One of our curious finds from the California Cactus Center is this little Bromeliad, the Bulbosa, a close relative of the pineapple! Tillandsias, commonly known as air plants, are rugged, tropical specimens which pull nutrients and moisture in through the little silver scales that cover their leaves, needing no soil to survive! We desperately want to take our newfound oddity back to Brooklyn, but it seems they’re not too keen on chilly weather… In the meantime, however, we’ll be working on patterns inspired by our Bulbosa’s wispy limbs and subtle, grayish-green palette.
It’s been such a busy week out here in LA, there hasn’t been a moment to post. But, yesterday we finally finished up Sympathy for the Kettle’s fourth newsletter and sent it out, so we figured we should let our readers in on the cool gadgets causing waves in the tea world. I’m a fanatic of the T-SAC, which I fill with Pu-Erh every time I travel and drive the poor flight attendant crazy with hot water requests. It’s such a simple concept, make your own tea bag, tie it up, good to go! The Ginza Tea Stick is pretty nifty too, definitely the more classy of the easy-brewing solutions. Either way, both are available at SFTK’s website, so hurry over and snatch ‘em up! On our end, we’ll try to get more posts in this week, but technically, Editorial Pinch is supposed to be on vacation…
We’ve been in a wild west mood over here at EP and have churned out another pattern, this one inspired by the cowboy spirit of Pendleton and the Chimayo weavings of New Mexico. But, we couldn’t resist adding our modern twist of course; the light hearted pink and green on white would make for a great club chair upholstery…
