New organic cotton tote bags with images by Hugo Guinness! $35.
Archive for March, 2009
hugo guinness totes!
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women artists - part 3
We are hosting our first ever women artists event on April 4, from 1-4pm. If you are in the neighborhood, stop on by! Frances Palmer (http://www.abitareshop.com/2008/11/07/women-artists-frances-palmer/), Llubav Choy Duerr and my lovely friend Sarah Magid will all be here in the shop sharing their talents with us! Sarah worked for years in fashion (for companies such as J.Crew, Coach, Liz Claiborne, Frye and Henri Bendel) and now she applies her creativity and amazing fashion sense to organic baked goods. And she has a cookbook coming out in June! Here is a sneak peek at the cover:
Sarah made our wedding ‘cake’ last summer which was actually 100 plus organic chocolate twinkies covered in gold frosting, she calls them ‘goldees’. Love!
And her cake creations are always so beautiful, creative and delicious.
women artists - part 2
We recently started carrying Llubav Choy Duerr’s work in the shop and I couldn’t be more excited. As Joanne blogged a couple of weeks ago, Llubav made some adorable sachets out of felt with her signature handmade flowers just for us! They look & smell amazing.
(http://www.abitareshop.com/2009/02/10/valentine-alert-what-every-girl-needs/)
We also have a selection of Llubav’s handmade felt flower pins. I got this black mum which Llubav described as ‘Chanel-esque’. I absolutely love it!
Llubav started out life in Peru, has lived in Mexico and Virginia and now resides here in Brooklyn. She studied at FIT and worked at Hable Construction for seven years. Now she is concentrating on her own handmade creations which include our sachets, the gorgeous flower pins, hair pins, stationery and wedding ring pillows (among other things). Here are some images of her beautiful custom ring pillows.
And check out the flag garlands and ADORABLE felt ornaments. I can’t wait to get these in at Christmas!
You can check out more about Llubav by visiting her new website: www.llubav.com. And she will be at our shop on April 4th for our first ever women artists event. Stop by for a drink! 1-4pm.
