knick knacks & ric rac

i collect, and have collected (amassed? hoarded?) a lot of different things. i was rummaging around in the basement and i dug up these metal enamel flower pins i used to collect in high school. there’s a ton of them, i started counting and got up to 200, then somebody started playing a ukelele outside and i […]

i’m into textiles, you probably know that already. i have a little collection of fairytale textiles. i really go for the ones that use techniques i don’t know how to do, like weaving, knitting and embroidery. okay, i know how to embroider, i’m just too impatient to do it. and i knew how to knit […]

there’s alot of crazy squirrel activity around here. they love peanuts. i think if i left the door open they would walk right in and help themselves. the guy on the right has been waking me up every morning for a week now, clamoring for peanuts. when he climbs up on the screen door it makes […]

i found this really cute picture at the thrift store the other day- there’s some writing on the back, i think it’s from poland. it’s dated 1964. it looks like a sassy not-so-little red riding hood and a strapping young woodsman. i really like folksy folks fitted in festive folkloric finery. look at me in my dirndls! […]

i went mushroom crazy this weekend. nutso, cuckoo, wacky…i don’t know what came over me, maybe it was spring fever! have you seen the mushroom garden furniture at target? (it’s on sale this week) the pieces are made out of resin with a grey faux stone finish. i picked up a set to put over […]

it doesn’t take much figurin’ to figure out that i like toadstools, mushrooms and most cute fungi. a lot. here is a little sampling of specimens i found growing around the house. those little wooden toadstools hold tiddly winks. i found these in the back yard after the rain a few days ago! i also love to eat […]

here are some of my little friends that helped me out with the artwork i drew for my schwarzwalder skirt and top. you may even be wearing a few of them! not to mention the weather houses and cuckoo clocks and other inspiring german goodies… (my cuckoo clock sweater clips should be available again next month) these guys live out back, i […]

i try not to play favorites, i try to love all of my knick knacks equally, but then there’s pooky. i first met pooky at a thrift store in rhode island over a decade ago. our eyes met from across the room, pooky’s disgruntled stare was too hard to resist…i ran as fast as i could over […]

here are a few of the goodies that inspired the artwork i drew for my dutch treat skirt and top-smooch! i love cute tablecloths and teatowels, even if i’m afraid to get them dirty! there are a few things outside too… so you can imagine how excited i was when i saw this delightful brooch from gaudy goods-of course i […]

cuckoo cabin my little screen printing woodland-this is where i print the goodies. doe in the wild! coming to take a peek at some cute new prints, and perhaps munch on a fig.