I’ve been coveting Emma Lamb‘s beautiful crochet goods for many years. To meet Emma and see her work (and her fine crocheting on the spot!) was a highlight of the Homespun Style Market.
This is the garland that I purchased!
Visit Rae Dunn’s Etsy shop for these and other designs.
I love Rae Dunn‘s ceramics. They feel so good in your hands—just the right combination of weight and delicateness that makes ceramics so appealing. I have a small plate in the bathroom for rings and earrings and some salt and pepper pots in my kitchen.
Here’s a post I did about her booth at the Renegade Craft Fair last year.
I received a very nice introductory email letter from Little Studio (Sweden) with these lovely pictures of their wares attached.
Marit Lissdaniels and Angelica Utterberg are the names behind Little Studio. We offer playful and cheerful design, which is supposed to fit equally well to adults as to children. We opened up our shop in 2010, and we got a really good response. At first we only offered graphic prints, now we have expanded our collection with pillowcases, trays and cutting boards. Children’s ability to see things for more than what they really are, is a great inspiration to us. For example, a triangle could just be a triangle—but it can also be a mountain. Or a circle, a circular symbol, can with other circles turn into soap bubbles.
We try to avoid the traditional gender roles, we want everything to fit all. It’s so much more fun we think, when you erase these boundaries and get to choose freely. Instead, we try to create designs that with the aid of imagination, color and shape conveys a special feeling.
I quite like these bubbles!
Last summer I had the pleasure of visiting Eva Franco in her amazing studio in Los Angeles. Eva has been an UPPERCASE subscriber for quite a while and she came to visit our booth at the Renegade Craft Fair in Los Angeles. Eva and her studio will be featured in the spring issue of UPPERCASE that is currently in progress. (A primary themes I’m exploring in the next issue is indie fashion as well as luck/superstition and how weather influences creativity).
Eva’s just posted this video on her blog. It offers a glimpse at her creative process and will whet your appetite for more!
Source: modcloth.com via Janine on Pinterest
A selection of Eva’s clothes are available through ModCloth. More of my favourites on Pinterest.
photo by the workroom
I have a crush on Lotta Jansdotter and everything she does. Her patterns always look for fresh and unlaboured. the workroom in Toronto just got Lotta’s new fabric line, Echo, in stock. Lotta was recently featured on Design*Sponge, if you haven’t already seen it!
Dana Tanamachi’s paperweights for West ElmI have a lettering crush on Dana Tanamachi. Have you seen her work in the February issue of Oprah’s magazine? I purchased the issue (first time, ever!) to read on my epic journey to Salt Lake City for the Alt Summit. {rediscovered via Papertastebuds} Click here to purchase the paperweights from West Elm.
Fiona Richards at Cartolina has done it again! Another beautiful iPhone app… but this time it combines print: you download the free app and the include your photography on Cartolina-designed postcard templates… a few days later and, voila! your postcard arrives by mail to its destination (you just pay per use). Check out Cartolina Postale and send your friends and family a photo postcard.
Look for an article about Fiona and her creative business, written by Erin Loechner, in the next issue of UPPERCASE! (#12, January)
Next Monday the fine folks at JetPens and I will be hosting a fun giveaway. If you haven’t been on the JetPens website, be prepared!!! You are going to want to buy so many things. Specializing in difficult-to-find, high quality and Japanese writing implements, there’s a seemingly infinite selection of inspiring tools for writing, calligraphy, sketching and marking of all sorts. Inspired by their name, here’s a post of jet-black pens and ink.
You may wonder what makes Asian pens so special. JetPens has an interesting answer:
“Kanji (Chinese characters) are much more complex than the English alphabet. A single character can have up to 30+ strokes! As a result of this intricacy, many writing instruments in Asia are much more precise than those available in the United States. At JetPens you’ll be amazed to find fine point writing instruments that you can’t find anywhere else in the world. In addition, we have mind-boggling colors that will beat the selection at any local office store. JetPens is a home for pen fanatics.”
Look for more about JetPens on Monday!
I had been coveting a necklace from Etsy seller (and UPPERCASE reader!) Urban Legend. This one, above, with its blues and oranges is now mine.
Kateri Morton writes, “I use vintage Lucite beads, sterling silver and brass chain to create playful designs that retain a sense of urban sophistication. I started making jewelry in 2006, and fell in love with vintage glass beads after finding a handful of old jewelry at a flea market. My joy in using these beautifully colored and finely crafted beads turned into an obsessive treasure hunt for more, and I’ve been collecting and designing with vintage beads ever since. Recently, I’ve especially enjoyed using vintage Lucite beads for their incredible quality, detail and lightweight comfort. I wanted to create a space to showcase these brighter, bolder pieces, and that’s how urban legend came into being.”
Kateri has a second shop selling these beautiful “ingredients”…
Wonderland Room sells Korean papergoods such as these lettered and numbered boxes. (Though most letterss are out of stock, this would be an easy DIY project.) Lots of washi tape, stickers, fabric and decorating items.
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