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Have a relaxing weekend!

Cotton & Flax diamond pillow

Thanks so much for all your kind words about the Spring collection! I’ve really enjoyed hearing your feedback over social media this week, thank you for all your support!

Do you have a relaxing weekend planned? I’ll be working on some Spring cleaning projects around the house, aided by Apartment Therapy’s complete guide to green cleaning your home. I hope to have my home looking as bright and airy as the photo from my Spring collection above, which might take a few weekends worth of work… sigh.

See you next week! I’ll be celebrating the two year anniversary of founding Cotton & Flax, and I’ll have some fun freebies available as a thank you for your support!

Introducing: Spring 2014 from Cotton & Flax

cotton & flax spring textiles

cotton & flax spring pillows

Cotton & Flax Spring Catalog

cotton & flax spring throw pillows

The Spring collection has officially launched! So excited to finally share the new additions to the shop. I’ve added several new pillow designs, including a new size of oblong rectangular pillows. With this collection, I wanted to create some fun new patterns that would blend effortlessly into your beautiful home. The three new pillow designs are available in multiple colorways, which means seven new pillows in the shop! Check out all the new pillows here in the shop.

cotton & flax cocktail napkins

cotton & flax napkins

Every time I do a craft fair or a pop-up shop, I always get asked about cloth napkins. It took a while to get the prototypes just how I wanted them, but the cocktail napkins are finally available in the shop! These little napkins are perfect for casual get-togethers and dinner parties, or even just for afternoon snack.

Cotton & Flax tabletop goods

cotton & flax coasters

You’ll still find your favorite coasters, trivets, and tea towels in the shop, too! No changes to those products, but I’ll be adding some new designs and colors in the summertime. I’m a big believer in slow design, which is why I only debut new products a few times a year. Lots of designing, prototyping, sewing, and testing goes into each product before I add it to the shop, which is why I treat every product launch with such excitement – it’s a long time coming!

cotton & flax spring lookbook

I was so delighted to work with the talented Laure Joliet on this lookbook – I think she did an amazing job capturing the new pieces! The shoot was so much fun, I love collaborating with friends on projects like these.

Have you visited the shop to see all the new designs? Do you have a favorite design from the new collection? Let me know what you think in the comments!

Recent press

Cotton & Flax blog features

Loved to see these two fun pieces of press this week: a kind mention of my work in Zooey Magazine, and an interview with me on the CB2 blog (where I talk about my favorite room in my home, as well as a low budget decorating tip!)

Recently at Cotton & Flax HQ

Cotton & Flax business cards on press

Things have been bustling at Cotton & Flax the past few weeks! So many wholesale orders have been going out the door, I had to have my letterpress tags and business cards reprinted. Laura, who designed and printed my cards and tags, shared this photo of the printing process.

The Spring collection debuts next week, can’t wait to show you the new designs!

Retiring the DNA Pattern

DNA Pillows from Cotton & Flax

I’m preparing to add lots of new products to the Cotton & Flax shop this spring, which means it’s time to retire an old favorite pattern: the DNA print. This pattern was inspired by dozens of conversations about genetics with my boyfriend, who studies molecular biology at USC. It’s my abstract take on a form that scientists will be very familiar with.

There are just two DNA pillows left, so snatch them up if you’re captivated by the impossibly small things that influence our lives.