~ thanks k. cooper ~
(hoping for happy accidents is one of my favorites…)
Monthly Archives: February 2006
i’m back from a trip to Florida… beautiful but very cold. not much time to lay on the beach– but extra time for thrift store browsing (amazing stuff down there. i’ve always wanted to rent a u-haul and go on a vintage furniture shopping spree). below: a yrd of vintage fabric and an old embroidery craft book i bought…
brooklyn illustration #2 
Goldie the Dollmaker, by M. B. Goffstein, has always been my absolute favorite children’s book. Goldie Rosenzweig lives alone and follows her parents profession of carving wooden dolls. she paints the dolls faces with such care, and they smile back at her… working in her little house, at her little worktable, she drinks her tea and eats her buns. it’s such a simple, sweet story about a craftsperson and the love that she puts into her work and the delight she gets when she sees a girl with one of her dolls. i love this book! 
prints! the fall shows can be kind of boring when it comes to pattern design… not so with Anna Sui.~click to enlarge~
by Jo Lauria and Suzanne Baizerman
fall favorites
from “Creative Crochet”, 1973reminds me of… the awe-inspiring work of Clare Tough (via Karin)
another favorite children’s book of mine “Around The City” (a Macmillan educational book) has so many great Brooklyn illustrations– i’m going to post one now and the rest over the next few weeks. illustrated by: Aurelius Battaglia, Mamoru Funai, David Klein, George Mocniak, and June Otani.~ thanks decor8 & design*sponge ~