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I am a sincere Japanophile and have been for most of my adult life– from Zen (which I briefly practiced but stopped because I felt like a phony during the group meditations) to wabi-sabi (my all-time favorite spiritual aesthetic concept) to Japanese package design to zakka to the food, architecture…even that Scarlett Johansson scene in Lost in Translation in which she wanders around from temple to cherry-blossom to eatery doing just about everything I’d like to do. read more

February 18, 2011
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on pins + needles
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on pins + needles






For Mother’s Day, I made these little novels for the mamas in my life who love to sew. They are little books with flannel pages for storing sewing needles and are inspired by the sweet pattern in Joelle Hoverson’s book Last Minute Patchwork and Quilted Gifts. See hers and some other pages from her book here. Hers are made from lovely plant-dyed wool felt. I didn’t have any so I improvised with plain wool felt and made a few in denim. My favorite one is the modern one…with the thread drawing on the cover. (I am so keeping that one!) Hoverson, FYI, is the owner of PURLsoho in NYC. read more

May 9, 2010
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Zakka-style Ikea High Chair Hack
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Zakka-style Ikea High Chair Hack



Whew…that is a mouthful! Zakka-style Ikea high chair hack (or mod.) But that is just what I did for our high chair. Basically, it is a padded slipcover…but really it it is a glorified pot-holder custom-tailored to the seat back. The plastic is so hard for a little baby’s head…just learning to sit up and eat all at the same time…so I thought I would make it softer. My friend, J, liked it so much she wanted one, too. Hers is in lovely soft greens. You can see more Ikea hacks here and another slipcover for a high chair here. read more

April 30, 2010
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