good morning! ac and i just got back from montana and i’m trying to jump back into life with internet and phone connections (it was so nice to be without them for 10 days). after days of living outdoors and trying things i never thought i would, i’m now happily pouring through the emails and submissions i’ve missed. thank you for all your kind notes and honeymoon well-wishes.
i wanted to start today off with two pretty pieces that have been sitting in my inbox for a few days. first up- beautiful new ceramic lanterns from alyssa ettinger. i almost always love alyssa’s work and these new designs are no exception. i have a weakness for ball jars (we drank out of them every day in montana, yay!) so i can’t wait to see these hit stores- click here to contact alyssa about purchasing. [photos of alyssa's lanterns by jen sliker]
next up is a beautiful new chair from molly at chairloom. her intern, jacqueline quinn from the moore college of art & design designed and hand made the fabric for this chair, using water-based ink. her beautiful fabric sure does this craigslist chair justice. click here to shop this design and all of molly’s other furniture makeovers.
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The lanterns are delightful and the armchair fabric is stunning. Really vibrant and striking!
Welcome Back! I adore the lanterns! Must purchase some.
Welcome back to real life!
Love both these, especially the utilitarioan-looking lanterns. They’d be perfect for a ranch.
I love design*sponge! I’m a life-long resident of Montana, and the landscape never ceases to amaze me… Anyway, glad you’re back, and I NEED the jar laterns!!!
I love those beautiful ceramic lanterns and the fabric on the sofa! I think the wood on the sofa would look so pretty painted in a soft scuffed up gray. Both are gorgeous!
oooh! i love this chair – chairloom’s designs are always so lovely!
Welcome back. Montana is stunning, I lived in Great Falls for a few years when I was a kid.
Is that a chair? Or a love seat? It looks like it could sit two… whichever – it’s gorgeous!
welcome back!!
Oh yes, love those lanterns.
Glad to had a great trip to Montana,it really is beautiful,with wide open spaces!!
The ceramic lanterns are great,I could def. use some around our new deck here at our mountain house,would be pefect!
The lanterns made me wish I wasn’t a landlocked city dweller with no porch in sight! I’m a little scared to investigate chairloom further as I know it’ll be love at first sight! :-)
the new lanterns are great! d’you think alyssa will bring them along to renegade brooklyn this weekend?
i hope so!
I just clicked on the link to chairloom’s sites. I live in Philly and as I was leaving the Art Star Craft Bazaar on saturday I was walking past a store in Old City and I saw one of her orange slipper chairs in the window and made my friends stop to drool with me.
thanks everyone–and grace, as always.
lauren, i won’t be at renegade this year. but i have an etsy shop, and i’m at the brooklyn flea most saturdays.
a friend just gave me one of her mason jars at easter, and while I’m pretty happy just to let it sit and look pretty, I’ve been trying to think of good uses for it. A votive – that’s great.
Gorgeous! The lanterns are lovely!
Pretty indeed! Those lanterns are dreamy. Love them!
I love the ball jars! Reminds me of my childhood summers at my grandmother’s house – drinking sweet iced tea on the porch!
LOVE the lanterns, absolutely gorgeous.
Love the chair! The intern definitely has talent! Can’t wait to see more of her designs!
i want to deal with this company that i will get many thing from them for afghanistan
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