etsy's industrial revolution

I did my first thing for the NYT, feelin like a real illustrator. And, very appropriately, it's about Etsy and the history and evolution of handmade goods. You can read the article here. Many thanks to ADs Josh Cochran & Matt Dorfman!

gina's quilts

My good friend and best Bushwick neighbor, Gina Rockenwagner, has recently released a new series of quilts and pillows. You may remember this quilt we designed together a while back (almost a year ago! wow), and many of these new products are made with my fabrics too. We photographed them in my purple room last week with the help of Moses the cat model, and you can now buy them in her shop.

new stuff!

Here's a peek at some new products and patterns that are coming to the shop next month. It was so much fun taking these photos with some great girls recently. And really could Gillian and Gaby be more beautiful?! Ugh.

Everything shown above (and a zillion other things) will be with me at Renegade Craft Fair this month (details a few posts down or here if you missed it).

Models: Gillian Herring + Gaby Cetrulo // Makeup: Allison Perlstein // Photographer: Amber Byrne Mahoney

Renegade Prep

My pal Kaye Blegvad (of Datter Industries jewelry fame) emailed me a couple months ago to ask if I'd like to take an epic California trip in July, make a ton of money, and tax deduct the whole thing. I immediately said yes, of course, and now I'm sort of regretting it (but feeling a lot of anxious excitement too). So, I'll be at Renegade Craft Fair in Los Angeles on July 20-21 and San Francisco on July 27-28. Kaye and I are sharing a booth, so stop by and say hi (and maybe buy something because I've gone completely broke preparing for this)!

I'm spending a lot of time gazing up at my Napkin pom banner for inspiration. I've never make this much product before, everything in my shop is made to order or in very small runs, and my anxiety (and workload) is insane right now. Have any of you done Renegade before? Have any advice? I need it!

new teees

New tees are up in the shop and ready for summer! Photographed in soft California light by Dylan Ousley. We also worked together on the first shirt, transforming a dream he had about floating cheetos into a textile.

Prints!

New prints are up in the shop.

Prints!

Hey there. I put some prints up in the shop for the first time.

kitty cat

New kitty shirts up in the shop! 2010 was a good year for cats, but they're going to be huge in 2011. Check out American Apparel's new dress with textiles illustrated by Dov's Dad, Morris Charney, in the late 60s -- the best one is the cat one.

GRITTY

Old stamps, new print! Buy it here.

Seriously sewwwwwwww tired of sewing pun intended. Been in my room since Thursday doing everything from meat-printed shirts (coming soon) to mustard yellow silk birthday dress (YES) to weird just-the-front-not-the-whole-garment mock-ups (side job) to these little heads.

Good morning! I have a new item listed on Etsy! I made a few of these back when I was doing the crop tops that went to Kimski and totally forgot they existed until I pulled them out of a Chinese shopping bag in Taylor's apartment two days ago.



Because we are moving today. In one hour, 15 minutes. Which is why the mattress disappeared. Williamsburg here we come.

Update on the cats:
You can buy the dress now.



I even made this into a collab with Chelsey Pettyjohn without even asking her!



The dress comes with a zine of me & Chelsey's various cat drawings and paintings.