A buffet of inspiration

Not much to report on the crafting front. I've been pecking away at a few projects, but nothing worth showing and telling yet. One thing I'm pretty excited about is an art quilt I'm working on for my aunt. I've never made one before--in fact anything with the word "art" in it is a bit intimidating to me--but I'm having fun with it so far.

I thought I'd offer a smorgasbord of links to some cool new finds. I'd love for you to post your latest sources of inspiration in the comments below.

First off, I hardly touched the surface of the beautiful new clothes from Tea Collection when I blogged about that a couple weeks ago. For some reason I'm having trouble copying photos from their site, but check out these links to loveliness:

Rasmussen Floral Knit Dress

Aurland Bubble Dress

Fjord Plaid Swing Coat

I would order them all if I could. In my size, please.

I also recently stumbled upon these beautiful coloring pages by Dutch artist Frank de Kleine. He says they're for kids, but I'm having a heyday thinking of all the ways I could play with these. I'm already embroidering/appliqueing the beach cabanas. The peacock could be projected onto a canvas, traced and painted in beautiful, vibrant colors.

And since we're gearing up for the start of preschool, a Montessori-inspired bedroom:

Comments

[frank de kleine]

Hi Megan, nice to hear that you like my coloring pages. And about the part 'just for kids', well, what can I say. Isn't there a kid in everyone of us?

I love to see what you (and others) do with my coloring pages. Can you post pictures of it on your blog or email me (see address on my website, www.letmecolor.com)? I hope you can do this...

Best wishes, Frank

[Megan]

Oh, you bet, Frank. Thanks so much for stopping by.

I'll definitely post any projects I do with your drawings here and will e-mail you, too, in case you don't check back. Like I said I have one thing under way using the beach cabanas. That should be done sometime in the next couple of weeks.

Your work is amazing. Thanks so much for putting it out there for everyone to play with.

[frank]

E-mailing sounds good. I'm looking forward to see your work! Thanks for your kind words, and thank YOU for using my stuff. If nobody did that my work would be useless...

Regards, Frank

[Megan]

My cabana art quilt is almost done, Frank. Stay tuned ...

[anna]

i was just wondering where you got those shelves? i love them and would really like to get them for my daughter's room!
thanks!

[J N D]

Where are your white stacked shelves from?