elements of the perfect gift

elements of the perfect gift

from

mo + mo living

40
perfect gift ideas
beautifully edited and a visual treat


the best I've seen
and not to be missed


let's go shopping.

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remodelista holiday market

will you be in the sf bay area this weekend?


remodelista
is hosting a holiday market in mill valley.


sunday december 5
12-4
at summerhouse warehouse
250 east blithedale ave.


locally made goods… and it is sure to be good!


ambitalia, breakaway cook, dagmar daley, fearless chocolate,
fineline letterpress, heritage culinary artifacts, luke bartels,
marie veronique, mato creative, rough linen, sefte,
studiopatro, tony tutto pizza, wendy furman design, and more.

join us,
and invite your friends too.

gather + carry

the linen market bag
debuts

and 3 weber sisters do a photo shoot

susan, the photographer

karen, the model
and
me, the designer.

available at studiopatro.com

caper + rue

I never get tired of caper.



however sometimes I get so tired, I forget how to caper.

that's why it was so much fun to see
studiopatro
in the newest, latest issue of rue.


(see what's hanging on the oven?)

remodelista was nice enough
to include studiopatro in their
backyard harvest
roundup.


look for remodelista's feature
on page 80.

holiday baking

chewy gooey crispy crunchy
melt-in-your-mouth cookies

a new book by alice medrich
is on the shelves and ready for
holiday baking.

photographer deborah jones
and
art director and stylist sara slavin

chose some studiopatro tea towels
to accompany the cookies, bars and wafers
you'll find here.


I'm so flattered!

calm before the storm

fyi


the unadulterated photo,
before the "violators" took over.


photo by Nigel Cox

bon appetit

glimpses
of studiopatro
on the newsstands this month

1.
our kitchen apron helps serve
a thanksgiving turkey
on the cover of bon appetit…

styled by friend Roscoe Betsill


2.
our apron and caper towel
help in the making of a thanksgiving feast
in food & wine…

styled by friend Sara Slavin

thank you, dear friends.

it's nice to be out in the world,
helping to create feasts and photos.

a very special linen towel

we created

this very special linen towel

to serve as menu and napkin
at my friend David's
very special birthday celebration.

and of course,
it now serves as a towel in my kitchen.


(it's a very nice way to remember
that lovely evening too.)

studiopatro in lola

so happy to be in berkeley at

lola

simple, luxurious, lovely.


wool throws from wales
velvet pumpkins from minnesota
maple bread boards from vermont


such good company for studiopatro tea towels.

follow lola

aesthetics

i love this t-shirt.

something about
words and fragments and spacing and helvetica

and allen, of course.



ought to be a tea towel.



(and reminds me a little of my kitchen wall)

cherry tomatoes

end-of-summer cherry tomatoes
from a friend's garden

almost too pretty to EAT.

here's one good reason…

mizuna and haricot vert salad
with crispy potatoes, purple basil,
cherry tomatoes and stilton

from food 52

a very nice resource
if you love to eat.

our stockists make us look good

you're only as good
as the company you keep.

our stockists
make us look good.

see a list of all the places
to see and feel and buy
studiopatro tea towels
right here on this blog,
to the right.

down and dirty

get down and dirty.

newly made
kitchen aprons are in.

on the farm

my friend wendi took
some towels to her mom's farm this summer,
and shared this photo of her daughter Lydia
bringing in the eggs.


more of wendi's images here,




and here.

champagne

champagne, anyone?


f i n a l l y

it's been sunny in san francisco
for 2 days in a row,
and I'm ready to celebrate.

stripes and light

stripes and light

scenes from a
summer weekend away

at villalucy.

10 new designs

new stuff



3 new pairs,
a new set of 4,
a new color – harbor,
see my 10 new designs.

(i hope you like them)

alder & co in portland

spotted in portland


alder & co


thoughtfully selected items,
suitable for everyday use
and for the grand occasion.


and particularly passionate
about goods made in the USA.

another very good match
for studiopatro.

wanderlust in the kitchen

food stylist extraordinaire
george dolese
sent me wanderlust in his kitchen...


it's fun when people share photos
of their tea towels at home.


another wanderlust
went off to a brand new kitchen
in victoria canada today…


and I can't wait to go there and see it.