stacks of inspiration

this gorgeousness arrived right before i left for singapore. it's the latest stacks of anna maria horner's fabrics. i had ordered them and K brought them home from the US right before we left. it was pretty tough leaving them behind all by themselves, but there was no time for sewing on the road. but today, that will all change. an old friend had a baby girl recently and i'm going to make her a bright, cheery little quilt. i'm even more inspired to do so after reading this post on anna maria horner's blog.

are you going to do something creative today?

colorful awesomeness

i was browsing for a wedding gift for my swedish sister-in-law on etsy (where else?) and i came across the most awesome shop that i simply must share with you.  it's called atelierBB and it is the home of the wobbly plates. these are the coolest thing to happen to ceramics since, well, since ceramics began, if you ask me.

check out these gorgeous bowls:

i want one two ten of each! in every color. because color makes me happy. but, of course, i'm not shopping for me, i'm shopping for my sister-in-law and my brother-in-law-to-be.  their home is all black & white and grey, so i've ordered some gorgeous reds for them (this may be because i love red myself, but still, it goes well with b&w, right?).  i ordered some of these (tho' both will be red) and a few of the above bowls:

the artist, brigitte bouquet, is from the netherlands, but has lived all over the world. i learned that here, on her website. and knowing my thing with eyeballs at the moment, how could i not love her when she did an artwork like this in sydney...

sigh....when my new job starts, i'm so ordering some of this stuff for us. it's wonderful! ok, and maybe i did order a few dessert plates already. since we were already packing things up. i'm weak in the face of gorgeous colors, what can i say? go, order something from brigitte already, i'm certain you won't regret it!