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Feature Friday - Organic Handmade Home Textiles

Enthusiasm is excitement with inspiration, motivation, and a pinch of creativity ~ Bo Bennett

In my search for new pot holders and oven mitts I found these beautiful handmade organic cotton home textiles at katherine j lee's Etsy shop. Aren't these gorgeous? Katherine J. Lee is an artist based in San Francisco and her current home accessories line (including bed and table linens) is inspired by Katherine’s original illustrations. The designs are intended to be both funny and beautiful—a means of encouraging engagement and pleasure with objects found in the home every day. I just love that all items are hand-sewn, hand-stenciled, and hand-printed by Katherine on 100% natural cotton, linen, and flax.

Check out more of her designs in her shop. Here are a few more of my favorite items.

Katherine uses water-based inks and reminds us that all of her items are handmade and that "because these patterns are made through a hand-printed process, please don't be concerned by slight irregularities. Each difference is a beautiful reminder that a *human* made these, not a machine." Nice.

                   

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Feature Friday - Contemporary Handmade Throw Pillow Covers

No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes homes and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow ~ Lyn Yutang

Recently I have been looking at our old and tired pillows in the living room thinking that it may finally be time to recover them. We use these pillows daily, and frankly we can't hide the stains very well at this point. So, yes, it is time to look for updated decorative throw pillow covers.

Of course I am looking for handmade covers and found this great shop on Etsy - Lynne's This and That. Lynne hand makes beautiful (and reasonably priced) throw pillow covers using quality fabrics. You will find great funky and retro patterns. Take a look around her gallery.

Here are some of the fabrics that caught my eye.

      

Please let me know if you have other suggestions of where I should look for handmade pillow covers.

Pamper your skin   Indulge your senses