knick knacks & ric rac

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 most prominent home furnishings designers of the last half of the 20th century, had a career that encompassed the full range of home furnishings including furniture, fabric, rugs, bath products and accents.”-Home Accents Today, 12/2002

i have paired it with a coordinating print of my own to make some super fun and optically intriguing skirts. coming really really soon!

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…

my favorites are the ones that mix different prints and patterns together

top it off with a little embroidery, some ric rac and a sweet busty blouse-perfect! look, even the labels are cute!

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 was pretty lucky to catch them all together. i was wondering where all the mushrooms went!

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 to the bric-a-brac section…

i make pooky artwork, i got myself a pooky tattoo…

i made a giant five foot tall paper mache pooky covered in silk flowers…

i even made a custom glitter pooky skee-ball alley with tufted red vinyl sides and super jumbo gold ric rac trim (i like to call it pookee-ball)

so there you have it. my favorite.

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 bought it right away!

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.