material concern

guatemalan belts….

block printing…

I’m still working on prints and inspiration for printing for Sp11…I rummaged through my fabric inspiration collection to find this hand printed scarf by AriMo in the Czech Republic, which I bought the last time I was there in their adorable shop.

They print everything using wooden blocks with I think a kind of resist: then they dye the fabric.

They make all of these patterns.

i love this more contemporary print:

and so now i’m having fantasies of moving back to Prague and having them print all of popomomo with vegetable dyes and sewing everything in their factory and everyone living happily ever after.

we were asked to do a DIY project for Ecouterre, and we showed how to make this summer headband I made recently….

full DIY play by play here.

No, not her-mes, but the greek god one…came across these via a post on Refinery today…

next time i treat myself it will be to these shoe-accessories by Garbagedress

i can’t wait to check out 10ft. Single the next time I’m in Brooklyn!

pictures ganked from here.

My new studio mate is my friend Hilary.

Hilary does the store display for Free People;

so, basically it means I now get to look at beautiful bright colors all day!!

handmade beads…

i stumbled upon Koos Van den Akker: because a part of me has been thinking: you know, I need this in my life:

but: seriously: how many highly embellished lime jackets can you have? five? right.

So i googled the designer and his website is both beautiful and humble: and it turns out he did the Cosby sweater: and a bunch of wonderfully crafty culty geometric pieces.

LOVE!

just came across these awesome necklaces by spinthread…seen via moldydoily.