i love the colour explosion of this castle + gorman collaboration. my love of neon + neutrals is showing no sign of waning, especially with the weather warming up.
i especially like the beach towel in the top pic: i totally need a new beach towel, even though i rarely go swimming. my current beach towel was a christmas present from my nanna and pa more than 20 years ago. and it survived 5 years of everyday use when i was living overseas, so, as you can imagine, it’s seen better days…
i love honeycomb paper decorations, especially vintage ones.
these were a lucky op-shop find last week: 90c for the lot.
they’re too delicate to be used, but the colours have faded so beautifully, it seems a shame to hide them away.
but just look at the prints on the outside, especially the circular ones with the masks and confetti and bonbons: i wish i’d been at that party..!
i’ve been collecting fabrics to make a quilt.
around this time last year i made two quilt tops that i still haven’t actually turned into quilts: i guess arranging the colours in pretty order is more fun than handsewing metres and metres of quilting lines…oh well. cheap thrills, i guess.
but i’m determined to finish both of them, and start a new one this summer, hence this stash which is composed of: an old shirt that i never wear anymore, some nani iro left over from nanna’s christmas present last year, more japanese florals, a few liberty scraps that i’ve been hoarding since i lived in the uk, some hand-dyed solids that i made last year, and a few more pretty prints.
yep. after a pretty hectic year, i’m looking forward to this.
on way to the design files open house, then dinner and drinks somewhere nearby with my boyfriend.
any suggestions re: where we should go?
well, i’m pretty excited about my new lamp, even if my boyfriend isn’t..!
now that i’ve handed in my essay and am ON (UNI) HOLIDAYS UNTIL NEXT YEAR, my mind has turned to christmas…
man: i love christmas.
and i love these minimega papers
