A Little Vacation...Part Two: New York

Eggs Rothko at Egg in Williamsburg....sooooo yummy!

Coffee and sunshine at Blue Botttle Brooklyn.

Love this color combo.

This "F*!@ you, I'm Batman" sticker cracked me up.

Blue and yellow.

Colorful pots of flowers.

Purl Soho! I wanted to buy the entire store!

An Obama stamp spotted at the awesome Kiosk.

View of Canal Street from our hotel room. Photo by Rance. We only had 3 short days in New York but we definitely made the most of it. The weather couldn't have been more perfect! We hung out with awesome friends, ate very well (thanks again Lin for the Brooklyn food tour!), and shopped! After all, I had to make up for the things I wasn't able to buy in London. Ha! Next stop: Springfield, Massachusetts.

Happy Mother's Day!

Photo of me and my mom circa the 80's. Lots of love to all the mothers out there...enjoy your day!

Made It Into the Top 10 Finalists!

The Umbrella Prints Trimmings Competition 2011 finalists were announced earlier today and my owls made into the Top 10! Voting begins today and and closes on May 10th. There are some amazing entries, check them all out and cast your vote here. P.S. Hope you vote for me! :)

A Little Vacation...Part One: London!

A Cath Kidson storefront window celebrating the Royal Wedding.

Will and Kate face masks were everywhere!

People watching on Brick Lane...

Loved this eyeglass shop mural.

Can you spot Mr. Potato Head in this window display? It cracked me up!

 On the way to Portobello Market...made you look.

Patterns spotted along the tube.

Walked by this pink house every day on our way to Putney Bridge station.

Ai Weiwei's Sunflower Seeds at the Tate Modern.

Millions of hand-painted porcelain sunflower seeds.

My friend Kwong contemplating two paintings.

Rance photographing me, photographing him. We did this a lot on the trip. Behind him, an awesome installation (can't remember the artist or title of the piece!)

A blurry photo that I love because it that's what our 5 days in London felt like. A big blur! It went by so quickly but we had a great time visiting with friends, eating+drinking, and window shopping (lots of it because we couldn't afford anything!) Next up, photos from New York and Massachusetts...stay tuned.

Hoot Hoot Hooray!

Over the weekend, I finished up my Trimmings Competition project. With one packet of trimmings, I was able to make 7 baby zakka owls! I altered this pattern and made my batch chubbier and in various sizes. And then with the leftover scraps I put together a couple of bunting banners. I was even able to make one more item with the leftover-leftover scraps. I just couldn't stand to throw them out! You can check out all the other entries on Umbrella Prints' Flickr group.