Cyberiffic Sales

If you happen to be cyber Monday shopping, this fun Twelve Days dishtowel is now available at Crate and Barrel (in stores, too). Today only, save 15% on your purchase by using promotion code SAVE15 

at checkout.

Also, if you're looking for holiday greeting cards to send, have a peek at my collection on Cardstore.com. I added a bunch of new designs for you to personalize including these: 

Or maybe you're way ahead of everything (unlike me) and are already looking to wrap your gifts. The Gift Wrap Company has made some beautiful quality wrapping paper with a few designs you might recognize. This one is called Flurry of Lace:

Amazon.com sold out already, but i found that it is still available online at Broadway Paper. This design is also available as a take-out container (perfect for cookie gifts) at The Container Store.

This one is called Joy Cardinal:

It's also available online at Amazon.com and Broadway Paper. There is a large gift bag and smaller vogue bag with this design as well.

And this one is called Valencia:

It can also be found on Amazon.com, and is available as a gift bag on Broadway Paper.

Broadway Paper is offering free shipping on orders over $50 until December 9th. Use promo code hohoho at checkout.

For larger quantity orders of these designs and others, please visit the Kate Spain Collection offered by The Gift Wrap Company online.

Happy Shopping!

Oh Thank Cuteness

If you celebrated the Thanksgiving holiday, i hope you enjoyed sharing some time with family, friends and loved ones. Around here, there was lots of baking, stirring, simmering, chopping, chatting, cooking, eating...and remembering. I find it hard not to feel the gentle pull of memory as this particular meal is prepared with such love and care, as it always has been. It's rarely the food i remember from year-to-year, but rather the people who brought the food and gathered with good spirits to laugh, to catch up, and to give solemn thanks for all that we are so fortunate to have in our lives. Health. Happiness. Friendship. Love. And there is always an extra place set in our hearts for those we have lost, as there was this year for Pete's Dad. We missed him dearly. He would have loved Pete's apple pie.

There were some new additions to our table this year — er, i mean "on" the table. If you read my blog, you already know that every Friday is a celebration of our two adored kittens, Franny and Lou. So when Scott, Melissa and Jake of Generation Q invited bloggers to join in and give thanks for the "cute" in our lives, how could i possibly turn that down!?

I am so thankful to my friend Molly who gave us these two:

They have made our lives better by reminding us to snuggle more,

to stretch ourselves in new directions,

to smile as often as possible,

 to be curious and look at things upside-down when necessary,

to play a little every day,

to find joy in the simple things,

and to stand on someone's shoulders while they're brushing their teeth to get a new perspective!

I'm thankful for Pete in infinite ways, and so deeply happy to share our love and life (and love of life) together.

To me, Thanksgiving is a state of mind and the sentiments of this holiday can be brought into focus no matter what day it is, or meal you're eating, or country you live in. So why not pause to add a little side dish of thanks to each of your days. I'm very thankful for all of you. Keep creating beautiful things with your hands and hearts.

xo,

kate

PS: if you'd like to share some of the cuteness in your life, please linkup over at Jake's post.

thankful for YOU

"Gratitude is the open door to abundance."

~this morning's yogi tea bag

May your day be filled with both.

With love from,

kate, pete, franny and lou

Furry Friday And A Couple Other Things

It's been a little quiet on here lately and when that happens it can only mean one thing; it's deadline time in my studio...dum de dum dum. And i've been battling a terrible cold — not the best combo for trying to be productive. Luckily, this mug sample arrived in time for bottomless cups of hot tea and soup.

This is a pattern that fell out of my holiday fabric line Flurry, but fell right into the hands of the lovely people at Crate and Barrel. They did such a beautiful job rendering the pattern on to the gently arcing surface of the porcelain, and even extended the print onto the handle. One of the things i have the hardest time with (for any pattern or collection of designs) is coming up with a name, so it's a fun surprise to find out what the team at Crate finally decides on. Someday i would love to be a fly on the wall when they're in the board room discussing it! This one is called "Norwegian Chalet Latte Mug". Chalet Latte just rolls off your tongue like a little tune. So if you would like to have one for yourself or are looking for a nice gift to warm the winter months ahead, this mug is available online and in stores now.

