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Monday, April 12, 2010

Table Runner Runner Up!

Our Brain Star table runner is featured in a collection on Kirsten Krason's blog, 6th Street Design School today! What a beautiful selection! Check it out!

Thursday, April 1, 2010

Lisbeth's Garden Party Mandala Napkins!

Weeeeeee!!!!!!!! I am so pleased with this fabric from Spoonflower! Happy high voltage spring colors! Aren't Lisbeth's mandalas amazing used this way? I am in the process of creating more fabric designs with a more subtle palette, but I just had to start this way, with a rainbow. I will be making more table linens to put in Lisbeth's Etsy shop when my next shipment arrives from Spoonflower - tablecloths, table runners, placemats, and maybe some potholders...so, stay tuned!

Lisbeth's Blue Bird Angels Mandala

My daughter Lisbeth suffered a traumatic brain injury when she contracted a viral illness in 1988 at the age of six, and she continues to be challenged by multiple difficulties including uncontrolled seizures, behavioral disturbances, learning disabilities and developmental delay. Despite these challenges, Lisbeth's mighty spirit and creativity are remarkably intact. She creates extraordinarily beautiful cut paper snowflakes - hundreds of them (it is ironic that a cluster of seizures is called a "flurry...") and like real snowflakes, each one is unique. Lisbeth sometimes refers to her creations as "brains," which is poignant, for in the making of each snowflake/mandala, it is as if she is recreating her brain. Lisbeth sees figures, animals, and objects in the cutout shapes of each one of her designs, and says that these are what the brain is thinking!