Spring is in the Air
Winters grip seems to be loosening in upstate New York and the promise of Spring has had me busy starting the seedlings for this years garden.
Trying to be sustainable and environmentally friendly, I have opted to use almost exclusively heirloom seeds this year. Of course, now that the seeds have arrived it looks like a I ordered enough to plant the potager at Villandry, but my carefully planned garden layout assures me that everything will have a home. As long as I stop the impulse buying.
So far this season I have started two types of leeks, five varieties of tomatoes, artichokes (an experiment), eggplants (a free packet that came with one of the orders), celery, pansies, two types of blue salvia, white marigolds, summer savory and nettles. It has only just begun!
I am even trying my hand at making the starter pots from old newspapers, which can be dropped in the ground plant and all.
I think Heritage Creek Seeds is going to put me on their holiday card list this year. The catalog proved so tempting that I ordered the majority of seeds from them. What I didn’t expect was how beautiful the seed packets were going to be, or the very detailed instructions.
New Showrooms
I have had some very exciting opportunities arise in the last month. The collection will by represented by three new showrooms.
My fabrics will now be available in Chicago at Holland and Sherry in the Merchandise Mart, in Los Angeles at Holly Hunt (who is developing a space just for boutique textile collections) and at Oyster in Madrid, Spain.
My fabrics will now be available in Chicago at Holland and Sherry in the Merchandise Mart, in Los Angeles at Holly Hunt (who is developing a space just for boutique textile collections) and at Oyster in Madrid, Spain.
Victoria, a large fern design, new for 2009.
Weekend Read
I have been obsessed with the newest addition to my library, The Cultivated Life. The book is wonderfully illustrated and written by Jean-Philippe Delhomme. It captures the essence of the conflicts and reasoning of the decorating, art and literary worlds that we travel in or hope to travel in.
For those that aren’t aware of Delhomme’s work, he is a French illustrator whos work is regularly used by Barneys New York and Sabb. He is also responsible for the corporate identity of The Mark Hotel. Ergo, one presumes the observations must come from his vast experience of working with the many types of personalities that create and support the design world.
It is published by Rizzoli, of course.
For those that aren’t aware of Delhomme’s work, he is a French illustrator whos work is regularly used by Barneys New York and Sabb. He is also responsible for the corporate identity of The Mark Hotel. Ergo, one presumes the observations must come from his vast experience of working with the many types of personalities that create and support the design world.
It is published by Rizzoli, of course.
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