Another something i almost forgot to share with you is that i finally sewed the binding onto my zig-zag quilt! Since so many of you suggested a scrappy binding to pull all the colors from the zigs and zags, that's just what i did. I used 5" x 2 1/2" strips of a few of the prints (heavier on the orange to balance the colors) and it made all the difference. So glad i listened to you. Thank you!

Btw, i have so much respect (awe/amazement//admiration) for those of you who hand sew your bindings on. I thought i would try it for this quilt, but got maybe 10 stitches in and called it quits. Back to the machine for me. How do you do it?!

Finally, some fur. These two continue to find new napping spots around here:

FYI: they had to climb up the ironing board to get all the way up there! I wonder whose idea that was?

Have a great weekend.

xo,

kate

Winners, Finally

Thanks to everyone for joining in the fortune fun! I loved reading all of them, wise or supersilly. Congratulations to all the winners! Please email me your mailing address so i can send some

Good Fortune your way :)

Fortune-ately Furry Friday

 A couple weeks before Quilt Market, i received a giant, filled-to-the-top, sixty pound box of Good Fortune scraps from Moda. I only used an itty bit of it to make the quilt i showed at market, but have all of this left over:

Want some?? If so, just leave a wise or silly fortune below. I'll pick a bunch of winners some time next week. Good luck!

And here's a little fur...

Have a great weekend!

xo,

kate
PS: There's a terrain giveaway going on over at the Fat Quarterly blog ;)

A Flurry of Ornaments

I'm thrilled to announce that a flurry of beautiful ornaments are now available at Crate and Barrel! The creative team at Crate has outdone themselves yet again by selecting just the right application for the design assortments we collaborated on. I'm always amazed by the time and care involved in getting everything just right — which is why i am so happy and excited to finally be able to share these with you!

First up, these intricately carved wooden snowflakes come in sets of twenty-four and are packaged in a gift-ready holiday red plywood box. They're the perfect size to decorate everything from holiday centerpieces and wreaths to swags and mantel arrangements...

...or to add some snow-kissed winter wonder to your Christmas tree!

photo courtesy of Crate and Barrel

Next up, this set of delicate glass ball ornaments are made in the Czech Republic and are sold in sets of four. They're embellished with circular sprays of glittery pine and each is a little different to bring a lovely variety of style and elegance to your holiday decor.

Place them in a glass bowl to decorate an entryway or side table...

Photo courtesy of Crate and Barrel

...or mix them with other ornaments of different sizes and shapes with similar coloring to create a merry and festive look!

photo courtesy of Crate and Barrel

And finally, these adorable holiday glitter pals are dressed for the season with some sparkly flair! They come in a set of three — a reindeer, snowman and penguin — and are ready to hang with a loop of red satin ribbon.

I have to say it was so much giggly fun to see my artwork jump right off the page and into the 3rd dimension.

It's not too early to start decking the halls, is it? Don't know how much longer i can wait! How about you?

Home Again

Quilt Market was a whirlywind of fabric, friends and (too much) fun and i always leave with a wonderful feeling of knowing that we are creatively connected in our pursuits of happiness. Now wouldn't it be nice if this world were just a teenie bit smaller so we could visit with each other more often? Or better yet, maybe we should petition for our own state! Sewists and crafters welcome. Hey, the southwest is pretty and sprawling and we could take a little chunk from here and there and claim it for our own!

As usual, i didn't take enough photos at Market, so i'm going to sift through what i have and will post them once i finish digging out from my inbox. In the meantime, hope everyone had a very Happy Halloween! Franny went as a possessed feral cat. Spooky!