Lovely: Chocolates

NYC chocolates, seen on Simplesong

Steel Blue

I've never really liked the color blue; I'm always drawn to greens, but lately, this steel blue color has begun to steal my heart. I may have to mix some ink later today to see if I can find a version of it that I like for printing. What about you - blue or green?

top photo - from arch daily; go take a peek at the whole house. it is gorgeous!! photography by Katherine Lu

bottom photo - from apartment therapy

Lovely: Porcelain Container

Porcelain hanging container by Farrah Sit

Simple Shapes

As I'm working on wholesale work this week, I'm keeping a notebook close by to jot down ideas for new products and patterns. One of the joys of working through a large wholesale order is that my mind is free to wander, to think in new ways. Most of my patterns tend to be nature-inspired, but in my own home I'm often drawn to either a lack of pattern or shape-based patterns, and I'm finding that some of my recent sketches are shape-based as well: lines, circles, squares, triangles. 

photo inspiration: blouse, sweater, artwork, mirrors, and (adorable!) shoes

Literature

quote seen on ashinine

I'm busy in the studio this week finishing a custom order of 144 aprons and my mind has begun to wander to all the things I want to do when the order is finished - like reading a book again. 

I love the quote above; my favorite book is Adventures in Understanding by David Grayson. Even though he wrote it nearly 100 years ago, the small moments and simple truths found in the book still resonate with me today. This truly is one of the beauties of literature. I'd love to know...what is your favorite book? or two?

Lovely: Chic Cardigan

the como cardigan from boden

Pretty Peonies

I was printing some peony notecards for an order yesterday and while the ink was out I decided to print some on tags. This is one of my favorite prints. I'm working on some new packaging for notecards and tags and will add these to the shop as soon as I have it finished.

While I was printing peonies, I remembered these two photos that I bookmarked - gorgeous cakes adorned with peonies. Images from style me pretty and design sponge.