knick knacks & ric rac

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 […]

take a peek at the new matryoshka skirts and outwitted skirt i have a few more goodies in the works for (hopefully) the end of the month. stay tuned!

a few months ago, i got my hands on a big roll of this cool vintage fabric. it’s called “outwitted”, designed for sears by lawrence peabody. lawrence peabody studied interior architecture at rhode island school of design, graduating in 1950. he went on to study at the royal academy of fine arts in copenhagen. “Peabody, one of the […]

since the last post left us in the black forest, i thought i would continue our visit to germany with dirndls. my edelweiss skirt and corduroy skirt are both influenced by my lifelong love of darling dirndls. here are some photos i dug up of me wearing dirndls and dirndl inspired outfits through the years… […]

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 just finished up a sample of one of my new prints, it might just be my new favorite! here’s a sneak peek… the printed part is cotton and it has a velveteen hem. i printed it in 3 different colorways. new designs will be available in my shop in the next couple of weeks, so stay tuned!

i like to make knick knack art! lovely prints are now for sale over here for your viewing pleasure.

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 […]