White pottery everywhere. I thought I’d show some of the pretty pieces that have caught my eye lately.
Saw this on Bloesem. Dutch designer Madieke Fleuren created this intricate and beautiful knitted china teapot.
Sara Paloma vases, $950.
Element Clay Studio set of three urchin votive holders, $95.
Whitney Smith dogwood flower bowl, $80.
Alyssa Ettinger knitware bowl, $65.
We haven’t really started making much Valentine’s Day stuff around here, but hope to start tomorrow. Here are some sweet little things available on Etsy.
Little Red Caboose: Matryoshka Dolls, $65 each.
Stacey Jean: Sock Monkey, $24.95.
Plants & Animals: Valentine Owl, $18.
I decided to see what all the fuss is about with these pincushions. Entire books dedicated to pincushions, tons of Etsy sellers featuring pincushions in every imaginable shape, and blogs with photos of….pincushions! So I gathered some stuff off the sewing room floor and made an easy one with some vintage ribbon:
Personally I am a fan of the magnetic pincushion because I can just snap them up when they are strewn all over the floor and you can throw your pins back on while you are sewing. So I will try my new pincushion and see if form beats function. But I’ll be thinking about creating a pattern for a pretty magnetic pincushion!
I found so many lovely and inspiring pincushions around craftland that I had to show you. Oh, and there are so many more! Click on each image for a link.
My crafting goals for the year are to learn to crochet and needlepoint. Oh, and to make lots of quilts. Let’s see how it goes. I love these Jonathan Adler Bargello needlepoint pillows (shown below). I guess these are handmade by someone somewhere and not made by a machine, but I can’t seem to find out where these are made. There is a mention of Peru on his site. Anyone know?
So I thought I would find a lot of contemporary needlepoint on Etsy, but no. Too time consuming? Too boring? Seems to me like needlepoint gives you a lot of freedom to come up with your own designs easily. Here’s a needlepoint sampler for a nursery from 66 stitches. Some bracelets from Carrie Wolf, and some cool magnets from Eclectic Selections (pictured below).
Want to learn? This looks like a good Bargello needlepoint book and with the right colors, the designs could be very modern. Or this one for basic needlepoint.
Just thinking of Valentine’s Day and ran across these cuties on Etsy:
Love Ewe Finger Puppet from Cheryl A. Smith, $5.
This felt cupcake from Sugar Chic Baby is $8.
And this adorable onesie from Dutch Door for $15. They also have some really nice Dutch-style letterpress.
