prouvé inspires

this photo of jean prouvé

in front of his house in nancy, france c.1955, 

is a favorite of mine.

I just cannot resist the pattern of window dots.

and so it inspired

les points font tourner le monde 

(dots make the world go 'round) 

and the today and forever tea towel too.

prouvé believed in the power of design 

to make a better world.

(one tea towel at a time!)

a very good day

just an idea...

if you're looking for a fresh mother's day gift.

find a cookbook at your local bookstore 

and wrap it with a folded tea towel. 

or 

select a culinary plant at a local nursery 

(could be mint, cress, rosemary, basil, parsley or strawberry!) 

and wrap the pot with a linen tea towel. 

lovely, organic, useful and beautiful. 

and I love to get 

2-gifts-in-one :)

our aprons at work

love seeing our aprons at work.

lisa jones of pigeon toe 

makes exquisite handcrafted ceramics.

she says it best: 

"heirlooms for the modern home"

(like minds)

san francisco pop up

this weekend, in san francisco:

a talented group of california-based designers, 

artisans and independent shop owners 

are gathering for a fabulous sale 

of goods, clothing, jewelry and books.

saturday april 21 - 1:30-6:30

sunday april 22 - 1:00-6:00

ft. mason - building c - room c260

click here for all the details

presented by anaise & lofti

in my kitchen #5

my new favorite. 

dots make the world go 'round, in french:

les points font tourner le monde. 

the big pattern of dots makes me smile 

for some reason. 

must be that "beauty and function" thing I like so much, 

or that I love to pretend I'm french sometimes.

 :)

 

in my kitchen #4

sometimes when I'm in my kitchen

I just feel so lucky to be designing linen tea towels. 

I keep them handy in a big ceramic bowl next to the stovetop, 

new ones and old ones, and just grab them 

to use as potholders or hotpads or 

for drying the counters or my hands. 

I love the texture that comes through the inks 

as they're washed time and time again.

(bowl from pigeon toe)

off to Italy

I wish it was me who was off to italy... 

but these lucky aprons and tea towels 

are going to milan today 

for a photo shoot at

la cucina italiana magazine.

I can just picture them... hmmmm.

new stuff, new site

new stuff 

means ideas and design 

and decisions and editing 

and final-don't-look-back choices 

and screening and sewing and photography 

and photoshop and website work and 

waiting and more waiting and testing 

and launching. 

phew. it happened!

check us out here.

love is all you need

introducing

our new love set.

I found a heart-shaped leaf while walking my dog one day

and it inspired this trio of tea towels.

 

USE ME 

as a table linen, a shower gift, 

a hostess gift, a wedding favor

or in everyday life 

as a hard-working kitchen cloth.

available soon at studiopatro.com

or order by calling us at 

415-4-775-3432

tea towel scarves?

a studiopatro customer at the etsy / west elm sale

bought tea towels for her sister who wears them as scarves. 

she tried one of our washed samples, mandala in mineral, 

to see if it would work, and 

voila!

(so I tried it myself...)

 

sensational

here I am, happy as can be.

centsational girl (herself!) took this picture 

at the etsy/west elm sale in emeryville last saturday.

the best thing about the day was simply 

meeting and talking with all sorts of new and old friends.

thanks to the kind and helpful people at west elm, 

to victoria, sfgirlbybay, 

and to connie from studiopatro 

for her help and her saturday!

etsy, west elm and me

be there, if you're in the bay area: 

next saturday feb. 25th at west elm in emeryville. 

studiopatro and 9 other local etsy designers, 

selling all their creative wares.

curated by victoria smith of sfgirlbybay

1 - 6 pm

rsvp here

in my kitchen #3

the drip-dry cycle

after a quick clean-up. 

not very glamorous work for a pretty tea towel. 

:)

in my kitchen #2

this little piggy 

has been in the family for decades 

and likes to drip-dry on a soft linen towel. 

in my kitchen #1

glimpses 

iphone snapshots 

quick little captures 

of studiopatro patterns 

in my kitchen. 

#1 in a series?

back in stock

our kitchen aprons in oatmeal 

(sold out over the holidays) 

are back in stock, on the shelves and ready to ship.

all apron choices - kitchen and café - oatmeal and oyster -

are available in plentiful supply.

hurrah!

new terrain

announcing another new stockist:

COOK and BAKE 

have made their way to terrain 

in glen mills, pennsylvania.

more nice company to keep.

tout est mieux

previewing 

spring / summer 2012

with a traditional mariniere stripe and our favorite saying

(but this time in french).

delicious in belgium

art director Janine Couperus from 

delicious magazine nederland

stumbled on studiopatro 

and included us in their january issue.

nice dutch words this time!

a good gift

the unwrapping. 

 a photo from lindsay thompson 

of her gift from mindy gayer. 

we love to see our towels go out into the world 

to be used. 

:)

color of the year

2012 pantone color of the year 

is a shade of red-orange that is "spot on" to our 

copper.

apartment therapy calls it 

"an eminently acceptable dose of happy color 

to add to your interiors" 

 

and we think 

it's always a good idea 

to balance the vibrancy with some beautiful neutral grays.

present-ly shipping

there seems to be a flurry of orders this week, 

and just so you know...

noon on wednesday dec. 21 

(that's california time)

is our deadline for taking orders

for delivery before christmas.

if you're on the east coast, 

that means you've got until 3pm to order!

 

time to wrap it up.

tree time

it's tree time 

and our Leaf Tree is a limited edition 

tea towel that we created especially 

for this season of giving.

10% of sales 

is being donated to an organization 

dedicated to educating children and their families 

about healthy eating. 

happy tree trimming!

café aprons at their best

 

when men serve...

men look great in our café aprons,

as evidenced at a friend's recent baby shower party.

Tyler and Peter served,

and were admired by all!

we speak french

a new interpretation of 
stripes make everything better

in french!

nell dodge created a new e-popup shop
603 here & there
and commissioned these oh-so-french mariniere stripe towels.

will you be on elizabeth street in nyc anytime soon?

thomas sires

has them too.

"tout est mieux avec des rayures"

we're still giving thanks

it's a good time of year to say 

thank you. 

so take 25% off all 

tea towels 

aprons &

market bags 

now through monday november 28th. 

studiopatro.com

enter code giving at checkout. 

(gift sets not included.) 

glamour-us

of course! 

jamie oliver's holiday must-haves 

would include COOK and BAKE

tea towels.

isn't that what the holidays are all about?

in the december issue

nice and simple

our EQUAL tea towel is one of

real simple's

10 holiday hostess gift ideas.

see all 10 here.

thanks

and another 

equally great gift idea is 

EQUAL + PANTRY + DOT

and a beautiful hand-crafted wooden spatula

see it, get it 

at studiopatro.com

spooning

i am so excited. 

we've just received these small wooden spatulas 

handmade one-by-one by 

edwards smith. 

part of a holiday apron gift set we're preparing. 

read edwards' story here.

orange time of year

it's that time of year.

orange = october.

so take carry goods anywhere to carry just about anything.

happy harvesting :)

leaf it to me

there's a sale going on 

at studiopatro.com 

to mark the fall season, 

any tea towel printed with leaves 

is $18 

(that's 25% off). 

 

pick and choose from 13 leaf designs.

 

offer ends on sunday october 9th, so shop now 

and rake in some leaves.