson for Vogue Paris via Retty Priddle

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My Books

  • Paper Made!
    Publication Date: May 8, 2012 by Workman Publishing Company

    Also available at
    Barnes and Noble
    And IndieBound

  • Applique Your Way
    Published 2009 by Chronicle Books

  • Creative Embellishing
    Published 2011 by Collins and Brown