oooo la la new ribbons!

Beautiful new ribbons are in. Think belts, headbands,

embellishing bags, clothing, window treatments,

pillows, Easter bonnets...

Also, more Japanese craft books:

This book from Yoko Saito has the most beautiful things.

She uses her taupe fabrics to create adorable bags.



Yes, these books are in japanese, but there are

extremely detailed illustrated instructions.

This one has patterns in the back of the book as well.



This book features projects made with Kaffe Fassett's fabrics.

It's just beautiful!







more cute...




Check these guys out!

Bubu & Pupu

Make a bag, kid's backpack,

jacket, dress, hat, just use your imagination.

It doesn't take much with fabric like this.



more japanese fabrics...




Spring's coming!

These bunnies, chicks, eggs and nests make great

table decorations for the holiday.




bye for now

Mary

Sharing

Just browsing through one of my mostest favoritest places on the web:

New York Public Library Digital Gallery

It took some serious introspection on my part to decide to share this.

I'm just a tad covetous of it. But lucky you, I'm having one of those

"Pay It Forward" moments. And besides, this is too huge not to share.

So many beautiful images!



For example,

today while

browsing

through the

collections

in search of

Easter/Spring

themed images

I found these

great eggs

(Martha would be jealous)!



And how about these spiffy Easter shoes?


I'm thinkin' Manolo

and Jimmy know about

this site too.
















Here's a beautiful seed advertisement:


And a rather sinister one...

I think The Wolf

just caught

Red Riding Hood

"red handed"

harvesting poppy

seeds. Maybe

everyone doesn't

see it that way?

Still, much better

than the wolf


eating the Grandmother, hmmm???


Last but not least, one for the guys (Are there any guys who read this?).






















Thank you New York Public Library!

Enjoy All!

Mary