We’ve had a few Prix launches since my last post. Here are a few favorite photos, but you can see the rest in our shop (happy to say they all have sold!) I’ll share more photos of our collection of smaller ribbons soon (and hopefully some photos of the clothes I’ve made over the last year and patterns I highly recommend)- be back soon!
A little more than 10 years ago, I came across the work of Shanna Murray and fell in love with her lettering and completely unique way of displaying old family photos with her decals. Imagine my surprise when I discovered we lived in the same city! And then to become friends, a dream come true. And now to work with each, there are just no words. Sitting here smiling at my good fortune and thinking of all the things to come with my dear friend. Just loving these details Shanna has added to each of our Prix parcels heading out into the world today✨
Our Spring Prix launch was a success! All ribbons and corsages sold out in minutes!! Still just a few medals left (*update all SOLD)... Shanna and I are so grateful and so happy thinking of our labors of love making their way into hearts and homes. Enjoying some sweet rest and then back to dreaming up more things to share.
A long, slow process was completed today...
a small act of love for the universe:I live with children. Over the past year, we have done our best to try to explain to them this world, to comfort their disappointments, to give them hope by finding beauty in small things. I wanted to create something that encapsulates this effort, something that takes big ideas and make them accessible and comforting. A quilt is a very maternal object. It protects, embraces, gives warmth. It is humble and complex. A quilt is a forgiving medium. It binds together the disparate, seeks out the discarded and embraces imperfections. It makes every part of itself whole and new and elevated.Quilting is a slow and deliberate process in a modern fast paced world, making the act of its creation a kind of rebellion.In order to complete this slow process, I had to integrate making this quilt into all aspects of my life and of my family's life. This quilt holds the content of our days. I see in it my own life cycle, my own rich soil, my own transformation and growth, the gift of my life to those entrusted to my care; that they may feel loved and cared for and tended to. That they may bring this peace out into the world and beyond.
We’ve had two Prix launches since I last posted here. The above images are of our Valentine corsages and medals... the corsages are all pure silk, each petal carefully cut and shaped by hand with sentiments of love and affection hand printed on long silk sashes.
Below are images from our holiday collection: our signature ribbons with hand beading and embroidery on silk and vintage fabrics, prize medals with silk and cotton cords and our very own coloring and activity book!
All items have sold! Stay tuned for our Spring collection set to launch in time for Mother’s Day 🥰
Life, for sure is different. Months of isolating have lead to some pretty beautiful things though. Spiritual lessons of doing without, of being together, of using what we have, including extra hours to think, create and be.
Back in March, we made the most of the time we had- including naming our "school"- Lester is our family name and The Mysterious Lester Society is a nod to the books by Trenton Lee Stewart which we have loved. At the end of the year, I made our family a yearbook, to document our days, projects and life lessons.
We felt lucky to be isolated with so many kids! Each birthday felt like a real party and we did extra special things, like homemade pinatas to ease the loss of the family and friends who would normally have been there with us to celebrate.
My own quarantine project was a braided rag rug- the instructions for which I found in the book Made by Hand by Lena Corwin from the chapter on rugs by Cal Patch.
Happy to use up so many scraps and to record the days in a physical way, like the rings of a tree trunk.
Light has felt so important in being home so much. I have taken to making pendant lights- both from rice paper and macrame (pattern from the book Modern Macrame by Emily Katz).
And now as we head into Fall there are more birthdays and homemade gifts. I made this messenger bag for my six year old boy- a little inspired by the Apollo 11 documentary and our trip last year to the air and space museum in Washington D.C. Just the right size for pens, gum, books and whoopie cushions. I found a way to add images to clay and so made custom pins. The patches are all vintage except for the pyramid one which is from the spy museum in Washington, D.C.
Our Prix Holiday collection is here! Each ribbon is hand crafted with carefully chosen colors and materials. This time around we also have download kits to offer! Shanna has combined her beautiful lettering with my own original drawings for TWO very sweet ways to celebrate Advent and to prepare for the Christmas season. Print and assemble from home- each assembled kit also makes a great gift! Visit our Prix shop to learn more and to download :)
We had our second Prix launch yesterday- just a small collection of 5 ribbons- but so happy to report they have all sold!! Shanna and I are planning to share more very soon- just in time for the holidays.
A little bit about these ribbons- they are entirely made by our own hands with very carefully sourced materials like pure silk and vintage cotton. The embroidery and beadwork is my own- vintage cotton and wool thread and vintage glass stones. Each ribbon bears Shanna’s unique lettering- each is printed by hand- so even repeated designs are entirely one of a kind.
Looking forward to sharing more- and lots of other little projects along the way ❤️
So happy to announce a new collaboration with my dear friend Shanna Murray. Monday, July 8th, our shop Prix will be open! We have spent so much time and love- foraging materials, composing designs, printing by hand and sewing- and now we are ready to share our work. Each ribbon is made for someone you love, to commemorate achievements of the heart.
The first two photos here are our own, the bottom is from the Super Marche pop up show in San Francisco hosted by San Francisco Girl By the Bay (Victoria) and Elsie Green. Their styling really made our first showing come to life- we are so grateful for the opportunity!! To see more photos from the show visit here or here. Please be sure to find us @prixribbon on IG.
After years of thinking about it, we built a playhouse over the summer from plans we found in a very old Martha Stewart Kids magazine. What was supposed to be a "weekend project" for a "summertime of fun', turned out to be more like a summer long project, but oh well- so glad it came to be.
Here is my devoted husband in action (who did most of the work, not going to lie).
So many projects here and there it's hard to keep track. Birthdays and Christmas always mean handmade effort and I feel lucky that my kids still appreciate it. Vintage fabric and trim make another backpack from the Made by Rae pattern still interesting.
A bag for a little girl's 9th birthday. Pattern from Oliver and S.
A boy doll with a little Atari Kobayashi feel.
and a tiny backpack, easy from all the kids sized ones I have made :)
And almost forgot, a little puppet theater (inspired by our love for the Sound of Music)- made over from an amazon find with new curtains and fresh paint.