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.

use me

I often hear from customers
that they don't want to use their tea towels
because the towels are just too nice. 

but I love the linen best when it's used
and washed
and used again and again.

soft and crumpled. 

just like these photos from lissa
who writes a blog
dedicated to food, family, friends, and time in the kitchen.

she even made a movie

 

and there's "best stripes", being used again!

a good gray day

 

it's another gray day in san francisco 

so I've decided to make it a good gray day 

by posting my favorite new grays. 

although I have to say, 

even these look better on a sunny day. 

:)

slate on oatmeal linen, here.

harvest time

a friend of mine gave a friend of hers 

a tea towel, and he didn't want to use it. 

she insisted, and here you go. 

it's harvest time 

with live love eat.

thanks for sharing, katie.

bakers love BAKE

bakers love BAKE 

and we love seeing our tea towels 

out there in the world, 

being used. 

michelle lee, thanks for sharing. 

(if only you could share the baked goods! :)

ny gift show

a glimpse of our booth at the

ny gift show.

 

we're back in sf 

ready to fill new orders,

introduce the fall designs,

update the website,

12 ways to use a tea towel

 check it out. 

our first video.

just one-and-a-half visual minutes 

of

12 ways to use a tea towel 

use cloth, not paper :)

with very special thanks to 

christina schmidhofer

and to

benito taylor, for his music.

haven's kitchen

haven's kitchen 

will open later this year in a 

carriage house two blocks away from the Union Square Greenmarket 

in Manhattan. 

but they're already equipped with some stunning aprons. 

a preview into fall 2011

a preview into fall 2011 

we're hard at work on the new fall line:

all new 100% linen in oyster white and oatmeal,

sack cloth,

something we're calling art squares,

new patterns and wordplay everywhere. 

studiopatró on jamie oliver's food revolution

3 teams of high school students in LA 

competed on jamie oliver's food revolution.

studiopatro tea towels were there to help 

clean, wipe and dry.

these kids rock. 

watch episode 6 of season 2 here

LA bound for dwell on design

off to los angeles for 

dwell on design 

with the remodelista local market 

friday, saturday, sunday 

are you in LA? come see us

welcome patina

PATINA 

a private shop of fukuoka 

is stocking studiopatro tea towels

  :)

 

gluten free simplicity

simplicity

and keeping it simple, keeping it fresh 

from

a gluten free blog dedicated to food, family, friends, 

and time in the kitchen. 

lissa's recipe for peanut butter marbled brownies

here

gifting with tea towels

 

how to gift a studiopatro tea towel 

check out the indigo blog 

from canada

editor ashley minnings came up with 

my favorite new use of a tea towel: 

waving in front of the smoke detector 

(hey, it happens).

nest

our natural linen tea towels are reprinted and in-stock.

just in time to nestle a gift of four fresh eggs

from a new friend, kate weese

see her paintings here

thumb's up

thumbs up for 

Haven's Kitchen 

 a culinary school, supper club, and specialty food shop 

opening fall 2011 in the flatiron district of manhattan.

devour

the truth about DEVOUR.

above my desk is a quote from filmmaker jim jarmusch, 

that reads:

"nothing is original. steal from anywhere that resonates 

with inspiration or fuels your imagination. devour old films, 

music, books, paintings, photographs, poems, dreams, 

random conversations, architecture, bridges, 

street signs, trees, clouds, bodies of water, light and shadows. 

select only things to steal from that speak directly to your soul. 

if you do this, your work (and theft) will be authentic. 

authenticity is invaluable; originality is non-existent. 

and don't bother concealing your thievery – celebrate it 

if you feel like it. in any case, always remember 

what jean-luc godard said: 

'it's not where you take things from – 

it's where you take them to.'"

thank you, jim jarmusch. 

you spoke directly to my soul and inspired me. 

remodelista in seattle

meet me in

for the remodelista one day local market 

this saturday, april 30th. 

11 to 4 o'clock

henrybuilt, georgetown location 

all the details here: