Marimekko for the Home
Marimekko has always made me think of my darling childhood friend Kate. I think it must be that the nostalgia hit those big over sized prints give me takes me right back to the early days of our friendship circa 78 when running around in terry cloth shorts and polyester t-shirts that exposed our little toddler bellies was de rigeuer. Kate and her family are currently visiting the west coast from Montreal and are in fact staying with us for a week right now (after a visit with her folks for Christmas). Somewhere between the rush of Christmas and the mild chaos of a three year old and a three month old (part of her entourage) we didn't manage to exchange Christmas gifts with one another until last night. She and her partner Adrian gave us this awesome Marimekko tray which Martin is trying to claim as his own (he does this will all things red). It's my first official piece of Marimekko, despite much oggling when we were in Denmark, and it has inspired me to try to take Kate to the new concept store they opened last Fall here in Vancouver. I'm giddy at the thought of the store, as another friend -- Ariane -- described it to me just last night (in a weirdly prescient Marimekko moment) and I'm sure I'll be as overwhelmed as she was by all the yummy fabrics and awesome prints... Oh the anticipation!
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Gorgeous gift! Your posts always have ideas that are bad for my pocketbook...but very good for my heart. Marimekko, here I come!
Posted by:sarah h | January 04, 2008 at 11:36 PM
I am rather jealous of you being able to go to the concept store... Looking for some material for our new nursery.
Posted by:Cheryl | January 17, 2008 at 02:28 PM