i always love when two of my favorite artists work together. this beautiful new print was designed by the lovely amy ruppel for wayne pate’s good shape design shop. this is the final installment in wayne’s “guest artists” series and is part of a limited edition of 50 prints. lord knows amy’s work moves quickly and this new piece is only $35 so order yours before they’re all gone! the print hits wayne’s shop next week but if you want to beat the rush you can email wayne right here to pre-order. click here for more information on amy ruppel’s work and click here to view wayne’s work with good shape design. [thanks, wayne!]

and i’m off for the day so i’ll see you on monday! have a great weekend- below is a summary of this week’s highlights.

• must-read post of the week: petit coeur wine decanter
• new sneak peeks: adelle robinson, tonya and mike sutfin
• diy projects: birdie snack shack, michelle kaufmann diy videos
• great interiors: painted black floors, house beautiful homes
• new before and afters: abha’s filing cabinet, erica’s chair and chandelier
• reading material: domino, the book of decorating!
• ceramics: caroline swift, sami rinne cups, lisa neimeth plates,
• calendars: cicada studio tea towel calendar, the beautiful project, avie designs, jhill wall calendar
• misc: project runway wedding dress heaven, lavello mirror, dolan geiman artwork, donald judd-inspired shelving, chakra pennywhistle pillows, rachel de joode wallpaper
• in the kitchen with: polli’s vegetarian lunch

just a little wednesday morning eye candy: “field guide (tennessee)” by dolan geiman. $45 at dolan’s shop right here.

for more eye candy click here for the grain edit guest blog post for today…

to say that i think tanya aguiñiga is cool is a massive understatement. not only is tanya friendly, funny and great to be around, but she happens to be a seriously talented artist and someone who is always fascinating to watch as she grows and experiments as a designer. her latest show- wrapped.welded.woven- is taking place at the reform gallery (816 n. la cienega blvd, LA) and will showcase incredible “multidisciplinary experiments in functional art”. the show is tanya’s largest to date and will include 10 new pieces. i’m definitely going to check this out when i’m in town later this month but if you’re in the LA area between now and november 1st check out the reform gallery for tanya’s fantastic new show. click here for more info on tanya aguiñiga.

[some of tanya’s earlier work is below….]

matte stephens has some great new, affordable, pieces up at etsy today. there are prints for $35 and $60 and some gorgeous original gauche paintings for $350. click here to check them out. [thanks, matte!]

ps: click here for more guest blog posts from christine chitnis- and her delicious recipe for berry crumble!

i just whacked off my hair (goodbye long, boring hair) and now i’m missing the length and getting to do fun things with it on top of my head. so this beautiful drawing ($20) from maria at nosideup at etsy is calling my name. i love the way she draws the texture of hair- so lovely. click here for more information and to shop.

i’m a big fan of alice stevenson (she made the logo for the now-closed d*s shop) and was psyched to see she designed the box illustration for the new vodafone packaging in the uk. vodafone is sort of like our verizon and i know i’d love to see this on my phone packaging rather than the typical “smiling happy people” picture i get on every box here. click here to see more of alice’s recent work (and to shop from her textile and print collection).

i’m a huge fan of john murphy- we first met at the d*s collective section of the brooklyn flea (which has now closed, thanks to everyone to came to check it out!) and john has since gone on to be one of the most successful sellers at the flea. john just produced a new print ($150 framed) so i wanted to share that here this morning- he’ll also be producing a line of affordable collages ($30-$70 each) for the holidays so stay tuned for that. in the meantime you can click here to check out john’s full line and shop online.

after the zoe bradley post on d*s a few weeks ago i was flooded with emails about attending the show. i wasn’t able to make the opening but now the show is on full display for the public at kate’s paperie in soho (72 spring street). sculptural artist zoe bradley created these “hanging japanese gardens” from rich yuzen papers and they are part of her largest floral installation in the us to date. if you want to check out more of her work click here, or catch the subway down to broadway/lafayette to visit kate’s soho store to see the pieces in person. [images above from the kate’s installation]

…beautiful new pieces from gretchen wagoner at nahcotta. click here for more information.