back after the holidays....happy new year.

oh i love this pattern from showpony. what a clever idea. a pretty and sweet pattern with a secret life beneath the folds!

super cool disposable paper napkins and tons of other fantastic creations by minale maeda (via studio wellspring)

see more here, here and here.

i finally made it to the de young yesterday to see the gee's bend and the ruth asawa exhibits. I have to say, I think these might be the finest 2 shows that I've seen in a really long time. i especially loved asawa's drawings (photo of one from the show below). hurry hurry if you're in the neighborhood. the quilts depart on the 31st but the asaswa show is around through jan. 28th.

window lace! i saw this in one of those fancy gorgeous design magazines several months ago but it wasn't available for sale yet. thanks to mav for the hygge link where you can buy this beauty of an idea.

the perfect salt cellar and the sweetest mugs from the linen works (via hfha).

2 things today:

- wonderful link on lena's blog via nebo peklo

- maira kalman's latest illustated blog entry is up